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Yesterday | Rehab Management

Fitness Equipment: Getting Your Gadgets

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 ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Quakertown, PA, Montgomeryville, PA

Wed Jul 01, 2009

APTA

Michigan to License PTAs

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Michigan, Michigan Government, District of Columbia Government, Washington DC

JOSPT

Medical Screening and Evacuation: Cauda Equina Syndrome in a Combat Zone

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

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Related Topix: Medicine

Tue Jun 30, 2009

New York Post

Wanna Go To Wiihab

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.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Nintendo Wii, Family, Kids, Medicine, Entertainment

Mon Jun 29, 2009

CiteULike

Gait coordination after stroke: benefits of acoustically paced treadmill walking.

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

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Related Topix: Medicine

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Kalamazoo Gazette

People on the Move

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.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo Metro, Kalamazoo, MI, Michigan, Western Michigan University, Real Estate, Medicine

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Grant Tribune-Sentinel

Hospital has new PT

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Sharon Herald

Things to Do - June 26, 2009

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.

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Related Topix: Sharon, PA, Hermitage, PA, Medicine, Nursing

Thu Jun 25, 2009

The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

Treatment For Neck Pain, Tennis Elb.....

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Back Pain, Health, Arthritis, Massage Therapy

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Belleville News-Democrat

Fit to ride pain-free

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine

GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

Business briefcase

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.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Peabody, MA, Beverly, MA, Medicine, Rockport, MA, Boston, MA

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Advance For Physical Therapists

Relationship Building Skills on ADVANCE for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Marketing

The Times West Virginian

City manager applies for job in Illinois

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

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Related Topix: Canton, IL

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Preparing to grab job openings

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

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Related Topix: Manitowoc County, WI, Medicine, Manitowoc, WI, Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Metro

Sun Jun 21, 2009

CiteULike

Physician ownership of physical therapy services. Effects on charges, ...

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Advance For Physical Therapists

CT Nursing Home Lawsuits Involve ...

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Opinion

Sat Jun 20, 2009

CiteULike

Locomotor treadmill training with partial body-weight support before...

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Fri Jun 19, 2009

CiteULike

Effect of treadmill training with body weight support on gait and...

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 .

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

Jane O'Brien receives certification

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Reno Metro, Reno, NV, Women's Health, Health

Wed Jun 17, 2009

APTA

PTs Included as Frontline Providers

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

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Bruce Braley

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