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SCAPTA
The early bird registration deadline has been pushed back to Oct. 31!
Register now for an awesome Pain Science CEU (0.8 CEU) opportunity taught by Tom Denninger, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, at MUSC on Nov. 12, from 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
"The way Dr. Denninger understands and teaches pain science is unlike anything I have ever experienced. The time and money I invested in an introductory course has paid off big time in my understanding chronic pain assessment and treatment. All PT, PTA and students in all treatment settings, regardless of membership status, would greatly benefit from this type of information and education. As we embrace the #ChoosePTcampaign, improving their human experience means having a better appreciation for pain science," says Dr. Aaron Embry, SCAPTA President.
Registration is only $120 for Members and $150 for Non-members.
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| Please plan to join us for our next Upstate District SCAPTA meeting
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SCAPTA
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Time: Dinner will be served at 6:45 pm and the meeting will begin at 7:00 pm.
Location: Pelham Medical Center (Village @ Pelham)
Community Room, Medical Office Building
2755 S Hwy 14, Greer
Topic: New Evaluation Codes: What you need to know before 1/1/2017
Speaker: Robbie Leonard, PT, MS
Sponsor: Upstate Prosthetics
Dinner will be served. To help our sponsor prepare, please RSVP to holly@ssi-physicaltherapy.com or Trudy_messer@bshsi.org by Friday, November 11th at 5pm.
SCAPTA members will receive a free CEU. We encourage non-members to attend, however, there will be a $10 charge to receive the CEU certificate.
Hope to see you there!
SCAPTA
SSI is a PT-owned private practice with offices in Simpsonville and Greer, South Carolina. The company has been in business for almost 15 years, having survived NPPR without layoffs or succumbing to a buyout by larger corporations and hospitals. SSI was named SC Small Business of the Year in 2008.
Ninety-nine percent of our physical therapists have advanced certifications including DPT, ABPTS specialist certification or manual therapy credentials. They offer a unique PT/PTA team model, where our therapists interact on a daily basis with each other and the patient to provide individualized, one-on-one treatment to all patients at every visit. Ninety-nine percent of our patients state they will return to SSI for future PT needs, based on our satisfaction surveys.
Click here to find out more about the Facility of the Week.
SCAPTA
On Nov. 12, and MUSC in Charleston, the MUSC Class of 2018 and SCAPTA will be presenting a course in pain science hosted by Thomas R. Denninger, DPT, PCS, FAAOMPT. Registration is open now and early bird prices are available.
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By Ben Montgomery
 Private practice physical therapists would be wise to consider the advice of my creative writing professor in college. "Build a narrative," he often said. "Show. Don't tell." What he meant by this, of course, was that in order to make a memorable connection with an audience, it's important to communicate beyond simply stating facts. Be human. Construe value and purpose. Use imagination. Appeal to emotion. In short, be a storyteller.
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Physical Therapy Products
A study published recently in The Journal of Pain suggests that tai chi may be as effective as neck exercises in relieving persistent neck pain.
The study included 114 participants who experienced chronic neck pain for three consecutive months. The participants performed either 12 weeks of group tai chi exercises or group neck exercises and no treatment.
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WebPT
If you handle your physical therapy billing in-house, then you're going to need to hire the best physical therapy biller — or several. After all, that person — or team — will be responsible for ensuring your clinic maintains a steady flow of revenue. And with the ever-changing billing rules and regulations, that's not an easy feat. But, the best PT billers are up to the challenge.
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U.S. News & World Report
This summer, the normally deadlocked Congress overwhelmingly passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act to attack the opioid dependency that is ravaging the country. If funding is forthcoming and the law takes full effect, most attention will be on provisions designed to reduce opioid prescribing and help patients get treatment for addiction. An equally vital element addresses what to do about the millions of Americans who will continue to suffer from chronic pain as their opioids are withdrawn.
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TIME
One of the most feared diseases among Americans is Alzheimer's, according to surveys. It's also one of the most mysterious. Despite some promising developments in drugs that may one day treat or slow the development of the disease, there's not yet a sound way to successfully treat it.
One active area of research into dementia, however, doesn't involve drugs at all — it involves exercise. In a small new study published in the journal Neurology, a walking program was shown to help elderly people who have early cognitive problems.
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WebPT
When the stakes aren't high, people are more forgiving of flubs. If you have a bad hand, a missed stroke or a poor toss, you may cry, "Mulligan!" — and get a do-over. But, what happens when the stakes are high — like when you're billing for physical therapy services, and you suffer a denied claim? Do you get a mulligan? The short answer: yes. The long answer: I wouldn't necessarily call appealing a denied claim a "do-over," but the important thing is that if you suffer a denial, you can still get paid. Welcome to the world of denial management.
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Physical Therapy Products
In conjunction with physical therapists at a nursing home, a researcher from Aalborg University in Denmark conducted a study in which the home's elderly residents combined exercise with virtual reality.
"All too often the elderly end up sitting and looking at a wall or staring passively into a television. As a rule, they're usually not particularly motivated to exercise, partly because getting moving again after a long period of inactivity can cause pain, and partly because it's not particularly interesting to sit and look at a wall while you bike," says Jon Ram Bruun-Pedersen of the Multisensory Experience Lab in the Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology at Aalborg University Copenhagen, in a media release from Aalborg University.
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