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Shaving Razors

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For many women having hairless legs is part of their self-identity. Without thinking countless women all over the world pick up their razors and shave their legs everyday. This essay aims to analysis the occupational performance skills necessary for completing the grooming task shaving legs, it will firstly be identifying through the Model Of Human Occupation (MOHO) and again after a condition is applied.

General overview
The occupation will be anaylised once the individual is in the shower, with satisfactory water temperature, exfoliated and shaving cream applied to each leg.
➢ Initiates movement to collect the razor
➢ Locating razor on niche
➢ Reaching right arm
➢ Grasp razor
➢ Return arm to self
➢ Bend at hips
➢ Rearrange razor to …show more content…

non-slip floor, a shower large enough to bend, and rotate the body comfortably. Accessible running water and a desirable temperature, having the materials including razors and shaving cream prepared and at a convenient location. Appropriate lighting, including natural and artificial to be able to visually see where objects are placed and where to shave.

Habituation
Is the process in which habits are initiated and maintained that fit into our physical and social environment. Kielhofner, G 2008.
Shaving for women may begin by the age of 16 and be completed every three days for the next 35 years of their life (Riddell, Lenore; Varto, Hannah;Hodgson, Zoë G, 2010) Within the first 2 months shaving can become a habit due to the repeated performance and no longer require attention or concentration. Each individual is unique and may develop a personal routine; exfoliating, placing shaving cream and shaving their right leg and then repeating on the sequence on the left. Where as others choose to exfoliate both legs at the same time, place shaving cream on both legs and then shave the right before the left. Without a thought an individual can accomplish the autonomic process making it a meaningful social …show more content…

Kielhofner, G 2008. At a young age a female may experience shaving their legs for the first time, if the individual successfully completes the task without cutting themselves they could potentially feel satisfied by being mature and self efficient as well as the physical values of feeling clean, smooth legs with the sense of feminine. For an individual that has a negative experience with the outcome of razor rash or cuts could lead to anticipation with completing the task in the future possibly creating an undesirable mindset or

Performance capacity
Refers to the combination of cognition ability and the body systems that are active during a task.

Physical
(DEFINE)
The following identify the physical aspects required of an individual to complete the grooming task of shaving;
➢ It is essential for an individual’s body to have adequate muscle strength to balance, stabilize and maintain posture of the core whilst standing and bending in the shower
➢ 45 degrees range of motion (ROM) in the shoulder to lift arm, ROM in elbow to extend to reach niche
➢ Muscle contraction of the digits to grasp razor
➢ Sensation to feel where the razor is located and force requirement to collect it
➢ Complete ROM in the hip to bend and reach the base on the ankle to begin shaving.
➢ Muscle contraction (flexion and extension) to maintain force whilst pulling the razor

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