Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation News

Consider functionality, effectiveness, durability, and versatility. With so many choices and so many claims floating around, we asked therapists and facility owners Aaron Willis, DPT, ATC, owner of Playa Physical Therapy, Los Angeles; Robert W. Babb, PT, MBA, founder of the Physical Therapy & Wellness Institute ; Cynthia Wood, RPT, owner of Beyond ...

Michigan Gov Jennifer M. Granholm signed SB 151 into law today, requiring physical therapist assistants to obtain state licensure.

STUDY DESIGN: Resident's case problem. BACKGROUND: Cauda equina syndrome is a rare, potentially devastating, disorder and is considered a true neurologic emergency.

NINTENDO wasn't looking for a medical breakthrough when it introduced the Wii. But that's just what happened -- and now the creators of Mario have physical and occupational therapy patients reaping rewards.

NEW NEW Abstract BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Gait coordination often is compromised after stroke.

Sunday, June 28, 2009 Kalamazoo Real estate v Ritch Reynolds, a near-lifetime resident of Kalamazoo and a former business owner, has joined O'Brien Real Estate Inc., at 527 S. Westnedge Ave.

Managing Editor A A A With a goal of making the physical therapy department at Perkins County Health Services the clinic of choice for patients seeking treatment, Benjamin Holmstedt, PT, DPT has enthusiastically taken over as Director of Rehabilitation Services.

Sharon Regional Health System offers these events at the Diagnostic & Imaging Center, 2435 Garden Way, Hermitage, unless otherwise noted: * Playtime Stimulation for Newborns, 10 a.m. July 2. This is a one-time class for newborns to 7 months taught by a pediatric physical therapist.

As a premier provider of physical and occupational therapy in the community for more than 10 years, Chautauqua PT, OT & SLP Professionals has helped patients improve function and relieve pain through individualized treatment programs.

This is about the time of year more than a few cyclists find the excitement of Bike to Work Week and early-season charity rides replaced by the soreness of overworked knees and shoulders.

Cheryl Peabody-Nutting recently joined Northeast HomeCare, Addison Gilbert and Beverly hospitals' Medicare-certified home care agency and a member of the Northeast Senior Health continuum of services, in the role of physical therapy case manager.

For many years, while an owner of several different private practice physical therapy clinics, I constantly tried to predict which of the new physical therapy school graduates who passed through my clinics as interns, employees or even equity partners were the most likely to be successful as physical therapists in private practice settings.

City Manager Jim Snider is interviewing for a job as city administrator in his hometown of Canton, Ill.

Even in a recession with double the unemployment rate of a year ago, many Lakeshore-area employers are seeking candidates.

To evaluate the effects of physician ownership of freestanding physical therapy and rehabilitation facilities on utilization, charges, profits, and three measures of service characteristics for physical therapy treatments.

There's an interesting story out of Connecticut from this weekend. It involves a nursing home facing lawsuits for neglecting two patients, both of whom died.

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of locomotor treadmill training with partial body-weight support before the initiation of overground gait for adults less than 6 weeks poststroke.

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of treadmill training with body weight support on gait and gross motor function in children with spastic cerebral palsy .

Jane O'Brien, of North Tahoe Physical Therapy in Incline and Essence Therapy in Reno, has received the transitional Certificate of Achievement in Pelvic Physical Therapy from the Section on Women's Health of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Legislation to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program that includes physical therapists was introduced Tuesday by Representative Bruce Braley .