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Favorite Activities to Work on Shoulder Girdle Strengthening

Therapy Fun Zone — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:50:08 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.The shoulder girdle is very important in the functioning of the arms and the hands. In order to use your hands efficiently, you need to have strong, stable shoulders for your arms to work off of. Kids need to be able to easily reach up against gravity and to reach...

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In hand manipulation skills using broken crayons

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 13:41:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.In order to work on in-hand manipulation skills with some kids, I decided to use little pieces of broken off crayon. I had them hold two crayons at the same time, one in their palm, and one in their fingers. Then I had them draw a shape (I had circles...

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A Magnet Game for Wrist Strengthening

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Once my son was able to get good active wrist extension after his broken arm, I began to think of ways to work on strengthening his wrist extension. He is at an age that he will do repetitive exercises, but I still wanted a game that would give motivation for...

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Recovering range of motion and strength after a broken arm

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Back in October, my son fell when we were ice skating, and he broke his right arm. It started healing wrong and had to be re-broken to set it properly. He was casted in a full arm cast in wrist flexion. His arm was immobilized for more than two months,...

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Quick Tip: Importance of Home Programs

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:17:56 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Home programs are almost more important than therapy. When working in early intervention, I give a home program every week for them to work on something specific that week. I can tell the next week if they have been doing it or not. I see changes over the week in...

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Quick Tip; home programs

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:29:10 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.When giving home programs, keep in mind that these people have lives, and usually don’t have time to do a huge list of activities. Give one really important thing to focus on at a time, and they may actually be able to do it. (Of course, some people do like...

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