by Summit | May 2, 2022 | All Blogs, Physical Therapy
Written By: Katie O’Shea, PT, DPT, MBA, GCS, CDP, CCRP According to the CDC, “more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke every year.” “Strokes are known to reduce mobility in more than half of stroke survivors age 65 and older.” This long-term...
by Summit | Apr 25, 2022 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Karin H. Warner, MOT OTR/l Let’s face it, handwriting is not what it used to be. The perception of having perfect handwriting, and what it may mean if your handwriting is sloppy, has changed. So maybe it is a good thing that handwriting is not...
by Summit | Apr 18, 2022 | All Blogs, Speech Language Pathology
Written By: Belinda Worley, MS, CCC-SLP How many of you love fun, creative, cheap therapy tools? Of course, we all do! I find that in my speech pathology practice, Bootheel Pediatric Therapy LLC in Dexter, Missouri, I am always on the hunt for the latest and...
by Summit | Apr 11, 2022 | All Blogs, Speech Language Pathology
Written By: Lisa Milliken, MA, CCC-SLP, FNAP, CDP, RAC-CT “Parkinson’s Disease is a terrible disease”, stated Mr. Raj as we sat at his dining room table during a home health visit. But then his wife reminded him that he is actually very fortunate to still be...
by Summit | Apr 4, 2022 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Elizabeth Abadiotakis, OTD, OTR Are you an Advocate for OT? OT month is a great time to ask ourselves this question! There are many areas of advocacy; client-centered advocacy, professional advocacy, and legislative advocacy. Identifying yourself as...
by Summit | Mar 28, 2022 | All Blogs, Physical Therapy
Written By: Jacqueline Grimenstein, PT, C/NDT, CKTP Gone are the days when children played outside most of the day unsupervised and unstructured. We have eliminated much of the challenging playground equipment and pickup games of play that allowed for the...
by Summit | Mar 21, 2022 | All Blogs, Physical Therapy
Written By: Hayley McCurdy, PT, DPT, CSCS Many moms want to get their pre-pregnancy image back quickly. Let’s take a look at what happens in the postpartum body and realistic expectations and time frames. A healthy weight gain during pregnancy is an...
by Summit | Mar 14, 2022 | All Blogs, Physical Therapy
Written By: Mark Murphy, PT, MTC We are all very blessed to be able to help a large variety of patients in different stages of life in various settings. What do they all have in common besides watching Inventing Anna? SLEEP! Sleep is the one common theme...
by Summit | Mar 7, 2022 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Dr. Catherine Valentino OTD, OTR/L, MAAL, MS, BS, FMT Let us honor Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month by celebrating some recent breakthroughs in MS research. The linking and investigation of a connection between the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and MS...
by Summit | Feb 28, 2022 | All Blogs, Physical Therapy
Written By: Colleen Williams, PT As therapists or teachers, we all know the importance of crossing the midline of the body. The midline is an invisible line dividing our body into a right and left half. We cross the midline of our bodies many, many times a day… when...
