LOW COST PHYSIOTHERAPY AIDS

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1 BY DON CASTON

2 LOW COST PHYSOTHERAPY ADS Designed by ustrated by Physiotherapy adviser Don Caston Joan Thopson Sarah Hooway For AHRTAG 85, Maryebone High Street, London W M 3DE, U.K. The deveopent and pubication of this book was ade possibe by a grant fro the Swedish nternationa Deveopent Authority (SDA). We woud ike to acknowedge the hep of Miss Meenakshi Zaveri, Miss Chhanda Das and Mr Gauta Chaudhury. Pubished by the Appropriate Heath Resources and Technoogies Action Group Ltd AHRTAG AHRTAG wi gady consider any request for perission to reproduce or transate part or a of this pubication. SBN (AHRTAG) Printed and bound in Engand by Boue Cffset Ltd. 2, The Ridgeway, ver, Bucks.

3 &/\ -&&3 *, 4p <* ~L.-ibi: : : 3 ;,*,~~~~~.CT,o~, _,.i i?? s i & ^ 64 ;@ a& A, (@ j@ &.;. This bodk shows how to ake sipe aids for exercising different parts of the body. The aids can be used in hospita or at hoe. A person ust continue with the exercises after he has eft hospita. t is iportant that whoever chooses the aid urderstands the right treatent for each edica condition. The aker ust work cosey with a edica adviser so. that they can adapt exercises to suit each person. : USNG THE ADS a. ~8 rn ;r ;.; ;.rn )8 i :a ;&.:a,rn ti ij 0 Make each aid the correct size for the user. f the aid is too arge or too sa the exercise wi not hefp. You can see the correct easureent for each aid by ooking at the pictures. Make sure the person wi not fa over and injure hisef when he does the exercises. 0 The aid ust not rub or press on the skin. You ust be very carefu with peope who have no feeing in their skin, as with eprosy. 0 Make sure the aid is cofortabe to use. a Sooth a rough surfaces and reove a corners and sharp edges. 0 Make sure that ropes and ties do not cut into the skin. HNTS ON MAKNG THE ADS You can ake a the aids in the book using oca aterias and skis. A you need is wood or baboo, with nais, string and coth. 0 Handicapped peope can ake these aids. You can ake foot and hand vices to hep the hod the wood in pace whie they work (see page two). You can ake a weight by fiing a piece of coth with sand, cay or stones. This is shown on page You can adjust hand or finger exercises to suit the strength of the person who wi use the. The thicker the wood, the ore strength the person wi need to do the exercise. You can ake the wood easy to bend by thinning it. When you ake the exercisers which need a ateria that wi stretch, you can use pieces of od rubber inner tube cut fro a car or bicyce tyre. TOOLS 0 YOU can ake a the aids with a saw, chise, haer and a dri. en haer and bow dri. You can ake chise and ). _,

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49 B B B B B B B B B B 1 The Appropriate Heath Resources and Technoogies Action Group Ltd. AHRTAG is concerned with the deveopent of equipent and techniques for heath care at counity eve. t aso provides an inforation service on appropriate technoogy for heath. Specia areas of interest incude: 0 the cod chain denta heath disabiity prevention and rehabiitation diarrhoea diseases Since it began in 1977, AHRTAG has been in touch with overseas groups with siiar interests and is part of an infora word network inking peope interested in priary heath care. Other pubications: Paying together (1981) - aids for disabed chidren - a set of 8 pop-up iustrations pus instruction sheet. (Don Caston & Joan Thopson) 0 Low cost aids (1982) - a book showing a wide range of aids for disabed chidren. The text has been kept to a iniu and there are 53 pages of drawings. (Don Caston & Joan Thopson) 0 How to ook after a refrigerator by Jonathan Eford, Auxiiaries in priary heath care - an annotated bibiography edited by Katherine Eiott, Assisting denta education and denta pubic heath in deveoping countries: a syposiu, For detais of prices and postage write to AHRTAG, London WM 3DE, United Kingdo. Free pubications: 85 Maryebone High Street, 0 How to ake hand grips (1981) - a poster showing ways in which cay, paster and epoxy resin putty can be used to ake hand grips to aow disabed peope to hod toos, spoons and brushes, etc. (Don Caston & Joan Thopson) How to ake an iuinator (1982) - sipe design for an iuinator which can be used with an oi or cande ap, battery power, ains eectricity or even sunight. Light behind a drawing akes it easier to see and hods everybody s attention. (Don Caston & Joan Thopson) 0 Diarrhoea Diaogue-a quartery newsetter on a aspects of diarrhoea disease contro. Aso avaiabe in French and Spanish. 0 The AHRTAG baby ength easurer (1982) -a working drawing showing how to ake a baby ength easuring device.

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