• You can use the pods with any mobile device! You don’t need one dedicated device to use your set. 
• Anyone can download the app for free to their mobile device. 
• If your setting has a BlazePod Pro subscription, multiple users can use the same login, within the same facility, at the same time without any issues. 
• Just be sure you are synced to the pods you want to use. 
• You can split up and share a set of pods so that more than one therapist can be using them with a patient at the same time. 
• Stack the pods you are going to use. Place your mobile device on the top pod. Open the BlazePod app while your device is on the top pod and you will sync to the pods in the stack.
• You can make activities with any number of pods, so you can make different versions of the same activity to help get set up quickly no matter how many pods you are using. 
• Be sure to close your app when you are finished, so they easily sync for the next user.

• “Random” light logic: Only one pod will randomly light up at a time. As the pod is hit or timed out, the next pod will randomly light up. You can choose how many colors will display if you want to use different rules depending on the color. The order the colors will display is also random.
• “Focus” light logic: This is our FAVORITE light logic and how we make all of our inhibition and distraction activities! Pick as many pods and colors as you want to have your patient focus on (colors with a rule), and make one or more “distraction” pods (and colors) that should not be hit/ignored. You can have as few as 2 pods lighting up at a time (one focus, one distraction), to all of them lighting up at a time depending on how you want to challenge your patient!
• “Home-Base” Light Logic: We love using this for shuttle drills to increase intensity! You can create multidirectional shuttle drills with different activities based on color. Add compliant surfaces, resistance and obstacles to increase the challenge!
• “Sequence” Light Logic:
  • If you find the “Random” light logic is favoring movements to certain pods more than others, and you want to make sure your patient is moving in all directions about the same number of times, try the “Sequence” light logic when creating an activity. It is a little time consuming up front as you need to create your “random” sequence rules (pod # lighting up and color) Note, once you’ve got each pod lighting up a few times with different colors, you can let the sequence run through multiple cycles to keep you from creating 5 minutes worth of rules.
  • Scavenger Hunts: Set the pods up to do scavenger hunts with obstacles (any that you have or can think of!) in between or on multiple levels to promote visual scanning, environment navigation, or reaching to multiple levels. Set it up to simulate an ADL or activity that is salient to the patient. The sequence light logic will allow you to set the path of the scavenger hunt from point A to point B to point C, etc, to allow your patient to move through the path you’d like them to go through. Light Rules: “Lights Out” vs “Timeout”: A pod can turn off with a “Hit” and/or a “Timeout” after a specified # of seconds. If the patient is not able to reach or effectively tap, choosing both settings is ideal! The patient can attempt a movement without frustration that the activity would come to a complete standstill if they can’t hit one target.

• Light Rules:
  • “Lights Out” vs “Timeout”: A pod can turn off with a “Hit” and/or a “Timeout” after a specified # of seconds. If the patient is not able to reach or effectively tap, choosing both settings is ideal! The patient can attempt a movement without frustration that the activity would come to a complete standstill if they can’t hit one target. 
• Finalize Activity
  • Duration: Let activities run for 5 or 10 minutes. You don’t want the activity turning off right when a patient just gets the hang of it and gets going.
  • Cycles: If you used the sequence light logic, this is where we recommend you run several cycles of the sequence to increase the total activity time.  

• PodBases
  • Not for just on the floor. You can use them on any surface to help keep the pod from sliding or getting tipped if hit at an off angle,
• Suction cups
  • Can stick to windows, mirrors and plexiglass to promote reaching and more scanning of the environment.
• Cone adapters
  • Great for working on bending and reaching to a pod on a cone in case the floor is a little too low for your patient. Great for working on increasing foot clearance to tap the pod on an elevated surface. If you are using the cone adapters and find that your cones are getting kicked more than the pods being tapped correctly, you can set the pods on sturdier elevated surfaces using the PodBases.
• Straps
  • Straps let you fasten the pods to almost anything! If you can’t mount them to a wall, you may be able to fasten them to a railing or post.
    • Suggestions
      • Punching bags: Increase dual tasking and combo moves by adding pods to the punching bags!
      • Treadmills: Fasten pods to the treadmill rails for increased visual scanning while walking, direction changing. Great for dynamic balance, dual tasking and vestibular habituation.

