Coaching your team members to elicit beliefs and behaviour change I want to give a quick overview of one of my key learnings on this topic on which I am not only extremely passionate about but admit I have so much more to learn and implement. One of my coaching clients and I had a…
Do you… Only go to playgrounds with your kids if there’s a bathroom nearby? Pass on your favorite workout classes because you’re worried about leakage? Miss out on family time because you’re in the bathroom again? If you answered yes to these questions, you are not alone. We know so many mothers out there who…
If you are sitting while reading this get up and stretch! Chronic neck or back pain is often caused by being too sedentary. For those with office jobs, here are 3 quick ways to decrease your neck or back pain. Sit less. If you work in an office consider investing in a stand-up or treadmill…
PHYSIOTHERAPY IN ASTRONAUT INTRODUCTION ▪ Astronauts are the unique population of physically and mentally fit individuals who have to travel from gravity to microgravity and back to the gravity. ▪ Microgravity is an environment in which body experiences less or no gravitational force. ▪ Astronauts in space undergo similar physiological adaptations as seen in…
Summer is coming to a close and our kids will be heading back to school soon. Here are a few tips to conquer what has become a big concern: the heavy school backpack. First of all, let’s hope the kids are putting those books to good use and not just carrying them around unopened, collecting…
What is Sport Rehabilitation? Sport Rehabilitators help people suffering from pain, injury or illness involving the musculoskeletal system. They help people of all ages to maintain their health and fitness, recover from and prevent injury and reduce pain using exercise, movement and manual based therapeutic interventions. What to expect from your Sport Rehabilitator? An initial…
WebPT’s 4th annual Ascend Conference took place in Washington, D.C. the weekend of September 29th. Rehab therapists from around the world attended business discussions on increasing revenue, outcomes, payment reform, Medicare audits, healthcare, and much more. There was SO much to learn over two full days. If you didn’t get a chance to attend, you…
Addiction is a disease that disregards an individual’s race, socioeconomic status, and prior achievements. Since 1999, deaths from prescription opioids have more than quadrupled. From 1999-2010, the number of prescription opioids sold to pharmacies, hospitals and doctors’ offices has nearly quadrupled as well. Yet the amount of pain Americans report has not changed during this…
The Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) recently released a special issue on the topic of whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). This July 2017 publication followed up on the October 2016 issue, both with guest editors Dr. James Elliot, an associate professor at Northwestern University, and Dr. Dave Walton, an associate professor at the University…
Back in February at the Combined Sections Meeting, the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE) announced their new quality standards for post-graduate education. The release of the new standards marked ABPTRFE’s first step towards its initiative of revamping old policies and procedures. According to Tamara (Tammy) Burlis, Chair of ABPTRFE, the…