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Visual Aids for Toe-Touch Weight Bearing and Non-Weight Bearing (TTWB/NWB) Precautions

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
It is often difficult for a client to remember to follow weight bearing precautions after a fracture or surgery, especially if they have a memory impairment. This customizable clinical resource is a set of TTWB/NWB visual aids to use as a reminder for your clients and their caregivers. Use of a visual aid is a part of the delivery of skilled therapy services, and it can improve outcomes, safety, and carryover during healing.
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Vestibular Neuritis

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Do you have a patient with vestibular neuritis? This document will help explain the diagnosis and detail what to expect. The document is helpful for patients, caregivers, and clinicians.
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Vascular Claudication

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Vascular claudication can cause intermittent pain in the leg when active. Knowing what vascular claudication is, what to expect, and potential treatment options is useful to people who suffer from this condition and for the clinicians who treat people with vascular claudication. This handout outlines what intermittent vascular claudication is, what to expect, and potential […]
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Valsalva Maneuver

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The valsalva maneuver can be used as an exercise for the treatment of dysphagia and is one step of the super-supraglottic swallow maneuver in which a person is voluntarily controlling airway closure to reduce the risk of aspiration while consuming food and/or liquid. This resource provides information regarding who should use this maneuver, the rationale, contraindications, and instructions to complete this maneuver.  
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Urinary Incontinence Exercise Program

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides clear, simple instructions to improve strength and continence. Includes space for repetitions, hold times, frequency, precautions, and notes.
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Upper Body Home Exercise Programs

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This exercise handout includes two separate options for client home exercise programs. The first targets general upper body strengthening, and the second targets fine motor range of motion and coordination using a few household items. Both have simple visuals and blank spaces to customize frequency, weight, and repetition recommendations, as well as easy-to-understand language to improve independence and follow through.
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Understanding and Explaining Test Scores with Use of a Bell Curve

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This resource provides education on terms related to testing, an area to discuss a patients’ strengths/weaknesses with them (or have them write their own for awareness), and a bell curve to explain results to patients and caregivers following evaluation.
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Under Pressure: Wound Vac

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides basic information regarding wound vacuum assisted closure (VAC) and may assist with further discussion of how the VAC therapy affects participation with ADLs, functional mobility, or meaningful activities.
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