FACILITATING DEVELOPMENT AND SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION Treatment with the Ball

ISBN: 0962370339

Author: Barbara Hypes

Condition: Used

This book is designed to help therapists use a therapy ball in their treatment programs with clients of all ages. The book emphasizes techniques that improve the underlying components necessary for the development of skill. The treatment principles proposed are applicable to children and adults with neuromotor dysfunction. In addition to presenting treatment principles, the author included over 250 illustrations to help clarify specific treatment techniques on the ball. Topics of interest * Characteristics of the therapy ball * Appropriate functional goals for ball treatment, i.e., developing head control, etc. * Muscle tone and ball therapy * Facilitation using the gymnastic ball prone, supine, sidelying, sitting, kneeling and 1/2 kneel, stance and gait. (1991, softcover, 115 pages)

• Excellent guide for use of therapy balls | Treatment with the Ball