Rodeo Riders–Prime Benefactors of Physical Therapy Rehabilitation

Steven Turner, Joao Henrique, Adam Jamison–not exactly everyday names that you would be familiar with. But if you’re into the world of Rodeo you would know them as some of the world’s best and most successful rodeo riders.
Rodeo riders alone can keep physical and occupational therapists busy most of the time. These are people who are most likely to be in need of the latest physiotherapy methods available. When they fall off the horse
they are likely to incur a traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, a broken neck or at least broken limbs.
A recently innovated and efficient set of medical devices to assist the patient in recovering movement ability lost due to one of the disabilities listed above is the TUTOR system.
Consisting of the HANDTUTOR, ARMTUTOR, LEGTUTOR and 3DTUTOR the system has shown much success in rehabilitation of joint movement as well. The TUTORs consist of ergonomic wearable devices. The HANDTUTOR is a glove for hand therapy and the ARMTUTOR is an arm brace for elbow and shoulder rehabilitation. The LEGTUTOR is a leg brace for leg and hip. The system is indicated for patients who have suffered TBI, a stroke, SCI, CP, MS, Parkinson’s disease and other mobility restraining illnesses as well. It is used by occupational therapists and physiotherapists in rehabilitation centers, private clinics and the home where it can be supported by telerehabilitation. It is designed especially for those who have head, trunk, upper and lower extremity movement dysfunction.
The accompanying software system consists of motivating and challenging games that allow the patient to practice isolated and/or interjoint coordination exercises. The dedicated rehabilitation software allows the physical and occupational therapist to fully customize the exercises to the patient’s movement ability. In addition, the OT and PT can make objective follow up reports on their patient’s progress. Rehabilitation aims to optimize the patient’s motor, sensory and cognitive performance and allows the patient to better perform everyday functional tasks to improve their quality of life. The TUTORS are certified by the FDA and CE. See WWW.HANDTUTOR.COM for more information.