What are the Issues with Therapeutic or Trigger Point Dry Needling? 9...
Dry needling continues to garner increasing popularity within physical therapy. And, the focus is not just clinical, a pubmed search for “physical therapy” and “dry needling” illustrates an 8 fold...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy Metrics
With the widespread use of EMR, more and more data is being collected about the way we practice. A recent post on the Four Hour Work Week by Eric Ries, has me thinking about metrics, specifically PT...
View Article#BadAssMary: Mary McMillan in 8 Memes
Mary McMillan is a founder and the first president of the American Physical Therapy Association. She wasn’t the first person to practice physical therapy, but as Mildred Elson stated in her 1964...
View Article2017 House of Delegates Preview: Lifecycle of a Motion
This is post 1 of 11 in the series “2017 House of Delegates Preview” PT Think Tank is proud to announce that over the coming weeks leading up to the NEXT Conference and the annual House of Delegates...
View ArticleWhat’s the Cost of Quality? New ABPTRFE standards mean an uncertain future...
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....
View ArticleWhiplash: JOSPT Special Issues Highlight the Challenges Facing Clinicians,...
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...
View ArticleThe Opioid Crisis: What Former NFL Lineman Jeff Hatch is Doing to Help
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...
View Article4 Take Home Points from Ascend 2017
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,...
View ArticleIt’s a Strange, New World!
Well it’s been a bit. And what a bit it’s been! I’m presently completing day one of “shelter at home” courtesy of COVID-19. As I am a regular worker from home, some parts of my day has not changed....
View ArticleTelePT: Inform Thyself
Sunset over a sheltered Bay Area Day 65,000 of Shelter in Place (a.k.a 8), There has been a heck of a lot of info flying around the airwaves as PT’s rapidly prepare themselves to be full on telehealth...
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