Episode Notes

When you encounter a patient that you are struggling to find an effective intervention for, you need more than equipment and standard exercises.  In this episode, I review 3 recent patients that needed more than just the typical interventions.  These 4 intervention tools are ones you keep in your mind and share with others through touch, instruction and explanation.  

1. shoulder isometrics
2. diaphragmatic breathing
3. mindful meditation
4. soft tissue mobilization

Learning more about these interventions may just change your life as a therapist and will definitely change the outcomes for your patients.  I recently listened to a great online learning course that gave me some great ideas to use for cognitive rehab and I was surprised to hear such powerful results from mindful meditation.  I read more about it in the article below that you may find very interesting.   
-an online course by Cristina Klymasz
https://summit-education.com/course/GNEUCK.1/neurological-disorders#/onlinevideo/6-ceus
-harvard medical school researcher Sara Lazar
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/05/26/harvard-neuroscientist-meditation-not-only-reduces-stress-it-literally-changes-your-brain/

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