Week one/two

S- I had a student physio session with a 7yo boy who was referred by the OT for strength issues regarding writing skills and also has congenital hpermobility. The student session means that instead of payng 90 odd dollars for a session with the physiotherapist they can have a student session for $15

T- The task was to improve UL and core strength to improve writing skills and general performance of GMS and also to review his home exercise programme.

A- My intervention for this session was
- animal walks
- went through HEP (mother hasn’t been following it due to busy schedule can’t find the time)
- yoga cards
- fitball reacing for bean bags throw in hoop
- 4 pt kneeling reaching forward and kicking back
- SLS, R>L
- UL (50x punch in air with bean bags, 10x punch with therapy balls, unable to hold arms out to side with therapy balls)
- ROM of LL full> excessive
- situps 10x
- superman held for 10secs

R- I think my intervention was successful (i'm seeing him this afternoon) however he was VERY energetic and distractable and was bouncing off the walls.

E- I think i handled my first session quite well, I found it challenging to try and calm him down whilst providing him with stimulating activities that just made him more hyper. I think I did well with engaging the child because he felt comfortable to be himself in the session (if not too comfortable- as he began to test the boundaries!)

S- This afternoon I'm going to make sure the session is very structured with no distracting equipment in the room (large coloured balls are his favourite) . I'm going to use a picture timetable where I will spread out a number of activities on picture cards and he can choose when he does them by putting it on the timetable, i think this will give him focus and motivation as each time he completes one he can take it off the board. Also by making activities into a small circuit ie. UL strength and core stability circuits hopefully will focus him to the task and will be stimulating at the same time.