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For The Health Of It Lungs
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For the Health of It: Protecting your lungs

Tyler Ryan and Hima Dalal discuss lung health
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LEXINGTON SC (WOLO) – If you have a lung condition, a multidisciplinary approach to pulmonary rehabilitation will be very effective for one’s wellbeing. According to CORA Health’s Hima Dalal, a pulmonary team consists of a physical therapist, occupational therapist, dietician, caretaker, and a family member. The O.T. and P.T. will provide a customized plan to improve overall strength, endurance, breathing,…

For The Health Of It Heat
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For the Health of It: Using occupational therapy to help memory loss

Tyler Ryan and Hima Dalal discuss using OT/PT to aid in memory loss
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  COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) Occupational therapy helps restore physical skills that aid in memory recovery and adaptation. According to Hima Dalal, Studies have shown that therapeutic intervention of restarting physical function, working on patients, decreasing pain, increasing self-confidence and self-image, decreasing stress levels and cognitive rehab exercises like yoga, meditation, deep breathing, and balancing lifestyle will improve your confusion, brain…

For The Health Of It Heat Issues
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For The Health of It: The stress of overheating

Tyler Ryan and Hima Dalal discuss the dangers of heat and activities
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  COLUMBIA SC (WOLO) Stress is the leading cause of weather-related death and can exacerbate underlying diseases like diabetes, psychological distress, asthma, and infectious diseases. According to WHO, global warming has caused increased the heat intensity and frequency of heat waves. If the human body overheats, the body can experience dehydration, muscle cramps, heat exhaustion, fatigue, dizziness, vertigo, loss of…

For The Health Of It Mneditation Day
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For the Health of It: Meditation Day in South Carolina

Tyler Ryan and Hima Dalal discussed the declaration of Meditation Day in south Carolina
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COLUMBIA SC (WOLO) – There is now a new way to celebrate the positive impacts of meditation, as the South Carolina State Senate declared May 10, 2022 as Peace, Harmony, Wellness, and Occupational Therapy Day.   Hima Dalal explained to Tyler Ryan that Senator Mia McLeod made the proclamation, based on Dalal’s forty-one years of teaching meditation to the community. Here is…

For The Health Of It What Is An Ot
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For the Health of It: Using OT/PT as a complementary treatment

Tyler Ryan speaks with Hima Dalal about how non-traditional approaches to healthcare work with conventional treatments
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LEXINGTOS SC (WOLO) Complementary therapies are a group of different treatments which lie outside mainstream medical or traditional therapy care. According to CORA Health’s Hima Dalal, Traditions therapies are a conventional approach the medicinal, surgical, and exercise protocols still follow. Complementary therapy in addition, enhances, expedites, and helps to fill the gaps in a patient’s limitations to progress towards their…

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For The Health Of It: What does an OT Do?

Tyler Ryan learns about the occupational theripist's overall role in healthcare
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  LEXINGTON SC (WOLO) — April is Occupational Therapy month, celebrating the 127,000 practicing OT in the United States alone. According to CORA Health’s Hima Dalal, occupational therapy is a global health care profession. It involves the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover and maintain the skills needed for daily living, work life balance, and recreational activity for…

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For The Health of It: Chronic knee pain and treatment

Tyler Ryan learns about the causes and treatments of chronic knee pain from Hima Dalal
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COLUMBIA SC (WOLO) Knee pain is often caused by inflammation of the muscles or ligaments in the area around the knee itself and can be sore to touch or the weight bearing pain increases.  The most common causes of pain in the knee is knee cap, meniscus, strain in muscle or ligament overstretch, degeneration, growth pain, and sports injury. According…

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For the Health of It: Understanding floppy muscle syndrome

Tyler Ryan and Hima Dalal discuss Hypotonia, including the symptoms and treatments
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LEXINGTON SC (WOLO) — Hypotonia, or poor muscle tone, is usually detected at birth or during infancy, and according to Cora Health’s Hima Dalal, it is also known as floppy muscle syndrome. Doctor’s can diagnose the condition in the first few minutes of life or it will be noticed by six months of age.  Dalal says that poor muscle tone…

Stress Tips
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For The Health of It: Combating holiday travel stress

Tyler Ryan and Hima Dalal discuss ways to cut down on the stress of holiday travel
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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Stress and tension often comes with a trip and can add to a physical discomfort and worsen joint pain or muscle pain symptoms.  CORA’s Hima Dalal says that proper planning can reduce pain and anxiety and can help you have pleasant journey. Dalal suggests  planning your trip ahead where you know what you will eat where you…

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For the Health of It: Cerebral palsy rehabilitation

Tyler Ryan and Hima Dalal discuss Cerebral palsy rehabilitation with physical therapy
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LEXINGTON SC (WOLO) — Cerebral palsy is a childhood disability affecting function and development.  Cerebral palsy, or CP, is a term that describes a group of disorders affecting development of movement and posture. According to Hima Dalal, this disorder affects the development of movement and posture that is believed to arise from disturbances in the fetal or infant brain. Individuals with…