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The Clinical Balancing Act: Providing the Ideal Patient Experience in 2024

As I returned home from another exciting Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in Boston, MA, I found myself thinking about the delicate art of the clinical...

APTA 2024 CSM #physicaltherapy Musings-Part II

What Do Students Want? In Part I of #physicaltherapy Musings, I recounted my observations of 2024 CSM and how the state of the art in physical...

APTA 2024 CSM #physicaltherapy Musings-Part I

In 1849, French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose “ — the more things change, the more they...

EIM Faculty Presenting at APTA CSM 2024

The EIM faculty team are leading numerous sessions and sharing new research at APTA’s Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) 2024. Learn from our incredible faculty who...

Predictions for 2024: What’s in Store for PTs and Their Patients?

In what has become an annual tradition, my friend and colleague Larry Benz and I post competing predictions for the coming year in rehab therapy....

How We Open the Floodgates and Fix the Flow of Talent in Our Industry

In May 2023, the APTA released a data-filled study on the effects of the COVID pandemic on the PT workforce. The market had already begun...

Key Physical Therapy Trends to Watch in 2024

This is the second in a two-part series by Dr. Larry Benz, Executive Chairman of Confluent Health. Read Part 1.  For 2024, there will be some...

Reflecting on 2023: Predictions Versus Reality in Physical Therapy

This is the first in a two-part series by Dr. Larry Benz, Executive Chairman of Confluent Health.  The tradition of making predictions is as old...

Low Back Pain: The Missing Link

Studies have shown that up to 98% of individuals with low back pain demonstrate at least 1 symptom of pelvic floor dysfunction, yet pelvic floor...

Interoception: The Influence of Body Awareness and Intrinsic Self-regulation on the Perception and Chronicity of Pain

Interoception can be considered the “conscious awareness of internal systems”. Sometimes referred to as our “8th sense”, it is implicated in maintaining the homeostasis of...