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.APTA-South Carolina News
Deadline is approaching! APTA South Carolina Call for Nominations due Feb. 1
Now is the time for YOU to step up and be a part of something that matters to your profession
2021-23 Board Positions
We are currently seeking nominations for the President elect (1 year term), 1 Secretary (2 year term)
1 Secretary (2 year term), 1 Treasurer (2 year term) 2 Directors (2 year term), Chief Delegate (2 year term) 2 Delegates (2 year term), PTA Caucus Rep. (2 year term), 1 Nominating Committee Member (2 year term.
Position Descriptions can be found here: APTA South Carolina elected Positions Job Description.docx
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Registration is open for APTA South Carolina Virtual Advocacy Day
Plan on joining APTA South Carolina for a Virtual Advocacy Day. Details are below! Registration is required to receive CEU’s.
Register here: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/8222016fe9dd44029210acd525775cf5
Effective Advocacy for the Profession
Summary: Participants will learn about the legislative process and will have the opportunity to learn about current legislation and issues that have a direct impact on the physical therapy profession. They will then have the opportunity to apply that learning by scheduling individual meetings with their current legislators to advocate for the profession. Participants for this event will earn 1.5 contact hours in CEU credit which may be applied toward the required hours of study in ethics, professionalism, and/or South Carolina jurisprudence.
Objectives: As a result of participation in this event, participants will be able to demonstrate professionalism by practicing the Core Values (including accountability, professional duty, and social responsibility) as defined by the APTA for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants by:
Demonstrating involvement in professional activities beyond the practice setting
Understand the current legislative strategy for the advancement of the profession
Promoting social policy that affects function, health, and wellness needs of patients/clients.
Advocating for changes in laws, regulations, standards, and guidelines that affect physical therapist service provision
Develop skills to successfully communicate with legislators about professional actions
Effectively advocate for and promoting the physical therapy profession in South Carolina
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.HEALTH PROMOTION AND WELLNESS
Training for strength and hypertrophy: An evidence-based approach
Current Opinion in Physiology
Resistance exercise training (RET)-induced increases in voluntary 1RM strength are greater with higher loads and training by replicating (or close) the strength test. In contrast, RET-induced muscular hypertrophy is primarily mediated by intensity of effort, which is achieved by performing RET to volitional fatigue and with an internal focus on contracting a muscle throughout the exercise range of motion.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
How to market physical therapy direct access in 2021
Practice Promotions
Looking For New Ways To Increase New Patients?
In the US, every state now allows patients to skip the doctor referral and seek physical therapy via direct access in some way. This is great news both for you and for your patients. Unfortunately, many clinics still aren’t marketing direct access as a way to increase new patients.
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'Your body just can't handle it.' Working from home has created new demand for PT
The Seattle Times
Joyce Brodsky was always more of a sunbather than a swimmer.
But after COVID-19 began spreading, sitting in chairs by her condominium pool was no longer allowed, and the only place to catch the sun was in the deep end.
So Brodsky, 76, of Lincolnwood, Illinois, began doing the backstroke. Eventually, she worked her way up to 60 laps at a time.
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7 things your PT clinic website needs (but probably doesn't have)
WebPT
Your clinic website is perhaps your most important marketing tool. Not only does it help potential patients learn about your business and services—it also typically gives those patients their first impression of your practice. Like all aspects of your marketing strategy, your website should serve one ultimate goal: getting patients to book an appointment. Unfortunately, many clinic sites aren’t optimized with that goal in mind. To that end, here are seven physical therapy website ideas for 2021 to help you get more patients:
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Improving the outcome of physical therapy
Psychology Today
Recently, I had a conversation with an acquaintance, an experienced physical therapist who was complaining about how difficult it is to achieve success with his clients. “The problem,” he told me, “is that many refuse to comply with the exercises prescribed for them to do at home. Often it is because of the pain associated with doing the exercise, or the slowness in which any improvement is noticed.
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Why collecting data in therapy isn't always enough
Net Health
Data is beautiful. It’s a powerful tool that, when used properly, can help support sustainment, drive growth, and give us the direction we need when making a critical decision. Not only that, but data can also help us to offer better care to our rehab therapy patients, foster a more supportive environment for our employees, and increase our flexibility through a stronger bottom line.
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Attending physical therapy
KELO-TV
The pandemic caused many people to postpone elective surgeries in order to keep hospitals from getting overwhelmed. Now, some have been able to have those surgeries.
Mary Holland found out she needed shoulder surgery in early 2020, but due to the pandemic, her surgery ended up being postponed.
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'Whole-souled devotion to duty': An artifact of APTA's beginnings 100 years ago
APTA
While Jan. 15, 1921, is cited as the founding date of what would become the American Physical Therapy Association, official records of APTA's early days didn't emerge until almost two months later, by way of the first-ever issue of P.T. Review. The review would go through three name changes over the years, and is now known as Physical Therapy, or PTJ.
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