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This chart is great,not only does it give you quite a few stress relief techniques, but it breaks it down to your senses! I have found that this chart really comes in handy on the really bad stressful days. The best way to use it is to try and pick something from each section(or sense) and do it! You will find that completing stress relief mechanisms in all your senses is extremely helpful!

According to the Mayo Clinic, there are 4 tools we can use to either cope with stress or reduce the stress. The 4 tools include Avoid, Alter, Accept, and Adapt. Each tool is explained and ways to use each tool are included. Stress can be good and bad. Knowing yourself and your environment and what causes your stress will help you deal with it. The tools are easy to follow and are a good reminder that in many situations we are in control.

These tools can be applied to all aspects of life and are easy to implement or have a client implement.

The Wii isn't just fun and games. It has serious health benefits according to a new study. Published in the journal Radiology, researchers showed that the Wii Balance Board helped patients with multiple sclerosis, or MS, reduce their risk of accidental falls. The study followed 27 participants as they used the balance board for 12 weeks.

The relaxation response: bringing your nervous system back into balance Stress is necessary for life. You need stress for creativity, learning, and your very survival. Stress is only harmful when it becomes overwhelming and interrupts the healthy state of equilibrium that your nervous system needs to remain in balance.

This article shows you how to make your own paraffin bath using a crockpot (hello yardsale!).

I do this when I am stressed or have a migraine.

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Food Choices will not act as a panacea for arthritis, but they can have a positive or negative effect on the condition. This article lists 10 foods that help and hurt someone with arthritis.

Learn about the importance of exercise for rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis exercises can safely provide pain relief and build muscle strength.

This is a great website that describes the different types of arthritis.

This site provides articles and recourses for dealing with general arthritis, Rheumatoid, JRA, and Osteoarthritis. Under "treatments" it lists all types of medical and supplemental ways of treating arthritis. I thought that was neat. The Arthritis Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, control and cure of arthritis in the United States.

I found this study on the AJOT archives, its an old study but I just found it interesting in talking about the difference they saw in soft vs hard splints for RA patients. The overall preference for patients were the soft splints.

This website about treatment Osteoarthritis with Glucosamine. Glucosamine is a natural sugar produce by the body and found in some food. It produce in supplemental tablets or injections. For many years dogs and horses have been treated with Glucosamine, and doctors in Europe prescribe this medication for individuals with arthritis, but it is not popular in United States. This medication reports functional improvement and pain relief. It does not have a serious side effects.

Just my style! What a great article! This article talks about the great benefits of knitting and what knitting does to keep your hands healthy by way of function. It's a great workout for your hands, fingers and forearms, but not a strenuous workout. Knitting also is a stress relief activity, can improve your mood, relieves anxiety and depression. I have not tried knitting. I have always cross-stitched. I can tell you, when I finish school, this is definitely on my bucket list, along with learning to paint!

This website lists OT interventions related to rheumatoid arthritis such as joint protection, range of motion, maintaining muscle strength, and avoiding stresses that can damage joints. It also lists the optimal lying, seated and standing positions as well as taking care of the hands.

Botox was approved for medical usage in 2010. We are starting to see it being added to the patient's tool belt. Therapy is still very important when a client is suffering from the affects of spasticity. Botox can help the therapists help the patient's. Botox relaxes the muscle and tissues it is injected into thus allowing not only some relief of the pain of spasticity but the ability of the patient to move better.

This website gives two ways to make a homemade heating pad. We learned one method in lab (heating rice sock).

So this is a more broad link but I love it! It shows multiple jokes about stress that should actually make you laugh! It is the middle of the semester now and I feel like we could all use a good laugh and some stress relief! So why not both at the same time?? Just take a look!