Jimmy McKay, PT, DPT, talks with APTA Student Assembly about the importance of building your own brand, pitfalls to avoid, importance of networking, and more. http://www.apta.org/Xchangesa/
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Basketball Injury Prevention and Return-to-Play Programs
Basketball is the sport of first choice of millions of youth. In this episode, PT sports specialist Amy Atmoree, discusses the most common injuries, why they happen and addresses simple steps that all athletes should take to best ensure staying at the top of their game and considerations to make for return-to-play from injuries. https://www.moveforwardpt.com/Radio/Detail/basketball-injury-prevention-return-to-play-progra
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Academia as a PT career path – #XchangeSA
Live chat with PT Professor Chris Petrosino, PT, PhD, as he talks about going into academics as a career option for physical therapists. http://www.apta.org/XchangeSA
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Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo
From failing out of PT school, to placing last in a triathlon; you can learn from failures and use them to grow stronger. http://www.apta.org/Blogs/Pulse/2019/4/Podcast/Failure/
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Infant and Child Development – PTJ
“Infant and Child Development: Innovations and Foundations for Rehabilitation.” By Jill Heathcock, PT, PhD, executive director of the Pediatric and Rehabilitation Laboratory (PEARL) at The Ohio State University; coeditor Jeffrey Lockman, PhD, professor of psychology at Tulane University’s Infant and Toddler Development Lab. https://academic.oup.com/ptj/issue/99/6
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Achieving Peak Bloom – Defining Moment
| The joys of gardening and eldercare. By Cheryl Till, PT |
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Treating Pelvic Pain in People Who Are Transgender: The Keys to Patient-Centered Care
Pelvic floor issues can be physically and emotionally painful—embarrassing. Add the transgender experience to the mix, and the potential for harassment and exclusion—and insensitivity by the medical establishment—is multiplied. PT Hannah Schoonover discusses the hallmarks of patient-centered care she provides to people who are transgender, and shares her own learning curve.
https://www.moveforwardpt.com/Radio/Detail/treating-pelvic-pain-in-people-who-are-transgender
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Global Service: Building a Sustainable Clinic in Guatemala
A group of 24 people from the US went to a rural town in Guatemala to renovate an old building and create a new physical therapy clinic—providing rehabilitation services to people who in most cases had never received that kind of health care before. http://www.apta.org/Blogs/Pulse/2019/4/Podcast/MoveTogether/
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Examining the History of Pain and How to Reshape How It Is Treated
What is pain and what are the most effective and least harmful ways for health care professionals to address it? Cardiologist Haider Warraich, sheds light on what modern society could learn from the ancient Greeks’ conception of pain and suffering, what are the keys to decreasing opioid use, and why exercise and physical therapy must be cornerstones of that effort.
https://www.moveforwardpt.com/Radio/Detail/examining-history-of-pain-how-to-reshape-how-it-is
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Public Health to Empower Healthier Lives
As a physical therapist Chris Hinze doesn’t just think about the whole patient. He thinks about the community around that person and how it informs their health. http://www.apta.org/Blogs/Pulse/2019/5/Podcast/PublicHealth/
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Community Service – Defining Moment
Creating a clinic that literally speaks its patients’ language. By Sylvestra Ramirez, PT, DPT
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Older Adults and the Benefits of High-Velocity Training
Older adults commonly struggle with diminishing ability to generate force and movement at a higher velocity—particularly in their legs. Physical therapist James Eng discusses how older adults can benefit from something called high-velocity training.
https://www.moveforwardpt.com/Radio/Detail/older-adults-benefits-of-high-velocity-training
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Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis in Adolescent Girls
Physical therapist Christine Mansfield talks about pelvic pain in adolescent girls in general, and endometriosis. She discusses causes, symptoms, risk factors, treatment, and the best ways to ensure optimal pelvic health in this specific population.
https://www.moveforwardpt.com/Radio/Detail/pelvic-pain-endometriosis-in-adolescent-girls
https://www.moveforwardpt.com/Radio/Detail/pelvic-pain-endometriosis-in-adolescent-girls
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Financial Tips for Students and New Grads
Pursuing a career in physical therapy is a significant investment—of time, emotion, and also money. When it comes to managing the financial cost of launching a physical therapy career, students and new grads often have the same questions. Listen to this interview that helps answer some of those common financial questions.
http://www.apta.org/Blogs/Pulse/2019/3/Podcast/Financial/
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Dedicated to Diversification – Defining Moment
A student spreads a message of inclusion. By Jessica Nguyen, SPT (April 2019)
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Woman Transforms Lifestyle With Physical Therapy and Is Inspired to Give Back
Colleen Rapp blazed a trail as a woman in the physically demanding job of press operator at the Denver Post. Living healthfully meant simply punching the clock and doing her job the best way she knew how. When chronic pain necessitated shoulder surgery, followed by physical therapy, it transformed her life. https://www.moveforwardpt.com/Radio/Detail/woman-transforms-lifestyle-with-physical-therapy-i
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Making Private Practice a Reality – #XchangeSA
Live #XchangeSA chat with the APTA Private Practice Section Board President Sandra Norby, PT, DPT, on making your dream of owning a private practice a reality. http://www.apta.org/xchangesa/
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NASCAR and the Role of Physical Therapy
Physical therapist Jena Gatses became the first full-time female PT and strength coach in NASCAR—and in professional motocross, as well, with Gibb’s team on that circuit. Listen as Jena shares her experiences.
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Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Clinicals
Zach Stearns, PT, DPT, is a clinician in North Carolina. But in the spring of 2017 he was about to graduate PT school and was reflecting on his clinical rotations. Zach shares tips for students about to begin their clinical rotations.
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Performance Therapy and Training – #XchangeSA
Live #XchangeSA chat with
Mike Reinold, PT, DPT, board-certified sports clinical specialist, former Boston Red Sox head athletic trainer, and owner of Champion Physical Therapy and Performance. http://www.apta.org/xchangesa/
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