(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best exercise injuries & rehabilitation books

Caveat - I haven't worked with persons with severe dementia in any consistent way for 7 years or so (my practice is almost exclusively outpatient neuro).

Errorless learning and spaced retrieval are probably the approaches with the strongest evidence behind them for persons with severe dementia. It sounds like you know about the techniques but are having difficulty implementing them in a meaningful way? One of the most basic and common errors we all make, no matter what our level of experience, is that we don't spend enough time getting to know our clients and what their needs and desires are. Generally speaking, if we can ID a good, meaningful goal, everything else falls into place (i.e. now it's just a matter of tinkering with techniques to achieve the goal). I still find goal-setting the hardest thing to do and it often takes a lot longer to ID good goals than I think it should.

One thing the literature seems to point out fairly clearly is that there isn't evidence to support stimulation-based restorative treatments in this severe population. To some this may be obvious but I think it's an important point to remember since there appears to be a lot of SLPs engaging in that kind of practice.

Probably the one area we don't take enough advantage of is environmental modifications and staff/caregiver training. Often this is really stupid simple stuff like reducing excess noise, making sure residents are wearing hearing aids, etc.

As for increasing knowledge, a good place to start is by reading the ASHA Perspective journals. They're written at a graduate student level and aren't too lengthy. I often start there as a way to introduce myself to a topic before I start digging deeper. That being said, there's no substitute for doing the painful work of reading the research yourself. IMHO you'll never get to a level of genuine confidence by relying on others to tell you how to practice. I've done more workshops/conferences than I can count. At best, they introduce us to topics...

This book isn't focused on dementia treatment but many of the interventions will be appropriate for patients with mild to mod dementia. It's written by the same group of clinicians that have done some of the most influential cog rehab systematic reviews in the last 15 years. It's not cheap but I've never seen a better guide for doing EBP cog rehab soup to nuts

https://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Rehabilitation-Manual-Evidence-Based-Recommendations/dp/0615538878/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1483131066&sr=8-6&keywords=cognitive+manual

Learning about history is not so important. The practice is what really matters. Consciously purifying the body and mind to ready it to awaken the energy.

So being aware of things which cause an emotional reaction, like lust for sex, want for material possessions and social recognition, fame and money etc, political reactions, moral judgements etc.

Be conscious of those things, they unsettle and disorganise emotions so the energy disperses.

Then in meditation take a few deep breaths to relax the body and mind, then drop and expand your mind into the body. It's really important to get the body involved. Transform the body and the mind transforms with it as the energy circulates!

Then do that breathing technique from that last video until it becomes a habit, with the tongue against the roof of the mouth behind the teeth. That opens the front channel. Breathing deeply opens the back channel. Energy goes up the back and down the front.

Here's a book on the meditation, the small universe, or micro cosmic orbit -

https://www.amazon.com/Awaken-Healing-Energy-Through-Tao/dp/0943358078/

And do standing meditation too -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7xAtLnDIN0

also try doing the wim hof breathing method once or twice a day. Hold breath of the last EXHALE, not inhale -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzCaZQqAs9I

See how he focuses on the body?

I recommend these two books Here and Here. The Dutton's book is good for some basic conditions and has some clinical pearls for each condition along with examination and general interventions for each condition. The Netter's book is very good with the examinations providing pictures and also providing the sensitivity/specificity/likelihood ratios of each test performed. Its a great book for reference if you don't know the numbers right off the top of your head

If you can, get an aide position in a neuro rehab unit. This will give you incredible exposure to assessment/treatment/handling. There’s a lot of neuro patients who need more than one person to handle (e.g., two people and a hoist to move, three people to stand or walk). For this reason aides get a lot of hands on experience in neuro given the therapist will teach them how to safely assist with the transfers/assessment/treatments. It’s cheaper to have one therapist and one aide versus multiple therapists working on the one patient.

This is a very good pathology based textbook and this is very good for PT based intervention and assessment.

I like some of the books you have, but I'm kinda surprised at some of the ones that you're missing. Maybe this is a smaller distributor? If you're looking to carry more books, I have some suggestions.

