by Tara Tobias | Sep 16, 2020 | Movement and Rehab
Spasticity is an involuntary muscle contraction due to damage to the brain or spinal cord. This can cause muscle stiffness and pain. Additionally, involuntary muscle contractions cause the body to move in ways that feel out of one’s control. This is turn can create...
by Tara Tobias | Sep 9, 2020 | Movement and Rehab
Post stroke shoulder retraining often includes moving the arm bone. Unfortunately, many movement retraining programs fail to address the shoulder blade (flat bone on the back of the shoulder and the thoracic spine. Moving the humerus requires proper movement of the...
by Tara Tobias | Sep 2, 2020 | Balance, Movement and Rehab
Are you super eager to relearn to walk? Walking is a HUGE goal for anyone who has lost that ability. Walking means different things to different people. And quite honestly, has far less meaning until you have lost this fundamental skill. All that being said, it is...
by Tara Tobias | Aug 23, 2020 | Movement and Rehab
Vaulting is a walking abnormality where someone will rise up on their toe to ensure their “swinging” leg clears the ground. Under normal conditions, the swinging leg must “shorten” as it passes by the ground. To “shorten” the leg the knee must bend and the foot must...
by Tara Tobias | Aug 19, 2020 | Movement and Rehab
One big problem after a stroke or brain injury is the inability to dissociate body movement. Movement dissociation is the ability for segments of the body to move independent of other segments. In other words, body parts (and their movement) want to “couple...
by Tara Tobias | Aug 6, 2020 | Movement and Rehab
Frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis is one of the most prevalent causes of post stroke shoulder pain. It is a condition that is characterized by shoulder joint stiffness and pain. Other neurologic injuries can also cause this condition. Such as multiple...
