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Sore Feet? A Physical Therapist can help

Mar 6, 2010 4:35pm

In a day, the average person takes approximately 10,000 steps. In other words, that's 10,000 times that your feet hit the ground....

APTA Learning Center Launches Partnership With Section On Geriatricts

Mar 5, 2010 2:45pm

Main Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy Article Date: 05 Mar 2010 The American Physical Therapy Association has partnered with its Section on Geriatrics to publish six continuing education courses to the APTA Learning Center....

Dose-Response Relation Between Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation...

Mar 5, 2010 8:13am

From the School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital , and National Taiwan University College of Medicine , Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei County, ......

Volunteer: People of Haiti 'very resilient'

Mar 4, 2010 11:10pm

Janet Nordstrom knows the largesse and strength of the Haitian spirit. "They're very kind about sharing whatever they have, and they're very, very resilient," the St....

Methodist Hospital PT to help Haiti amputees

Mar 4, 2010 1:14pm

A young physical therapist at Methodist Hospital will be traveling to Haiti this week to volunteer....

Preferred Sports Provider Network and National Council of Youth...

Mar 3, 2010 12:55pm

Preferred Sports Provider Network is a network of contracted physical and occupational therapy practices who offer sports enhancement and injury prevention services at a discount, and is a service of Preferred Therapy Providers, Inc.. PSPN was created to bring awareness to the proactive athletic services their physical therapy practices provide...

Physical Therapists in the US - Industry Market Research Report - new market report released

Mar 2, 2010 5:41am

Industry Market Research Synopsis This Industry Market Research report provides a detailed analysis of the Physical Therapists in the US industry, including key growth trends, statistics, forecasts, the competitive environment including market shares and the key issues facing the industry....

Senior Health News

Mar 1, 2010 1:16pm

Blindness and baby boomers By the year 2030, twice as many Americans will be blind as today....

Physical therapy gaining in pet world

Feb 28, 2010 12:13am

Could your pet benefit from some physical therapy? Dr. Thomas Burns, hospital director at Veterinary Associates of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth, reports that while physical therapy isn't new to veterinary medicine, the use of this form of rehabilitation has become a lot more popular in recent years....

Centaur Stride receives grant from .....

Feb 27, 2010 3:27pm

Area not-for-profits need to be even more creative in order to balance their budgets....

Back pain: who you gonna call?

Feb 26, 2010 3:04pm

A friend emailed the other day with the following quandary: At the end of December, I tweaked my lower back....

Mid-Michigan Physicians Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record...

Feb 26, 2010 6:40am

Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail Also Included In: Primary Care / General Practice Allscripts announced that Mid-Michigan Physicians, a multi-specialty group headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record to provide 70 of their physicians and mid-level providers, located across seven locations, with the ......

Farmington Valley: Physcial Therapists Approved To Use Low Level Laser Therapy

Feb 25, 2010 7:43pm

Biz Buzz Submitted by Dean Teitelbaum, Physical Therapist, on 2010-02-25. In October 2009, the state of Connecticut passed Public Act 09-232 as an "act concerning revisions to Department of Public Health licensing statutes." A subsection of this act repeals a previous statute which prohibited physical therapists from using "low-level"...