Are you having a hard time figuring out creative stroke treatment in your occupational therapy practice? It’s actually my favorite population to work with and I was always so excited to get stroke treatment and evaluation orders in the hospital. The patient’s have always been so hardworking and stroke treatments are creative and progressive. My […]
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Theraband Dressing Techniques: One quick occupational therapy tip is to use theraband (or any other resistance bands!) to simulate dressing with your patients when actually completing the occupation of dressing is not an option. In this post, we will be going though how to use this to practice putting on a button shirt, pants and
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How to use a cane – seems pretty simple, right? Have you ever watched the show “House” with Hugh Laurie as the infamous Dr. House and cringe as he walks down the hall with his cane that is not in the right hand or even the right height? Ok, maybe not…but I sure do! I
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I am always looking for new ideas to work on fine motor skills, specifically when working with adults. I tend to resort to my “old favorite” list of fine motor coordination activities that I know work well, along with specific occupations that are important to my patients. But when I am working with a long
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Are you integrating the AOTA Occupational Profile into your practice? This powerful tool has the potential to revolutionize the way you provide client-centered care and elevate your practice. The occupation profile for occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs) serves as a foundational tool for gathering comprehensive information about clients’ backgrounds, interests, and goals, guiding the development of
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MedBridge GO is an innovative mobile app used by occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech language pathology practitioners as part of the Medbridge Education platform. It provides therapists with a range of interactive tools to enhance rehabilitation practices, such as home exercise programs and help improve patient outcomes. In this blog post, we will delve
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Ever have a patient with a stroke and wonder if mirror therapy intervention would work? I remember as a new occupational therapy grad watching other OTs using a mirror in treatment, wondering what the purpose was and if it truly helped our patients make progress. I made it a mission to find out: 📌 what
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I love that LSVT BIG Program® is determined to help OT practitioners learn evidence based treatment strategies to help clients that have Parkinson’s Disease (PD). In this article we will dig into the what and how occupational therapy practitioners can use this program with our patients. What does LSVT BIG Stand For? LSVT BIG program
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Explicit Motor Imagery (aka Imagery) is step 2 in the Graded Motor Imagery training continuum. I previously discussed step 1, Left/Right Discrimination in this blog post here and it all started with the reflections I have had as an occupational therapy practitioner trying to use mirror therapy with my patient and not having good results.
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