Live Physical Therapy Class 7, Functional Therapy with Ralph Preston, December 9, 11 AM Eastern Time

Описание: The topic is Functional Therapy. That's using your affected side in daily tasks. It's an extremely simple but effective type of therapy, so learn about it and start doing it yourself. Questions on any subject are always welcome, so bring your physical therapy or stroke questions and I'll try to answer them. If you're looking for recommendations on exercises to do, I can make some suggestions and demonstrate them. I can also drop links to any of my 150 recovery exercise videos in the chat.

I'm not a PT. I did work with one. First, I volunteered working with him at a free clinic once a week for 6 months. Then I started helping local stroke survivors, 12 in all, doing PT with them in their homes, one for 5 years. He supervised me and came by every couple of weeks to see how we were doing, participated in the session, and showed us new things to do. Then I went 2 or 3 days a week and did whatever old & new PT he had us doing with them. I'm also a 17-year survivor. I've been learning all I can about PT for about 15 years. I started after my recovery, where I researched exercises and did my own PT 10 hours a day for more than a year. I've gone to PT off and on over the years myself, always asking questions and learning what I can. I also took stroke survivors to over 300 PT sessions and was allowed in the back with them, sometimes helping out the PT with their session. I saw being allowed to participate as a privilege, so I waited until the end and then asked my one or two questions. I don't pass on any information that I haven't verified. Safety is always a primary concern. And, if I don't know, I'll say so and either look it up right then and there or find out the answer and get back to you.

Before starting any exercise or physical therapy be sure to check with your medical team. I am not giving out medical advice, rather what worked for me and others.

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