• Progress Dual Tasking: From Simple to Complex (There is no end to how complex you can get!)
• Simple Dual Task: Example: Red = Right, Yellow = Left
• More Complex Dual Task: Example: Red = Right, Yellow = Right, Blue = Left, Green = Left
• Add Inhibition (a “Do nothing” rule): Example: Red = Right, Blue = Left, Green = No hit
• More Complex Inhibition: Red = Right, Yellow = Right, Blue = Left, Green = Left, Purple = No hit, Orange = No hit. 
• Add Distraction: Example: “Only hit the red light.” All other colors are distractions.
• Add another cognitive task: At any time you can add a naming rule based on a color
• Examples:
• Cities vs States vs Countries
• Fruits vs Vegetables
• Items the same color as the light
• Movies vs TV shows
• Add another motor task. If they are stepping, have them reach to the same side. If they are reaching, have them take a step in that direction too!
• Once your patient has gotten the hang of the rules, mix them up! 
• Progress Intensity
• Add ankle or wrist weights, or use a medicine ball
• Don weighted vest
• Use large resistance band loop to resist stepping
• Increase Balance Challenge and Movement Amplitude
• Move from sitting/standing on firm surface to compliant or uneven surface
• Use large resistance band loop to provide balance perturbations
• Place pods farther part to challenge limits of stability

Sometimes it’s hard to decide what to do! Here is what we suggest to help narrow it down: 

• Start with a more basic activity, just pick something you think will be fun and challenging to get started based on the patient's presentation and goals. You really can't go wrong when first introducing BlazePod to your patient. It's something new and FUN in therapy! Play with different light logics and settings, then...
  • Ask your patient what they thought was most challenging and salient?
  • Include your patient/client in making some of the choices for future activities to promote autonomy and enhanced motor learning!
    • Let them help choose the dual task rules to make the activity more salient
    • Even letting them choose the colors you use gives them more autonomy!
  • Think about how you can make the activity more challenging. Progress the activity based on the goals
    • Do you need to increased the cognitive challenge with dual tasking?
    • Do you need to increase the dynamic balance challenge component to decrease fall risk?
    • Do you need to spread the pods out or raise them up to increase the amplitude of movement? 
    • Are you using the pods for high intensity gait training or neural priming and need to increase the intensity? 
  • If the activity is too challenging and the patient is making too many errors, you can dial back any of the parameters. Don't forget to let the patient know how they did with each activity - knowledge of results is another key component of the OPTIMAL theory to enhance motor learning! 
  • Lastly, use this website as a resource for ideas and download activities you want to try!

Set up: Place 4 pods in a row on a raised surface, approximately 20 cm apart.

Starting Position: Sitting or standing, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Hit the red light with your right hand and the yellow light with your left hand."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Perform on compliant surface
• Make a rule to name something based on color.

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UE Simple Dual Task - 4 pods   

Set up: Place 4 pods in a row on a raised surface, approximatly 20 cm apart.

Starting Position: Sitting or standing, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Hit the red light with your right hand and the yellow light with your left hand. Don’t hit the green light."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Perform on compliant surface
• Make a rule to name something based on color.

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UE Inhibition - 4 pods      

Set up: Place 4 pods in a row on a raised surface, approximately 20 cm apart.

Starting Position: Sitting or standing, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Only hit the red light."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Perform on compliant surface
• Make a rule to name something based on color.

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UE Distraction - 4 pods

Set up: Place pods in a semi-circle on floor, approximately 12'' apart.

Starting Position: Stand, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Hit the red light with your right foot and the blue light with your left foot."

Progressions: 

• Add ankle weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use a superloop to provide resistance and/or perturbation at waist
• Make a rule to name something based on color.
• Switch the rules for the colors: red = left, blue = right
• Progress to "Stepping with Inhibition", see below.

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Stepping with Simple Dual Task - 4 pods

Stepping with Simple Dual Task - 6 pods

Set up: Place pods in a semi-circle on floor, approximately 12'' apart.

Starting Position: Stand, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Hit the red light with your right foot and the blue light with your left foot. Do not hit the green light."

Progressions: 

• Add ankle weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use a superloop to provide resistance and/or perturbation at waist
• Make a rule to name something based on color.
• Switch the rules for the colors: red = left, blue = right
• Progress to "Stepping with Distraction", see below.

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Stepping with Inhibition - 4 pods

Stepping with Inhibition - 6 pods

Set up: Place pods in a semi-circle on floor, approximately 12'' apart.

Starting Position: Stand, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Only hit the red light."

