Know These 5 Risk Factors for Fall Prevention
Fall Prevention By Sara Strain, OTR/L In the last blog that we posted, we looked at Understanding a Patient’s Fear of Falling, but why are older adults at an increased risk for falls? As clinicians, we have an innate understanding of this answer, but can we articulate it to our patients, their caregivers, and the community […]
Creating Successful Home Exercise Programs
by Jessica Moyer, MA, CCC-SLP Let’s Improve Compliance with Home Exercise Programs! As we know, successful rehabilitation often includes work at home. The question is, how to increase patient motivation to complete their home exercise program (HEP) for rehabilitation therapy? First, it helps to know why a patient might not complete their HEP. Below are […]
CTE – The Shocking Stats, Growing Concern
Currently one of the main buzz topics and research areas in sports is concussions – diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. But researchers are finding that repeated blows to the head, even without the presence of a “concussion” can be even much more substantial and devastating. CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disease […]
Fall Prevention with Tai Chi
Tai Chi Assists with Fall Prevention By Lisa Kohler, PT I recently attended a continuing education course where I became a certified instructor of Tai Chi for Rehabilitation. I took another course a while ago but this one was so much different. It was developed by Dr. Paul Lam who is a physician. I spent […]
Understanding a Patient’s Fear of Falling
A Fear of Falling: How to Help By Sara Strain, OTR/L It is well known that older clients are at a higher risk for falls, but how do we quantify and qualify the effects of the falls on a patient’s ability to recover? And how do we use that information in development of our plan […]
Kinesiology Taping for the Professional
By Sara Strain, Occupational Therapist, Functional Movement Technique Certified, Roc Doc (Rock Tape Medical Professional), Kinesiology Taping Practitioner Certified Kinesiology tape has a wide array of therapeutic benefits for many conditions and injuries. Since kinesiology tape can be left on for several days at a time (then can be reapplied in the same manner), these […]
Gait Speed: The Sixth Vital Sign
By Lisa Kohler, BS, PT, Director of Clinical Education Gait speed as the sixth vital sign Research has stated that gait speed could be considered the sixth vital sign. We all know to measure our patients’ overall health status and tolerance to activity by blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, and temperature. Pain is considered the […]
