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Therapeutic exercise is an important step for many patients working to regain independence in ADLs. The Occupational Therapy Toolkit includes both Treatments Guides and Patient Education Handouts to help your patients comply with the therapeutic exercises needed for their recovery. Over the years, I have compiled a list of other great resources that you can use in your OT practice or suggest to patients.<\/p>\n
Enjoy!
\nCheryl Hall, OT
\nAuthor and Illustrator
\nOccupational Therapy Toolkit<\/p>\n
Physical Activity Guidelines<\/strong><\/u> DIY Hot and Cold Packs<\/strong><\/u> Hand Shadows<\/strong><\/u> Go4Life Exercise and Physical Activity<\/strong><\/u> The Arthritis Foundation \u2013 Exercise Resources<\/strong><\/u> Exercise Booklets for Falls Prevention<\/strong><\/u> Sit and Be Fit<\/strong><\/u> Yoga for the Rest of Us<\/strong><\/u> Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance<\/strong><\/u> Kinesiology Tape \u2013 Application Instructions<\/strong><\/u> Adapted Yoga \u2013 Sit, Stand or Wheel<\/strong><\/u> Range Master Shoulder Therapy<\/strong><\/u> Therapeutic exercise is an important step for many patients working to regain independence in ADLs. The Occupational Therapy Toolkit includes both Treatments Guides and Patient Education Handouts to help your patients comply with the therapeutic exercises needed for their recovery. Over the years, I have compiled a list of other…<\/p>\n Read more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exercise"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Therapeutic-Exercise.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6847"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6952,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847\/revisions\/6952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide specific guidelines for the physical activity levels essential to healthy aging. Their guidelines for older adults include the recommended activity and duration.
\nCDC Website<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThese sites offer free instructions on how to make your own hot or cold pack with common household ingredients.
\nEasy DIY Ice Packs – Website<\/a>
\nDIY Hot or Cold Rice Bag – Website<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMaking hand shadows are a wonderfully creative way to work with hand function, ROM, bi-manual coordination, visual perception and cognition. Download the free image.
\nHand Shadow Image<\/a><\/p>\n
\nGo4Life, an exercise and physical activity campaign from the National Institute on Aging at NIH, is designed to help older adults fit exercise and physical activity into their daily life. Free resources include: DVDs, Audiobooks and Exercise Guides.
\nNIH Website<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe Arthritis Foundation provides a mix of free exercise resources and low cost fitness DVDs created specifically for people with arthritis.
\nArthritis Foundation Website<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe non-profit Fall Prevention Center of Excellence offers, for a fee, a set of 3 exercise brochures. The illustrated brochures include ten exercises, in large print, that demonstrate how individuals can remain balanced, flexible and able-bodied in order to prevent falls.
\nFall Prevention Center of Excellence Website<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis non-profit is devoted to healthy aging and offers gentle seated exercise videos for seniors. Selections include general or disease specific programs. The videos are available for purchase in several formats: DVDs, CDs and Streaming, or can be previewed on YouTube.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPeggy Cappy is the creator of the PBS \u201cYoga for the Rest of Us\u201d DVD series and the founder of Gentle Stretch Yoga. Peggy has perfected an adaptable yoga program that is easy, effective, and enjoyable for seniors and others who need a gentle or modified approach to yoga.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDeveloped by a team of researchers at the Oregon Research Institute,Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance helps older adults improve their balance and reduce the likelihood of falling. The program is intended for community-dwelling older adults aged 60 and older, who can walk easily with or without assistive devices. Participants should practice the program at least twice a week for 12 weeks, in a class taught by an authorized instructor. For more information on the benefits of Tai Chi or becoming an instructor visit their website.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis commercial site has a comprehensive collection of kinesiology taping instructions to treat a wide variety of injuries and health conditions. Each page also has a link to a printable document. The website also includes general information about preparing the skin and applying and removing your kinesiology tape.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCreated by an occupational therapist, Adapted Yoga lets people with mobility challenges experience the many benefits of traditional yoga. This unique video provides 4 variations of each pose, making yoga accessible for all.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis commercial website has great quality and low prices.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
![Hand Shadow Image<\/a><\/p>\nGo4Life Exercise and Physical Activity<\/strong><\/u>\nGo4Life, an exercise and physical activity campaign from the National Institute on Aging at NIH, is designed to help older adults fit exercise and physical activity into their daily life. Free resources include: DVDs, Audiobooks and Exercise Guides.\nNIH Website<\/a><\/p>\nThe Arthritis Foundation \u2013 Exercise Resources<\/strong><\/u>\nThe Arthritis Foundation provides a mix of free exercise resources and low cost fitness DVDs created specifically for people with arthritis.\nArthritis Foundation Website<\/a><\/p>\nExercise Booklets for Falls Prevention<\/strong><\/u>\nThe non-profit Fall Prevention Center of Excellence offers, for a fee, a set of 3 exercise brochures. The illustrated brochures include ten exercises, in large print, that demonstrate how individuals can remain balanced, flexible and able-bodied in order to prevent falls.\nFall Prevention Center of Excellence Website<\/a><\/p>\nSit and Be Fit<\/strong><\/u>\nThis non-profit is devoted to healthy aging and offers gentle seated exercise videos for seniors. Selections include general or disease specific programs. The videos are available for purchase in several formats: DVDs, CDs and Streaming, or can be previewed on YouTube.\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\nYoga for the Rest of Us<\/strong><\/u>\nPeggy Cappy is the creator of the PBS \u201cYoga for the Rest of Us\u201d DVD series and the founder of Gentle Stretch Yoga. Peggy has perfected an adaptable yoga program that is easy, effective, and enjoyable for seniors and others who need a gentle or modified approach to yoga.\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\nTai Chi: Moving for Better Balance<\/strong><\/u>\nDeveloped by a team of researchers at the Oregon Research Institute,Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance helps older adults improve their balance and reduce the likelihood of falling. The program is intended for community-dwelling older adults aged 60 and older, who can walk easily with or without assistive devices. Participants should practice the program at least twice a week for 12 weeks, in a class taught by an authorized instructor. For more information on the benefits of Tai Chi or becoming an instructor visit their website.\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\nKinesiology Tape \u2013 Application Instructions<\/strong><\/u>\nThis commercial site has a comprehensive collection of kinesiology taping instructions to treat a wide variety of injuries and health conditions. Each page also has a link to a printable document. The website also includes general information about preparing the skin and applying and removing your kinesiology tape.\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\nAdapted Yoga \u2013 Sit, Stand or Wheel<\/strong><\/u>\nCreated by an occupational therapist, Adapted Yoga lets people with mobility challenges experience the many benefits of traditional yoga. This unique video provides 4 variations of each pose, making yoga accessible for all.\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\nRange Master Shoulder Therapy<\/strong><\/u>\nThis commercial website has great quality and low prices.\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Therapeutic exercise is an important step for many patients working to regain independence in ADLs. The Occupational Therapy Toolkit includes both Treatments Guides and Patient Education Handouts to help your patients comply with the therapeutic exercises needed for their recovery. 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