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A physician’s referral
is required for therapy.
For more information, visit
frhs.organd click on “Physical
Rehabilitation,” or call
402-644-7396
.
is everything!
REVOLUTIONARY THERAPY HELPS
BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Physical therapist Emily Afrank, DPT, performs Interactive
Metronome therapy with Morton Beach, of Norfolk, who
deals with the effects of Parkinson’s disease.
Timing
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Occupational
therapist Stacey
Janata, MS, OTR/L,
and Jaiden Finch
clap to the beat of
the computerized
metronome
program.
Proven to help
Conditions Interactive Metronome
®
commonly treats:
•
ADHD
•
Auditory processing disorder
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Autism spectrum disorder
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Balance and coordination
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Down syndrome
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Multiple sclerosis
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Parkinson’s disease
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Sensory processing disorder
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Speech fluency problems
•
Stroke/brain injury
occupational and speech therapy, IM
helps individuals make quicker and
greater outcomes.
“I treated a 6-year-old using IM and
saw significant improvements in his
ability to focus,” says Faith Regional
occupational therapist Stacey Janata,
MS, OTR/L. “In just over four weeks,
he is more motivated, engaged and ex-
cited to participate in therapy, which
has made mealtime and bedtime
much easier at home.”
PICTURE A CLOCK.
Now
imagine opening it up and looking at
all the gears rotating in unison. Like
a clock, your brain is an amazing
machine that controls every function
using precise timing. And it is used in
virtually everything we do:
•
Focusing on a teacher presenting a
new concept
•
Hitting a baseball, learning piano or
simply grabbing a glass of water
•
Processing concepts and then
communicating these concepts
to others
•
Organizing, storing and retrieving
information
•
Controlling when we sleep and
wake up
A revolutionary, research-backed
therapy program called Interactive
Metronome
®
(IM) is now offered at
Faith Regional to help children and
adults who have a developmental defi-
cit, are suffering from a neurological
injury, or are battling a degenerative
condition that makes the above tasks
and others difficult.
Practice makes perfect
Better timing through exercise and
practice leads to improvements in
things like focus, coordination, and
planning, as well as processing speed.
IM is one of the key ingredients for
enhancing the timing in your brain
and addressing issues associated with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity dis-
order (ADHD) and autism, as well as
stroke, Parkinson’s and many others.
“We’ve always known that timing
in the brain affected a wide variety
of conditions, but until IM we did
not have a single therapy that could
improve timing in both children and
adults,” says Faith Regional physical
therapist Emily Afrank, DPT. “Patients
find IM to be a challenging, yet fun,
therapy that keeps their attention and
produces significant results without
negative side effects.”
The science of music
IM uses computer-based technology
and the principles of the traditional
musical metronome to encourage us-
ers to match the computer’s rhythm,
thereby improving their internal sense
of timing. The therapy includes the use
of headphones along with hand and
foot sensors to coordinate movements
to computer-generated musical beats.
Like training wheels on a bicycle,
a patented auditory guidance system
progressively challenges participants
to improve their motor planning,
sequencing and rhythmic timing
performance. Used in conjunc-
tion with traditional physical,