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Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News From Medical News Today
Natural And Artificial Sheaths Used To Mend Traumatic Bone Loss
A husband and wife research team has found a way to use the sleeve-like cover on bone to heal serious bone injuries faster and more simply than current methods. And they've developed an artificial sleeve that spurs fast healing when a car wreck, bomb blast or disease leaves too little...
Carnegie Mellon Initiative To Commercialize Quality Of Life Technologies Boosted By NSF Grant
An already promising initiative to assist start-up firms that commercialize technologies associated with the Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Center is now expanding thanks to a three-year, $1.5 million Innovation Award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Engineering Education and Centers......
Immigrants With Disabilities More Frequently Employed Than US-Born Persons With Disabilities
Currently, foreign-born people make up approximately 13 percent of the total U.S. population. As the immigrant population grows, understanding its disability status and employment characteristics becomes increasingly important......
A fifth of stroke survivors questioned in England for a recent survey didn't receive any post-hospital physiotherapy on the NHS, meaning they either had to pay for private treatment or go without any. The results also showed that almost three quarters of physiotherapists surveyed in the UK believe they...
Shoulder Function Not Fully Restored After Surgery: Henry Ford Hospital Study
Shoulder motion after rotator cuff surgery remains significantly different when compared to the patient's opposite shoulder, according to Henry Ford Hospital researchers......
APTA Learning Center Launches Partnership With Section On Geriatricts
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has partnered with its Section on Geriatrics to publish six continuing education courses to the APTA Learning Center. This union reflects the first in a series of planned partnerships with APTA sections and chapters to provide quality, evidenced-based continuing education and professional development...
Occupational Therapy in Egypt
Hello, Perhaps there is a computer virus or glitch with Blogger, I do not know; however, an old blog posting from February 20, 2009 was somehow resent to blog subscribers! Ironically, it is a posting about LAST years annual educational conference! So, just to clarify....the recent email for the conference "Road Map to...
Purchase Raffle Tickets to Raise Money for ADVANCE Society
Purchase Raffle/Tombola Tickets (20LE) at the Learning Resource Center(effective March 1st) Well, I have had a good response from various companies regarding donating products to be used in my OT workshops and also to be raffled at the ADVANCE Society's 10th Annual Educational Conference March 25-27th. Almost 75% of the...
SPD Foundation:Parent Connections Group
For those looking to learn more about Sensory Processing Disorders, check out the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation: "The mission of the SPD Foundation is to enhance the quality of life for children with SPD and their families by :conducting rigorous RESEARCH into the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of SPDproviding EDUCATION...
The ADVANCE Society's Tenth Annual Educational Conference March 2010
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE: I am glad to announce that the ADVANCE Society is having their 10th Annual Educational Conference in Cairo on March 25th-27th, 2010. The Learning Resource Center is organizing the event.At this time the workshop/lecture schedule is being organized and as soon as the schedule is confirmed I will...
Excellent products by Think Fun
Hi there,I have always used Think Fun products in my therapy sessions and children have always loved them! Two years ago, the company was good enough to donate one of their Game Club sets, which I used during that years educational conference. All participants in my games workshop loved the...
Job opening:The ADVANCE: The Egyptian Society for Developing Skills of Children with Special Needs has a vacancy for a full time Occupational Therapist. Applicant should be English and/or Arabic speaking with experience in pediatrics. Experience working with children who have Autism is a plus!Contact:Please contact Maha Helali at mhelali@lrcegypt.org for...
The Public Occupational Therapy Journal
Formation (para)medicale: la delocalisation fait peur - La Voix du Nord
Nouvelles de: Google Actualités "Ergothérapie"La Voix du NordFormation (para)medicale: la delocalisation fait peurLa Voix du NordQuant à l'ouverture d'une antenne d'ergothérapie à Lille, elle ne nécessite « d'agiter aucun chiffon » quant à l'établissement berckois, a tenu à rassurer ...Thalasso: B. Cousein "scandalise"La Voix du NordKursaal, voirie et salle d'halterophilie...
News von: Google Video "Ergotherapie"Ergotherapie Merlin & Spielruum: Obergass 34, 8260 Stein am Rhein, SCHWEIZ Tel: +41-52-7413066 Email: kontakt@ergotherapie-merlin.ch Im ...metacafe.com...
