Annual MOTA Conference
November 10, 2017
Radisson Hotel North Baltimore
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Monday, August 14, 2017
More CEU information
I saw this CEU and I thought it would be great follow up after Dans awesome in-service
LINK for more information
Let me know if you'd like to go, I am strongly considering Columbia or Fredrick !
Thank you,
Kailie
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Kinesiology Taping comes to Baltimore
This taping course is like the Rock tape one we were trying to bring to BOR!
If you are interested you can register at:
VYNE.COM use express # 15089
Course is 249.99 for early registration
Course AOTA approved
Anyone going to other CEU's? Please share!!
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Happy Forth of July!
Enjoy your Holiday safely!!
Fireworks safety tips
While it is best to leave fireworks to the professionals, if you plan to have fireworks at your celebration, follow these precautions and set some rules in advance.
- Always read and follow all warnings and label instructions.
- Never allow children to play with or light fireworks.
- The adult lighting the fireworks should always wear eye protection. No one should ever have any part of their body over the fireworks.
- Use fireworks outdoors only.
- Be sure other people are out of range before lighting fireworks.
- Always have water handy (a garden hose and a bucket) in case of fire.
- Light fireworks on a smooth, flat surface away from the house. Keep away from dry leaves and other flammable materials.
- Light only one firework at a time.
- Never throw or point fireworks at other people or animals.
- Never shoot fireworks in metal or glass containers.
- Never relight a dud firework. Douse and soak them with water and throw them away.
- Dispose of fireworks by soaking them in water and then putting them in the trash can.
*Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission 2013 Report
Thursday, May 25, 2017
2017 MD OT odd year renewal
Hey Team,
Online and paper applications are being accepted for Maryland OT and OTA 2017 odd year licencees. If you fall into this renewal- you should have received a post card like the one below. Any questions contact the licensing coordinator, Lauren Murray 410-402-8556.
Online and paper applications are being accepted for Maryland OT and OTA 2017 odd year licencees. If you fall into this renewal- you should have received a post card like the one below. Any questions contact the licensing coordinator, Lauren Murray 410-402-8556.
Monday, May 22, 2017
Hey Team,
I saw this new virtual reality technology on the news and OT students and professionals have been testing it in rehab facilities. Its pretty cool! Take a look...
Manufactures web site: Click here!
News story: Click here!
I saw this new virtual reality technology on the news and OT students and professionals have been testing it in rehab facilities. Its pretty cool! Take a look...
SaeboVR ADL's:
SaeboVR's ADL-focused virtual world provides clients with real-life challenges. Users will incorporate their impaired upper limb to perform simulated self-care tasks that involve picking up, transferring and manipulating virtual objects.
- Grocery shopping
- Putting away groceries
- Preparing breakfast
- Pet shopping
- Pet bathing
- Garden planting
- Garden harvesting
- Preparing dinner
- Putting away clothes
- Volunteering at a soup kitchen
Manufactures web site: Click here!
News story: Click here!
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Other OT blogs
Hey Team,
I found a link to another blog that talks about other OT blogs and it includes links! Take a look!
LINK
I found a link to another blog that talks about other OT blogs and it includes links! Take a look!
LINK
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Antwon on 2x vs 3x week frequency
Antwon was tasked recently with looking up evidence on the 2x vs. 3x a week frequency and its effect on outcomes, and he dug around Google Scholar for something substantial. He did find an article on chronic pain outcomes (which the results may surprise you), but he had quite a few criticisms on the article itself. We did have a discussion on other articles on the topic (acute injuries, chronic pain, post-surgical cases) and how frequency may be more suggestive then, but go ahead and read on for what Antwon found:
Antwon: A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a spine therapy program being delivered two times per week compared to three times per week. Of the 77 participants, 24 chose to receive treatment two times per week, while 53 chose to receive treatment three times per week. Presenting characteristics were similar between both groups at the evaluation in the areas of mean duration of symptoms, sex, presenting diagnosis, and types of insurance. The only notable difference was an average age of 45 years old for the two times per week group versus 40 years old for the three times per week group. Analysis at discharge and at 12-month follow-up showed that pain and functional measures were similar for both groups. Analysis at discharge and at 12-month follow-up showed that performance levels for physical functional tests measures were similar for both groups. The results of the study suggests that physical therapy using aggressive exercise for the treatment of chronic spinal pain produced similar results for physical measures of flexibility and strength, subjective measures of pain and disability and for perception of adequacy of care, regardless of whether treatment was delivered two or three times per week.
