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Five reasons you NEED more muscle
Hey Everyone, I felt inspire by something I read today and decided write something real quick on why...
Improving the Evidence Base for Physical Therapy Disability Interventions
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3 Great Uses For Old Routers Apartment Therapy Unplggd
3 Great Uses For Old Routers Apartment Therapy Unplggd. This is good if you have a normal router. ...
Have You Read the Latest NEWS-Line Features Yet?
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WalkAide Endorsed by American Physical Therapy Association
Innovative Neurotronics, Inc., the development and commercialization subsidiary of Hanger Orthopedic...
Be sure to check out my Ireland Re-Cap: Day 1! I also have a guest post over at with a Side of Sneak...
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Exercise Participation: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
To continue on with yesterday's topic, promoting participation in recreational activities for children with disabilities, today's topic will discuss specific recommendations for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Research has shown that children with JIA can participate in exercise regimens without exacerbating the disease. In addition, research has shown that...
Steps to Promote Participation of Children with Disabilities in Physical Activities
The recommended amount of physical activity daily for children is at least 60 minutes per day. This can be difficult to accomplish for any children with the busy schedules that face this young generation today. For children with disabilities, this can be very difficult to achieve each day for various...
Therapeutic Listening and Preschoolers
Journal of Occupational Therapy , Schools and Early Intervention published research on the benefits of Therapeutic Listening program for preschoolers with developmental disabilities. The study was performed with one group of 15 preschoolers using a pre-test and post-test design. The preschoolers received their traditional therapy sessions along with the Therapeutic...
Outdoor Activity: Nature Color Hunt
Scavenger Hunts: Scavenger Hunts electronic activity book includes over 150 scavenger hunt cards to find. In addition, there are 3 different scavenger alphabet hunts and 10 pencil and paper scavenger hunts to encourage visual discrimination and visual motor skills. These hunts are great to get any child up and moving!...
Check out Advance for PT for an article written by me entitled "Give Recess the Respect It Deserves". "If you ask children what their favorite school subject is, many will respond: Recess! Unfortunately, unstructured, free play for kids is becoming a thing of the past. Thirty to 40...
Activity Levels and Electronic Media Use of Youth with Diabetes
Pediatrics published research on the physical activity levels and electronic media use for 384 children with Type 1 diabetes, 90 children with Type 2 diabetes and 173 control subjects ranging in age from 10 to 20 years old. The results indicated that male subjects with Type 2 diabetes reported...
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation News
GAINESVILLE, Mo. - Anne Kimbrough, a licensed physical therapist with more than 25 years experience in the field, has joined the staff at Ozarks Medical Center Rehabilitation Services....
ORNL scientists improve outcome for physical therapy patients
The technical term for Carolyn Corley's knee problem is patello femaroal syndrome....
Man paralyzed in Haiti quake rehabs in Chicago
A survivor of the earthquake in Haiti is making a remarkable recovery with the help of a Chicago doctor....
Study shows people with Multiple Sclerosis can exercise more with breaks
The seemingly obvious results are significant, though, for people with the often debilitating neurological disease that creates exhaustion in patients, according to the study that was presented this week at the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers 24th Annual Conference and the Third Joint Meeting of Americas Committee for Treatment and...
Colin Hoobler: Attitude is the key to dealing with chronic low back pain
Following the barrage of e-mails following the response to John with his chronic low back pain problem, I'm compelled to address the main component that will dictate anyone's ability to overcome CLBP: attitude....
Where did you receive your schooling? I'm a registered occupational therapist and I went to school at the University of Washington....
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Terri Mead added a blog postUS-Russian crew blasts off to space stationBAIKONUR, Kazakhstan – Two U.S. astronauts and a Russian crewmate blasted off successfully Wednesday on a mission to the international space station that will see the last ever shuttle visit to the orbiting lab. U.S. astronauts Douglas Wheelock and…...
Terri Mead added a blog post'79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BPMEXICO CITY – It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. Workers scrambled to close the safety valves but within moments, the platform caught fire and collapsed. Tens of millions of gallons of oil...