Gute Nacht und auf Wiedersehen - Rotenburger Rundschau
News von: Google News "Ergotherapie"Rotenburger RundschauGute Nacht und auf WiedersehenRotenburger RundschauSo bekam das Mädchen, das von seinen Eltern Mini genannt wird, Frühförderung in Form von Ergotherapie und Krankengymnastik. "Als Mini sechs Monate alt war ......
Hochschulen: Gesundheitscampus Bochum bekommt Gesicht - Derwesten.de
News von: Google News "Ergotherapie"Derwesten.deHochschulen: Gesundheitscampus Bochum bekommt GesichtDerwesten.deHerzstück des Gesundheitscampus wird die bundesweit erste öffentlich-rechtliche Hochschule für Gesundheit, wo Studiengänge für Ergotherapie, ...und weitere »...
Kranke Kinderseelen, bitte warten - Salzburger Nachrichten
News von: Google News "Ergotherapie"Kranke Kinderseelen, bitte wartenSalzburger NachrichtenKostenlos angeboten werden unter anderem fachärztliche Versorgung, Psychotherapie und Ergotherapie. Auch im Lungau nehme die Zahl der besonders schweren ...und weitere »...
Er sagt: „Blöder Gegenverkehr“ - Ahlener Zeitung
News von: Google News "Ergotherapie"Er sagt: „Blöder Gegenverkehr“Ahlener ZeitungZwischendurch gibt es regelmäßig Ergotherapie. Alles vor dem Hintergrund, dass sich Christoph weiter entwickeln kann. Christoph Kemper: Schwimmen macht mir ...und weitere »...
TechnOT
Using Skype to connect real life to the theory!
Interactive online technology has opened the world to our classroom through Skype™. I can now invite guest speakers and experts into the classroom. In one of my OT courses this year I interviewed two eminent occupational therapy authors using this approach and then watched the interviews in class...
This week my facebook status reads "Anita is a bit tired of thinking like a FB status update... I want to think properly again". I decided to call this Facebook Fatigue.I love the fact that I can constantly stay up to date with the day to day "doings"...
Lebanon's Landmine Soccer Team: Story from TIME magazine
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walky lets you control robots via finger gestures, turns iphone into a wii
walky lets you control robots via finger gestures, turns iphone into a wiiPosted using ShareThis...
Reconnecting: Becoming a Blogger after ABI
This is the presentation that we gave at the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists' conference in Ottawa, May 2009. The presentation is about the results of our project where we taught 5 clients with ABI to bog, use iGoogle and Facebook, and we interviewed them before, immediately after and...
Blogging, Facebooking and Twittering: I'm starting to twitch!
Recently I have noticed that I feel lost when I cannot connect to my online world so I have decided to schedule a digital break every few weekends for a whole day! This is very challenging because the digital world is an integral part of my life and it...
(B)e(LO)n(G), OT
Some days I'm an awesome OT, some days not so much...but it's all in my head
I think I was meant to do talk-OT and not hands-on OT! Once I start touching them I'm so scared! Yesterday I had hands-on session: stressed out. Today I had talk session about energy conservation, joint protection, chronic pain management, basic adaptive equipment: AWESOME session with patient saying things like...
Financial Aid Options for Future Occupational Therapists
an invaluable (literally) article with a list of financial aid options for those hoping to enter the field of occupational therapy, compiled by an awesome dude named Richard. :)http://blog.onlinecollegeguru.com/health-care/financial-aid-for-occupational-therapists/ ...
Interesting article on Post Polio Syndrome, too bad Roosevelt Warm Springs wasn't mentioned!! I've treated two people with it now and it's pretty interesting. Of course I have at least one PT friend who doesn't believe it exists. :) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/health/03polio.html?src=twt&twt=nytimes ...
lol therapists in bikinis, I think not....
I have a patient who is active on some Internet boards who gave me enough information to find him! He's talked about Karen the therapist and how he likes her, blah blah blah, and allllll of his friends are suggesting that he get a picture of me - in a...
Clothes irritating your wound? Nudist colony
So I posted on Twitter something along the lines of "If a patient complains of clothes irritating a wound and I suggest a nudist colony, is that a bad thing?" A few minutes later I get an e-mail that NudistClubhouse is now following me on Twitter, and then I get...
I've learned more about burns in the past week than in many years combined. The key word of burn rehab as far as I can tell is officially ELONGATION. Want to do my patients right!I feel really guilty for being so um.....deliquent with updating. Honestly I am truly exhausted almost...
