The Info A New Hand Evaluation for Stroke Survivors | Health News

05.00.00

hemiplegic hand

Van Lew and associates (1) studied the reliability of a hand evaluation called Functional Upper Extremity Levels (FUEL). What They Got Rig...

The Info The Zipping Challenge is Not What You Think | Health News

05.09.00

basic ADLs, hemiplegic hand, snow strategies

Now that it is cold I need to zip my coat.  Velcro closures on my raincoat do not keep me warm.  When I sit, gaps form between the Velcro ta...

The Info Smart Phones and Stroke, Part 1 | Health News

06.00.00

advanced ADLs, hemiplegic hand

Part 1 is about how a stroke limits what I can do with a smart phone and how I feel about it.  I do not have to worry about falling while st...

The Info Resting Splints Revisited | Health News

06.00.00

hemiplegic hand, pain, SaeboFlex

When I joined the staff of a nursing home as their first OT I opened a stroke survivor's hand after her fingernails grew into her palm b...

The Info Chedoke Arm and Hand Activity Inventory | Health News

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hemiplegic hand

The Chedoke is a bimanual hand test that captures lots of baseline data because it lets clients use the affected hand hold the jar or turn t...

The Info Arthritis + Stroke = Modified Joint Protection | Health News

04.00.00

hemiplegic hand, pain

Five years ago an x-ray showed early signs of arthritis in my sound thumb.  I did not worry about it until this thumb started to ache.  I ha...

The Info Kinesio Taping Reviewed | Health News

03.00.00

hemiplegic hand, pain

A subluxed shoulder is painful because the upper arm (humerus) has slipped out of the shoulder socket.  Subluxation is rated by how many fin...

The Info Constraint Therapy is Good and Bad | Health News

05.00.00

hemiplegic hand, SaeboFlex

When a new graduate told a blogger that stroke recovery happens in the first two years I decided to write about constraint therapy.  It was ...

The Info Mobility = Physical Recovery + Problem Solving | Health News

05.00.00

advanced ADLs, basic ADLs, hemiplegic hand, hemiplegic leg

A study found that impaired attention and visual-spatial deficits 3 months after a stroke was significantly associated with a poor quality o...

The Info Electrical Stimulation with NeuroMove | Health News

05.00.00

brain plasticity, hemiplegic hand, SaeboFlex

My hemiplegic hand was completely flaccid for three month after my stroke.  I did not get any motion back until I started using an electrica...

The Info The World's Tiniest Hand Splints | Health News

05.00.00

advanced ADLs, hemiplegic hand

Problem #1.  When I drive for 30 or more minutes my paralyzed hand gets tight from the constant vibration.    Solution #1: To keep my hand o...

The Info Are Resting Hand Splints a Waste of Money? | Health News

05.00.00

hemiplegic hand, pain

Studies of resting hand splints make me cringe when researchers ask the wrong questions.  Studies done by Lannin (1) and Burge (2) asked if ...

The Info Hand Function Comes From My Gut, Part 2 | Health News

05.58.00

hemiplegic hand

When you reach forward for an object the shoulder blade ( scapula ) helps by sliding forward.  Scapular muscles are attached to the ribs so ...

The Info Hand Function Comes From My Gut | Health News

05.00.00

hemiplegic hand, pain

I was dismayed that my NDT certification course did not teach me hand function comes from my gut.  I learned this when a PT had me do abdomi...

The Info I Would Go Stark Raving Mad | Health News

07.14.00

frustration, hemiplegic hand

My hemiplegic hand helps my sound hand do over 100 different tasks.  However, I am often slow or do a modified version of the task.  Despite...

The Info Getting Early Recovery | Health News

05.00.00

hemiplegic hand, hemiplegic leg

PTs do not start gait training by asking clients to lift their hemiplegic (paralyzed) leg in the air and then move their ankle and toes.  Ye...

The Info Small Motions Make My Hand Useful | Health News

05.28.00

hemiplegic hand

Current hand tests begin by asking clients to pick up small objects from a table.  Adding hand-to-hand transfers to hand tests would help st...

The Info Cracks on the Ends of My Fingers | Health News

05.00.00

hemiplegic hand, pain, snow strategies

Winter is finally here and I have a crack in the skin at the end of the fourth finger on my sound hand.  Every time the end of my finger con...

The Info ADLs Are Where the Repetitions Are | Health News

04.30.00

advanced ADLs, basic ADLs, brain plasticity, disuse, hemiplegic hand, hemiplegic leg

Barb's post  expressed how I feel about exercise.  Barb said exercises "console survivors that they are working as hard as they can...

The Info Why I Can't Be My Own Therapist | Health News

10.31.00

hemiplegic hand

My post on finger exercises  is a perfect example of why I can't be my own therapist.  When I'm struggling with an object I don'...