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Presbyphonia: The Aging Voice

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout explains presbyphonia, or “the aging voice,” what specific structures of the body change, and how to seek medical treatment if the person’s quality of life is being affected by these vocal changes.
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Precautions and Contraindications to Spinal Manual Therapy

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Manual therapy is frequently used to treat spine related pain by therapists, osteopaths and chiropractors. This resource outlines contraindications to spinal manual therapy and is a helpful quick resource to review when in doubt about using manual therapy.
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Post Traumatic Amnesia

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout helps explain what PTA is, describes characteristics of a person in a PTA state, length of PTA state with a correlation of severity of brain injury, and ways to help a person in a PTA state.
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Post Concussion Syndrome

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout explains the symptoms, possible causes and risk factors, and prevention suggestions.
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Positioning Guidelines After a Stroke

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This visual guide shows the 4 most common positions: seated in a chair/wheelchair, lying in supine, lying on the affected side, and lying on the unaffected side, with simple explanations.
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Plantar Heel Pain Differential Diagnosis

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout lays out the incidence, symptoms, and signs for the following diagnoses: Plantar fasciitis (PF), fat-pad atrophy (FPA), pes cavus, plantar fasciitis with fat-pad atrophy, and pes planus.
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Picture Prompts for Written Narrative Task

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This written narrative session task requires the patient to view various pictures and write a description of what is happening. If a patient needs more prompts, some visual cues are provided.
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Phonological Components Analysis

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Phonological components analysis (PCA) is a type of treatment for anomia. PCA is a phonology-based treatment that is related to speech sounds, fundamental components of language. This material provides the goal of PCA, research supporting PCA, and a diagram/the steps for completing PCA.
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Phases of Gait and Muscle Activation

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Do you have patients who are struggling with gait mechanics? This resource outlines the activity of different muscle groups when walking. Use it to identify weaknesses and better understand how to get your patients walking better.
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Pharyngeal Stage of Swallowing in Adults

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This material describes the pharyngeal components of normal swallowing in adults. Broken down piece by piece and taking up 2 pages, every detail of the anatomy and physiology of this enormously important and very fast phase of the swallow is explained.
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