IM Best Practices Photo Gallery
Getting used to the toys
Helping the dissociative patient
Whole body controlled movement
Whole body movement
Increase proprioceptive input, grounding
Dissociative - Patty cake
Increase proprioceptive input, grounding
Sensory modulation combined with whole body/UE control
Heavy work….Calming
Deep pressure to the beat!
Getting help with timing
Timing through mom
Mom helps with modeling
Increased Challenge Under Deep Pressure (Proprioceptive Rhythmical Beat)
Calming….listening to beat while lying on foam
Assisting with the less affected side
Assisting with the less affected side
Using the less affected side to help
Postural stability
Getting postural control
Postural Stability Increased Vestibular Input
Foundation skills for shoulder girdle stability
Increase vestibular input
Increase Proprioceptive Input With Inverted Prone Positioning
Vestibular input
Motor planning/sequencing
Motor planning/sequencing
Motor planning/sequencing
Karate kicks
Hit the bulls-eye
Basketball
Hockey practice
Golfing
Karate
Equestrian horseback riding
Soccer
Controlled jumping Volleyball
Dancing for motivation
Tap ipsilateral
Crossing Midline
Encorporating Legs
Bilateral integration
Bilateral integration
Bilateral integration
Increasing Balance and Body-in-space Awareness
Bilateral Upper Body With Trunk Rotation
Contra-lateral Weight Shift
Upper Body Weight-bearing in Prone With Ocular Horizontal to Vertical Tracking
Prone Over Ball to Increase Upper Body Stability Challenge
Supine flexion with upper body weight-bearing
Therapy ball work to increase balance challenge
Upper body- lower body integration …
Coordinate both toes and balloon toss
Challenge Balance
Overhead reach, Mid-range control
Tap the trigger with the hip/shoulder
Crossing midline/rotation
Rotation
Combine Neuro/Ortho
Stretch Quadratus Lumborum-sit on ball, reach across midline to tap hand trigger on wall
Balance and trunk rotation
Trunk stability
Both toes on unstable surface
Controlled jumping
Balance
Narrow base of support
Narrowing the base of support
Tandem standing
Challenge Balance
Functional balance
Balance Displacement and Lateral Weight Shift
Weight shifting LE abduction
Increasing Anterior/posterior Balance
Forward balance displacement
Widen the base of support….
Functional Reach, Gross Motor Control, Weighted Extremity for Proprioception
Functional Reach, Fine Motor Control, Weighted Extremity for Proprioception
Fine Motor Coordination Sequencing/fine motor coordination
Balance, Motor Control, Weighted Extremity for Proprioception
Hand strengthening
Multi-tasking!
Controlled bouncing
The power of team-work!!
Balance and distal lower body coordination
Overhead reach on unstable surface
Weight-shift on the swing…
Kids’ creativity and courage…
Visual motor tracking
Three part sequence for left side neglect
Patty Cake: sequencing, bilateral integration, upper/lower body integration
Color-Word Task: visual selective attention, impulse-control, working memory, executive functions, bilateral integration
Red Squares Task: impulse-control, working memory, executive functions, bilateral integration
Size Sequence Task: visual selective attention, sequencing, impulse-control, working memory, executive functions, bilateral integration
Number Sequence Task: visual selective attention, sequencing, impulse-control, working memory, executive functions, bilateral integration
Light-Medium-Dark Task: visual selective attention, impulse-control, working memory, executive functions, bilateral integration
Dorsiflexion
Sequencing
Crossing midline, narrow base of support
Help with reciprocal patterns
Reciprocal movements with help
Giving less support
Modeling reciprocal movement
Independent reciprocal movement
Balance with reciprocal movements
Tap under alternating knees
Arm swing Alternate toes, alternate opposite arms, touching top of computer
Gait Training: heel strike, arm swing
Sequencing foot patterns Place foot trigger in front of and behind patient Alternate hitting the front and back trigger Switch on command to hit front only, back only, or alternate between front and back Alternate hitting with toes or heels
Stair-climbing
Vestibular rehab
Diagonal patterns for vestibular/balance
Balance while carrying object
Carrying heavy ball while coordinating feet
Two hand carry
IM with use of assistive device
Range of motion