The Recycling Occupational Therapist
I will be sharing my recycling ideas at this conference:Designing Low-Cost FUN Activities to Energize Your Therapy PracticeBarbara Smith, M.S., OTR/L, author of, The Recycling Occupational TherapistRecyclingOT.com...
This activity is so inexpensive, easy to make and therapeutic, I can't believe I lived all these years without it! I cut off the legs on an old pair of stockings, filled each one with a bunch of scrunched up super market bags and then stitched the end closed. It...
Anxiety Treatments For Autism | LIVESTRONG.COM
"There are so many home made activities to add to the sensory diet including: balloon stress balls filled with old play dough, pieces of stretchy fabric to pull and fidget with and socks filled with sand. "Anxiety Treatments For Autism. Individuals with autism are challenged to communicate effectively,...
I came across this funny picture of my family when my son was little. I guess I got him into laundry bottles at a very young age. He made this jewelry stand for me- all his own design- when he was around 12 years of age. I think you...
Activities for Sensory Integration Disorder
Activities for Sensory Integration DisordersIts an incredible challenge to write a short article on such a complex subject, but I hope I did it justice.BarbaraSmithOccupationalTherapist...
First Signs Of Autism In A Baby | LIVESTRONG.COM
First Signs Of Autism In A Baby. Autism is a disorder characterized by difficulties with communication, sensory processing and social skills. Although a baby cannot speak, he can communicate with body language and...View >>...
ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog
Pediatric occupational therapists: Please check your outrage at the door
I received a lot of email regarding this recent article in the NY Times about occupational therapy. The email I received and online conversations I have scanned included comments like "I can't believe they would say that OT is only for rich people!" or "We need to let people...
My Dad doesn't know, but there are two defining childhood occupations that he introduced me to that were relatively critical for defining my own decision making and problem solving style. Oddly, both occupations happen in the dark.The first occupation occurred within the (dis)comfort of the confessional. Sacramental reconciliation...
Are we focusing on the best things so we can improve our early intervention program?
The value of anecdote is not in capturing a comprehensive analysis of a system's problems - but rather in making an example of a small issue that reflects a broader pattern. I understand that use of anecdote as a tool can also be fundamentally incorrect or even dangerous but...
The dangers of misinterpreting grocery carts when completing occupational therapy evaluations
During a conversation someone recently described a situation where they wanted to get a cart for transporting groceries from a car to inside the house. It was a phone conversation and I was listening intently, trying to understand what this odd device was that they were describing. They...
Things that stop you in your tracks
I was doing an evaluation recently - and I should know better than be shocked at the things that come from the mouths of children...It is important for therapists to be observant: it is a skill that I drill into my staff and my students on a regular basis. ...
Folk taxonomies and sensory processing disorders
At least once or twice a week I get email or comments on the blog from people asking me if I think they or their children have a sensory processing disorder. The range of concerns most commonly includes one or more of the following: difficulty with attention, difficulty tolerating...
HealthSkills Weblog
I thought about putting a warning at the start of this post, because if you’re enthusiastic, passionate, committed to good pain management, what I’m about to write may make you weep! It’s about systems and missed opportunities and the effect this has on patients. NB: this post is my personal...
Protected: A snappy tagline for occupational therapy
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Temporary interruption to your usual programme!
I’m going to take a short break for a couple of days, after a tough time recently as I came back to work after 8 weeks off! It’s a good chance for you to stroll through some of my back catalogue – I’m sure there will be something there to keep...
Friday Funnies – and special places on the net
Things I wish were real…and some that actually are. Yes, that’s a USB pet rock. It simply sits. Being a rock. - if you get the munchies? An occupational therapists ‘extreme solution’ (please, don’t!) And special people and places I’ve seen… Marianna Paulson, aka AuntieStress (on Twitter) – a warm, caring person who shares readily...
Low back pain: unfit? just not doing much? or something else
For as long as I’ve been working in pain management (and probably well before), I’ve heard patients being described as ‘deconditioned’. From what we know about the effects of staying in bed because of illness or injury, it makes sense to think that if a person does very little...
RTW matters latest newsletter advises why they wish they hadn’t had that tattoo done last year – and I couldn’t agree more. <a href="Process SERVING People“>This brief excerpt from their update: Last year, RTWMatters’ New Year’s Resolution was to flex our collective bicep, bite the pain bullet and get a “People over...
