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13Feb CSM 2012 Was Thrilling…(and cold!)
Thriller Flash Mob at CSM! And another bonus video based on the soon-to-be-dead meme, “Sh*T Physios Say”:
09Feb #CSM2012 Day 1 Programming
#CSM2012 is off and running! Over 10,000 physical therapists from across the nation are moving around the Chicago area. Conference programming officially started today. @MPascoe, @EricRobertson, and myself @Dr_Ridge_DPT have attended various sessions. Mike is utilizing Cover it Live to live blog during sessions. Check out his sessions HERE . You c
06Feb CSM 2012, Chicago Edition is Here!
My hat and gloves are packed, my boots are ready, although my ice walking skills may have gotten rusty having moved away from the northeast now 8 years ago. Regardless, I think I’m ready to dive in and embrace the winter wonder land that is Chicago, that is this year’s APTA Combined Sections Meeting. PT
05Apr From Bench to Bedside: Spinal Cord Physiology -> Clinical Interventions
Having just defended a dissertation in the field of neuroscience, this session was my guilty pleasure. I felt right at home hearing about the modulation of intrinsic motor neuron properties. But, the question I’ve had since graduate school was the focus of this session – how does the lab work in cat/rat/monkey motor neurons translate
01Apr CSM 2011 – The Pauline Cerasoli Lecture
This lecture honors one of physical therapy’s best and brightest – Pauline ‘Polly’ Cerasoli (Feb 25, 1939 – Sept 11, 2010). The Cerasoli lecture began with a tribute to Polly by a long-time friend and colleague Bette Ann Harris in which we learned more about the places she spent time: Northeastern University (1967-1981
14Feb Fear of Re-Injury and Return to Sport Following ACL Reconstruction
Fear of Re-injury and Low Confidence 1 Year after ACL Reconstruction: High Prevalence and Altered Self-ratings: CSM2011 Sports Section Platform Presentation Trevor Lentz, PT, CSCS This study won the Excellence in Research Award from the Sports Section of the APTA. Trevor’s primary clinical and research interests include rehabilitation of sh
10Feb Physical Therapists in the Emergency Department
Findings indicated that these physicians found ED physical therapy services to be of value to themselves, to their patients, and to the department as a whole and described specific manners in which such consultations improved emergency care. Implementation and maintenance of the program, however, presented various challenges. Emergency Department
10Feb Healthy People 2020: Physical Therapists in Health and Wellness
CSM kicked off with a talk about how physical therapist’s can fit into the Healthy People 2020 initiative . Further, the roles and potential roles of physical therapists in health, wellness, health promotion, and public health. Work towards health focused practices Health as an outcome Physical Therapy is about movement and function Address s
09Feb CSM Kick Off
Arrived in New Orleans, and man I am excited! A full flight from Denver to New Orleans, with many Denver area physical therapists and even some PT students from University of Southern California. Oddly enough, I sat next to a very nice PT Student from UCSF. We chatted the entire flight about early mobility in
20Jun APTA 2010: Boston Wrap
The Annual Conference and Exposition of the APTA was recently held in Boston. It was a fun time and had the highest attendance in the past 4 years! Boston is a great city. My personal conference highlights included a an amazingly constructed and delivered McMillan Lecture by Dr. Andrew Guccione, and getting to catch up
