Activities of daily living

On September 22, 2016, I completed my field placement observation in a middle school classroom located at The Day School. The heterogeneous group of students that made up the classroom have significant cognitive weaknesses in general learning abilities, functional communication, fine and gross motor skills, social skills, self-care, sensory, and physical development. In addition to their intellectual disabilities, many students in the classroom suffered with health care problems, including…

interventions include: tapping the stump, and Estim around the bicep, tri-cep, and shoulder to help contract the muscles surrounding the affected extremity. Occupational Therapy is critical during rehabilitation, facilitating optimum performance of daily life activities. Safety…

Enumerate the activities that took place during the observation. When I conduct my first observation, I was amazed to a young lady who sings reflection. She really sang it beautifully. During their past time they always did it, someone sing, dance, and doing some art. When the demo teacher arrives, they start to keep what they are doing and listen to what the teacher is saying. The teacher designed the activities into a game so that they will gain the attention of the learner. And most of the…

a mother who was 4 months pregnant and was experiencing low back pain because of excessive lordosis. The goal was to relieve the pain while walking and doing chores by making her aware of the muscle transverse abdominis and use it when doing her activities. Limb-loading while doing the activation of TrAs was used as a progression of the exercise. The reference used for determining the exercises and breakdown of actions appropriate for the patient’s population was from 6th edition of Physical…

provide my overall impression of the senior citizen, and provide a medication table along with knowledge of use, timing, and overall concerns of the medications. Interviewing an older adult will provide considerable insight and appreciation for the daily struggles he or she…

designed to provide an alternative care within an environment for people requiring care and support for a number of different reasons. ‘to support our service users we provide a range of services to meet their differing needs, including supported living, supported housing, residential care, community and home support, floating support, extra care and day services.’ (Creative Support, 2015). This service is not funded by the NHS or state funding but by the family of the service users and is…

As a future physical therapist, I will embody APTA’s vision by specializing in pediatrics and teaching children, young adults, and their parents not only the importance of living an active lifestyle, but how to in a fun, safe, and effective manner in order to optimize movement and function. Children are our future, and as they progress and overcome their physical barriers, it will ensure a successful existence of society far into the future. Physical exercise is extremely important for young and…

each year are due to insufficient physical activity, making it the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. In relation, WHO defines physical activity as “any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.” There is an insufficient participation in this during leisure time, as well as an increase in sedentary behavior during work and…

experience highly stressing situations throughout their lifetime are greatly affected. Based on the stress and coping paradigm, stress could be an interaction of a thinking person (Lazarus, 1984; Lazarus et al., 1985 Lazarus & Folkman, 1984).Over time the daily stressors of work, family, and financial needs with the combination of lack of excessive or a healthy diet will eventually affect our physiological body system. High blood pressure is a stress response that not only can lead to…

and independent living facility located at the heart of San Luis Obispo. The facility is close to the French Hospital Medical Center, Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and Longs Drug Stores California. The facility is also close to a number of shopping centers, restaurants, coffee houses and bookstores. According to Ourparents.com, the Manse On Marsh features apartment style habitat that is specially designed to cater for residents who need assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs).…