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Passive range of Motion a patient taking his NONE Never force movement to maintain flexible
strong arm and moving if you feel resistance or joints and prevent joint
the weak or paralyzed the patient expresses contracture. Joint
arm, a caregiver or pain. contracture occurs when
therapist moving an there are structural
affected limb, or a changes to the soft
machine moving an tissue such as tightening
extremity or shortening of
muscles and tendons
that restrict movement.
partially lift their
Active Assistive Range of arm and a therapist NONE As long as the client can helpful in strengthening
Motion (AAROM) assists them in tolerate and never to a limb that does not yet
lifting the arm force have full range of
further (or they use motion
their strong arm as
an assist)
Active Range of Motion promote joint
(AROM) Hip NONE Not to lie on bumpy flexibility,
Abduction/Adduction surfaces strengthening, and
increased muscular
Lying on your back, endurance
slide the affected leg
out to the side and back
in.
Heel Slides
Lying on your back,
slide the affected foot
up toward your
buttocks, bending your
knee and then slide
back down until the
knee is straight.
Bridging
Elbow Extension
Lean forward slightly,
hold elbow up behind
you, straighten elbow
lifting weight behind
you then bend elbow.
Repeat 10 times. Make
sure the elbow stays
behind you and that you
only move the arm from
the elbow down. Switch
arms and repeat on
other side.
Overhead Press
Push arms overhead and
back down. Repeat 10
times.
Balance Exercises Weight Shift Side to balance is affected, one
Side Crane for support Make sure that there are of the first things a
Shift weight over the no edges that may harm patient must learn in
right hip then the left the patient in case of stroke rehab is the
hip. Ribcage should fall ability to maintain their
move side to side and balance in sitting.
hip should lift off of Sitting balance
surface. Do not bend at exercises focus on
the waist to lean. Repeat strengthening the core
10 times. Books are or trunk musculature.
placed under the hands Standing balance
while sitting to allow exercises will help
weight bearing through improve a patients
arms and to keep the ability to stand in place
hands from coming up as well as walk or
off the sitting surface. perform activities
without loss of balance.
Weight Shift Forward Balance exercises are
and Back important in helping
Shift your weight prevent falls.
forward and back by
arching and rounding
your low back. Repeat
10 times.