Ultimate RMC #9 - Rehab Stuff

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Physical Therapy/Rehab:

1. Adjustable height aluminum walker – hard to improvise. Canes easier to improvise.

2. Squeeze ball or therapy putty – hand & foot rehab.

3. Elastic stretch bands various strengths – all types rehab.

[Reasonable Rascal]

4. Inflatable activity ball - various exercises including sitting on and balancing to exercise low back and thigh muscles

5. Dumbells - modest size of increasing weights from 1 to 5 lbs, used as part of a program to rebuild arm muscles following traumatic or organic injury

6. Clothespin activity board - as a commercial product plastic clothespins or various resistance levels are used to redevelope fine motor skiils and rebuild hand/wrist strength. Could be improvised with paper binder clips.

[Reasonable Rascal]

7. Weights, ropes, pulleys - for exercising muscles of the arms, legs, back, etc to rebuild strength

8. Water Tank - water exercise can be very theraputic in early rehab. Should be large enough the patient can float and have an assistant with them to perform exercises. Can also be used, with proper preparation, for softening burn eschar prior to debridement.

9. Stationary Bicycle - can be improvised on site