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#physicaltherapy and Gratitude. Evidence Based

Happy Thanksgiving!  To honor this holiday, I thought I would provide some of the evidence behind gratitude, the grandaddy of giving thanks. As it turns...

21st Century #Physicaltherapy Curriculum

As Thanksgiving approaches, I wanted to practice a version of the gratitude letter by expressing my thanks to many of you for your activism and support over...

Summertime #physicaltherapy observations

Random views seen in the last few weeks. PT’s as Car Salesmen. This article represents what I believe to be a not so subtle change...

Empathy: The secret sauce in #physicaltherapy?

After taking a mild break with a few other posts, I want to re-visit the Cares More posts where I describe our Called to Care...

PT Education: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Back from CSM where there was a record in attendance including over 4,000 students.  Lots of content and discussion around PT education.  This blog has...

The APTA’s Vision 2020: My 12 Year Report Card

We are please to be able to have Allen Besselink guest post.  Allen has a an excellent website and blog which we highly recommend and...

Madness of March

March is indeed a great month.  Spring baseball, NCAA basketball (my UL Cards in final 4 as are my second favorite OSU), and we have...

Just What We Need: More Medicare Rules

I am working through the last few seasons of Breaking Bad and Dexter, when I get notice of the agreement between House and Senate leaders...

It is Now Time to Introduce The “PT Fix”

Every year, a good sized group of physical therapists gather to discuss, debate, and present issues that impact private practice physical therapists.  The “Graham Sessions”...

Another POPTS View and Smoking as an Underused tool in Endurance Training

While I am not a regular reader of Advance Magazine for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine  (and I doubt this blog is in their RSS...