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                                    • Achiness, Heaviness, Swelling from Lymphedema: Pay Attention to Signs of Fluid Imbalance in Your Body’s Drain System

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                                      |Date: March 17, 2023
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                                      Achiness, Heaviness, Swelling from Lymphedema: Pay Attention to Signs of Fluid Imbalance in Your Body’s Drain System

                                      Achiness, Heaviness, Swelling from Lymphedema: Pay Attention to Signs of Fluid Imbalance in Your Body’s Drain System

                                      March is Lymphedema Awareness Month and Valley’s certified lymphedema therapists want you to know there’s ...

                                      March is Lymphedema Awareness Month and Valley’s certified lymphedema therapists want you to know there’s help for you if you are experiencing this condition. What is lymphedema?Lymphedema is a chroni ...

                                      March 17, 2023
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                                    • Are Daily Tasks Difficult? The Many Ways Occupational Therapy May Help

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                                      |Date: April 06, 2021
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                                      Are Daily Tasks Difficult? The Many Ways Occupational Therapy May Help

                                      Are Daily Tasks Difficult? The Many Ways Occupational Therapy May Help

                                      By Stephanie Owens, MOT, OTR/L, Valley Medical Center, Rehabilitation Services Do you or a loved one find ...

                                      By Stephanie Owens, MOT, OTR/L, Valley Medical Center, Rehabilitation Services Do you or a loved one find it hard to complete daily activities because of the way the body moves or doesn’t move? What a ...

                                      April 06, 2021
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                                    • Relieving Muscle Spasms and Weakness after Stroke or Brain Injury—Occupational Therapy Can Help

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                                      |Date: February 10, 2021
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                                      Relieving Muscle Spasms and Weakness after Stroke or Brain Injury—Occupational Therapy Can Help

                                      Relieving Muscle Spasms and Weakness after Stroke or Brain Injury—Occupational Therapy Can Help

                                      by Kristin Moore, MOT, OTR/L, Neuro Occupational Therapist II, Valley Medical Center's Rehabilitation Ser ...

                                      by Kristin Moore, MOT, OTR/L, Neuro Occupational Therapist II, Valley Medical Center's Rehabilitation Services After stroke or traumatic brain injury, you might have weakness on one side of the body, ...

                                      February 10, 2021
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                                    • Speech Pathology and COVID-19 Response at Valley Medical Center

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                                      |Date: May 21, 2020
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                                      Speech Pathology and COVID-19 Response at Valley Medical Center

                                      Speech Pathology and COVID-19 Response at Valley Medical Center

                                      May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, a time to acknowledge Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) and aud ...

                                      May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, a time to acknowledge Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) and audiologists. Like other healthcare workers in the past few months, the SLP team at Valley's main ...

                                      May 21, 2020
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                                    • Breastfeeding and Pumping Issues? Physical Therapy Can Help!

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                                      |Date: October 31, 2019
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                                      Breastfeeding and Pumping Issues? Physical Therapy Can Help!

                                      Breastfeeding and Pumping Issues? Physical Therapy Can Help!

                                      When we think about the available options for breastfeeding support, a few professionals immediately come ...

                                      When we think about the available options for breastfeeding support, a few professionals immediately come to mind: lactation consultants, midwives and physicians. One specialty that you may have not c ...

                                      October 31, 2019
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                                    • Occupational Therapy: When the Ordinary Becomes the Extraordinary

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                                      |Date: April 29, 2019
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                                      Occupational Therapy: When the Ordinary Becomes the Extraordinary

                                      Occupational Therapy: When the Ordinary Becomes the Extraordinary

                                      What is occupational therapy? Starting my career, I never would have imagined how often I would be mistak ...

                                      What is occupational therapy? Starting my career, I never would have imagined how often I would be mistaken as a physical therapist or be questioned from our very own colleagues at Valley Medical Cent ...

                                      April 29, 2019
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                                    • Dizzy, Spinning, or Off-balance? Physical Therapy for Vertigo May Help

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                                      |Date: April 09, 2019
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                                      Dizzy, Spinning, or Off-balance? Physical Therapy for Vertigo May Help

                                      Dizzy, Spinning, or Off-balance? Physical Therapy for Vertigo May Help

                                      Do you have trouble with feeling like you’re spinning or off-balance when you do certain everything thing ...

                                      Do you have trouble with feeling like you’re spinning or off-balance when you do certain everything things? Getting in/out of bed, rolling in bed, looking up, bending forward, or fast head movements c ...

                                      April 09, 2019
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                                    • Physical Therapy Can Be a Medication-free Way to Heal, Move Better, and Prevent New Injury

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                                      |Date: October 16, 2018
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                                      Physical Therapy Can Be a Medication-free Way to Heal, Move Better, and Prevent New Injury

                                      Physical Therapy Can Be a Medication-free Way to Heal, Move Better, and Prevent New Injury

                                      Valley Medical Center's rehab team of inpatient therapists, and outpatient ortho and neuro therapists are ...

                                      Valley Medical Center's rehab team of inpatient therapists, and outpatient ortho and neuro therapists are here to help patients meet their goals to improve their quality of life. Physical therapists a ...

                                      October 16, 2018
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                                    • Numbers that are Tough to Swallow

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                                      |Date: May 24, 2018
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                                      Numbers that are Tough to Swallow

                                      Numbers that are Tough to Swallow

                                      When something goes wrong with the muscles that direct swallowing, it's dysphagia. Problems with any of t ...

                                      When something goes wrong with the muscles that direct swallowing, it's dysphagia. Problems with any of the phases of swallowing can cause dysphagia. Dysphagia can lead to food or other material enter ...

                                      May 24, 2018
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                                    • #OutreachAllstars – Equipping the Community for Safer Rides

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                                      |Date: July 31, 2017
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                                      #OutreachAllstars – Equipping the Community for Safer Rides

                                      #OutreachAllstars – Equipping the Community for Safer Rides

                                      More than one hundred children in South King County will be riding their bicycles more safely this summer ...

                                      More than one hundred children in South King County will be riding their bicycles more safely this summer thanks to a terrific trio from Valley’s Rehabilitation Services department. On June 23 at Les ...

                                      July 31, 2017
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