Winter Blues: Tips For Staying Active and Beating the Blues!
Winter, especially winters like the one we are enduring this year, can be hard on all of us. In addition, after the …
Non-Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain
In the acute phase of an injury, pain ‘makes sense’ to most people. It’s logical that if you break your leg, you’ll …
PGAP and Vocational Rehabilitation
People naturally experience a change in lifestyle after losing their job or primary occupation. The longer they spend without meaningful …
GLA Offers a Working Group for Spouses of Survivors with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
We’ve all heard it…marriage is hard work! At the best of times, marriage takes …
Aqua Therapy and The Power of Water in Rehab: Improve Body, Mind and Spirit
The healing properties of water have been utilized by civilizations for centuries. From …
Three Approaches to Evaluating Back-to-Work Readiness After an Accident
While it’s easy to understand that following an injury, trauma, or accident an individual may…
The Importance of Education Before Using a Walker After Neurological Injury
Usually, when I first meet a client with a recent neurological injury (such as a stroke, brain …
Sensory Defensiveness Following Brain Injury
Sensory defensiveness’ is one issue individuals with brain injury often struggle with. This problem can manifest itself in many different forms. It …
Using Home-Based Paraffin Wax Units for Wrist Pain and Stiffness
I recently had success treating clients with a paraffin wax unit designed for home use. I’d like to share the case study …
Bridging Tangents: What is a Rehab Support Worker?
Bridging Tangents is a forum for brain injury survivors and the people who support them. . A Rehab Support Worke …
Cognitive Rehabilitation’s Tremendous Potential
I have worked as an Occupational Therapist with acquired brain injury clients for the last 20 years. And that’s why I get really discouraged …
Treating Executive Functioning Dysfunction with Occupational Therapy
Treating Executive Function Dysfunction with Occupational Therapy. In early …