by Summit | Apr 18, 2022 | All Blogs, Speech Language Pathology
Written By: Belinda Worley, MS, CCC-SLP How many of you love fun, creative, cheap therapy tools? Of course, we all do! I find that in my speech pathology practice, Bootheel Pediatric Therapy LLC in Dexter, Missouri, I am always on the hunt for the latest and...
by Summit | Apr 11, 2022 | All Blogs, Speech Language Pathology
Written By: Lisa Milliken, MA, CCC-SLP, FNAP, CDP, RAC-CT “Parkinson’s Disease is a terrible disease”, stated Mr. Raj as we sat at his dining room table during a home health visit. But then his wife reminded him that he is actually very fortunate to still be...
by Summit | Apr 4, 2022 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Elizabeth Abadiotakis, OTD, OTR Are you an Advocate for OT? OT month is a great time to ask ourselves this question! There are many areas of advocacy; client-centered advocacy, professional advocacy, and legislative advocacy. Identifying yourself as...
by Summit | Mar 28, 2022 | All Blogs, Physical Therapy
Written By: Jacqueline Grimenstein, PT, C/NDT, CKTP Gone are the days when children played outside most of the day unsupervised and unstructured. We have eliminated much of the challenging playground equipment and pickup games of play that allowed for the...
by Summit | Mar 21, 2022 | All Blogs, Physical Therapy
Written By: Hayley McCurdy, PT, DPT, CSCS Many moms want to get their pre-pregnancy image back quickly. Let’s take a look at what happens in the postpartum body and realistic expectations and time frames. A healthy weight gain during pregnancy is an...
by Summit | Mar 14, 2022 | All Blogs, Physical Therapy
Written By: Mark Murphy, PT, MTC We are all very blessed to be able to help a large variety of patients in different stages of life in various settings. What do they all have in common besides watching Inventing Anna? SLEEP! Sleep is the one common theme...
by Summit | Mar 7, 2022 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Dr. Catherine Valentino OTD, OTR/L, MAAL, MS, BS, FMT Let us honor Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month by celebrating some recent breakthroughs in MS research. The linking and investigation of a connection between the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and MS...
by Summit | Feb 28, 2022 | All Blogs, Physical Therapy
Written By: Colleen Williams, PT As therapists or teachers, we all know the importance of crossing the midline of the body. The midline is an invisible line dividing our body into a right and left half. We cross the midline of our bodies many, many times a day… when...
by Summit | Feb 21, 2022 | All Blogs, Non-CE Courses
Presented By: Hayley McCurdy, PT, DPT, CSCS In this 1 hour Lunch & Learn, Summit Instructor, Hayley McCurdy, PT, DPT, CSCS provides a better understanding of proper exercise prescription to maximize the functional potential of the postpartum client with special...
by Summit | Feb 7, 2022 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Robyn Otty OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, FAOTA Societal expectations and restrictions have produced norms to outline play experiences for children to enable a safe environment. In other words, play opportunities are scheduled by caring and concerning adults, and long...
