Rotation Of The Wrist Analysis

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The task I chose to analyze is the rotation of the wrist from side to side in order to arc a cane. In order to show a student the steps of rotating their wrist I would first pre-teach the student about the movement. This particular task is one in which you would employ hand over hand and/or hand under hand. The movement of the wrist is similar to knocking on a door. I would ask the student to show me if they know how to knock on a door. If they do not, I would have put their hand on top of mine to feel how I knock on a door. Once they have that movement down we would go through step by step process. Depending on the grip style the Orientation and Mobility specialist will be teaching I would try to help support that as well. For the sake of …show more content…

Now that your hand is in a fist could you stick out just your pointer finger. Nice job! 3. I would like you to do your best to keep your pointer finger parallel with the floor. This will help keep your cane going in the right direction. 4. Now I would like you to take your fist with your pointer finger pointing away from your body and place the other end of your first on your belly button. If you need to use your other hand to find the belly button first, then that is just fine. 5. Please make a first with you left hand for me. This left hand will not always be a fist when you are using your cane, but for right now it can be a helper hand. 6. After you have completed making your left hand into a fist I would like you to place this fist behind your right hands wrist. Okay it looks like you need some help do you mind if I use my hands to help move your hands? (In this instance I would need to use hand over hand if the child is comfortable with receiving help in that way). This is about the distance you will be swinging your cane out in front of your body from. It might help give your right hand a resting spot. (This would be faded away after they understand the body positioning as they will need their left hand free for

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