Rehabilitation Resources

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Occupational Therapy
Home Management Education
Ascending/Descending Stairs in a Wheelchair
Concepts of Energy Saving
Energy Conservation Tips
Grooming Dressing Tips
Home Safety Caregivers
Homemaking for Wheelchair Patient
Homemaking for Incoordination of UE
Homemaking for Suggestions for Hemiplegic
Make Your Home Tumble Free
Positioning While Lying Supine
Ramp Specifications
Running Man Position
Scar Tissue Mobilization
Shoulder Home Routine
Walker Safety

Home Exercise Programs
Active Hand Exercises
Active ROM Exercises, pg 1.
Active ROM Exercises, pg.2
Active Wrist Exercises
Exercises for Parkinsons
Hand Home Program
HEP with Weights
Keys to Understanding Arthritis
PROM Sitting
PROM Supine
Shoulder Exercises for Rotator Cuff Repair
Shoulder Exercises for Total Shoulder
Shoulder Exercises with Ball
Straightening of Fingers
Stretching Palm
Stretching Wrist and Forearm
Theraband
Theraputty
Thumb Exercises
Towel and Dowel Home Exercises
Upper Extremity Exercises
Wrist Finger Flexion Extension

Coordination
Fine Motor Coordination Activities
Functional Activities for thumb Motion
Gross Motor Coordination Activities
Hand Activities to Increase Wrist Function
UE Coordination Exercises

Sensation Education
Compensation Techniques for Decreased Sensation
Visual Perceptual Skills
Weight Bearing on Arm in Standing Position

Devices/Equipment
DME Recommendation
Splint Schedule-WHO

Physical Therapy

Amputee Care
  Removable Rigid Dressing (RRD)

Caregiver Education
Assisting with Partial Stand Pivot Transfer
   Assisting with Stand Pivot Transfer
   Assisting with Sliding Board Transfer
   Body Mechanics for Lifting
   Sit to Stand Transfer
   Up and Down Steps with a Wheelchair

Exercises/Range of Motion
   Breathing Exercises
   Coordination Exercises for Lower Extremities
Leg Strengthening Program
   Leg Stretching Program
   Lower Extremity Passive Range of Motion
   Standing Balance Exercises
   Standing Exercise Program
   Quadriplegic - Self Range of Motion to Legs

Positioning and Posture
   Positioning While Lying on Unaffected Side
   Proper Posture
   Splint Schedule - AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis)
   Splint Schedule - Bi-Valved Ankle Cast

Using an Assistive Device
   Driving a Wheelchair
   Using a Cane: Gait and Stairs
   Using Crutches: Gait
   Using Crutches: Proper Fit and Transfers
   Using Crutches: Stairs
   Using a Walker: Gait and Transfers

Rehabilitation Psychology

   Discharge Recommendations for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
   Discharge Recommendations for Caregivers of Stroke Patients
   Depression

Speech Therapy

   Aphasia
   Dysarthria
   Exercises for Facial Jaw Lip Tongue Muscles
   Expressive Aphasia Exercises
   Global Aphasia Exercises
   Receptive Aphasia Exercises
Swallowing

Therapeutic Recreation

   Americans with Disabilities Act
Car Transfers for Total Hip Replacement
   Car Transfers for Total Knee Replacement
   Community Accessibility
   Disaster Preparedness for People with Mobility Impairments
   Fire Safety for People with Mobility Impairments
   Quality of Life: Ways to Control Pain without Medicine
   Recreation & Leisure Activity Ideas
   Recreation and Leisure Resources
   Ten Quick Ways to Relax

Online Resources

-Patient Ed.Tutorials
(SFMC access only)

-Lexi-comp Online

-McKesson Handouts

-MDConsult Patient Ed

-Natural Standard

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Last Updated on January 15, 2008

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