Central Maryland Rehabilitation Services

Greg Bennett opens up on difficulties of MLD Greg Bennett lives with a medical condition named Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, or MLD.

CMRS salutes and remembers the brave men and women who have served at home and abroad to protect our freedom and the lives we cherish.

CMRS has started our annual Veteran's Day campaign this week and are proud to see the participation in the last two days! Stop in today to recognize a deserving veteran.

Stop by for some healthy Halloween fun today at the Total Health Expo. Please stop by our booth to say hi, for a free screening and great giveaways!

CMRS is proud to be the therapy provider for Carroll Hospital and will be providing several free screenings at The Total Health Expo next Saturday, October 31 from 10am- 2pm in the Tevis Wellness Center. No pre registration is required for our screenings this year. We look forward to a festive Halloween crowd!

www.carrollhospitalcenter.org

A special thanks to Barbara Gregory for inviting Central Maryland Rehabilitation Services to participate in the PTA fair this this evening. It was amazing to meet such enthusiastic and talented professionals about to enter the therapy field. We wish all the students the best of luck as they prepare for graduation in December.

Diane Bohn, clinical director of Central Maryland Rehabilitation Taneytown outpatient office, presented the importance of physical activity related to healthy active aging to the Carroll Hospital Foundation Planned Giving Committee and guests today. Thanks to the many guests who came to talk with us after the presentation.

Today we celebrate our Boss's who leads our company in a positive direction, coaches and educates us to be successful, provides a healthy work environment, and inspires us to exceed our goals!

A big shout out to all our experienced, talented, and
caring therapists that make CMRS Carroll County's most trusted therapy provider! Happy PT month!!!

Mrs. Bennett is a very smart lady and got every question right when she entered our trivia game during National Rehab Week for the outpatient office in Westminster! Congratulations!!

Thanks to so many of our patients who participated in the trivia challenge this week for Rehab Awareness Week. We hope you learned some interesting therapy facts and had fun!
For those of you who are begging for the answers they are as follows:
1.The water temperature in the therapy pool is 93 degrees
2.MJ Ward is a Certified Vestibular Therapist.
3. A Dynamometer measures your grip strength in the Therapy Industry.
4. D.P.T. stands for Doctorate of Physical Therapy
5. Todd Herring has been providing therapy services for 31 years
6. Diane Bohn has been providing therapy services for 30 years
7. Thera bands colors from lightest to hardest resistance are
Yellow, Red, Green, Blue , Black
8.In most cases we are able to treat vertigo in 1-2 visits is TRUE.
9.The portable Biosway is used for balance screenings out in the community.
10. Nic Mather is the Occupational Therapist that can perform a custom ergonomic assessment of your work environment.
11. The Division of Integrative Health and Wellness specializes in Pelvic Floor, Oncology Rehab, and Lymphedema is TRUE.
12. Rachel O'Brien is the Athletic Trainer for FSK High School.
13. The Balance Master measures your balance, not your foot size, or weight.
14. It is TRUE that an occupational Therapist can create a custom made hand splint right here on site.

The winners of the contest will be notified on Monday. Thanks again for participating!

We had a great time today creating awareness of fall prevention for National Fall Prevention Day. Thanks to all the people who participated in or balance screening. If you are at risk for falls what can you do to prevent them?
1. Begin a regular exercise program- Memberships are available for Central Maryland Fitness, a fitness division of CMRS. We also offer numerous yoga and Tai Chi classes that have proven results to help with balance.
2.Review your medications with your health care provider-
3. Have your vision and hearing checked- poor vision, low vision and wearing outdated glasses all increase your chances for falling. Poor hearing and having vestibular disturbances also play a large role in your balance.
4. Do a home safety check with
` Remove throw rugs

Make sure you have plenty of lighting and with in easy
reach especially close to your bed.

Have hand rails installed if needed for extra support and
grab bars in your shower and toilet- never use your furniture
as a support to walk.

` Keep items you use often in low cabinets that you can easily
reach without a step stool

`Wear proper shoes both inside the house and outside

Remove items you may trip over and never store items on
stairs.
Ask for help or wait to go outdoors if their is ice or any slippery conditions.
Keep a cell phone near you at all times in case a fall does
happen.

CMRS is proud to be the first to provide Carroll County with an on site aquatic therapy center featuring a 93 degree therapy pool with an underwater treadmill, video analysis and resistance jets. The Aquatic center also offers Hydromassage; which helps to relax muscles, increase blood circulation, and relieve muscular pain and tension. Patients have benefited from aquatic therapy for years. Aquatics has been proven to enable individuals to recover faster and with less stress on their joints. Aquatic therapy has been shown to be effective for many conditions including pain, increased movement and scar mobilization.

Have you fallen in the past 30 days? Do you feel unsteady when you walk? Join us on Wednesday September 23 at The Hill Family YMCA for a free balance screening from 9am -12noon. We will be featuring the Biosway a portable balance system featuring a falls risk assessment.

Happy National Rehab Awareness Week! CMRS will be celebrating all week with a great trivia contest for our patients, community education & screenings, and some fun for our associates! Learn more about the services we provide and some background and education of our amazing therapy staff by visiting our website www.cmrspt.com

Do you know one way a therapist can add resistance to your exercise? Thera bands are used on a regular basis to help patients add some resistance in their workouts. But why do they have different colors and what does that mean? These resistance bands have varying strength and the therapists will recommend the correct color depending on the area being worked on and the ability level of the patient. Typically the resistance levels range from lightest color to darkest in resistance such as yellow being the least resistance and black being the strongest resistance . Your therapist may also recommend using these as part of your home exercise program.

