Lily

Brain Tools: My name is Lily-Ann and I’m 11. I really love your products. I even bought my mom one for her birthday! Plus, my friend and I were inspired to create brain bags. (She loves your products too). Brain Bags are little bags I carry that have brain teasers, fidget toys, notebooks, and pens.

Zsa-Zsa

Dermatillomania: I am a young woman (aged 20) wishing to purchase some of your fabulous products. I am buying these products for a condition called dermatillomania or Skin Picking Disorder (SPD). The Trichotillomania Learning Centre really encourages Tangles as a therapeutic tool to prevent or control the vicious cycle of picking/pulling in a socially acceptable (and […]

Johanne

Autism Spectrum: I am a 42 year old who is currently just finding out I have ASD, and my children too are on the spectrum. So a few weeks ago I heard about tangles, and so I got a Tangle to have a go, and now I own 5! I now don’t leave my house […]

Monika van Voskuilen

Brain Tools, ADHD & Autism in School: I am a German teacher in The Netherlands and I work with children who are between 12 and 16 years old. http://vmbopro.thorbecke-zwolle.nl/home/ We are a regular public school for children with average (or a little less) IQ, but which are challenged in their behavior or concentration. Some of them […]

Mary Lynn

Smoking Cessation: “I am currently working in a Nicotine Dependence Program helping people quit smoking. I have used stress balls and etc…in my groups…but recently ordered a Fiddle Diddle Box through Trainers Warehouse out of Natick,MA which had the fiddle key chain. My clients have loved them! They are easy to manipulate with one hand […]

Lacy

Brain Tools in School: “I am a big fan of Tangles! I first discovered a Tangle on Mackinac Island and have kept it on my desk ever since. In fact, I am a behavior consultant for our intermediate school district and now have a collection of Tangles to share everywhere I go. When I provide […]

Mary Beth

Health Care/Physical Therapy: “My former mother-in-law is in the hospital recovering from surgery. I brought her the Therapy Tangle to help her weakened hands. It was a huge hit. She loved it, as did all her nurses who wanted to know where they could buy more. Everyone who saw hers picked it up and played […]

Cathy Adams and Greg Bonogofsky

Occupational Therapy/Anxiety Reduction: “As an occupational therapy tool, Tangle can be used in a broad array of applications by our clients. Tangle helps develop fine motor dexterity and coordination in fingers and hands. It enhances visual motor processing, which helps Tangle users see the effects muscle movements have on objects. Tangle provides pleasing visual and […]

Dr. David S. Parker

Physical Therapy: “I have utilized Tangle Therapy in post-operative hand surgical cases with success and patient satisfaction. I have found Tangle Therapy to be effective both physically and psychologically. It’s really an amazing therapy tool.”

Keturah

Workplace Wellness/Workplace Efficiency: “I just wanted to thank you for making a great product. I recently started a new job and went through a rigorous two week training session. Since much of the time was spent listening to my supervisors’ instructions, my mind tended to wander. One of my co-workers let me borrow her Tangle […]

Dermatillomania:

I am a young woman (aged 20) wishing to purchase some of your fabulous products. I am buying these products for a condition called dermatillomania or Skin Picking Disorder (SPD). The Trichotillomania Learning Centre really encourages Tangles as a therapeutic tool to prevent or control the vicious cycle of picking/pulling in a socially acceptable (and fun!) way. I have several friends who swear by them, including a very popular YouTube vlogger called Rebecca Brown.

Zsa-Zsa

Brain Tools in School:

“I am a big fan of Tangles! I first discovered a Tangle on Mackinac Island and have kept it on my desk ever since. In fact, I am a behavior consultant for our intermediate school district and now have a collection of Tangles to share everywhere I go.

When I provide training for teachers and other school staff, I am always sure to have Tangles on the table as “fidgets” and frequently end up giving them away since no one wants to give them back and I can’t help but want to share the fun!

I keep a supply of Tangle Jrs handy wherever I go and love to give them to students, staff, and parents. Thank you for creating such a fun, therapeutic toy to share! If I continue to be so generous with Tangles, I think I may need to beg for our administration to find a place for them in our budget!”

Lacy Behavior Consultant, Intermediate School District, Mackinac Island

Smoking Cessation:

We use Tangles to assist our quitters in our Freedom From Smoking program. People who are former smokers often don’t know what to do with their hands without a cigarette. Tangles help to distract them from a craving for a cigarette. I always have Tangles on the table when they first come into class because that is when they are most anxious about quitting and Tangles helps to relieve them of their nervous energy.

I also give Tangles as a training gift for health care providers when I train them in how to perform a brief intervention for tobacco use. I explain what an important tool Tangles can be in helping their patients who smoke to make a quit attempt.

Thank you for this fun and useful product.

-Richard

Richard

Occupational Therapy:

“I believe the tangle is my favorite thinking tool, listening tool, and sitting tool for kids on the spectrum, and for all busy kids. Thank you for your customer service. “

cheers,
Marc Landry, Occupational Therapist

Marc’s Sensory Oasis: www.marclandry.ca

Marc Landry

Workplace Wellness/Anxiety:

“I placed a few in our De-Stress Kits that are on each unit. We had a meeting on Friday and I was so tickled to see that almost everyone had one. I pulled mine out first and then everyone else began to pull theirs out and hold it. We felt like we belonged to a secret club.

My manager texted me the day I brought them to the units and stated “Can I just say I love this weird orange wormy toy?!?!” I had sent an e-mail about Tangles after I placed them in the boxes.

I, personally, have found that using the Tangle in a meeting has helped me focus on what is being said. Usually, I am doodling or spacing out, but the past two meeting that I have been to with a Tangle in hand, I have noticed more retention on what is being talked about as well as me being more vocal and adding to the conversation.

A few other nurses have mentioned that they love the Tangle. Just mindlessly “playing” during downtime helps to decompress. Today, when I came our charge nurse stated that it wasn’t helping. She had a very stressful day, I told her that per the website it is only to be used for mild stress.”

Atienne Nurse

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