A few weeks ago I published an article on what I thought were two essential exercises that we should include in every program, which included the shoulder W exercise and the hip external rotation clamshell exercise. After that post I received a lot of emails asking for a video of…
It can’t be easy to problem-solve the current state of health affairs. Nothing like having a growing population of older adults requiring care… an unfit society for all age groups… and dumping a boatload of people into a system that…
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After reading an article that some kindergarten classes in Maine, will be getting close to 300 iPads, I began to think about how this will effect the fine motor skill development of young children. And, how younger children’s use of technology may provide an unfortunate sort of job security for…
A recent study in the Journal of Orthopedic Science reports on the short-term after-effects of forearm cast removal in children. Thirty three children (mean age 10 years old) experienced a forearm fracture. Seventeen children were treated with an above elbow cast and 16 were treated with a below elbow cast….
After reading the request for a blog carnival over at Therextra’s regarding readiness in children, I pondered the topic a bit. What does make a child ready to achieve motor milestones? Many parents and therapists follow the typical developmental sequence of rolling, sitting, crawling, standing, walking and off they…
A recent study from the International Journal of Sports Medicine reports on postural education on daily habits in children. One hundred thirty seven children (average age 10.7 years) were randomly divided into an experimental group who received 6 sessions of postural education over the course of 6 weeks and a…
Here is a fun activity idea to play with children – Design A Game . Just gather up some various objects and let the child create a brand new game to play. You can view and/or print this helpful sample to get your creative juices flowing at Your Therapy…
The Kentucky Physical Therapy Association (KPTA) recently advocated for and successfully passed a new law, SB 112, to prevent insurance companies from charging higher co-payments to physical therapy and occupational therapy patients than they pay for primary care doctor visits….
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If there is one thing that I would say is the most important concept to understand regarding the shoulder, it is simply that you can not work the rotator cuff to failure as rotator cuff fatigue causes superior humeral head migration and subacromial impingement. That is it, I just summarized…
Here are two, new free apps for a limited time that I found from FreeAppAlert . The first one is Write&Say . This app will read aloud words and documents with natural voices. Therefore, you can type and then have it read aloud to you. It can also translate…