What is chronic pain and how can it impact everyday living? How can an Occupational Therapist help with chronic pain? Why choose Swift Health Occupational Therapists for your chronic pain?
What is chronic pain and how can it impact everyday living? How can an Occupational Therapist help with chronic pain? Why choose Swift Health Occupational Therapists for your chronic pain?
You could seek out occupational therapy (OT) services for a wide variety of symptoms, such as life events, or experiences. Oftentimes, people consider OT services to be in specific contexts, such as a school, communities, or rehabilitation However, OT services can be anything in between, too. For example, you may not initially consider an OT […]
Complete puzzles and play board games while your child is lying on the floor on their stomach Play “row row row your boat” with your child. In a sitting position with your child (facing each other), reach out and hold hands in front of your bodies and begin to alternatively push and pull so that […]
Have your child squeeze, pinch, and roll play doh, putty or clay to increase grip and pinch strength. You can make it more fun by creating animals and or superheroes’! Climbing using ropes, ladders, trees, and jungle gyms will help your child increase their functional grip strength. Create crafts projects with your child using hole […]
1. Have your child push a car or train around a track. You can start by drawing a “street” or track on a large piece of paper with your child. Your child will stabilize his/her weight on the non-dominant hand while moving the car or train along the pathway with their dominant hand.2. Have your […]
Visual motor integration or hand-eye coordination describes our ability to coordinate our hand/body movements with our vision including fine motor activities (e.g. beading) and gross motor activities (e.g. throwing/catching a ball). Academic skills such as printing and cutting require well-developed Visual Motor Integration skills. Try these fun activities to improve your child’s visual motor integration: […]
Toilet training a child with Autism (ASD) Toilet training can be challenging for any child, and it can especially be challenging for a child with Autism. There are many reasons as to why it takes a child with Autism longer to learn to use the toilet. Some of these reasons may include: Has difficulty understanding […]
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The role of Occupational Therapy in Ergonomics The skills and knowledge of occupational therapists (OT) in anatomy, physiology, and activity analysis make them highly qualified to work in the area of ergonomics. For employees whose ability to perform their job demands is affected by injury, illness and or risk of injury, the OT is well […]
The link below covers several Bilateral Integration Activities for Kids and has visuals to go along with them. Activities include: Ball-In-A-Net Simple Symmetrical Activities such as rolling out dough Simple Reciprocal Activities such as pulling hand over hand on a rope The blog post also tries to sell you an ebook, we are not associated […]