ADVANCE Outlook: OT
Are you on Twitter? This burgeoning social networking tool enables OT Advance to keep you current on the newest features on our website, the latest news and stories about occupational therapy in the popular media, and issues in health care that affect...(read more)...
Is Your Practice an OT Wellness Model?
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners is looking for OTs and/or OTAs who work in or own private-pay wellness (preventive care) practices along the I-95 corridor, to be interviewed for a May 24 cover story on OT models of practice in preventive...(read more)...
Study Reveals How Genes Interact with Environment to Cause Disease
A UCLA study reveals how human genes interact with their environment to boost disease risk. Published in the Feb. 18 online edition of the American Journal of Human Genetics , the findings shed light on why the search for specific gene variants linked...(read more)...
UPDATE! Comment on SPD for DSM-5
The Sensory Processing Foundation (SPDF) has created a special Web page to educate therapists who want to comment on the new draft of the DSM-5 , the latest diagnostic manual for mental health disorders now under review by the American Psychatric Association...(read more)...
What OTs Are Reading: Popular Content 2/4
There's a ton of great content on our website -- so where do you start? We'll periodically blog the five most popular content items on OT Advance online. See what your fellow OTs are reading on www.advanceweb.com/OT ! ADVANCE's 2009 Salary Survey is tops...(read more)...
Our Twitter following is growing -- are you on the bandwagon? Our Twitter updates can keep you current on the newest features on our website, the latest news and stories about occupational therapy in the popular media, and issues in health care that affect...(read more)...
OTility.com
Re: Do you have an OT job board to recommend? list it here please
http://otjobsinca.blogspot.com/ http://jobsearch.monster.com/PowerSearch.aspx?tjt=occupational%20therapist&rad=20&rad_units=miles&tm=60#tjt=occupational%20therapist&rad=20&rad_units=miles&tm=60...
Re: Do you have an OT job board to recommend? list it here please
Here are a few I know of: http://www.otjoblink.org/ http://www.otjobs.com/ http://jobs.otplan.com/ http://health-care-jobs.advanceweb.com/ http://jobsinot.blogspot.com/ http://www.therapyjobs.com/ Any other good ones?...
Do you have an OT job board to recommend? list it here please
Hi, If you know of a job board for Occupational Therapists, please reply with the URL. Happy job searching everyone! Sandra...
Brain clue may explain why some autistics avoid hugs
Delays at crucial points during the development of the brain in the womb may explain why people with a condition linked to autism do not like hugs.A study in mice with fragile X syndrome found wiring in the part of the brain that responds to touch is formed late. The...
Wanted: Men For Occupational Therapy Jobs
Unemployed males looking for a new career path could turn to occupational therapy. It's one of the many health-related jobs growing during the economic down turn. It's also a field traditionally dominated by women. Females make up 90 percent of workers and men 10...
"Parents are reporting cases of autism at double the rate of the last U.S. government survey in 2003, prompting calls for more research and spawning doubts about the true number of children affected." Article here: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/estimated-number-children-autism-doubles/story?id=8737978 ...
AOTA President's Blog
Hi all, I am writing to clearly express my reasons for believing in the recommendations of the Membership Participation Ad Hoc Committee's proposal for reorganization of our governance structure. If you do not think we need to change our AOTA governance structure, then why have greater than 70% of occupational therapy practitioners...
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What is the process the AOTA Reorganization Proposal must go through?
Hi all, I hope you have read the proposal in the President's report to the RA for reorganization and that you have followed the lively discussion under forums, Ad Hoc Participation. I want to make sure everyone understands the process this proposal must go through before it ever is enacted. There...
Be the Spider! Create a Web of Energy or a Community of Practice
Hi all, Have you every been overwhelmed with all the research out there and trying to keep up with the latest guidelines and evidence? Have you been frustrated because you can't find the evidence you need to support what you do? Do you wish you could share all you have learned...
Board Met this Weekend, February 2 0 & 21
Hi all, The AOTA Board members met this weekend via phone and "live meeting." We accomplished a great deal of work this past day and a half. The February Board meeting is typically devoted to strategic planning, which the Vice-President, Virginia Stoffell is in charge of conducting. As part of the...
Paradigm shift in AOTA Governance
Hi all, I hope all of you are reading about the proposal for reorganizing the governance structure of AOTA. I want to talk about why now, what is the urgency for change? As I come to the close of my Presidency, I have been reflecting about what has been accomplished. One...
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