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Treatments for disorders of the UE. There are pictures of the devices, the indicated diagnosis, purpose, and benefits. A great resource if you work in a clinic that does splinting/orthotics. These are custom fabricated and there are benefits associated with making your client's splints-removable, adjustable, reform-able, can get wet, and can be cleaned.

This article is a good read on splinting! It discusses different kinds of splints and ways they can be used for therapy.

This page details a number of custom hand orthotic devices and what conditions they treat and their purposes.

This photo I found on pinterest helps describe the function of our brain when we are stressed. Also, below it promotes exercising while stressed because it can trigger a good stress response and produce good antibodies and norepinephrine. By using providing this to a patient with high levels of stress this can give them an idea of tx that can reduce.

Do you get mad when you see someone with no handicapped tag zoom into a handicapped parking spot at Wal-Mart and then jog into the store? I do! I like this video because it explains the great details that go into making good, accessible handicapped parking. It also causes me to think, as an able bodied person, about how I park my vehicle and how I use public space. For instance, do I pull so far into a parking spot that the hood of my car extends over most of the sidewalk, making it difficult for people to get around my car? And how many of you have been aggravated to see that there is a nice h/c parking area, but there's no easy way to access the curb, except for a slope that's 30 feet away and forces the disabled person to travel through the parking lot to get to it? I doubt that we as OTAs will be outside measuring and inspecting the parking lots, but this video does give you some ideas about the challenges that disabled persons face when moving from place to place.

Beth, I am so glad you posted this. It is also important to realize that just because someone isn't walking with a cane or using a wheelchair that they don't have the "right" to use these spaces. If they were issued a handicap placard by their doctor their is a good reason. Invisible illness is just as real as ones you can see. This is a great video! Thank you.

This very much pertains to our sex lesson and how important it is that people with spinal cord injuries still realize they can still participate. Of course we will still remain in our scope of practice with the Plissit model, but this definitely gives some good ideas and maybe a good handout to give someone with these types of questions!

Doing the app treatment plan for peds made me wonder if there are more apps out there for other clients! I found this on AOTA and it divides up good apps by the different practice areas, peds, mental health, etc....good resource!

This is a very good video demonstrating median nerve gliding. I found this very interesting because I have been told I have problems with my nerves in the same area. I am starting to wonder if this is something I may benefit from.

Very helpful video! I am gonna try it. I have alot of neck pain anyway, and I think this may help me? If not, maybe I will at least get a good stretch out of it. :)

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Good resources from the AOTA about OT and cancer care

EKR Foundation website has lots of good info and resources on grief, palliative care, support, and even financial help

This 20 question quiz is a good way to study the different types of modalities.

good info for people learning about aging in place

Great info and easy to read!

When I have an injury I feel like sometimes I have some really basic question about it and sometimes its really hard to find the answers or takes forever because they arent all in one place. I really liked this article because it has several most common questions asked for a rotator cuff tear! Also it is a good article to read if you would just like to broaden your knowledge of rotator cuff injuries. It covers anything from the cause to the healing process.

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Evaluate Your Lifestyle All of us want optimal health. But many of us do not know how to achieve it. Taking this quiz, adapted from one created by the U. S. Public Health Service, is a good place to start. The behaviors covered in the test are recommended for most Americans.

Good information about this.

Just some good info about it.

This is what I was looking for. This goes along with our 9/3/13 learning objectives, and felt it would be good to post on here. There is great AE on this website.

I found this website searching for therapeutic exercises to share. This might be a good tool for us. The membership is free.

Pretty good read on kinesiology tape and the billing codes (or lack of) associated with it. They give some recommendations as to what code it may be filed under.