Archive for December, 2008
31Dec Happy 2009 from NPA Think Tank!
Greetings loyal NPA Think Tank readers. It's that time of year to offer my thanks for reading this wandering blog and offer my best wishes for your new year. As a "gift," I present to you three links: 1. New York Times Year in Pics. Excellent photos and richly packed with events. 2. Festive Medical Myths. BMJ takes a look at those testy poinsettias
18Dec Lee Trevino Would Like to Sell You a Surgery
Lee Trevino would like you to know that if you get struck by lightning and then happen to fall down into a sand bunker, his surgeon can help! Trevino, famous for back pain and some decent golf, is now an advocate for low back pain, giving interviews to raise the awareness of low back pain..with his physician. I'm not sure Trevino is really as much
15Dec The Bionic PT
Most in physical therapy profession are a bit slow on the uptake of technology. Most...but surely not all! Some of my colleagues are really doing some interesting things with bionics. As practitioners with expertise in prosthetics, it's a natural progression to this new generation of prosthetic technology. The first "real" bionic woman was Claudia
13Dec The Best First Choice
Congratulations to BJ Lehecka, from Wichita State University, who won the EIM Elevator Pitch competition with this entry. Simply, elegant, drives the point home. Awesome! Head on over to EIM to see the other winners.
11Dec Dissecting Manipulation, Q&A with John Childs
The current issue of JMMT includes a very nice review of evidence supporting Spinal Manipulative Therapy (SMT) for low back pain. This interesting review is a solid piece of work, and useful in bringing to light the current picture of where we stand: namely that SMT should be used for low back pain, but questions still exist about the best way to u
08Dec High Costs, Bad Outcomes
In an Epidemic of Overtreatment, John Halamka and Rick Parker check in on the Health Care Blog with a great list of contributing factors to the the high cost, and low value of the U.S. health care system. The list can be summarized in the following manner: Unhealthy lifestyles and overtreatment combine with a culture that promotes defensive medicin
02Dec Cyberchondria
Just about everyone I know has experienced some form of this condition. I'm particularly susceptible to the pet version of this. Basically, doing a web search for a health condition can leave you feeling anxious and sure you are facing a serious crisis. Have a headache? It must be a brain tumor, right? After all, that's what all the results are abo
