Directional balance and postural control loss is evident in the elderly, and in those with orthopedic and neurological conditions. Rehabilitation clinicians focus treatment on improving postural control. During this introductory evidence-based course a new assessment and treatment option called Balance-Based Torso-Weighting is offered to direct the clinician to pay attention to directional instability. Stabilizing the …
Zumba!
Agnes is a retired school teacher with multiple sclerosis who researches the internet to find ways to help herself. She recently learned about BalanceWear. She contacted Motion Therapeutics and was given five contacts to go to and have a BalanceWear assessment. She went to Florida Hospital Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation for a BalanceWear assessment and …
Recovering from a Cerebellum Embolism with BalanceWear and a great PT!
Darlene shares her story of the past 6 months since developing a right posterior inferior cerebellar artery embolism in March 2017 with a subsequent bleed in June 2017.
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Woody H. Interview
Woody was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy 8 years ago, when he was 72 years old. In addition to causing progressively worsening pain in his feet, the condition caused his balance and mobility to decline. He was skeptical about BalanceWear when he first heard about it, making him all the more amazed when he tried the …
Marty’s BalanceWear success story
Marty lived with multiple sclerosis for almost two decades before finding BalanceWear. He told us that nowadays BalanceWear makes him feel like he hardly has MS at all. When did your doctor diagnose you with MS? I was diagnosed in 1998. Before then, I avoided all the testing, even though I knew something was wrong. …
Parkinson’s Disease (PD): Scott’s BalanceWear Success Story
After living with Parkinson’s disease for three years, Scott found BalanceWear and saw it improve his stability. We interviewed Scott’s wife, Mary, about Scott’s experience with BalanceWear. When did Scott first start experiencing PD symptoms? What were they like? Beginning in 2010, Scott started showing symptoms like soft voice, difficulty writing, stiffness of joints, and …
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