Rolling Plains Rehabilitation Center

Come join Lexie and Samantha for the Speech Therapy Month Reception happening NOW!

The reception will be going on until 3:30p!

April is Occupational Therapy Month! Our OTs want y’all to come boogie with them April 25th from 1:30-3:30 at the Rehabilitation Center at the RPMH.

There will be refreshments and snacks! You will have the opportunity to talk with Larissa, Lexi and Rachel about what OT is!

🎄12th Day of OT Christmas🎄

Our final day of OT Christmas is spotlighting Instrumental Activities of Daily living (IADLS).

Majority of our lives consist of IADLs. We drive. We cook. We go grocery shopping or just retail shopping! Whatever is hindering you from doing the activities you love to do, that’s where occupational therapists use their skills to help you overcome the barriers!

Tell what some of your favorite activities are to do!

🎄11th Day of OT Christmas🎄

When you are in the hospital, occupational therapy helps address many areas. OTs help with increasing independence for dressing, grooming, bathing, and we help with increasing strength to help you return home safely!

So when you are in the hospital, speak with your doctor about having occupational therpay to increase your safety to return home!

🎄10th Day of OT Christmas🎄

Oh the wonderful world of pediatrics! Occupational therapists help kiddos be able to grow and develop as they go.

Some areas we address developmental delays such as dressing skills and grasping objects. OTs help with educating and addressing sensory processing skills; when we think a child has bad behaviors it might just be a sensory issue! There is a lot we help address with kiddos!

Speak with an OT to see how we can help your child!

🎄9th Day of OT Christmas🎄

Home health is where we help bridge the gap from your stay in the hospital to outpatient therapy. With OT, we help to assess your home to help with living to your full potential. We help with adaptions in the home and bringing therapy to you for strengthening.

At RPMH, we have the priveledge to follow you from your stay at the hospital to home health and finally out at our outpatient clinic.

🎄8th Day of OT Christmas🎄

A big setting you will see OTs in is school-based therapy. OTs help kiddos achieve their academic goals. OTs are part of a team that is centered all around the child. OTs help teachers be able to have resources and information for their students to be able to be successful in the classroom.

🎄7th Day of OT Christmas🎄

Occupational therapists help address work place injuries, ergonomics in the workplace, and training of employees for body mechanics and safety to reduce work place injuries.

OTs also promote rest and recovery. In our day and age, it is really hard to slow down and rest. We encourage our patients to allow healing to their bodies on a weekly basis and not over use our bodies!

🎄6th Day of OT Christmas🎄

Now that mental health has become more recognized in our world, OT is a vital role of encouraging support and seeking the needed and appropriate help!

🎄5th Day of OT Christmas🎄

Here at RPMH, the majority of our patients are orthopedic injuries. We see rotator cuff, arthritis pain, carpal tunnel, nerve impingement, and so much more!

We help our patients with first trying to decrease their pain and find the problem. Then helping to increase functional use until returned to full use. As well as providing strengthening and home exercise program for our patients.

Speak with your local OT about how we can help you!

🎄4th day of OT Christmas🎄

OTs are known for looking at our patients holistically in order to find the ways to treat them best. This day of OT Christmas solidifies the fact that we extend our helping hand regardless of ethnicity, cultural norms, and gender roles.

🎄3rd Day of OT Christmas🎄

Occupational Therapists help with recommending adaptive equipment that meets your needs. There is a variety of equipment for just about any situation or disability.

Ask your OT more about adaptive equipment and how it can help you!

🎄2nd Day of OT Christmas🎄

OTs are all about ADLs! We love to help focus on making sure our patients are able to increase their independence with the daily basics.

ADLs are tasks you do every day such as getting dressed, brushing your teeth, bathing, eating, and drinking. If you have any difficulty doing those you might need an OTs assistance!

🎄It’s the 12 days of OT Christmas🎄

🎄Larissa, Lexi, and Rachel are our occupational therapists here at RPMH Rehab Center. They have few years of experience and lots of education to help serve our community!

🎄Our OTs here at the Rehab Center are Christmas loving girls! They will be educating everyone for the next 12 days about what OT is and does in rural medicine!

🎄1st Day of Christmas is all about what occupational therapy is!

🎄So follow along for the next 12 days to learn all about OT with our girls!

Come see Sam! We are so glad to have her with us!

Samantha comes to us with lots of experience and a passion for our babies.

For an appointment with Samantha, call (325) 219-6078

Come out to the Rehab Center from 1:30 to 3:00 to celebrate with these girls for Occupational Therapy month!! Come learn about OT and grab some refreshments!!

Also don’t forget to wear your Hawaiian shirt! You might just win best dress and win some prizes!!

One of the big questions that gets asked quite often is “What is Occupational Therapy?” A lot think OT helps you get a job, only work with your hands, or even think we are physical therapy. While all of those are not completely wrong, they are not completely true either!

The answer to this wonderful question is stated below!

If you have further questions please reach out to our OT team here at RPMH Rehab! They will be happy to help!

Come out to the Rehab Center to celebrate our OTs for Occupational Therapy Month!! They have refreshments and games to play!

Thursday April 20th from 1:30-3:00!! And wear your best Hawaiian shirt!! There will be a prize!

April is Occupational Therapy Month!!

We are so glad to have Lexi, Larissa and Rachel here with us! They bring a unique and fun aspect to our clinic and especially to the care for others here at RPMH!

Comment below and give them a shout out of appreciation for there work during this month!!

Better Hearing and Speech Month is the perfect time to share this resource! 🤩 🗣

Tap the link below to access handouts (in both English and Spanish) with tips on how to foster good speech, language, and overall communication with children from birth to five years!

https://identifythesigns.org/communicating-with-baby-toolkit/

Communicating With Baby: Tips and Milestones From Birth to Age 5 - Identify The Signs The free toolkit below details communication skills that parents should expect to see in their child by age and tips for how to support children’s development through daily reading. The toolkit was developed by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and Read Aloud 15 MINUTES. Down...

Sweetwater-Based Expert Urges Action on Communication and Swallowing Difficulties During Better Hearing and Speech Month Disorders Affect People of All Ages, From Newborns to Older Adults

This short infographic is helpful in understanding the scope of speech therapy. Check it out!

Happy Better Hearing and Speech Month!

Source: The Informed SLP

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month 🎉, and our speech-language pathologist, Taylor Grantham, M.Ed., CCC-SLP, is here to share information throughout the month regarding communication and swallowing disorders across the lifespan and how speech therapy can help you and your loved ones.

Communication and swallowing impairments can occur at any stage across the lifespan, and many people don’t know the benefits of speech therapy in helping these individuals experience a safer, more effective, and higher quality of life. Here is a list of services our speech-language pathologist provides to those who are currently experiencing difficulties:

* Speech
* Language (receptive and expressive, including both written and oral)
* Feeding and swallowing (including Modified Barium Swallow Studies)
* Social communication skills
* Cognition
* Fluency/Stuttering
* Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
* Oral motor and oral sensory
* Hearing screenings
* Tethered Oral Tissues (tongue, lip, and buccal ties)
* Voice
* Reading (Dyslexia)

If you have questions or think you or your family member may benefit from any of these services, contact your doctor and speak with our Rehabilitation department at (325) 219-6078.

Comment below with your support and any questions! Stay tuned for upcoming posts!! Happy Better Hearing and Speech Month!
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Happy Occupational Therapy Month to Larissa and Rachel!!

Come over to the Rehab center at the hospital from 9-11 to celebrate and learn about OT with these sweet girls!