by MRT Team | 9 January, 2012 | Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy
A mnemonic, is a memory technique that relates or pegs a sequence of familiar information to a new thing that is to be remembered. Commonly used mnemonics are verbal, such as a very short poem, visual, kinesthetic, auditory or a combination.. They work on the basis...
by MRT Team | 4 January, 2012 | Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy
Thank you to all our My Rehab Team Facebook supporters for all your comments to our last blog. This week, we’d like to discuss about visual imagery as a memory strategy. Imagery (Visual) Imagery is a fun and helpful way to stimulate memory. For this you need to... by MRT Team | 19 December, 2011 | Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology
There are times when our memory fails us – we forget a loved one’s birthday, what we did on the weekend, we may even lose track of a conversation that we are having, etc. This is not a concern exclusive to old age. It affects people with a neurological condition...
by MRT Team | 5 December, 2011 | Physiotherapy, Podiatry
“Foot drop” is the inability of the foot to lift up. It is a main reason for the foot to drag along while walking. It is commonly associated with neurological events such as stroke, spinal cord damange, nerve damage in the lower leg, etc. An ankle Foot...
