Kombucha & OT

Grab your favorite Kombucha and join us for Therapy Beyond the Gym.  In this episode we give ideas for ensuring other care partners get to see our treatment successes in action.  Taking therapy outside, to the activity room, dining room, patient's room, outside, and preferred location, can improve patient interactions and outcomes.  Enjoy our ideas and let us know other topics you would like to hear us discuss. Email us at [email protected]

This episode looks at the creative side of OT Practitioners and the many ways we can start a business using our unique skills and knowledge.  Whether it's inventing an item, educating others, or other entrepreneurship, we can make a living while making a difference in many different ways.  Join in the discussion by emailing us your entrepreneur success, failure, or ideas at: kombuchaot#gmail.com

We had so much to say in episode 46, it overflowed into this one.  Music and Dance are great ways to engage your pediatric or adult clients into their treatment sessions.  Using it to initiate treatment or as a reward for working on a goal area either way dancing is very therapeutic and fun for everyone.  Looking for a creative way to treat in a group setting, dancing hits on many goal areas.  Listen in for more!

Listen in as we discuss a new Kombucha flavor you have to try and tell how to incorporate music into your pediatric or adult treatment sessions.  Music is a bridge to communication, relationships, getting in the right mindset, and more.  If you aren't already, make sure music is part of your treatment planning and find out which era and style your clients prefer and watch your outcomes soar!

Join this episode where we introduce the wide world of OT and all the different specialty areas we can work in as OTs and OTAs.  It's such an organic discipline and it's exciting to hear and learn about all the different ways clinicians are using their passion and skills across the lifespan.  Grab your Booch and join the fun!

Our OTA new grad friend Julianne brings us a great topic to discuss on this episode.  How to organize your day when you work in a skilled nursing setting or SNF.  We have to be organized and prepared in order to give the best treatments, focus on the goal areas, and be efficient with our time.  We hope these tips help Julianne and all new grads or new to snf clinicians.

This episode gets real with owning mistakes and learning to take constructive criticism as positive feedback.  Here tips on how to navigate the trial and error world of therapy and to be comfortable with the uncomfortable that comes along with making mistakes and having to try something new or different while working with patients.  

In this episode we discuss why attending state and national OT conferences are important.  If you have been on the fence with attending we ask you to commit to attending in 2024, if you already attend we ask you to commit to submitting a proposal or helping at the conference in some way.  We attended our state conference recently and met many OT Professionals and many loved Kombucha too!  Listen in to learn more. 

Leadership can start from anywhere.  We can all be leaders in the job we have now while we may be looking at growing professionally in the future.  There are many ways we can take on a leadership role on our teams and gain more experience and knowledge to build on our career paths as OTs and OTAs.  Leading from the seat you are in now can make a huge difference in opening up new doors to improve teamwork and ensure our patients get the best care possible.  Start today and lead from where you are now!  

This episode was inspired from a new grad conversation on whether a new grad OT or OTA should travel right away or wait.  Grab your Bucha and join our conversation on pros and cons of traveling as a clinician and deciding for yourself what works for you.