Progressions: 

• Add ankle weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Place pods on raised surface (cone with adapter or step/box)
• Use a resistance band to provide resistance and/or perturbation at waist
• Instruct to step with single LE if working on increased use vs. stability

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Stepping with Distraction - 4 pods

Stepping with Distraction - 6 pods

Set up: Using cones and cone adapters, place pods in a semi-circle on floor, approximately 12'' apart. Can stand on foam or not depending on challenge you want to provide.

Starting Position: Stand, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Hit the red light with your right foot and the blue light with your left foot." 

Progressions: 

• Add ankle weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use a resistance band to provide resistance and/or perturbation at waist
• Switch the colors: red = left, blue = right
• Increase dual tasking by adding a rule to name something based on color (examples: words that start with R for red and B for blue, or fruits when red and vegetables when blue)

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Cone Tap with Simple Dual Task - 4 pods

Set up: Place pods in a row on the floor, approximately 12-18'' apart.

Starting Position: Standing, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Sidestep so that the lit pod is in front of you. Hit red with your right foot and blue with your left foot."

Progressions: 

• Add ankle weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use a resistance band to provide resistance and/or perturbation at waist
• Switch the colors: red = left, blue = right
• Increase dual tasking by adding a rule to name something based on color (examples: words that start with R for red and B for blue, or fruits when red and vegetables when blue)

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Sidstep and Tap - 4 pods

Set up: 2 rows of 3 pods on wall

Distances: Overhead and outside BOS to R and L

Starting Position: Stand, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Reach with the ball to hit the lit pod."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use a resistance band to provide resistance and/or perturbation at waist
• Use a chair to add a sit to stand between each rep 

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Standing Reach with Ball - 6 pods

Set up: 2 rows of 3 pods on wall

Distances: Overhead and outside BOS to R and L

Starting Position: Stand, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Reach with the ball to hit the red pod only."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use a resistance band to provide resistance and/or perturbation at waist
• Use a chair to add a sit to stand between each rep 

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Reach with Ball and Distraction - 6 pods

Set up: 2 rows of 2 pods on wall

Distances: Overhead and outside BOS to R and L

Starting Position: Stand, back pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Twist and reach for the red light with your right hand and the yellow light with your left hand."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use a resistance band to provide resistance and/or perturbation at waist
• Switch the colors: red = left, yellow = right
• Increase dual tasking by adding a rule to name something based on color (examples: words that start with R for red and Y for yellow, or fruits when red and vegetables when yellow) 

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Dual Task Twist and Reach - 4 pods

Set up: 2 rows of 2 pods on wall

Distances: To elicit optimal balance challenge and trunk mobility.

Starting Position: Standing with back facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Twist and reach across your body to hit the lit pod."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Increase dual tasking by adding a rule to name something based on direction reached: (examples: words that start with R for right and L for left, or fruits when right and vegetables when left) 

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Cross Body Twist and Reach - 4 pods

Set up: Place pods on various kitchen surfaces

Distances: Place pods to require up, down, left and right reaching

Starting Position: Stand, facing counter.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Hit the red light with your right hand and the yellow light with your left hand."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Place pods on higher/lower levels, farther apart
• Add a rule to name an item based on color
• Switch to Red = Left, Yellow = Right

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Multi-level Reaching - 4 pods

Multi-level Reaching - 6 pods

Set up: 4 pods in a row on a wall or mirror at overhead height. 

Distances: Overhead height and about 18 inches apart.

Starting Position: Stand, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Sidestep to lit pod. Hit the red with your right hand and yellow with your left hand."

Progressions: 

• Add ankle or wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use a resistance band to provide resistance and/or perturbation at waist
• Switch the colors: red = left, yellow = right
• Increase dual tasking by adding a rule to name something based on color (examples: words that start with R for red and Y for yellow, or fruits when red and vegetables when yellow) 

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Sidestep and Reach with Simple Dual Task - 4 pods

Set up: 4 pods in a row on a wall or mirror at overhead height. 

Distances: Overhead height and about 18 inches apart.

Starting Position: Stand, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Sidestep to the red pod and tap it out." May instruct to use single UE only.

Progressions: 

• Add ankle or wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use a resistance band to provide resistance and/or perturbation at waist

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Sidestep and Reach with Distraction - 4 pods

Set up: 2 rows of 3 pods. One row on wall. One row on floor. 

Distances: Top row at eye level or higher. Bottom row on floor, 2-5 feet apart.

