{"id":974,"date":"2015-03-22T12:43:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T12:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/?p=974"},"modified":"2015-03-18T12:43:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:43:46","slug":"more-creative-uses-for-dycem-from-physical-therapists-at-apta-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/more-creative-uses-for-dycem-from-physical-therapists-at-apta-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"More Creative Uses for Dycem (from Physical Therapists at APTA 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Uses for Dycem around the home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here at Dycem, we love to hear how people use our non-slip products to enhance their daily lives.<\/p>\n

At the APTA conference and Expo, held in Indianapolis last month, we met hundreds of Physical Therapy professionals who gave us some of their most creative uses for the Dycem range.<\/p>\n

We were blown away by their overall enthusiasm for Dycem and its myriad applications. And so here for you now are some of their best responses to the question, \u201chow do you use your Dycem at home and on the go?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dycem around the Home <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI use Dycem to help positioning in seats.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Trisha<\/p>\n

\u201cI use Dycem with my home patients and place it on shelves, so that medication and water\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0fall.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0– Jennifer<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen\u00a0I’m\u00a0sewing, the machine wants to glide away due to vibration, but if you put Dycem\u00a0under it, it helps the machine stay in place when sewing.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201dI have wooden stairs in the house and I have a dog who won\u2019t go down them. I use the roll of Dycem and pre-cut the strips to fit the stair thread.\u00a0 Now the dog goes up and down the stairs. It\u2019s a surprising use, but it works.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe use Dycem to hold plates steady, especially useful for people with one hand.\u201d<\/em> -Vicky Keller<\/p>\n

\u201cI use the Dycem squares for when a child is sitting on a slippery surface, like in those\u00a0high chairs\u00a0that you find in restaurants.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI use Dycem for keeping toys and objects in place on top of tables and benches.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI carry Dycem in my trunk; I use it to help with feeding.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI use Dycem to help with grip and opening jars.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI use Dycem all the time, particularly to put under switches, or switch activated toys.\u201d-<\/em> Lillian Grey<\/p>\n

\u201cMy granddaughter uses it on the tables so she\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0spill her drink.\u201d-<\/em>\u00a0Shirley<\/p>\n

\u201cI use Dycem underneath dining room chair legs, in order to prevent it from slipping while my child is getting up to sit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe currently use Dycem on the lap tray of a young man for his computer, so it\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0slide when\u00a0he\u2019s using it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dycem on the Go\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI use Dycem in between the wheelchair and cushions, to keep clients from sliding.\u201d <\/em>– Diane Wilson<\/p>\n

\u201cI use Dycem on wheelchairs, on top of their cushions, to help people stay in their wheelchair and not fall out.\u201d<\/em> – Cas<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m\u00a0using Dycem with a variety of people post-stroke. Right now I use it for my mother who has a walker and who has problems carrying her food to the table.\u201d<\/em>– Anne<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI work with patients with MS, I use the Dycem for wheelchair cushion positioning along with using it for utensils and plates, positioning for people who have difficulty with those devices.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI use Dycem on a grocery cart, to help stabilise the hand so it\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0slip off.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI use Dycem for positioning students in their desks if they have a tendency to slip down. I also use it for writing utensils on their desks.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI use Dycem with young people, I cut a tracing of their feet out and it serves as a marker for where to keep their feet underneath their tables. So they are learning proper positioning, keeping their feet still and not kicking their neighbours.\u201d<\/em> – Heidi<\/p>\n

If you are a physical therapist, take a look at our product range<\/a> or share with us how you use Dycem<\/a> in your occupation. We\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here at Dycem, we love to hear how people use our non-slip products to enhance their daily lives. At the APTA conference and Expo, held in Indianapolis last month, we met hundreds of Physical Therapy professionals who gave us some of their most creative uses for the Dycem range. We were blown away by their … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":979,"href":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions\/979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dycem-ns.com\/dycemshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}