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Ocular Motor Control and Strength
Your eyes have muscles that can be strengthened, don’t settle or go straight for surgery.
Stuffed Friends
Integrating stuffed animals into therapy for young children can provide a sense of security and can aid in therapy.
Physical Therapy: Your First Step Rather than your Last Resort
You Don’t Have to Wait Until After Injury or Surgery Excerpt from article written by Sabrina Felson, MD You may think physical therapy is necessary only after an injury or surgery, like a fall or knee replacement. However, physical therapy can assist with a wide...
The Best Transitional Rehab at Carriage Cove
Carriage Cove Short-Stay Rehabilitation Center is not only the nicest transitional rehabilitation facility in all of the Rexburg area, but we happen to believe that they have the best rehabilitation team! All bias aside. (Okay, no bias aside, but it's still...
Neuro Team Offering Rehab at MMH
The human brain has approximately 86 billion neurons—each connecting to ten thousand others. Within those connections the brain controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every other process that regulates our...
5 Ways to Use Compliments for Kids
It's March 1st! HAPPY WORLD COMPLIMENT DAY! Here’s what Rehab Specialists of Idaho Speech-Language Pathologist Cara Butler has to say about complimenting your kiddos. “As a therapist, I've noticed that kids REALLY do want to be successful. They want to feel that their...
Feeding & Swallowing Therapy at MMH
Over ten percent of the babies born in the United States each year are considered pre-term (before 37 weeks). Of those approximately 400,000 babies many have feeding and sucking difficulties. That's where neonatal feeding & swallowing therapy comes in--and one of...
Cardiac Rehab Fights the Odds for Patients
Did you know? More than 30% of patients who have a coronary event will have a second and potentially fatal one? But there is hope! Patients are 31% less likely to be re-hospitalized if they participate in cardiac rehabilitation. AND Patients are 26% less likely to...
Does your 18-month-old use 50 of these words spontaneously?
Here’s a simple checklist of words and word combinations to review. Though every child is different, a typical 18-month-old should be using around 50 of these words in their everyday lives.
Visual-Motor and Visual-Perceptual Treatment Benefits for Adults and Children
Did you know that for many children increasing their capacity to focus, improving eye-hand-coordination, improving reading, and exceling in school involves training their eyes? The same goes for countless adults who struggle with the visual effects of multiple...