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  • How Much Help Is Too Much?

    I've been using the Nintendo Wii with more of my patients. This has created a dilemma for me. I don't know how much help to give my patients. At first I didn't help them at all but that wasn't successful. Since then I have alternated between verbal cues for strategy, tactile cues to follow the strategy and manually assisting them with playing the ...
    Posted to Toni Talks about PT Today (Weblog) on August 14, 2012
  • My New Pet Peeve

    We all have things that annoy us. I have a new one at work, the assisted ergometer. It can be used for the UEs or LEs and programmed to provide either resistance or assistance to whoever is working the pedals. To me it is a glorified restorator. What annoys me so much isn't the machine but the individuals who put every patient on it every day ...
    Posted to Toni Talks about PT Today (Weblog) on June 19, 2012
  • The Results of Getting Involved

    It's been several months since I was elected as a board member to the Southeast District (SED) of the TPTA. Another meeting is coming up this week. I have nothing to report. That isn't particularly surprising since I only have two responsibilities; the spring and fall student socials. Next month will be different. Meanwhile I've had time to ...
    Posted to Toni Talks about PT Today (Weblog) on February 22, 2011