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SCAPTA is now accepting nominations for 2020 for the following elected positions: Vice President, Board of Directors, Delegates, Nominating Committee. Position descriptions and the number to be elected are listed in the submission form. If you would like to nominate someone or yourself for one of the positions, please fill out and submit the form linked below. All questions should be directed to Shari Tanner at sharitanner@bellsouth.net with SouthCarolina@apta.org copied on the email.
Deadline for Call for Nominations is Friday, January 24, 2020.
SCAPTA 2020 Call for Nominations
Register now to attend the 2020 SCAPTA Annual Conference on March 20 – 21, 2020 at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. Attendees can chose from one or two day conference options. Early Bird registration expires March 6. Register today!
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Consider submitting a poster to present at the 2020 South Carolina Physical Therapy Association’s annual conference. This year, we are continuing the recent move to use the electronic format called a 5x5 presentation. Research presentations will be considered in the areas of orthopedics and neurology / neurorehabilitation. Deadline for submissions: Feb. 2. Submit now
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Reported associations between preparing and eating home cooked food, and both diet and health, are inconsistent. Most previous research has focused on preparing, rather than eating, home cooked food; used small, non-population based samples; and studied markers of nutrient intake, rather than overall diet quality or health. We aimed to assess whether frequency of consuming home cooked meals was cross-sectionally associated with diet quality and cardio-metabolic health.
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Clinical Nutrition
Background & aims:
To investigate trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) among prediabetic people who progressed to diabetes, people who remained with prediabetes, and those who returned to normoglycemia.
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Practice Promotions
Googled your clinic lately? Not where you'd like to be?
It’s no secret that ranking at the top of Google is the best way to get New Patients online.
But, you don’t have to be an SEO expert to improve your rank!
Here are 5 Google hacks you can use to easily generate more consistent new patients to your practice – for free – by being creating an enormous online presence and finally being fully discovered in your community.
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WebPT
At the end of every year, I like to reflect on what’s happened and a look ahead at what’s to come. I have to say, CMS’s end-of-the-year 8% cut announcement was a challenging piece of news, but even with the obstacles it presents for our profession, I am still incredibly hopeful about our future. We’re finally beginning to find our stride as first-line musculoskeletal experts, and this next decade promises to be a very positive, albeit challenging, one for us—and our patients.
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By Jarod Carter
 Brenda Heinecke knew she wanted to be a physical therapist since high school. She envisioned a peds focus for her career, but once she landed her first job after PT school, she knew it wasn’t a good fit. While looking for another job, she started doing some in-home therapy — and continued that even after she took a full-time job. In this interview, she candidly shares the details of how she made her dream of owning a cash-based practice into a reality.
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PT Transforms
Telehealth is in the news lately, as state and federal lawmakers debate the necessity and logistics of remote patient care and payment, including the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2019. The bill, which APTA supports, would expand the use of telehealth services and ease restrictions on telehealth coverage under Medicare, as well as encourage the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to identify which services delivered via telehealth can result in cost-effective and positive patient outcomes.
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Mike Reinold PT
On this episode of The Ask Mike Reinold Show, we talk about ways that a physical therapist can start specializing in a specific sport. There's a lot that goes into the evaluation and treatment of sports injuries, here's how to get started.
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PT in Motion
Has all the bundling been worth it? Two new studies of bundled care models used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) conclude that, at least for lower extremity joint replacement (LEJR), the answer is yes. Taken as a whole, the studies make the case that while the savings achieved through some bundled care models may not be dramatic, they do exist — and aren't associated with a drop in quality.
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WebPT
You may be wondering whether starting a clinic blog is worth the time and effort. The short answer is yes: healthcare providers definitely benefit from including blogs on their websites. Read on to find out why.
Blogging: It’s a lot of work, right?
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Cache Valley Daily
Weight loss is one of the leading New Year’s resolutions, but local physical therapist Greg Schroeder said about one in three Americans have limitations that make it difficult for them to achieve that goal.
”You need to be able to match the type of exercise that you are capable of doing with whatever impairment or functional limitation that you have,” he explained. “And that’s where a physical therapist can come into the picture to help you with that.”
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Evidence in Motion
Happy New Year! Dr. Larry Benz has once again compiled a list of predictions for what’s to come in the year ahead in health care. Listen in to stay up to date on what 2020 will look like for your practice!
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