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Handout

How to Stop Freezing with Parkinson’s Disease

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AdultOTProgressive Neurological Conditions
Freezing is not only frustrating, but also a significant fall risk. This resource provides a list of tricks to prevent and get out of a freezing episode.  It is a great visual to have taped to your patient’s wall, walker seat, or any other location that your patient has frequent episodes.
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How To Squat With Good Technique

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AdultOTSports and Exercise
The squat is a foundational movement that can be used to strengthen the quadriceps, glutes, and lower back muscles. Squatting with good technique can be helpful to make sure the correct muscles are being used and to ensure that it does not cause pain. This intervention piece is a useful tool that can be included with home exercise programs to outline the correct technique when performing a double leg squat.
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How to Calculate Heart Rate

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AdultOTHealth Management and Self AdvocacySports and Exercise
Being able to calculate one’s own heart rate accurately is a vital skill for those looking to monitor heart rate for health reasons. This handout is designed to help therapists educate people on the different methods to accurately calculate heart rate so they can independently monitor and optimize their health.
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How Does the Brain Communicate? Introduction to the Central Nervous System

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjurySpinal Cord InjuryStroke
This handout is an introduction to the central nervous system of the brain and spinal cord. It explains the parts of a neuron and how it helps send chemical messages for communicating thoughts, body commands, and interpreting sensory information.
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How Does Manual Therapy Reduce Pain?

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AdultOTChronic Pain
This handout outlines and summarizes what the best available evidence says about how manual therapy may work to reduce pain, and it describes who may benefit most from it.
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Household Cleaning After Stroke

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsStroke
This handout covers strategies and a variety of different modifications for increasing independence with household cleaning after experiencing a stroke.
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Eval Tool

House-Brackman Classification of Facial Function

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AdultOTSLPNervous System Conditions
This resource addresses facial nerve impairments, including Bell’s palsy. It describes the 6 grades of facial function related to nerve damage and can help classify and describe facial nerve impairments for evaluation purposes
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Handout

Hospital Beds

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AdultOTSLPSeating and Mobility
Hospital beds often have a learning curve for new users – both managing the controller as well as using the bed’s features to one’s advantage. This clinical resource includes a simple visual diagram of a hospital bed control with labels, and a guide for maximizing independence with performance of hospital bed mobility.
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Eval Tool

Home Safety Checklist

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsHome Modifications
A home safety checklist used for assessing safety, accessibility, and possible barriers for individuals in their homes.
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Handout HEP

Home Exercises for Self Range of Motion for the Hemiplegic Arm

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AdultOTStroke
This includes a home exercise program to teach clients who need to perform self range of motion for a hemiplegic upper extremity. It includes an area for customization of the number of repetitions, frequency recommendations, and/or individual notes and precautions.
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Therapy Material

Home Exercise Program Tracking Sheet

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AdultOTSports and Exercise
This printable tracking sheet helps clients track their carry-over of trained exercise programs and provides a discussion point during follow-up therapy sessions. It is broken up into space that provides room to track three different exercises across one week.
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Hip Replacement Recovery

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
This resource provides information on factors associated with hip dislocation after total hip arthroplasty and strategies that may be helpful to prevent dislocation.
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Clinical Reference

Home and Clinic Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

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AdultOTSLPRespiratory
Cystic Fibrosis can be an overwhelming diagnosis. These treatments and suggestions allow some control over symptoms and include breathing techniques as well as percussion techniques.
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Handout

Hip Arthritis: What to Expect

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AdultOTArthritisOrthopaedics
This handout describes hip arthritis, prognosis, and strategies for reducing symptoms.
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Handout HEP

Hip Arthritis Exercises

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AdultOTArthritisOrthopaedics
This handout outlines two exercises targeted at some of the more common impairments seen in patients with hip arthritis. Includes visual instructions for exercises to address mobility, strength, and overall function.
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High Load Strength Training for Plantar Fasciitis

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
This handout describes how to complete high load strength training based on the research of Rathleff, et al (2014).
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Handout

High Flow Nasal Cannulas and Dysphagia

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AdultSLPDysphagiaRespiratory
A person may need respiratory support from a high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) for multiple reasons. However, the medical team will need to collaborate with the speech-language pathologist to determine if swallowing will be safe for this non-invasive oxygen treatment. The SLP will consider many questions because HFNC can negatively change swallowing safety and increase aspiration risk. This handout will explain the purpose of HFNC and provide clinical questions to be considered by the medical team.
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Hierarchy of Cueing for Word-Finding

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AdultSLPAphasia
This handout describes types of cues and a hierarchy of cueing used to help patients generate target words that can be used by therapists and/or caregivers when working with people who are experiencing aphasia.
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Handout

Hemiplegia and Self-feeding

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AdultOTSLPADLs/IADLsStroke
This resource covers adaptive equipment and compensatory strategies that can improve the independence and quality of life in individuals who have hemiplegia.
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Handout

Heart Healthy Cooking

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AdultOTADLs/IADLsCardiovascular Disease
This handout explains similarities in the most effective diets for prevention of cardiovascular disease, based on various studies and clinical trials, and positive outcomes of changing diet for the long term.
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