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#5Thoughts Friday
Edition
3/3/2023
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Wednesday March 22, 2023
1:00pm- 4:30pm
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Staying active is an important part of staying healthy, and spring sports are a great way to keep your child on the move. However, there are risks involved.
We spoke with Matthew Jepson, a sports medicine physician at the Center for Advanced Orthopaedic, the second largest provider of orthopaedics care in the country, with offices in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C., and Bryan Pugh, executive director of the Baltimore-based Brain Injury Association of Maryland, on how to prevent some of the most common injuries from spring sports and keep your kid off the bench.
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BIAMD's Brain Injury Conference
is set for
March 23-24, 2023
at the beautiful
INTERESTED IN SPONSORING?
For Conference Agenda
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ONLINE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS LIVE!
TIME TO SIGN UP AND JOIN US IN MARCH!
or
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We have been approved for 12 Continuing Education Units in the following disciplines: * Please note all of these disciplines have also been approved for 3 Continuing Education Units for the Ethics Pre-Con, which is not included in the 12 Continuing Education Units.
- Occupational therapy (OT)
- Social Work (SW)
- Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
- Psychology
- American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA)
- Speech and Language Pathology (SLP)
- Worker’s Comp (WCC)
- Case management (CCM)
We have applied for 12 Continuing Education Credits and 3 Continuing Education Credits for the Pre-Con. We are waiting to hear back from the following boards:
- Physical Therapy (PT)
- Nursing (RN)
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By learning to access pleasure from a task’s effort, you can improve your motivation and develop discipline for hard work. For many people, hard work can be a daunting task that is often avoided. However, when working towards a monetary, career goal, or social purpose, individuals may feel compelled to put in the necessary effort. The benefits of learning to access pleasure from effort extend beyond just motivation. By developing the discipline to work hard, you can improve your ability to take on challenging tasks and achieve your goals. This can be especially beneficial when external rewards are not immediately present, such as in long-term projects, weight loss, fitness, or personal growth efforts.
Examples And Experiments
A classic experiment was done at Stanford University many years ago in which children in Nursery School and kindergarten drew pictures.
The children were then randomly assigned to one of the following conditions:
Expected reward. In this condition, children were told they would get a certificate with a gold seal and ribbon if they took part.
Surprise reward. In this condition, children would receive the same prize as above but weren’t told about it until after the drawing activity was finished.
No reward. Children in this condition expected no reward and didn’t receive one.
Each child was invited into a separate room to draw for 6 minutes, afterward either given their reward or not, depending on the condition.
Then, the children were watched through one-way mirrors over the next few days to see how much they would continue drawing independently.
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The Alicia Cignatta Spirit of Independence Awards
is dedicated to the memory of BIAMD's most dedicated and loving staff member who lost her battle with brain cancer in December 2018.
Each year, these awards are presented in recognition of individuals who have made contributions to improving the quality of life for individuals with brain injury.
Awards will be presented at the BIAMD Annual Conference General Session on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
Nominations should be received by no later than March 4, 2023 to allow us adequate time to select the award recipient and make arrangements for them to receive the award.
To nominate someone
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Any regular leisure time physical activity at any age is linked to better brain function in later life, but maintaining an exercise routine throughout adulthood seems to be best for preserving mental acuity and memory, suggests a long term study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
Even though factoring in childhood cognitive ability, household income, and education weakened the observed associations, the findings remained statistically significant.
Physical activity is modestly associated with a lower risks of dementia, cognitive decline, and loss of later life mental acuity. But it’s not known whether the timing, frequency, or maintenance of leisure time physical activity across the life course might be key to later life cognitive abilities.
The researchers were particularly keen to know if physical activity might be most beneficial in specific ‘sensitive’ periods across the life course, or across multiple time periods.
To try and find out, they looked at the strength of associations between a range of cognitive tests at age 69 and reported leisure time physical activity at the ages of 36, 43, 53, 60-64, and 69 in 1417 people (53% women) taking part in the 1946 British birth cohort study.
Physical activity levels were categorised as: inactive; moderately active (1–4 times/month); most active (5 or more times/month), and summed across all 5 assessments to create a total score ranging from 0 (inactive at all ages) to 5 (active at all ages).
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Fulfilling the role of family caregiver is hard work, even if chosen willingly as an act of love to another. While the emotional, physical, and spiritual toll of caregiving is well documented, the high level of self-love and self-care required within the caregiver to successfully put the needs of others first without self-destructing is not.
Caregiving can be a rewarding experience for all involved, but the stress of being a caregiver can lead to burnout and exhaustion and, in some cases, financial peril IF an Aging Plan is not in place. Consequently, the stress involved in caregiving causes caregivers to put themselves and their well-being in the background and focus on their needs last. Contributing to the level of stress is the fact that many caregivers are financially contributing to their aging loved ones' needs while also caring for that loved one. All this ongoing self-sacrifice causes a phenomenon known as compassion fatigue, leading caregivers to become the "invisible patient."
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1) Quote We are Contemplating |
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"- If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "first Attempt In Learning"
- End is not the end, in fact E.N.D. means "Effort Never Dies"
- If you get a No as an answer, remember N.O. means "Next Opportunity".
So Let's be positive."
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Looking for Something fun to do in Maryland this weekend?
Click the picture below and discover a world of possibilities for things to do this weekend!
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HAVE A WONDERFUL
WEEKEND!
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Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful weekend.
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