Physical Therapists
Nowhere are deficits in timing and rhythm more easily observed than in Physical Therapy. When neural communication is not synchronous, patients may exhibit impaired motor planning/sequencing and coordination, poor balance, and gait disturbances, putting them at increased risk for falling and injury and robbing them of functional independence. Interactive Metronome promotes and restores synchronous neural communication through repetitive, timed, and rhythmical full-body movement, resulting in more precise and smooth motor movements, better balance, more symmetrical gait, and increased safety and independence.
Physical therapists who incorporate timing, rhythm, and the all-essential real-time feedback for motor timing report they are able to push recovery to new heights, many times toward safe ambulation in the home and community without the use of assistive devices. Children begin meeting developmental milestones, such as crawling, walking, running, and bilateral coordination.
Once patients are engaged, the feedback features of the IM are introduced and they begin taking steps towards improving:
- Bilateral Coordination
- Balance
- Endurance
- Gait Symmetry
- Motor Planning & Sequencing
- Step-Length (Walking Speed)
Interactive Metronome’s Fall Prevention Program was developed with the input of multiple therapy disciplines. Why? Because we realize that falls occur for a whole host of reasons, and it is important to address the root cause of falling in order to implement a truly effective Fall Prevention Program.
Balance and gait deficits are addressed at all levels with IM’s Fall Prevention Program:
- Musculoskeletal
- Proprioceptive
- Oculomotor
- Vestibular
- Cognitive
- Communicative