Home BLE
| Select | Name | Description | Delete |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankle dorsiflexion | to tie shoes, to adjust heel in shoe. | ||
| Ankle plantarflexion | to slide foot into shoes and to thread LE into pants/shorts. | ||
| Ankle taps | to improve hip and knee flexibility, enhance LE coordination, promote trunk mobility, engage core muscles, and enhance balance. | ||
| Assisted dorsiflexion | exercise w/ use of a towel/band to address muscular endurance and strengthening of the anterior tibialis muscle. | ||
| BLE | strengthening exercises to enhance lower body stability. | ||
| BLE PROM or AAROM | Provided PROM/AAROM to maintain/improve joint flexibility, prevent worsening contractures and improve fxnl movement. 1 set 10 reps of hip flex/ext, knee flex/ext, ankle dorsiflexion/plantar flexion, ankle inversion/eversio | ||
| BLE strengthening | for hip flexion, knee extension, plantarflexion/dorsiflexion to increase safe fxnl txf. | ||
| Compensatory training | with AD reacher for pt to get familiar w/ grip handle to lift items off floor and progress to LB dressing. | ||
| Facilitation in seated act | w/ reaching toward LE unilaterally/bilaterally to promote flexibility, UE ROM, and sitting balance for LB dressing. Clothes pins provided as visual targets for pt to reach toward. | ||
| Gentle | leg stretching exercises to enhance lower body stability. | ||
| Hip external rotation | to donn/doff shoes and socks. | ||
| Hip flexion | to lift leg into pants and lift up foot to donn shoes. | ||
| Knee flexion | to thread LE into pants/shorts and for picking up foot to donn/doff shoes. | ||
| LB stretching | Assisted w/ gentle stretches in hip flexor muscles and hamstring muscles to address tight muscles and improve ROM. | ||
| LE cone taps | to focus on hip flexion, sitting balance, and coordination for LB dressing. | ||
| Lower Extremity Preparatory Exercises | for LB dressing. 1 set 10 reps of LE cone taps, LE up and overs, toe touch/LE reach, LE cross reach, ankle taps, Ankle DF/PF, ankle press w/ ball, knee flexion/knee pulls, and figure-4 stretch. Requires cues to increase ROM. Physical a at ankle to assist with lifting. Verbal/visual cues for knee extension. | ||
| Preparatory act for LB dressing | with use of looped tband to thread LE alternating RLE and LLE 2 set 10 reps. | ||
| Progressed to | sit to stand at parallel bar to pull looped tband over hips. | ||
| Trunk flexion | to bend over and pull up or push down pants. |
Pasted Content
Auto Copy is On.