Balance
A state of equilibrium, which can refer to physical stability, emotional composure, or an even distribution of opposing forces.
What is balance.
This device will help with weak grip due to arthritis.
What is a jar opener?
A written order from a healthcare professional that includes diagnosis, frequency + duration of treatment for therapy.
What is a script?
A personalized collection of memories, typically including photos, stories, and mementos, that capture a person's life, family, or specific event like a wedding or vacation.
What is a memory book.
An exercise especially gentle on painful joints. This exercise supports your weight, which reduces joint stress, and exercising in warmth.
What are aquatic exercises.
A device that gives support to maintain balance or stability while walking, most commonly due to age.
What is a rollator.
This is a dressing tool that helps individuals with limited mobility, bending, or flexibility when putting on or taking off your socks.
What is a sock aid.
The initial phase where a therapist comprehensively assesses a clients' condition, functional limitations, and need for physical therapy treatment.
What is a PT evaluation?
A chart or series of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, or giving particular seasonal information.
What is a calendar.
Applying this to soothe stiffness in joints, this can reduce pain and swelling especially after activity
What are heat and cold therapy.
What is the number one thing that affects your balance, its a complex sensory network in your inner ear?
Vestibular System
Portable tool that hooks into the car doors striker plate to provide a stable handhold for getting in-out of the vehicle.
What is an adaptive car handle or car assist handle?
This person helps resident with communication, cognitive, and swallowing problems, often related to age, stroke, dementia, or other conditions.
What is a speech therapist?
A word game where players fill in a grid of black and white squares with words.
What are crossword puzzles.
The most common type, caused by the breakdown of cartilage in the joints.
What is Osteoarthritis
What type of therapist would evaluate + improve a person physical function, including balance, mobility + gait.
Who is a physical therapist?
A tool, with a hook on the end of handle, used for fastening buttons though buttonholes.
What is a buttonhook?
Your PT is able to treat this unpleasant sensory + emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. or described in terms of such damage.
What is pain?
A container with multiple compartments used to organize and store medications, vitamins, and supplements.
What is a pillbox.
An autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and damage to the joints.
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis.
A handheld tool for picking up objects so you don't have to bend over + this will decrease the risk of falling.
What is a reacher or grabber?
A wall-mounted support device most often installed in bathrooms near showers, tubs, ad toilets to prevent falls.
What is a grab bar?
Your PT may use this hand-o treatment approach that involves the use skilled techniques to improve musculoskeletal function +relieve pain.
What is manual therapy?
Designed to be customizable, health-focused companion that can be used for fitness tracking, staying connected, and accessing various apps from your wrist.
What is an apple or smart watch.
Name a treatment for Arthritis
What is: medication, PT, surgery, weight loss and avoiding repetitive motions.