Have you ever suffered from a sudden onset of dizziness or vertigo? Vertigo is a feeling of moving when you are not. It often feels like you are spinning or the world is spinning around you. These symptoms can be caused by a problem within the brain or the inner ear. One of the most common causes of vertigo we see is BPPV. These initials stand for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. BPPV occurs when tiny calcium particles ( often called crystals) become dislodged and end up in the semi-circular canals of the inner ear. Certain head positions i.e. rolling in bed, looking up or bending over cause these crystals to move and stimulate hair follicles in the inner ear which triggers vertigo, lasting usually no more then 30 seconds. CMRS is proud to have a therapist that is certified to treat these conditions. Her name is MJ Ward. MJ has specialized training to perform tests to diagnosis the problem and can usually treat BPPV in 1-2 visits. As stated earlier, there are several causes of vertigo w/ BPPV being one of them but MJ and our skilled PT/PTA staff are trained to address the many causes of vertigo which often cause balance problems. We set up a specific exercise program in order to increase balance and stability and decrease the complaints of vertigo to make the patient less of a fall risk.

Anyone ready for an arm wrestle? Did you ever wander how strong your grip strength is or how it compares to others in your age group? A Hand Dynamometer is used for testing hand grip strength. A hand dynamometer is also used to test comparative strength in the left and right hand. Various kinds of hand dynamometers exist, each with a specific testing goal implemented in its design. Generally speaking, testing using a hand dynamometer is done by having the subject grip the dynamometer and squeeze it. A reading is taken, and the results are compared to accepted norms or, for rehabilitative uses, to past performance. Typically your dominant hand is stronger. Check out the chart to see results for male and female. During your next visit ask to have your hand grip measured and see how you compare to others in your age group.

National Rehab Awareness week is next week and we wanted everyone to know a little background of CMRS.
Central Maryland Rehabilitation services is proud to be owned and operated by professional therapists. Todd Herring and Greg Kirby have created a therapy practice highly trusted by patients and professionals alike. Over the last 31 years of practice Todd has provided services to people in numerous locations from individual house visits, nursing homes, assisted living and retirement communities, to athletic events, community runs and high schools. CMRS continues to offer all therapy services to Carroll Hospital, Carroll Homecare and Hospice in addition to the two outpatient locations in Westminster and Taneytown and local high schools. CMRS is a leader of the therapy industry in Carroll County providing a purpose built state of the art therapy center offering the first 93 degree aquatic therapy pool in the county. Over the past year CMRS has also developed new specialty divisions located on the second floor of the 844 Professional Center. Central Maryland Fitness, a fitness division of CMRS, offers discharged patients the ability to continue a fitness plan that can accommodate any limitations noted by their therapist. The Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, led by Carla Carpenter-Breeding focuses on Pelvic floor therapy, Oncology rehab and lymphedema. The Center for Physical Performance and Safety provides sports conditioning/training, work hardening, FTC's and workplace wellness programs including ergonomic assessments in the work environment by Nic Mather, OTR/L to help prevent and reduce workplace injuries. It takes a great team of professionals to provide these services and for that we are grateful for some of the most talented and experienced therapist is our area!

CMRS will be celebrating National Rehab Awareness Week September 21-25. Check back over the next two weeks for interesting trivia on the rehab industry, learn more about services we provide and fun facts about our associates!

Remember to vote for Central Maryland Rehabilitation Services as Carroll County's Best Physical Therapy Practice in the Carroll County Times. Voting is OPEN NOW and ends Monday August 10, 2015. Thank you for your vote!

Carroll's Best 2015 Welcome to the 2015 Carroll's Best contest! It's time once again for our readers to vote for their favorites. Just follow the simple instructions included in the survey link below and you'll be on your way. We appreciate your participation, and the nominees appreciate your vote! Voting is open...

Thanks to those who have already signed up for the Field Hockey Performance and Skills camp July 20 - July 23 from 6 pm - 8pm. Registration is still open at www cm-fit.com

Central Maryland Rehabilitation Services Physical Therapy clinic

Learn more about Speech Therapy at the American Speech-Language Hearing association.

Speech, Language, Swallowing, and Hearing Information and Resources The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is committed to ensuring that all people with speech, language, and hearing disorders receive services to help them communicate effectively.

Please join us in recognizing the Speech Language Pathologist's at Central Maryland Rehabilitation Services for the skills and knowledge that use everyday to treat individuals in need of speech therapy!

From all of us at Central Maryland Rehabilitation Services we want to THANK ALL our Administrative Professionals for their professionalism, dedication and loyalty to our customers and to each other. We truly are blessed with a wonderful team!

Learn more about Occupational Therapy by visiting http://www.aota.org/consumers.aspx

About Occupational Therapy - AOTA AOTA members can access all articles in the British Journal of Occupational Therapy and Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy.

It's National Occupational Therapy Month!
Please join us in Thanking our Occupational Therapists for providing excellent care to their patients!

As the weather conditions continue to deteriorate today, Thursday March 5 we will be closing our offices for the day at 11am. Stay safe!