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Motivational Interviewing and Occupational Therapy

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Motivational interviewing is a therapeutic style of communication designed to help people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior. This handout provides a brief overview of motivational interviewing techniques and highlights the key concepts to help occupational therapists elicit behavior change talk with their clients. 
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Motivating a Reluctant Client

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Provides ideas to empower clients who are reluctant or unmotivated for therapeutic intervention using a motivational interviewing approach as it relates directly to rehabilitation, and provides examples of documenting this in treatment notes.
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Lumbar Radiculopathy Typical Presentations by Level

December 29, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Lumbar radiculopathy can be challenging to recognize and diagnose since many conditions can cause radiating pain into the legs. This resource provides some tips for recognizing lumbar radiculopathy for clinicians and outlines typical presentations of dysfunction by level through the lumbar spine.
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Maintenance Therapy: What Is It and How Do You Justify It In Documentation?

December 29, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Have you been discharging patients who are not making progress due to complex health conditions or a degenerative condition? If you feel that these individuals will decline in function after discharge you may be able to justify maintenance therapy. This document outlines what maintenance therapy is and how you justify it.
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Lower Leg Pain- Differential Diagnosis for Clinicians

December 29, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Lower leg pain is frequently the result of medial tibial stress syndrome, but there are other pathologies that can cause lower leg pain that the clinician should be aware of to make sure the patient gets appropriate referral and/or treatment to match their condition. This resource briefly summarizes differences in presentation between different common lower […]
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Low-Dye Taping for Plantar Fasciopathy

December 29, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Plantar fascia related pain is one of the more common causes of pain on the bottom side of the foot and heel. Low-dye taping can provide short term pain relief for people who are living with this condition; it can also be a good way to test if someone may benefit from orthotic prescription. This […]
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Loading Guidelines for the Intervertebral Disc

December 29, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Lower back pain is generally non-specific in nature, but the intervertebral disc can be attributed to some back pain. People with back pain are frequently discouraged when they are told they have disc problems and feel like they cannot do anything about things like “degenerative disc disease,” “disc herniations,” and “disc bulges.” This resource provides […]
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Lab Value Reference for Clinicians

December 27, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This resource is designed for clinicians needing to reference the lab values for their patients when doing chart reviews. Each of the lab values is explained with the normative range and provides extra information about how a change in lab values may affect cognitive-communication and dysphagia.
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