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A Pause For Many A Cause

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

... to the world of academia for the first time in many years. This phase of education - and yet another chapter in my story of life-long learning - has ended. A clinical doctorate in physical therapy, as ...
Thursday, 04 May 2017
Evolution Or Revolution?

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

The physical therapy profession is at a crossroads in the United States. Over the past couple of decades, I’ve watched our profession go into a disconcerting holding pattern. The struggles of 2016 are ...
Monday, 01 February 2016
Patient Access To Physical Therapy And Groundhog Day

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

... lousy thought when you live in a northern state. If you are a patient, or a physical therapist perchance, in the state of Texas, there is a similar phenomenon that takes place every two years. It’s the ...
Sunday, 31 May 2015
Why HB 1263 Matters

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

In the state of Texas, the debate is upon us once again. HB 1263 - Patient Access To Physical Therapy - is to be heard in the House Public Health Committee on April 7, 2015. It is time to push aside ...
Sunday, 05 April 2015
Own, Disrupt, Transform–Or Else?

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

... outside the profession and not from within. Physical therapists would probably agree that in a clinical environment, you have to crawl before you walk, and you have to walk before you run. The same applies ...
Friday, 06 February 2015
The Passivity Hypocrisy

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

Physical therapy is a movement profession. We are undoubtedly the experts in movement, exercise, and function - and our professional training reflects this. Subsequent to this, the vision of the American ...
Tuesday, 23 December 2014
If MDT Doesn’t Work?

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

... question ever arises in the first place. If you view the world of physical therapy (or musculoskeletal care as a whole) as just an assortment of treatment interventions - many being applied arbitrarily ...
Wednesday, 03 December 2014
Doubleheader At The 2014 TPTA Annual Conference

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

There are certainly worse places to visit in October in Texas. A trip to Galveston for the Texas Physical Therapy Association's Annual Conference would be a nice break from preparing Anatomy practical ...
Saturday, 25 October 2014
Spin Doctors And Debunking Myths

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

It's all in the spin I suppose. The headline was simple: "7 Myths About Physical Therapy". The press release from the American Physical Therapy Association was going to debunk some myths about physical ...
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Periodization: Timing Is Everything In Training And Injury Recovery

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

... would prevent a physical therapist from using these same principles in the development of a "periodized" injury recovery program? Some might call that a "protocol". But it is far more than that. A ...
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Taking Ownership Of Movement, Exercise, And Function

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

Physical therapy is the future of health care. There. I said it - a pretty strong stance, indeed, given where we currently stand in the world. The future of health care is going to be directly related ...
Thursday, 08 May 2014
The Lenses Of Our Lives

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

... I was 9 or 10 years old. Having a camera in my hands is a natural feeling for me. Photography was almost my chosen profession. It was that or physical therapy. Yes, a strange dichotomy and a very ...
Sunday, 27 April 2014
The Right To Choose Revisited

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

... was a great day when physical therapists in Texas adopted this phrase as a rallying cry for consumers. Simple - and to the point. The next legislative session in Texas is in 2015, and consumer awareness ...
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
03-01-2014 RunSmart Level One (Corpus Christi)

Category: News/Events

... sports sciences research and the beliefs, anecdotes, and applications by athletes and coaches. The primary goal of RunSmart is to provide runners, coaches, physical therapists, and other health and health ...
Monday, 10 February 2014
The Logical Fallacy And The Curse Of Modern Medicine

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

It occurs in countless clinics and facilities around the world every day. It may, in fact, be the curse of modern medicine as we know it. The logical fallacy. It rears its ugly head in any number ...
Saturday, 08 February 2014
Top 10 Posts Of 2013

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

... Low Back Pain Paradox: Part I (3/13/13) 9. Branding Physical Therapy - Use Those Eight Words Wisely (6/14/13) 8. Physical Therapy Is A Movement Profession (5/30/13) 7. Consumer Direct Access To Physical ...
Wednesday, 01 January 2014
Rest And Ice Is Not The Solution

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

Rest and ice. Rest and ice. Rest and ice. The broken record plays "rest and ice" repeatedly. It is a phrase uttered by injured athletes and clinicians around the world. And it doesn't matter if you are ...
Friday, 13 December 2013
How much does physical therapy cost?

Category: Help/Smart Sport

Physiotherapy at SSI is offered on a per-session and per-case basis. Fee per session: $90 (45:00 total, 1:00:00 initial assessment) Fee per case: $450 (this includes all visits over a 3 month period) ...
Thursday, 12 December 2013
The Health Care Hall Pass: Permission Or Access?

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

We hear the phrases bantered about by physical therapists, lobbyists, and legislators alike: unfettered direct access, restricted direct access, and many other state-dependent variations on a similar theme. ...
Sunday, 01 December 2013
Load It

Category: Blog/Smart Physio

... - the basis for "Specific Adaptation To Imposed Demands" - is in the first year or two of most physical therapy and chiropractic educational programs. It is built on a foundation of cellular physiology. ...
Thursday, 21 November 2013