This message was sent to ##Email## May 31, 2019 Home  |   About  |   Resources  |   Education  |   Career Center Subscribe  |   Archive  |   Advertise      HEALTH PROMOTION AND WELLNESS Guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep WHO - World Health Organization Physical inactivity has been identified as a leading risk factor for global mortality and a contributor to the rise in overweight and obesity. Early childhood is a period of rapid physical and cognitive development and a time during which a child’s habits are formed and family lifestyle habits are open to changes and adaptations.  READ MORE Association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and all cause mortality: SUN prospective cohort study BMJ Nutrition is widely recognised as a crucial driver of chronic disease.1 Dietary habits influence many risk factors for cardiometabolic health, leading to type 2 diabetes, stroke, and heart disease, which are among the leading causes of death globally.  READ MORE    SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Tidelands Be a therapist at the beach Care for patients at the Tidelands region’s only inpatient rehabilitation hospital A network of outpatient rehabilitation care across the Tidelands region Learn more about a career at Tidelands Health Join the Tidelands Health care team      INDUSTRY NEWS Podcast: Creating online communities to grow your cash-based practice By Jarod Carter When I first interviewed Sarah King of Invigorate Physical Therapy, I was extremely impressed by her knowledge of marketing tools and strategies, considering how recently she had opened her cash-based practice. In this episode, I catch up with Sarah about some new additions to her marketing repertoire. Sarah has developed both an offline PT business and an online business serving people with Parkinson's and we discuss all the details of how she's done it … including her strategies for how to build a large Facebook Live audience of current and prospective clients.  READ MORE One story, one great outcome — how one patient overcame two tibial fractures ATI Physical Therapy Every patient has a story. Whether they’ve suffered a sports injury during competition or had a fall in their home, they were able to get up and get the support they needed. But not ever patient has a story that simple. For Lauren Rader, she doesn’t have a story she was able to walk away from. Without immediate assistance or a teammate to help her off the field, her story began with the fear of never being able to walk again.  READ MORE Let her roll! PTs help roller derby skaters compete in the rink PT in Motion As a member of the Beltway Betties of NOVA Roller Derby, Renee Mitchell skates under the name Missy Savage and has had some meaningful bouts as a blocker for her team. Skating 3 or 4 times a week and competing at a high level, however, has not come without its challenges.  READ MORE How to effectively manage your PT clinic's online reputation WebPT You’ve heard the adage, “perception is reality,” right? Well, the way your patients—and potential patients—perceive your practice is their reality, whether it’s rooted in truth or not. That’s why it’s imperative that you make a concerted effort to manage your clinic’s reputation both in-person (by providing an exceptional patient experience) and online (by following up on negative reviews in as close to real time as possible).  READ MORE Employee engagement for the millennial age PPS Impact A cultural shift in management can galvanize organizations to move from “losing less” into “gaining more” in productivity and in profit. Employee disengagement is estimated to cost over $450 billion to the U.S. economy—with $30 billion specifically attributed to Millennials, annually.  READ MORE Postoperative opioid-sparing strategy is feasible for patients, per pilot study PT Products Online In a pilot study, University of Michigan wished to determine if an opioid-sparing strategy would be feasible for patients undergoing six different procedures at their institution. Results from the study, published ahead of print in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, suggest that more than half of patients used no opioids after their operations, and almost all of the patients reported their pain was manageable.  READ MORE Patient A/patient B: Thought experiment on pain The Manual Therapist Imagine, for the sake of a thought experiment, that you could instantly clone your body as an exact replica, where you would then have version A and version B of yourself. In this world you can also rewind time, and create a version B of a person, at the moment before something bad happens to them (although the rules are A has to continue and meet their fate).  READ MORE Congress: Expand access to physical therapy for underserved communities The Hill As we have watched the opioid epidemic spread across the United States, we’ve arguably seen small-town Americans hit the hardest. Drug overdose fatalities are at an all-time high and have increased with alarming frequency in rural areas. In many communities, there are not enough health care professionals to provide care, which should include pain management alternatives for those who need it. Patients with chronic and acute pain face a difficult choice – should they gamble with an addictive substance for relief or accept their suffering?  READ MORE SCAPTA News Connect with SCAPTA Recent Issues | Subscribe |  Unsubscribe | Advertise | Web Version  Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469-420-2601 | Download media kit Mashaal Ryan, Content Editor, 469-420-2633 | Contribute news South Carolina Physical Therapy Associaton 1111 North Fairfax Street | Alexandria, VA 22314 | 800-765-7848 ext. 7122 | Contact Us  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063