The 2021 APTA-SC Annual Conference will be March 26-27 at Anderson University’s School of Physical Therapy located at the University Center of Greenville. Proposals are being accepted now until the new deadline: Sunday, November 15, 2020.
The Lisa Saladin Lecture was established in 2019 to honor the great achievements, innovation, and commitment to the profession as demonstrated by Lisa Saladin. Nominations must be submitted electronically via this form. All materials completed and submitted for each nomination must be recieved by December 1, 2020. If you have any questions, please contact info@aptasc.org.
Objective: To determine whether stratification by sex and race is associated with meaningful differences in physical function response to weight loss among older adults.
OBJECTIVES: To examine how overweight and obesity at specific ages and overall BMI growth patterns throughout childhood predict cardiometabolic phenotypes at 11 to 12 years.
Kimberly Narro, PT, DPT writes: My role as a physical therapist working with patients with neurologic conditions can be boiled down to teaching folks how to adapt to, and grow from, changes that can be catastrophic. This year has forced us all to adapt and (hopefully) grow in so many aspects of our personal and professional lives. My role as the support team chair for Global PT Day of Service — PTDOS — has been no different.
Today we’re diving in to the last step of a five-step process, one that will help convert customers to PT champions in your community. The sale has been made and you’re ready to make sure your client is in good hands. That’s a job well done, right? Not exactly. There’s still a bit more to do.
In theory, a PT patient who needs help with low back pain should receive the same care in Alaska as they do in Hawaii. After all, PTs across the country should have equivalent skills. It should follow that a licensed Alaskan PT could move to Hawaii and immediately treat patients—right? Wrong. Each state has its own individual licensure requirements that do not cross state lines, which means that in order to treat in a new state, PTs must go out and get a shiny new PT license.
After Dr. Morgan Camp finished his medical residency, he accepted a position in a successful, cash-based functional medicine clinic where he got to work alongside experts in the field. He found early success and soon decided to open his own concierge medical practice, which attracted a good number of high-profile clients in the Bay Area. In this interview, Dr. Camp explains how he got started and what he's learned, including what worked and what he’d do differently if starting over again.
After Dr. Morgan Camp finished his medical residency, he accepted a position in a successful, cash-based functional medicine clinic where he got to work alongside experts in the field. He found early success and soon decided to open his own concierge medical practice, which attracted a good number of high-profile clients in the Bay Area. In this interview, Dr. Camp explains how he got started and what he's learned, including what worked and what he’d do differently if starting over again.
Cultural competence is critical to professional practice in physical therapy and should be considered as part of best practice in providing physical therapy care. A physical therapist or a physical therapist assistant cultivates cultural competence by gaining knowledge and adopting attitudes and behaviors specific to culture, language, and communication.
Breast cancer survivors and patients can become stronger and healthier — mentally and physically — with physical therapy, according to healthcare experts who say the treatment can often be a crucial piece of the recovery process. Experts agree that getting quick referrals to physical therapy can halt pain and loss of mobility, especially in breast cancer patients’ arms and upper body resulting from breast or lymph node surgery.
An upcoming cut to Medicare reimbursement proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could force some physical therapy clinics to consider taking fewer Medicare patients, reducing staff or cutting wages. In the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, a 9% cut starting Jan. 1 was recommended for several Part B therapy services, such as physical and occupational therapy. The reimbursement rate is set by the Medicare program and given to medical providers for caring for Medicare beneficiaries.