Terri Mead added a blog post13 injured in LA apartment fire, 2 criticallyLOS ANGELES – A morning fire at an apartment building near downtown Los Angeles injured 13 people Saturday, including a woman who jumped from a window and a 5-year-old girl who suffered third-degree burns, authorities said. Crews plucked residents...
Terri Mead added a blog postNewton's apple tree bound for gravity-free orbitCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Sir Isaac Newton's famous apple tree is about to leave gravity behind. Flying aboard space shuttle Atlantis next week will be a 4-inch sliver of the tree from which an apple fell nearly 350 years ago...
Terri Mead added 2 blog postsNASA catapults new Orion capsule into NM desertJustice Stevens: push for nominees' views improper...
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Samuel Awosolu added a blog post6 Reasons Why Your Physical Therapy Business Should Be In Google’s Local Business Search DirectoryLocal search is one of the least talked about features of Google but it is one that is gaining popularity very rapidly. Local search is catching on because search engines are getting very...
Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News From Medical News Today
In Cardiac Rehab, Exercise Trumps Creatine
Athletes have been enjoying the benefits of creatine supplements to gain stronger muscles since the 1990s, and the supplement has also proven beneficial among other groups......
Robotic Devices Give Stroke Survivors A Helping Hand, Leg Up
As many as half of stroke survivors lose some of their ability to move their extremities. Now specialists in rehabilitation medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center are pioneering the use of robotic devices to help them regain this function. Patients are currently being recruited for ongoing clinical research trials...
Medicare Commission Identifies Policy Change To Limit Therapy Services Provided By Physicians
In an effort to address the increase in physical therapy services, other therapeutic services, and radiation therapy provided in physicians' offices, and the costs associated with those increases, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has identified a policy change that would limit physicians from referring patients for these services to...
MedPAC Addresses Growth Of Physical Therapy Services In Physicians' Offices
Statement by APTA President R. Scott Ward, PT, PhD The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its June 2010 Report to the Congress: Aligning Incentives in Medicare recommending a policy option to exclude physical therapy from the in-office ancillary services (IOAS) exception. APTA commends the Commission on its analysis and...
American Physical Therapy Association (Apta) Endorses Walkaide By Innovative Neurotronics, Inc
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has endorsed The WalkAide System, developed by Innovative Neurotronics, Inc. WalkAide is an intelligent functional electrical stimulation (FES) system that restores mobility to people who experience a form of lower leg paralysis known as foot drop......
Only 37 Percent Exercise A Year After Cardiac Event
Researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University found that one year after 248 individuals completed a 12-week cardiac rehabilitation program following a heart attack, bypass surgery or angioplasty, only 37% exercised three times a week to keep their hearts healthy......
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Victory for PTA's thru RC-1 Not Passing
While this blog has not been hesitant in its opinion on RC 1 and the necessity for it to fail (here and here), we have been likewise suggestive that the real issue is not the lack of PTA "voting rights"......
Coming to a theater near you! This one starring Annette Bening in Mother and Child. This one has a good review from Rotten Tomatoes. Third one for the year including Queen Latifah and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Will there be a......
Ouch! Previous Physical Therapy Treatment Strong Predictor for Not Returning to Work
Wow... what an unbelievable finding! Or was it? Hats off to Glen for bringing this work to my attention. I'm talking about "Expectations, perceptions and physiotherapy predict prolonged sick leave in subacute low back pain." I wasn't surprised by the......
Repackaged Drugs-POPTS twin of a different mother
A few years back, some budding entrepreneurs in California figured out how to make a bundle for themselves as well as referring docs by repackaging drugs and dispensing them in physician offices where there is an exemption to laws which......
A few years back at a TED conference, I met Tony Hsieh (pronounced “shay”) the CEO of Zappos. I was familiar with Zappos as on online shoe retailer, for their Kentucky warehouse presence, and embracing of twitter but I was......
From Physical Therapist to Pole Dancing Prostitute
Physical Therapists sure are getting in the act in Hollywood. Coming just off the recently released and from what I understand unwatchable Just Wright starring Queen Latifah will be "The Client List" a true story about a physical therapist becoming......
