A Video Tour of Therapy Fun
A Video Tour of Therapy Fun – See Bal Swan’s Therapy Program in at work in this little video. Pre-clinical study shows prebiotics affect brain chemistry The study is published in the journal Neurochemistry International. The researchers hope that the findings could offer insight into the potential treatment of cognitive dysfunction, emotional disturbances in neuropsychiatric illness and age related … Read more on MTBeurope Read more... ...
Dynavision D2: New Machine Helps Athletes With Concussion Rehabilitation
... D2: New machine helps athletes with concussion rehabilitation A simple electronic board consisting of 64 LED lights, the Dynavision D2 is now being used in hospitals across the country – helping many athletes to fully heal after brain injuries. Bouncing back after a concussion … However, Masterson noted that … Read more on Fox News What would happen to your voice if you just… stopped talking? These are disorders that can be attributed to brain injury, neurological malfunction, and/or the impairment of muscles that help produce speech. … Streisand owes much of her success to the control she wields over the muscles required for phonation … Read more on io9 Read ...
Spinal Cord Injury Rehab: Getting Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer
Accidents are not just accidents, in as much there are some that are unavoidable some are just due to shear negligence on the part of somebody. There are different injuries that a person can sustain from an accident such as bone fracture, skin bruising, brain injuries and traumatic spinal cord injuries. A number of these may heal with time with proper medical care but some such as traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord damage cannot heal with time. In fact statistics indicate that of the 1.5 million people who suffer spinal cord injuries in United States annually, 500,000 of them die. This is devastating and the affected family needs to see that justice has been served. Unlike other accident injury cases, spinal cord injuries are unique. It is for this reason that if you know of a friend or family members who has suffered spinal cord injuries that you help them get in touch with Spinal cord injury attorney Sacramento. Read more... ...
Technology Offers a Brave New World for Physical Therapy Patients
... robots that can detect impairments in post-stroke patients or measure the position, direction and speed of limb movements. The information is important but there needs to be a trained therapist to incorporate the … Read more on DigitalJournal.com Robotic devices give hand up to patients in Australian-first unit at Royal … EXPERIMENTAL robotic devices taking advantage of the brain's ability to rewire itself, even years after injury, are set to transform lives of stroke and brain injury patients in an Australian first rehabilitation unit. Patients who train at Royal … Read more on Herald Sun Read ...
What Questions to Ask at Nursing Home Interview?
Question by Whoa!: What questions to ask at nursing home interview? Hello, I have an interview tomorrow at a nursing home for volunteer work. I’m in college and my interest is in occupational therapy. I will be working with the rehab department. I could tell she expects me to ask a lot of questions in regards to my volunteer work, however I don’t have any except what they require me to wear. Does anyone have any questions I should ask. I would hate to be put on the spot and not have anything to ask… Best answer: Read more... ...
Is a Traumatic Brain Injury a Mental Illness?
by BC Gov Photos Question by Winter: Is a traumatic brain injury a mental illness? Is it under “mental illness” since it has to do with the brain. I had one and was just wondering. Is it a disability? Best answer: Answer by Jackieits the lasting affect the injury has on the brain that will determine if its a disability Answer by LoyinMost patients with traumatic brain injury have different degrees of mental impairment, namely becoming dull. It is mainly manifested as: unable to understand others’ words, irrelevant answer, can’t distinguish beauty and ugliness as well as good and evil , memory loss, don’t know how to use everyday items, deterioration of IQ behavior, abstract thinking loss and confusion and so on. Read ...