GLIA PARTNER
GLIA PARTNER
$399.00
GLIA PARTNERTM seeks to develop and improve a caregiver’s confidence in handling your partner’s arm or hand after stroke. It will start with unpacking relevant neuroscience and physical therapy principles, then go into options for positioning and exercises to enhance recovery.
What you will learn
This program teaches your partner, family member, caregiver or support worker the skills to develop confidence in handling the upper limb after stroke. This program teaches you and your partner manual handling techniques in a safe manner for both you and your partner, and how to use positioning and other props to assist in contracture prevention if customised splints are unavailable.
This program also teaches your partner important tools on how to help you stay motivated, healthy and physically fit. The program also discusses important things to observe and monitor over time that can make a difference to your overall quality of life.
Who this for
- Partners
- Family members
- Caregivers
- Support workers
- Friends
Key focus areas
- Spasticity, tone and co-contraction in the shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist and hand.
- Tightness, stiffness or shortness of the muscles and joints of the shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist and hand
- Tightness, stiffness or shortness of the muscles and joints of the trunk.
- Neck and ‘sensitive’ nerves of the arm.
Our Programs
Fire up early movement in your arm and hand
Build selective control and isolate movement
Learn functional movement patterns.
Develop a strong core to allow movement
Motor simulation techniques to activate the brain
Get better with fine motor control
Release the tight muscles holding you back
A series designed for carers of stroke survivors
