Meanwhile, Dr. Ferguson compares creating pottery to meditation, explaining that the pottery wheel has a gentle, soothing rhythm that enables her to escape from her daily grind and pressures as a rheumatologist.
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“It’s really very relaxing,” she says. “This is a creative outlet that allows me to center myself, use my hands and create something beautiful out of nothing.”
Using virtual reality in rehabilitation can have benefits—as long as it is properly understood. In fact, some evidence suggests benefits from the judicious use of immersive virtual reality with patients with rheumatic diagnoses. People tend to have a lower perception of effort compared with actual exertion and lower reports of pain with longer time to exhaustion.
Initiatives are growing the ranks and helping to ensure access in remote areas.
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