Joe's OT blog

A couple of weeks ago, as part of our neurological aspects class, we had the opportunity to go watch the Memphis Rolling Grizzlies practice. The Memphis Rolling Grizzlies are part of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association and are made up of players with various injuries that don't allow them to run or jump anymore. Injuries may range from hip replacements to amputations to spinal cord injuries. The Rolling Grizzlies play in division one of the NWBA, the highest division competing at the highest level. I am very grateful that I was able to go watch them, it was a great learning experience for myself and classmates. I have always enjoyed playing basketball and like to think that I am somewhat decent at it. My friends might say otherwise but that is a conversation for another day. Just being around basketball for a lot of my life it was interesting how similar and different it was. I thought it was interesting that they use a functional classification scale assigning players...

In our Neurological Aspects class we just finished up our media project. We were each assigned a recyclable material to be used to create a device to be used in an intervention. We were then assigned a client and given their case and details about their diagnoses. For my project I was assigned aluminum foil. My client was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The progression of her diagnoses has recently caused her to have some problems. She has suffered some falls recently, seen a decrease in her upper extremity range of motion, sensation to touch in her hands have decreased and she reports a numb feeling in her hands at some points throughout the day. She is struggling to do the things she loves. Due to the progression of multiples sclerosis, Alice's doctor has written an order for home health services. As I read the case, the wheels in my head started spinning with ideas. I eventually decided to make what I called the HookNet. It is a device made of aluminum foil in the ...