For Skilled Nursing Facility Therapists our jobs have been turned upside down over the last decade. No one factor has been worse for Therapy professions than the spread […]
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Postural Physical Therapy, A New Philosophy on Treatment
One afternoon I was mulling over a current patient I have who is dealing with unexplainable spasticity in his lower leg. As I was going through differential diagnosis […]
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Posture over the Decades – Our Later Years
During my time as a Physical Therapist in a rehab facility, I don’t know if a day goes by where I don’t hear: do not get old. As […]
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Posture over the Decades – The Early Years, Teens through Forties
Effects on posture – like many things in life – are going to evolve and change throughout your life. Building the foundation at an early age is crucial, […]
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PTs: Postural Changes are a Key Player in Almost Every Pathology You Treat
Postural issues are causing most of the commonly treated pathologies that Therapists treat each year. Yep, I said it. One might assume it is back pain, hip fractures, […]
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Can We Decide How and When We Age? (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a two-part series. See the first part HERE…. We continue discussing how the decisions we make will ultimately affect our health and […]
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Can We Decide When and How We Age? (Part 1)
Every day we get a day older, and (sometimes) wiser. There’s no avoiding this. After spending a majority of my career working with a geriatric population, I’ve begun […]
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Discover the Missing Link in Ankle Injury Rehab for a Stride of Success! 👣
A typically active 72-year-old female comes into your clinic, hobbling along with a hi tide boot on. She had a partial Achilles tear, and returned home from rehab, […]
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How Artificial Intelligence Will Start a Healthcare Revolution
As we all know artificial intelligence is the technological innovation to come. Like many other advances in the last few centuries there will be a dash to implement […]
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Tapping into your Patient’s Motivation to Greatly Improve Outcomes and Satisfaction
As Physical Therapists we are tasked to improve the physical quality and function of our patients. Of course, we all take varying approaches on how we go about […]