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May 7, 2021
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What is “Good” Posture?

I love this picture and this quote! What does “good” posture look like? Posture should shift with your activity and your day, (book not required). What matters is what does it FEEL like? Posture is all about AWARENESS. How much time do you think about your posture, your center, before, during or after your activity? […]
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April 30, 2021
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How OT’s Teach Functional Mobility for Pelvic Health

The main goal of an occupational therapist is to help patients strive for maximum functional capacity in meaningful occupations. To achieve this goal, we incorporate techniques to improve functional mobility and ADL’s/IADL’s such as sexual activity, toileting, childcare, home management tasks, and more. Education on proper body mechanics and positioning is key to obtaining quality […]
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April 29, 2021
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OT as Natural, Conservative Care

OT is natural, conservative care. It uses your own, innate ability to heal by helping you tap into your own skills. Skills such as self-awareness, activities or occupations, movement, social interaction, mindfulness, nutrition and lifestyle-to name a few. Selfcare is healthcare. Outpatient rehabilitation is about WAY more than just exercise, and about more than just […]
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April 26, 2021
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OT Month Lesson; Length and Strength Equals Core Coordination

Occupational therapists use a whole-body approach to treat all areas of an individual both psychologically, socially, and physically. It is our job to assess the effects of mental stress on our biology. Stress affects how we move because our body will always protect us, our tissues will lengthen or shorten, changing how we move. Pelvic […]
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April 22, 2021
Selfcare SolutionsBlog

Selfcare Focused

Occupational therapy is a client-centered health profession concerned with promoting health and wellbeing through occupation. Client-centered is “you-centered.” Therefore selfcare is the number one most thing you can focus on day to day. Selfcare is healthcare. If you do not have health, you do not have wealth; wealth of mind, body or spirit. OT’s recognize […]
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April 22, 2021
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Tissue Pliability; OT’s Role in Pelvic Health

Occupational therapists utilize specialized manual interventions to prepare clients for ideal occupational performance. The goal to increase tissue pliability through connective tissue manipulation will help to reduce muscle tightness and fascial restrictions; by promoting fluid flow for tissue health. Otherwise known as “skin rolling” this technique can be incredibly effective in normalizing the blood, nerve, […]
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April 19, 2021
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Behavioral Awareness: Create Consistent Healthy Habits

A primary skill of occupational therapists is the ability to utilize activity analysis where we examine the demands of tasks and how a patient performs them. We then identify either environmental barriers and/or unhealthy habits that if changed could improve upon the client’s performance. Through education we bring awareness to these adverse behaviors and promote […]
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April 16, 2021
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Denise Nichols presents at the Shift Summit

????ARE YOU READY TO SHIFT WITH ME????? Forward Thinking Chiropractic Alliance presents this FREE 3-day virtual summit on April 23-25, 2021! Join us in attending FTCA SHIFT 2021. Denise is being featured as a speaker. She is presenting “Pelvic Floor Therapy; A Collaborative Approach. She is taking this opportunity to “train the trainers,” (Chiropractors and […]
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April 15, 2021
Selfcare SolutionsBlog

Be inspired and Be inspiring.

Choose to surround yourself with those who can and will. Know that whatever life throws at you, all things are possible, if you choose the right attitude and the right tribe. Your “occupations” are what give you purpose. When you can no longer do those things, your life will shrink, as will your mind, body […]
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April 12, 2021
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What is OT?

April is Occupational Therapy month. It’s the perfect time to familiarize yourself with what Occupational Therapy is and how we incorporate ourselves into the Pelvic Floor Therapy setting. Occupational therapy is a client-centered health profession concerned with promoting health and wellbeing through occupation. Our primary goal is to enable people to participate in the activities […]
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