SITTING POSTURE & FUNCTION-GENERAL

Components and sub components of upper body in siting position

SITTING POSTURE IS GROSS MOTOR SKILL

Ingredients of siting posture-

head control
Proximal stability
hand function
trunk control

HEAD CONTROL-

reflex integration (physical development -creeping ,crawling so on)

vision normal

visual function efficiently

ear normal

hearing function efficiently

PROXIMAL STABILITY-

shoulder range of motion (helps in reaching forward / backward)

shoulder strength (pushups ,retracting object from overhead)

dissociation ( wrist and hand dissociation allows writing smoothly)

TRUNK CONTROL -

spine (sitting erecting,bending twisting movements)

core muscles strength (siting erect in chair)

movement to sides and bending ( when siting in chair picking up an object bending sideways )

HAND FUNCTION-

grasp (Holding ball)

grip ( opening closing a clip)

in hand manipulation ( handling too many coins in a hand)

BILATERAL INTEGRATION -

(eg.catching ball & stabilizing with one hand while other hand is into writing)

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Be Wise with THERAPY BALL

Therapy ball or Exercise ball should be used precautiously and implement exercise under expert personal ,when doing with Child with special needs.Therapy ball comes in different sizes and types ,speak with your child's mentor before purchasing the right one for the home program. Some of the noteworthy benefits of therapy ball base exercise are Strength ,Power ,Sensory ,Movement and Endurance . Take care while doing exercises with therapy ball to avoid accident or injury. After exercise store the ball appropriately .

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PART 1

O ccupational therapy ASSIST/SUPPORT patient/client to learn or improve skills needed to perform an occupation. An Occupation could include any thing from brushing teeth ,making bed,bathing toileting , going to office ,school related tasks . Occupational therapist works with all types of age group that is children ,adult and elderly population. Occupational therapist first completes an evaluation of task or Occupation to develop impression of impeding problem.After identifying the problem OT starts with specific treatment for the problem taking client from being unable to able. Problem in performing any occupation/task could be cause either by sensory issue,motor difficulty,perception ,cognition and so on. Occupational therapist have specialization that is pediatric occupational therapist,Neuro occupational therapist,Orthopedic,Geriatric, Oncologist and so on. _____________________________________

THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS OF CLAY

-To relieve stress. -To improve sitting tolerance . -To improve handwriting. -To improve hand dexterity & strength . -To unleash creativity and abstract . -Sensory enrichment-Tactile input & proprioceptive input. -Improves body awareness .

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