Thanks Jody. I feel sort of dumb because I though by dominance you were referring to the person's life roles. Now I know!
Ron ~~~~~ Saturday, May 4, 2002, you wrote: Sac> By change of dominance I mean the person who was right handed and now due to Sac> a CVA or whatever has a nonfunctional right UE, so they must learn to use the Sac> left as dominant. Some people have more fine motor competence in theri Sac> non-dominant hand than others. Just for fun I have attempted feeding myself Sac> and signing my name with my left and my fine motor in my left is pretty poor. Sac> But I just try to help them over the hump as they make this transition, Sac> practicing handwriting, practicing left handed feeding, maybe using a high Sac> sided dish and non skid mat under it, and whatever else the formerly non Sac> dominant hand needs to do now. Here is another example that comes to mind - Sac> I had another patient with hemiplegia - very independent, she lived alone. Sac> She came home from rehab with a button hook, and asked me how to use it. I Sac> demonstrated, using only one hand ( my right ) and it looked like a piece of Sac> cake. My patient then challenged me to demonstrate with my left, since she Sac> only had her left available to use. I was not able to use it with only my Sac> left. I can't remember if this had something to do with the direction my Sac> clothes button ( I think mens and womens are made differently, one is R laps Sac> over L, and vice versa) but I think it was mainly the fine motor skills. Oh Sac> and another one from that same lady. She needed a way to open food packages. Sac> She could not use scissors with her left hand, not even the ones made Sac> especially for left handed people. But she could use some springy cutters I Sac> had from Pampered Chef. I can't describe them very well, but Fiskars makes Sac> something similar. They look a little bit like miniature garden shears. Sac> The handles are straight, no loops, and you squeeze them together to cut, Sac> then they open automatically by a spring mechanism. I will try them again Sac> for anyone who needs to cut with a non dominant. -- Jody Van Ness *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
