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...
Everyday, thousands of developers are creating new apps for users addressing everything from fitness and nutrition to organization and games. Many new smartphones applications are now looking at rehabilitation, including acquired/traumatic brain injury, stroke and...
In 2009, Remi was just 18 years old when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident which resulted in a severe brain injury (GCS 3/15). At the time of the accident he had just finished high school and was planning to start college. He was experiencing severely...
A client recently asked me an important question: “Sean, you and I are working toward goals set out by my Occupational Therapist. Is there a way part of our time could also focus on the goals I’ve set with my Physiotherapist?” Farhana Jaffer, co-collaborator on this...
The healing properties of water have been utilized by civilizations for centuries. From the Egyptian royal baths infused with oils and salts to the communal pools used in the great cities of Rome during its height to the still famous baths of Budapest, Hungary,...