Starting Position: Stand, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Sidestep to lit pod. Tap with hand if on wall, with foot inf on floor. Repeat."

Progressions: 

• Add ankle or wrist weights or weighted vest.
• Increase distance between pods.
• perform on compliant surface
• Add dual tasking by making a naming rule based on color. (Example: city for red, state for blue)

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Sidestep and Tap or Reach Dual Task - 6 pods

Set up: 2 rows of 3 pods. One row on wall. One row on floor. 

Distances: Top row at eye level or higher. Bottom row on floor, 2-5 feet apart.

Starting Position: Stand, facing pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Sidestep to lit pod. Tap with hand if on wall, with foot inf on floor. Repeat."

Progressions: 

• Add ankle or wrist weights or weighted vest.
• Increase distance between pods.
• perform on compliant surface
• Add dual tasking by making a naming rule based on if you hit with a hand or foot. (Example: city for hand, state for foot)

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Sidestep and Tap or Reach - 6 pods

Set up: Place 4 pods in a row on a wall or mirror at an overhead height for your patient/client. Start with about 12 to 18 inches between pods.

Starting Position: Sitting in chair.

Instruction: "When a pod lights up, stand all the way up. Hit the red light with your right hand and the yellow light with your left hand. Sit all the way down. Repeat."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use band to provide resistance and/or perturbation at the waist
• Make a rule to name something based on color

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 Sit to Stand and Reach with Simple Dual Task - 4 pods

Set up: Place 4 pods in a row on a wall or mirror at an overhead height for your patient/client. Start with about 12 to 18 inches between pods.

Starting Position: Sitting in chair, holding ball

Instruction: "When a pod lights up, stand all the way up. Hit the light whild holding the ball with both hands. Sit all the way down. Repeat."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Stand on compliant or uneven surface
• Use band to provide resistance and/or perturbation at the waist
• Make a rule to name something based on color

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Sit to Stand and Reach with Simple Overhead Ball Reach - 4 pods

Set up: Set 4 pods around a table, spread out equally. Place a chair in front of each pod.

Starting Position: Sitting in a chair

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Sidestep around the table to the lit pod. Sit and then tap the pod. Stand up. Repeat."

Progressions: 

• Add weighted vest to increase intensity with sit to stand
• Add dual tasking with instructions to hit blue with your left hand and red with your right hand.
• Make the rule of sidestep around table to your left if the light is blue and to the right if the light is red.
• Can also make a naming rule based on the color of the light.

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Side Step with Sit to Stand - 4 pods

Set up: Set 4 pods around a table, spread out equally. Place a chair in front of each pod.

Starting Position: Standing, facing table.

Instruction: Sidestep around the table to the lit pod. Step left if blue and right if red. Sit then tap the pod. Stand up. Repeat.

Progressions: 

• Add weighted vest to increase intensity with sit to stand
• Add dual tasking with instructions to hit blue with your left hand and red with your right hand.
• Can also make a naming rule based on the color of the light.

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STS and Sidestep with Dual Task - 4 pods

Set up: Place 1 pod on either side at seated level (chair or mat), 2 pods on the floor in frong. 

Starting Position: Sitting in chair.

Instruction: "Tap the blue pod with your left hand and red with your right hand."

Progressions: 

• Increase distance between pods
  
• Sit on compliant surface
• Add wrist weights
• Switch the colors: red = left, blue = right.
• Increase dual tasking by adding a rule to name something based on color (examples: say the color out loud, or words that start with R for red and B for blue, or fruits when red and vegetables when blue)

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Seated Stepping - Simple Dual Task - 2 pods

Set up: With client in unsupported sitting, place 3 pods at same level in semi-circle. Use a boom whacker or pool noodle to facilitate reach.

Starting Position: Unsupported sitting, facing the pods.

Instruction: "Tap the lit pod with the boom whacker (or noodle). "

Progressions: 

• Increase distance between pods
  
• Sit on compliant surface
• Add wrist weights
• Discontinue use of boom whacker or pool noodle as reach improves. 

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Forced Use Seated UE Reach - 3 pods

Set up: Seated at edge of mat on a slide sheet with 2 pods to either side. Place the pods just slightly past the base of stability with reaching.

Starting Position: Unsupported sitting on slide sheet with feet on floor.