Antwon: A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a spine therapy program being delivered two times per week compared to three times per week. Of the 77 participants, 24 chose to receive treatment two times per week, while 53 chose to receive treatment three times per week. Presenting characteristics were similar between both groups at the evaluation in the areas of mean duration of symptoms, sex, presenting diagnosis, and types of insurance. The only notable difference was an average age of 45 years old for the two times per week group versus 40 years old for the three times per week group. Analysis at discharge and at 12-month follow-up showed that pain and functional measures were similar for both groups. Analysis at discharge and at 12-month follow-up showed that performance levels for physical functional tests measures were similar for both groups. The results of the study suggests that physical therapy using aggressive exercise for the treatment of chronic spinal pain produced similar results for physical measures of flexibility and strength, subjective measures of pain and disability and for perception of adequacy of care, regardless of whether treatment was delivered two or three times per week.
Source:
Rainville, J., Jouve, C. A., Hartigan, C., Martienz, E., Hipona, M. (2002). Comparison of short and long term outcomes for aggressive spinal rehabilitation delivered two versus three times per week. The Spine Journal, 2:402-407.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Cool NBCOT find
Travis pointed out to me that NBCOT has given us access to research publications! You just have to make an account with MyNBCOT, go to ProQuest/Refworks found at the top header and search the topic of your interest.
If you find any good articles, please post/share on the blog!
Have a great day!
Kailie
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Antwon's first summary
Hey guys - my student, Antwon, is spending some time with me as I help him through his Level II fieldwork. He's feeling his way through the more orthopaedic side of what we do, and he decided to look into some dry needling evidence to get a better feel for the targetted nature of muscloskeletal treatment modalities. His summary is below:
A study was conducted to primarily determine whether or not deep dry needling combined with passive stretching was more effective than passive stretching only, in treating pain in people with chronic nonspecific neck pain attributed to myofascial pain syndrome with active myofascial trigger points in their cervical muscles. The secondary aim of the study was to examine the effect of the treatments on mechanical hyperalgesia, neck active range of motion, neck muscle strength, and perceived neck disability. The cervical muscles targeted for deep dry needling of myofascial trigger points included the upper trapezius, levator scapulae, multifidi, and splenius cervicis muscles.
A total of 128 participants completed the intervention, with 64 being a part of the control passive stretching only group, and 64 in the (DDN) deep dry needling and passive stretching group, in which they were randomly assigned to. For the deep dry needling group, of the possible four sessions that would have been applied over a two week period, 12 participants received 3 treatment sessions, 37 participants received 2 sessions, and 3 participants received only 1 session, indicating that the participants reported complete relief of their symptoms and did not require additional sessions. In the case of the control group, 15 participants reported complete relief of neck pain after 2 sessions, while the remaining participants required all four sessions of treatment and did not reach complete recovery of their complaints.
