Friday, November 21, 2008

Using different instructions

In my neuro placement, I was working on sitting balance with 2 different patients, both left hemis. My treatment mainly focused on promoting anterior pelvic tilt with these patients.

For one of these patients, i was using cues such as "grow tall", and that worked quite well with her. I tried to use the same cue for the other patient, and that wasn't so successful, as it did not encourage him to anteriorly tilt his pelvis. I found that using the cue "chest out" worked much better in promoting anterior pelvic tilt with this patient.

AFTER THIS INCIDENT, I LEARNT THAT DIFFERENT PATIENTS CAN REACT DIFFERENTLY TO DIFFERENT VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS, ESPECIALLY NEUROLOGICAL PATIENTS. IN THE FUTURE, I WILL DETERMINE WHICH INSTRUCTIONS SUIT THE PATIENT BEST, AND USE IT WHEN TREATING THE PATIENT.

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