A Year in the Lyfe

11/25/19 • 48 min

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Sarah and TJ discuss:

His interest in obstacle course racing
9/13/2003- The day of his accident
What his life looked like before
The extend of his injuries from the accident and then once in the hospital
The perspective of going through inpatient care
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center: http://dhs.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/dhs/rancho
Coping with medical professionals, his family, and friends thinking that he might also have a brain injury
Getting better one day at a time
Why he preferred to go to physical therapy over occupational therapy
Progression of his recovery, sensation, and movement
His willingness to work and fail in order to make progress in therapy
Spent about 5 months with little to no movement
Overcoming the trauma and the injury
Transitioning to going home
Continuing his therapy and rehabilitation on his own
His path into becoming a COTA/L
How his accident and personal experience with therapy has influenced him as a therapist
Finding a job with a disability
Recognizing his physical limitations and using other ways to manage his treatment sessions
His progression of interests in fall prevention, pain, kinesiotaping, movement, soft tissue, technology and apps, assistive technology, ergonomics of video gamers
Importance of collaboration
His healthcare collective
- @offset.med: https://www.instagram.com/offset.med/
- The Offset Podcast:
  - Google Podcasts
  - iTunes Podcasts
His blog- One Day at a Time 365: http://www.onedayatatime365.org/

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Sarah and Danielle discuss:

Navigating early intervention assessment as a parent and a therapist
A blessing and a curse of being an OT going through this process
Roles of being a mom, an OT, getting her doctorate, and now being a therapy mom
The importance of having a “village”
The defining moment that made her seek out help
Developmental trajectories
Being the first person as an EI OT to tell parents that something is wrong
Caregiver dyad and regulation
How having a child in early intervention has impacted her as a therapist
Parental guilt
Being present in the moment through mindfulness
Value of working with the parents and families in early intervention
Being an expert means being a life long learner
Questions she had from the mom side
Dealing with people staring at our kids when we are out in public
Using video-taping to facilitate therapy and parental education
One piece of advice for therapists?
Her blog Mornings with an OT Mom: https://morningswithanotmom.com/
Her episode on the OT Schoolhouse Podcast: https://www.otschoolhouse.com/episode38