Situation: A person has spasticity, is paralyzed on one or both hands, has cerebral palsy, or has one way or another lost their grip strength in their hands that makes it difficult to prepare food. This person is making bread.
Background: People are often born or develop different conditions that can cause muscle weakness or even tightness in the upper extremities or hands.
Spasticity is a muscle disorder that causes stiffness or muscle spasms
Paraplegia is a condition that causes muscles to either be weak, or a person to not be able to use the hand or extremity easily due to loss of movement or sensation
Hand weakness is a condition that causes reduced strength with the muscles in the hand.
Many kinds of people can experience these symptoms, such as those going through cancer treatment, going through the regular aging process, arthritis, carpal tunnel, tendinitis, or those going through diabetes experiencing the numbness and tingling that can be a symptom of the disease
Assessment:
These adaptive tools:
- Silicone cupcake liner
- Rubber jar opener
- Piece of a pool noodle
- Knotted rope dog toy
- Velcro based grip assist devices
- Grabbing device/grip assist device
- Silicone kneading bag or two-gallon plastic freezer bag
Can help this person who has:
- Paralysis
- Spasticity
- Hand-Foot Syndrome
- Aging
- Arthritis
- Tendonitis
- Muscle weakness
- Neuropathy
While they make bread.
This person has all the items to do this and needs instruction.
Recommendation:
I’m going to show you how to make bread using all these tools.
- Social links showing video
How to Make Bread Adaptively Video
Tiktok instruction video
Facebook instruction video
Instagram instruction video - Educational Material on symptoms (what it is/definition):
Muscle weakness – NIH Muscle Weakness Education
Muscle tightness/stiffness – CCF Muscle Stiffness Education
Spasticity – NIH Spasticity Education
Paraplegia – Mayo Clinic Spinal Cord Injury Education
Neuropathy – Cancer.gov Neuropathy Education
Hand-Foot Syndrome – NIH Education on Hand-Foot Syndrome
Diabetes – WHO Education on Diabetes
Tendonitis – NIH Education on Tendonitis
Carpal Tunnel – NIH Education on Carpal Tunnel - Link to adaptive tools at most common stores
Silicone cupcake liner
Walmart.com
Amazon.com
Temu
Rubber Jar Opener-
Walmart.com
Amazon.com
Temu.com
Piece of a pool noodle
Walmart.com
Amazon.com
Temu
Dollar Tree
Knotted rope dog toy
Walmart.com
Amazon.com
Temu
Dollar Tree
Velcro based grip assist devices
Walmart.com
Amazon.com
Temu.com
Grabbing device/grip assist device
Walmart.com
Amazon.com
Temu.com
Silicone kneading bag
Walmart.com
Amazon.com
Temu.com
Two-gallon plastic freezer bag
Walmart.com
Amazon.com
Temu.com
DollarTree.com - Cited works that are good for patient education (symptom or disease management):
For those going through cancer treatment – Cancer.org
For those going through the aging process – HealthyAging.org
For those with arthritis – Arthritis.org
For those with carpal tunnel – MayoClinic.org
For those with tendonitis – ClevelandClinic.org
For those with diabetes – Diabetes.org - Just a reminder, this is all just me trying to be helpful- things I’ve witnessed as a nurse that I’ve seen help some people, and some of these situations are things I’ve gone through myself with either me or a loved one that I’ve had the joy of figuring out this worked for us
- I am not affiliated with the education I provide links to, and they’re not affiliated with me.
I just used it to either make this education or find inspiration in it. - Nothing I post here is meant to diagnose or medically treat people.
If you feel like you are having these symptoms, make sure you talk to your doctor or medical team.
Any opinions I express are my own, and not the opinions of an employer.
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