Instruction: "When a pod lights up, side scoot to the lit pod. Keep your sitting balance while reaching to tap it out."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Remove slide sheet if using
• Add a naming task based on direction scooting (Example: name a city if scooting to left and a state if scooting to right)

Credit: This exercise and video was shared with permissionby Jamie Haines, PT, DScPT who created it, loves it and uses it regularly. We know you'll love it too!

Thank you to Jan for demonstrating!

Slide sheet in the video is the Smart Glide by Guldmann

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Seated Scoot and Reach - 4 pods  

Set up: Place 2 pods on floor in front of chair on either side of a foam roll or hurdle. 

Starting Position: Sitting in chair.

Instruction: "Turn in your seat to face the lit pod with big steps over the roll. Tap blue with your left foot and red with your right foot."

Progressions: 

• Add ankle weights
  
• Increase size of hurdle between pods
• Add a reaching movement during each tap
• Switch the colors: red = left, blue = right.
• Increase dual tasking by adding a rule to name something based on color (examples: say the color out loud, or words that start with R for red and B for blue, or fruits when red and vegetables when blue)

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Seated Stepping - Simple Dual Task - 2 pods

Set up: Using cones and cone adapters, place pods in a semi-circle on floor in front of chair, about 12 to 18 inches apart.

Starting Position: Sitting in chair.

Instruction: "Turn in your seat to face the red pod. Lift your leg to tap it out with your foot. Do not hit the other colors."  You may indicate to only hit with L or R.

Progressions: 

• Add ankle weights
  
• Add hurdle between pods
• Add a reaching movement during each tap

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Seated Stepping with Distraction - 4 pods

Set up: Using cones and cone adapters, place pods in a semi-circle on floor in front of chair, about 12 to 18 inches apart.

Starting Position: Sitting in chair.

Instruction: "Turn in your seat to face the red or blue light. Tap blue with your left foot and red with your right foot. Do not hit green."  

Progressions: 

• Add ankle weights
  
• Add hurdle between pods
• Add a reaching movement during each tap
• Increase dual tasking by adding a rule to name something based on color (examples: say the color out loud, or words that start with R for red and B for blue, or fruits when red and vegetables when blue)

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Seated Stepping with Inhibition - 4 pods

Set up: Place 6 pods on a mat table in 2 rows of 3 on either side of your patient.

Starting Position: Long sitting

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Reach towards the pod that is lit with your opposite hand."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Add dual tasking by making a naming rule for reaching direction (Example: name a city if reaching to left and a state if reaching to right)

Credit: This exercise and video was shared with permission by Jamie Haines, PT, DScPT who created it, loves it and uses it regularly. We know you'll love it too!

Thank you to Jan for demonstrating!

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Long-Sit Balance and Opposite Reach - 6 pods  

Set up: Place 6 pods on a mat table in 2 rows of 3 on either side of your patient.

Starting Position: Long sitting

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Reach towards the pod that is lit and hit with your hand on the same side."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Add dual tasking by making a naming rule for reaching direction (Example: name a city if reaching to left and a state if reaching to right)

Credit: This exercise and video was shared with permission by Jamie Haines, PT, DScPT who created it, loves it and uses it regularly. We know you'll love it too!

Thank you to Jan for demonstrating!

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Long-Sit Balance and Same Side Reach - 6 pods  

Set up: Place 6 pods on a mat table in 2 rows of 3 on either side of your patient.

Starting Position: V-sitting

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Reach towards the pod that is lit with your opposite hand."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Add dual tasking by making a naming rule for reaching direction (Example: name a city if reaching to left and a state if reaching to right)

Credit: This exercise and video was shared with permission by Jamie Haines, PT, DScPT who created it, loves it and uses it regularly. We know you'll love it too!

Thank you to Jan for demonstrating!

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V-Sit Balance and Opposite Reach - 6 pods

Set up: Place 6 pods on a mat table in 2 rows of 3 on either side of your patient.

Starting Position: V-sitting

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Reach towards the pod that is lit and hit with your hand on the same side."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Add dual tasking by making a naming rule for reaching direction (Example: name a city if reaching to left and a state if reaching to right)

Credit: This exercise and video was shared with permission by Jamie Haines, PT, DScPT who created it, loves it and uses it regularly. We know you'll love it too!

Thank you to Jan for demonstrating!

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V-Sit Balance and Same Side Reach - 6 pods

Set up: Place pods in a semi-circle on floor, approximately 12'' apart.

Starting Position: Quadruped,  facing pods.

Instruction: Tap lit pod with involved side while in quadruped. "Tap the color with your stronger arm, keeping your weight on your weaker side."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Perform on compliant surface
• Make a rule to name something based on color.

