Vacation
Your Therapy Source Iinc is on vacation for the week. See you next week.
Your Therapy Source Iinc is on vacation for the week. See you next week.
A review of the research on clinical applications of yoga for the pediatric population was published in the latest issue of Academic Pediatrics. Thirty four controlled studies were reviewed. A large majority of the studies yielded positive results from yoga although many of the studies were of low methodological quality. The researchers concluded that further […]
The Journal of Intellectual Disabilities reports on a small research study involving 4 adults with intellectual disabilities. The adults had a face to face meeting to go over the exercise regimen and follow up phone calls. The participants used a DVD at home to exercise. Seventy five percent of the participants increased their exercise frequency […]
Heard about this website from @otadvantage on Twitter – Ian’s Shoelace site. This man has created an entire website dedicated to tying shoes. He provides an extensive amount of information on shoe tying. He compares knots, rates knots and demonstrates knots. He writes about shoe lacing tips for children, people with disabilities, adults and everyone. […]
The days of running around neighborhoods freely and walking to school seem to be a thing of the past. Instead, children sit in front of a television or computer screen for hours a day. When the weather outside is bad, the television hours increase even more. Because of this, children lead more sedentary lifestyles than […]
Came across this great hand out for parents to encourage tummy time for babies. It is 6 pages with great visual pictures to go along with the written material. It has been created by Orthomerica. Download Tummy Time Tools. A reader comment below and wanted to include the following resources on tummy time as well. […]
NeuroRehabilitation published research on the effects of task-oriented strength training on mobility function in children with cerebral palsy. Five children with cerebral palsy (GMFCS I-III) were randomly assigned to an experimental group which received task-oriented strength training with a focus on the lower extremities for 5 weeks. This group also practiced functional tasks similar to […]
A Northwestern University study researched how children processed three sounds with background noise present in the room. The three sounds, “ba”, “ga” and “da” were difficult for children to interpret. The researchers used a new technology that is sensitive enough to measure how the nervous system represents differences in sounds in each person. This study […]
The New York City Department of Health recently reviewed academic and fitness records of public school children in Grades K-8. This records review revealed the following:1. More than 20% of the students were obese and 18% are overweight totaling 38% of all students.2. Boys were more likely to be obese than girls (except among black […]
Annals of Family Medicine published research on self reported musculoskeletal problems in obese and overweight children. They studied 2459 children ages 2-11 years old of which 4.1% were overweight or obese. The overweight and obese children self reported significantly more musculoskeletal problems than normal weight peers. The musculoskeletal problems included back/neck pain and lower extremity […]