Rattray

McGee

Netter

Hertling and Kessler

Kendall

If I could have no other books in the world, I would have these. The Travell trigger point manuals that you carry are awesome though, I really enjoy those.

you are double posting FYI

A physical therapist would be the cheapest way to go in my opinion. A diagnostic session costs about 40-50$(in my area) for an evaluation where they will put you through some stretches and exercises to assess your range of motion and whether or not there are imbalances.

or.. you can do it yourself with the help of a friend. Look up the standards for flexibility and ROM (range of motion) If you want to buy a book with a list of standards in it I suggest ACSM's Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessment Manual You can get it used for 25$ or hit up your local university with an exercise science dept. and check out their bookstore or.. you can use your skills with the interwebz and obtain it in ...other..ways. A few ideas on flexibility here I don't want to link a bunch of random stuff but exrx references good literature these days.

Where in the hip does it pop? If you palpate the site when it starts popping what do you feel? A meniscus tear isn't the end of the world, I've been dealing with one for the last 4 years and the worst thing that came of it was a baker's cyst which isn't a concern or performance inhibiter.

If you want hands on professional help, find a PT that specializes in sports therapy, ask around and see if anyone has a suggestion for your area.

I recently read this book on obesity in cats and dogs. I don't know about dogs, but for cats there is very little scientific support for the idea that carbohydrate intake is linked to diabetes. Rather, researchers have found that caloric intake is a greater predictive factor for whether a cat will develop diabetes.

220-Age is a gross estimation of Heart Rate max (HRmax). It is used in a sense that BMI is used to quickly evaluates body composition. I think there is a disconnection between HRmax and Exercise Intentisty that needs to be made. HRmax % is only a part of the equation of VO2 (volume of oxygen consumption in the human body). HRmax is used in exercise prescription because, without laboratory equipment you can't measure the other parts of VO2. Is HRmax the true absolute beats per minute a heart can achieve? Most likely no, but prolonged activity at the rate will lead to MVO2 (heart oxygen consumption) not being able to keep up with demand (ischemia).

The second part and edit of your question has to deal with what your targeting to exercise. Exercise intensity can come from volume, time, mode, and strain of activity (aka intensity). I would argue if you can go for 30mins at 90% of HRmax that is not your true maximum. Your ie. training question deals with which energy system you want to target.

A more accurate measure in calculating your HRmax/VO2max would be a Bruce Protocol along with a measure of HR and blood pressure at each stage.

Paraphrased Sources:

Therapeutic Exercise: Moving Towards Function

Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy: Evidence to Practice

Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning - 3rd Edition

https://www.amazon.com/Rehabilitation-Hand-Upper-Extremity-Set/dp/0323056024

BTW, you may enjoy hand therapy since it is more biomechanical FOR, and is kind of structured. However, it requires a lot of independent learning

As a doula, the birth partner has been amazing.

Rattray

Magee

Travell and Simons

Kisner and Colby

Musculino

I have PDF's of lots of these as well. I feel like I should set up a drop box or something

A pretty good book on the subject -

Recovery Yoga - Sam Dworkis

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0517883996/

If you are interested in scoliosis in the Pilates environment, Suzanne Martin has a new book out as well. She has done some original research on the subject and has been published in medical journals. Here is the link.

https://www.amazon.com/Spinal-Asymmetry-Scoliosis-Movement-Solutions/dp/1909141720/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=suzanne+martin&qid=1571136724&sr=8-1

Yoga - The Deeper Dimension is a good book.

It's not at all an asana guide, so much as it provides a deeper understanding and also makes some good references to other materials.

I recommend the following 2 books to anyone interested in How Yoga Works: How Yoga Works and this translation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra

9 years later and it never ends, bitches.

I'm actually procrasurbating on it right now. Can a mod from here ban me from all of reddit until Nov 7th?

As always, best of luck to all of you!

Radium-based products were actually very common here in the US and quite popular for a while. There's a good book on the subject, "The Body Electric: How Strange Machines Built the Modern American" by Carolyn de la Pena.

the 3min MSK exam is a tiny little book with super concise exam maneuvers + pictures, godsend in clinic when I can't remember what I'm supposed to do for my next patient coming in with knee pain.

As said before there are not many great studies yet but here are a few that I have found:

Chiropractic and decreased BP
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/3075649/

Lung function associated with mobility of the thoracic spine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2956673/

Spinal manipulative therapy reduces inflammatory cytokines but not substance P production in normal subjects
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/16396725/

There are lots of studies in this book: https://www.amazon.com/Chiropractic-Theories-Textbook-Scientific-Research/dp/0683307479. Dr. Leach came and talked to us and showed us some more recent research coming out. The research is getting better. It's just not quite there yet.

https://www.amazon.com/Awaken-Healing-Energy-Through-Tao/dp/0943358078