Cold weather is coming! Yes, the weather forecast can make you ache!

We are all aging, and we should try and stay as productive as we can without pain or damaging our hands. Here is just a few tips to protect and take care of your hands as we age.

Simple ways to protect joints while bending, and maintaining the spinal curves while bending.

A video of how the check the median nerve which is in our Early book.

I found this interesting that there are 3 exercises that can help against carpal tunnel. I actually tried them as I watched each little clip.

Was looking up shoulder strengthening exercises and ran across a run down of several benefical exercises from wrist exercises all the way to shin splints!

Yet another benefit of taking fish oil. It tends to help with RA and has added health benefits from way back in the olden days. Even at my age I am taking my fish oil daily! Last semester we learned it helped ward off effects of dementia also.

Just read lastnight that birth control pills can helpf RA. If so, that is another addes benefit other than birth control!

A meaningful word form Shawn Stephenson about not being a prisoner of predictions or even your own thoughts.

Ok, I admit when I watch this special guy on the stress video Teri posted I couldn't help but think about his life and how things clicked for him? I looked a few more of his vidoes and found he was married and is a very sexual little person. So, I wanted to share what I found. :)

On this link there are several people who give their opinion on being in a wheelchair and their personal life. The videos range from young to old.

This is a story of a little girl that touched my heart as I read and looked at the pictures. The story has part 1 and part 2 with pictures of her as she underwent treatment for bone cancer. Kaela ends up with an amputation and a prosthetic leg. Brave little girl with a happy ending after all.

I found this article interesting because the new protocol it addresses seems to help a patient bounce back after surgery, reduces recovery time, and reduces the use of narcotics after surgery. After all, getting back to the routine of life and our daily occupations is what we do in OT!

I found a neat video on a little boy that has an electric arm that helps him do tasks with cutting to blowing bubbles. Also, a video of a young pop singer that I am sure several of us have heard her songs at some time or another. Now she is a model that models prosthetic arms. She has recently been fitted with a new bionic arm that is very futuristic in my opinion.

This is a simple little reminder of what visitability is and how it makes a home a welcome spot for people with kids to the elderly. I thought is was short and simple, and that made me want to post it.

I thought this was a nice video on what occupational therapy is and what areas it covers as a holistic approach.

I posted this with my stepdad in mind. He is retired now and has hip isssues along with a distal biscep tendon rupture last fall. Everytime he goes golfing now, he comes home sore and disheartened by being retired and not being able to enjoy his golf game. So for all you men and women that love the golf game, here is the correct way to swing!

I found this an interesting run down of the treatment of a humeral fracture and how Occupational Therapy plays such an important role in the recovery process.

This article talks about an Occupational Therapist role in teaching a client how to manage their lyphedema through complete decongestive therapy. By doing this a client can have independence and can reduce the need of a daily caregiver.