Moving Forward
With more than 2,600 physical therapy professionals and students visiting the exhibit hall and participating in educational sessions during annual conference, the energy is palpable here in Boston at PT 2010.In addition to top-notch educational programming, attendees have been treated to a great keynote opening address by former U.S. Senator...
New Report on Boomers Underscores Relevance of Branding Campaign
A recent report from the National Health Interview Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention really drives home the importance and relevance of the profession’s “Move Forward” branding campaign. This survey showed that more than 40 percent of adults ages 50 to 64 experience mobility-related problems...
Meet Your Legislator "Back Home"
As House and Senate members head out of Washington, DC, for the Memorial Day recess, it’s a perfect opportunity for you to meet with them back home in their district at town hall meetings. Many members of Congress will be seeking opportunities to update constituents about what's happening in Washington,...
It was interesting to see this week that the American Heart Association (AHA) endorsed the Nintendo Wii, giving the video game maker the right to put AHA’s “heart check” logo on all its Wii virtual exercise and active game systems. According to the AHA, the endorsement is aimed at making...
A movie opening next week is causing quite a buzz within the physical therapy profession – with comments ranging from positive to negative on listservs, blogs and emails to APTA headquarters. “Just Wright,” starring Queen Latifah as a physical therapist who -- it appears from movie trailers -- falls in...
Take Action: Become a Physical Therapy Advocate
On Tuesday, April 27, more than 200 physical therapists, physical therapist assistants and students of physical therapy visited the Capitol Hill offices of their U.S. Representatives and Senators as part of this year’s Federal Advocacy Forum. These physical therapy advocates lobbied Congress on cosponsoring legislation to repeal the cap (H.R....
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Falls in the elderly are the leading cause of fatal as well as non fatal injuries. Thirty percent of people over the age of 65 will fall each year. Sixty percent......
Has Therapy Become Too "Hands Off?"
After speaking to a patient the other day, it was conveyed that she felt her therapy sessions had become too "hands off." After being taught an exercise this patient......
Rehab Exercise of the Week - Straight Leg Raise
The straight leg raise is an excellent exercise to strengthen the muscles of the hip. It is one of the first exercises done after hip or knee replacement surgery. The......
Participating in a Home Exercise Program
We recently discussed the importance of participating in a home exercise program as an essential part of an excellent rehabilitation outcome. So now we want to know, are you......
Initial recommendations after back injury described a period of bed rest for recovery time. This however, is no longer viewed as beneficial in the healing process. By being......
MikeReinold.com - A Blog for Physical Therapy, Athletic Training, and Sports Medicine
I just wanted to announce the winners of my student contest to come spend an hour with me at Fenway Park this summer. Congratulations to Chris Joyce and his physical therapy student classmates at Northeastern University! There were a handful of schools that were interested and I was impressed that...
We talk a lot about posture and it’s effect on function and pathology on this site. I think the above classic drawing says it all. We are what I call an “anterior dominant” society. Everything we do in our lives results in muscle length and stretch imbalances as a result...
Help Me Make Better Webinars – What do You Want?
Wow, last week’s sale week was a blast and seemed like everyone got in on some great deals. I have to admit I was surprised at the turn out we had with the free webinar in particular! Almost 200 people took advantage and downloaded the free webinar on patellofemoral rehabilitation...
Core Stability Exercises: A Modern Approach to Abdominal Training Part 3 - Putting It All Together
Over the last couple of months I have slowly shared with you some great information on Craig Liebenson’s thoughts regarding a modern approach to abdominal training, a 3-part series originally published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. This was a great series of brief, straight-to-the-point information that really...
Sale Week: FREE Rehabilitation Protocol CD
Wow, what a huge conclusion to my “Sale Week” thanking my readers after my 200th post! Today, subscribers to my newsletter get access to a special FREE offer for one of my Rehabilitation Protocol CDs with Kevin Wilk. These are our INSANELY popular CDs containing all of our rehabilitation protocols...
Sale Week: $100 off My Complete Eval & Treat of the Knee and Shoulder DVD Package
The next offer during “Sale Week” to thank all my readers after my 200th post is a whopping $100 off my complete package of DVDs with Kevin Wilk covering the Evaluation and Treatment of the Knee and Shoulder. Each DVD is about an hour long and goes over Kevin and...
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