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Arizona BPI Therapists
Terry Higbee, OTR/L
Are you a physical or occupational therapist, and does your center offer physical and/or occupational therapy for children and adults with brachial plexus injuries? I am an occupational therapist offering treatment to children with brachial plexus injuries. Indicate the number of years of experience in treating brachial plexus injured (bpi) patients. Over the past 15 years, I have treated an increasing number of infants and children with brachial plexus injuries. Identify what bpi patients you have experiece in treating (obstetrical brachial plexus, trauma, adult and/or pediatric. My greatest experience is with obstetrical brachial plexus injury from birth to 5 or 6 years old. How many bpi patients have you treated? I estimate 40 or more. Currently in the Spring of 2004, my out-patient caseload is 9 of 11 patients with brachial plexus injuries. Do you follow your patients post surgically? Yes. Do you or your staff have a working relationship with physician(s) who are brachial plexus injury specialists?. Parents have reported 2 local pediatric neurologists recommend me to their obstetrical brachial plexus patients. What therapy techniques, methods and interventions do you use, including, but not limited to, aquatic therapy, hippotherapy, kinesiotaping and splinting. Splinting, kinesiotaping, and strengthening within developmentally appropriate context. I refer to pediatric physical therapist working with me for aquatic therapy. Are you familiar with NMES/TES stimulation or other types of stimulation? If yes, what type(s) of stimulation do you use?. I am learning more about both types of stimulation. I have recommended both types to various patients. List any specialized education or training and/or seminars or clinics you have attended in treating bpi individuals. I did attend a training in Chicago in 1998. I have presented a 2 hour lecture on treatment of obstetrical brachial plexus injury to pediatric physical and occupational therapists. I was a member of the UBPN team of parents, physicians and therapists who met with representative from the Social Security Administration in 1999. Have you authored or co-authored any articles regarding brachial plexus injuries or participated in any research studies? I have submitted 2 articles to the UBPN publication Outreach that were printed. Indicate any other facts that you feel would help families and individuals understand your practice I have been described as a compassionate and caring therapist. I am always curious to learn more about brachial plexus injuries. I delight in each infant or child's unique traits and individual way of growing up. I value the wonderful relationships between parents and their children and strive to share my professional knowledge and skills in a way to strengthen and support parents as they love cherish and care for their children. |
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