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SCAPTA
Interested in leading and giving back to your chapter through volunteer service? SCAPTA is looking for enthusiastic members to serve on its committees. If you are interested in exploring a volunteer leadership role within the chapter, please email southcarolina@apta.org or complete the Committee Volunteer Form found at this link.
SCAPTA
A fellow member needs your help. Yves Gege is clinical coordinator for the 2018 South Carolina Special Olympics Games. He needs PT & PTA clinicians and students to help with FUNfitness screenings on Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 11:30 am - 4:00 pm EST at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. Please contact Yves Gege (pronounced 'Eve Gai-Gai' - Swedish Roots) at 843-442-9741 or yves@made2movept.com. Any interest and help is greatly appreciated to provide this free service to the athletes at the Olympic Village.
SCAPTA
The abstracts and proposals submission site for NEXT 2019, June 12-15, in Chicago, is now open. Members are encouraged to submit proposals as follows:
Education session and preconference course proposals – Due July 23, 2018
Research poster presentation submissions – Due October 1, 2018
APTA
Now available: the 2017 APTA Annual Report, an e-published document that provides an overview of a year fueled by collaboration and marked by accomplishments in areas ranging from national public relations campaigns to membership milestones and the end of the hard cap on payment for rehabilitation services under Medicare. The report builds on a 2017 “year in review” released in December 2017. In addition to the contents of that publication, the report includes financial information, a treasurer's report, and membership statistics.
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SCAPTA
In April, the Federal Affairs Liaison Committee discussed recent regulatory and congressional updates.
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Orthology
Laughing is not only an emotional response to something funny, but it exercises a number of muscles in your body. In addition to 15 muscles in your face, you’ll be working your abdomen, back and shoulders when you chuckle. But don’t count on a good laugh alone to give your body the workout it regularly needs.
However, laughing while you’re working out may offer more benefits than you realize.
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Forbes
In 2001, Harvard professor Robert Putnam published his landmark book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, carefully documenting the steady, undeniable decline in social capital in the United States. Putnam’s argument, compelling then as it is now, was simple: Americans are less connected with one another than they were in past generations—and are worse off because of it.
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Clinical Pain Advisor
A combination of self-care education, aerobic and strength-training exercise, and spinal manipulation therapy may provide greater pain relief and improved treatment satisfaction compared with exercise only in adolescents with low back pain, according to a study published in Pain.
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News-Medical
Physiotherapy (PT) is an age-old form of treatment modality, which specializes in re‑establishing the movement, physical strength and functioning in individuals affected by some form of injury, illness or disability. PT, also known as physical therapy or kinesiotherapy, is a healthcare profession practiced by physiotherapists. It exists since thousands of years and is currently the third largest healthcare profession in the world.
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Evidence in Motion
Heidi Jannenga writes: I'm a firm believer in celebrating milestones. During my years as a practicing physical therapist, it was key to keeping my patients engaged in care. Now, as an advocate for the physical therapy profession, I find that taking a moment to celebrate victories is still just as important. For one thing, taking the time to appreciate how far you’ve come is a great way to maintain momentum.
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Body in Mind
It is well known that exercise is good for health and wellbeing – but is it OK to exercise if you have painful joints caused by an inflammatory arthritic condition? This is a question that concerns many people with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis affects about 0.5 percent population globally and, although advances in drug treatment have revolutionized disease management, most people with rheumatoid arthritis still experience joint problems, such as wrist and hand swelling, pain and deformity.
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Oxford Academic - Physical Therapy
Physical therapy first was associated with lower hip-related downstream costs and lower opioid use than opioids first; physical therapy instead of opioids was associated with less total downstream health care utilization. These results need to be validated in prospective controlled trials.
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CNBC-TV
The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said consumers need greater transparency about health-care prices up front.
Patients also should have easier access to their records and health data once they have received care.
Health officials will take comments on the proposed data access rules over the next two months.
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