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Quadruped Single Arm Reach - 4 pods    

Set up: Place pods in a line on the floor, approximately 12'' apart.

Starting Position: Prone on elbows, facing pods.

Instruction:When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Hit the red light with your right hand and the yellow light with your left hand."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Perform on compliant surface
• Make a rule to name something based on color.

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Prone on Elbows - Simple Dual Task - 4 pods

Set up: Place 4 pods on a mat table, 2 on each side of patient.

Starting Position: Hooklying

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Roll towards the pod that is lit and hit with your opposite hand."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Remove slide sheet if using one.
• Make a naming rule for rolling direction (Example: Left = City, Right = State)

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Hooklying Roll - 4 pods

Set up: Place 4 pods on a mat table, 2 on each side of patient.

Distances: Far enough to each side to elicit challenge for rolling/reaching.

Starting Position: Hooklying

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Roll completely onto your side towards the lit pod and tap."

Progressions: 

• Add wrist weights
• Increase distance between pods
• Make a naming rule for rolling direction (Example: Left = City, Right = State)

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Supine to Sidelying - 4 pods

Set up: Place 4 pods on treadmill with appropriate adapters. Can use straps for railings and suction cups on display.

Starting Position: Walking on TM

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Hit red with your right hand, blue with your left hand while keeping your balance on the treadmill."

Progressions: 

• Increase treadmill speed.
• Increase treadmill incline.
• Reverse belt on treadmill, if possible.
• Add weights or weighted vest to increase intensity.
• Make a naming task based on color (examples: words that start with R for red and B for blue, or fruits when red and vegetables when blue)
• Switch color rules: red = left, blue = right

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TM Walking with Simple Dual Task - 4 pods

Set up: Place 4 pods on treadmill with appropriate adapters. Can use straps for railings and suction cups on display.

Starting Position: Walking on TM

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Hit only the red light while keeping your balance on the treadmill."

Progressions: 

• Increase treadmill speed.
• Increase treadmill incline.
• Reverse belt on treadmill, if possible.
• Add weights or weighted vest to increase intensity.
• Make a naming task based on red light being on the right or the left (examples: words that start with R for red and B for blue, or fruits when red and vegetables when blue)

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TM Walking with Distraction - 4 pod

Set up: Place 4 pods on treadmill with appropriate adapters. Can use straps for railings and suction cups on display.

Starting Position: Walking on TM

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Tap the lit pod with your hand on the same side while keeping your balance on the treadmill."

Progressions: 

• Increase treadmill speed.
• Increase treadmill incline.
• Reverse belt on treadmill, if possible.
• Add weights or weighted vest to increase intensity.
• Make a naming task based on red lit pod being on the right or the left (examples: words that start with R for red and B for blue, or fruits when red and vegetables when blue)

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TM Walking Same Side Reach - 4 pods

Set up: Place 4 pods on treadmill with appropriate adapters. Can use straps for railings and suction cups on display.

Starting Position: Walking on TM

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Reach across your body to hit the lit post, on the opposite side, while keeping your balance on the treadmill."

Progressions: 

• Increase treadmill speed.
• Increase treadmill incline.
• Reverse belt on treadmill, if possible.
• Add weights or weighted vest to increase intensity.
• Make a naming task based on red lit pod being on the right or the left (examples: words that start with R for red and B for blue, or fruits when red and vegetables when blue)

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TM Walking Opposite Reach - 4 pods

Set up: Place 4 pods, in podbases, on the floor in a row.

Starting Position: Standing at home pod, facing row of pods.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Start at the red home pod. Tap it. Walk forward to the lit blue pod and tap. Walk backwards to the home pod and tap. Repeat."

Progressions: 

• Increase distance between pods
• Add weights or weighted vest to increase intensity.
• Add obstacles
• Instruct to increase speed.

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Forward Backward Shuttle - 4 pods

Set up: Place 4 pods, in podbases, on the floor in a row.

Starting Position: Standing at home pod.

Instruction: When a pod lights up, react as quickly as possible with the correct response. "Start at the red home pod. Tap it. Sidestep left to the lit blue pod and tap. Sidestep right to the home pod and tap. Repeat."

Progressions: 

• Increase distance between pods
• Add weights or weighted vest to increase intensity.
• Add obstacles
• Instruct to increase speed.

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Sidestep Shuttle - 4 pods