The subjective pain intensity decreased significantly after treatment in both groups, with a larger effect in the DDN group both at the end of the intervention period and at the 6 month follow up. For pressure pain threshold all the muscles except the trapezius showed similar changes over time for each group. The pressure pain threshold of the trapezius muscle showed statistically significant increases after treatment for both groups with a larger effect for the DDN group. Neck active range of motion significantly increased in the DDN group for all movement directions, whereas no significant change was observed for the control group. The DDN group also showed greater improvement of neck muscle strength for all tested directions compared with the control group. Neck disability decreased significantly after treatment in both groups with a larger effect for the DDN group. All the results were clinically meaningful after the intervention and at the 3 and 6 month follow ups for the DDN group as opposed to the control group. Deep dry needling with passive stretching applied to participants with chronic nonspecific neck pain attributed to MPS was associated with better and clinically meaningful results for pain, mechanical hyperalgesia, neck range of motion, neck muscle strength, and neck disability when compared with the passive stretching only control group, both at the completion of the intervention and at 6 month follow up.
A study was conducted to primarily determine whether or not deep dry needling combined with passive stretching was more effective than passive stretching only, in treating pain in people with chronic nonspecific neck pain attributed to myofascial pain syndrome with active myofascial trigger points in their cervical muscles. The secondary aim of the study was to examine the effect of the treatments on mechanical hyperalgesia, neck active range of motion, neck muscle strength, and perceived neck disability. The cervical muscles targeted for deep dry needling of myofascial trigger points included the upper trapezius, levator scapulae, multifidi, and splenius cervicis muscles.
A total of 128 participants completed the intervention, with 64 being a part of the control passive stretching only group, and 64 in the (DDN) deep dry needling and passive stretching group, in which they were randomly assigned to. For the deep dry needling group, of the possible four sessions that would have been applied over a two week period, 12 participants received 3 treatment sessions, 37 participants received 2 sessions, and 3 participants received only 1 session, indicating that the participants reported complete relief of their symptoms and did not require additional sessions. In the case of the control group, 15 participants reported complete relief of neck pain after 2 sessions, while the remaining participants required all four sessions of treatment and did not reach complete recovery of their complaints.
The subjective pain intensity decreased significantly after treatment in both groups, with a larger effect in the DDN group both at the end of the intervention period and at the 6 month follow up. For pressure pain threshold all the muscles except the trapezius showed similar changes over time for each group. The pressure pain threshold of the trapezius muscle showed statistically significant increases after treatment for both groups with a larger effect for the DDN group. Neck active range of motion significantly increased in the DDN group for all movement directions, whereas no significant change was observed for the control group. The DDN group also showed greater improvement of neck muscle strength for all tested directions compared with the control group. Neck disability decreased significantly after treatment in both groups with a larger effect for the DDN group. All the results were clinically meaningful after the intervention and at the 3 and 6 month follow ups for the DDN group as opposed to the control group. Deep dry needling with passive stretching applied to participants with chronic nonspecific neck pain attributed to MPS was associated with better and clinically meaningful results for pain, mechanical hyperalgesia, neck range of motion, neck muscle strength, and neck disability when compared with the passive stretching only control group, both at the completion of the intervention and at 6 month follow up.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Road Trip!!
Who: BOR OTs
What: AOTA’s annual conference
Where: Philadelphia, PA
When: Educational Sessions run Thursday March 30th – Sunday
April 2nd
How much: If registered prior
to February 27th members $451 nonmember $676
Important info:
Staff are
able to use their CEU money towards the conference as we will be able to obtain CEUs throughout the weekend.
Time off to attend will need to be used as
PTO
If we have interest we can explore options for splitting hotel rooms and/or
a daily carpool. However, since it is the centennial year they are doing a lot
of fun adult bashes and balls in celebration so it might be fun to stay over!
The link to the website for more information:
Please respond Yes, I am
interested or No thanks to Kailie
or Travis so we can figure out the logistics to make this a smooth, fun
experience!! Let RSVP to one of us by 2/3/2017
Thursday, January 12, 2017
OT code reference
Hey All,
Again, this is the link for the WebPT slides. I cut down some of the information so we can use this as a handy reference when doing our evaluations!
LINK!
Have a great day,
Kailie
Again, this is the link for the WebPT slides. I cut down some of the information so we can use this as a handy reference when doing our evaluations!
LINK!
Have a great day,
Kailie
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