Problems Chloe had since birth with a bulging disc in her neck that caused cranial headaches and had little ability to use her arms away from her body or over her head. Now that she has the disc back in place and arms are able to work over her head and away from her body, we are working on stamina and and endurance to get her into one day a job setting. This is what Chloe states is an important goal for her.
Physical
Therapist: Chloe has two more sessions left. Chloe use of her arms has greatly
improved and headaches have lessened. Her schedule has increased and she looks
forward to the activities she does each day.
Her resting time has lessened between activities. Headaches have
lessened but are still focus on the left side of her head over her temple but
have had problems across her forehead. Last two sessions will focus on at the top of
her neck and working the muscles in that area.
YMCA
personal trainer is now working on rowing machine, exercise ball and elliptical
which has help with the arm development.
She now does 50 rows on the rowing machine without headache issues and she sees
her trainer twice a week. She use to have to rest due to headaches she now is
ready to do other activities
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Swimming:
Chloe is now able to do the elementary backstroke and can do up to 10 lengths
of the pool independently without flotation devices. She is now working on
coordinating her arms and legs which takes verbal prompts. As she better
coordinate this swimming style we will begin to explore her arms in the back
crawl or backstroke. This is one day a week.
Saint
Vincent DePaul thrift store: Chloe has been working there since July. We have
increased it to an hour and a half in December then hopefully 2 hour in
January. She enjoys the work experience and gets great practice using her arms
in functional activities. This is also one day a week.
Two days a
week we go to a Mall to pick up items we need. Chloe looks forward to the
planning then the picking up of the items in the stores we got to.
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