Mental illness after trauma, such as a car accident, is very common. Depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder are mental illnesses that can be debilitating and impact a person’s ability to function on a daily basis. Part of managing and living with a...
By Mikhaela Albarico, Student OT Getting a headache is both a common and unique experience. Common because most of us have felt this pain. Unique because we each feel pain differently and because there are different types of headaches. For example, a migraine is an...
Happy New Year to our clients! Many people take the new year as an opportunity to set new goals and make new resolutions for themselves. This may (or may not) always go as planned. In preparation for 2019, we have compiled a list of tips and strategies to help our...
By Kathryn Decker, MScOT Reg. (Ont). Life care planners at GLA prioritize communication with a client’s rehabilitation and medical providers to elicit future treatment recommendations. The client’s treating health care professionals best know what treatment will be...
In the acute phase of an injury, pain ‘makes sense’ to most people. It’s logical that if you break your leg, you’ll have pain while the bone is healing. If you burn your hand, you’ll have pain while the skin recovers. This type of pain is usually referred to as acute...
I recently had success treating clients with a paraffin wax unit designed for home use. I’d like to share the case study with you. As a community occupational therapist there are often restrictions in providing home-based therapy to clients due to the nature of...
