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Paul Potter writes: "If I had a dollar for every time I've heard a therapist say he or she needs more referrals, I'd be retired by now. After all, we all want a schedule full of clients we can help.
Many therapists have inflated expectations for their referral streams. At the same time, they often struggle with marketing their practices. Why? Because they don't understand what it takes to generate business in the new healthcare economy. They're convinced that marketing is not their job. If you fall into this category, you cannot afford to live that lie any longer."
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SCAPTA
In this edition, SCAPTA would like to highlight Regional Rehabilitation Services and the good they are doing to improve the field of physical therapy in South Carolina.
What is the mission of the organization? To provide excellence in healthcare.
What is unique and innovative about it? Our multiple outpatient locations provide evidence-based practice in setting readily accessible to meet clients where they need us. We offer specialists in a wide variety of specialties including pediatric NDT, adult McKenzie specialists, certified lymphedema specialist and ergonomic industrial specialists. Our therapists are long-tenured and vested in the health of our community, in addition to supporting a vibrant student program.
SCAPTA
Diversifying and Increasing Your Revenue Stream — Develop the occupational health component of your practice
Presenters: John Lowe, PT, Herb Doerr, PT
Take advantage of this highly interactive session to develop your plan to partner with industry, growing and diversifying your practice. Two seasoned occupational health professionals will personally assist you with a specific, detailed plan to immediately apply to your practice. Get the answers you need to successfully add or improve your occupational health services.
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SCAPTA
 Section on Pediatrics Annual Conference (SoPAC) will be held Nov. 6–8, 2015, at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Four pre-conference courses will be held Nov. 4-5. The 2015 SoPAC theme is: "Convergence of Knowledge and Research into Practice." SoPAC includes 18 hours of all-pediatric programming with concurrent sessions from all pediatric practice areas. The SoPAC Schedule-At-A-Glance and registration information can be accessed at www.sopac.us.
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Today in PT
A pioneering surgical technique has restored some hand and arm movement to patients immobilized by spinal cord injuries in the neck, according to a new study. During the procedure, surgeons redirect peripheral nerves in a patient’s arms and hands by connecting healthy nerves to the injured nerves. The new nerve network reintroduces conversation between the brain and the muscles that allows patients to once again accomplish tasks such as feeding themselves or writing with a pen.
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Singularity Hub
Learning to walk again after a traumatic accident is no easy task. One of the hardest things for motor-impaired patients is to generate the correct brain signals to help them recover efficiently.
The current best option is physiotherapy: through hard work and frustration, patients gradually relearn the sequence of motor instructions required to sit, walk, stand and run again. In essence, they are rebuilding the damaged synaptic connections in their brain and spinal cord through active learning.
But what if instead a healthy therapist's brain signals directly modulated the patient's brain, providing the necessary electrical patterns to induce learning?
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EurkeAlert
Conventional methods of assessing cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular strength among people with multiple sclerosis may underestimate participants' capabilities, prompting clinicians to prescribe exercise therapies that are less effective than they could be, according to new research by scientists at the University of Illinois.
In a study of 64 patients with MS, kinesiology and community health professor Lara Pilutti and her colleagues found that participants had significantly higher peak aerobic capacity and muscle strength when recumbent steppers and computerized dynamometers were used for the tests, compared with arm ergometers and handheld dynamometers.
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PT in Motion
Acromio-clavicular joint dislocations — even moderate-to-severe cases — may be better-treated through nonsurgical approaches, according to a new study from Canada that found better short-term outcomes, faster return-to-work rates, and fewer complications among individuals who received physical therapy only.
The study aimed to compare outcomes among patients who received hook plate fixation surgery — a common surgical technique — with patients who received nonoperative care including using a sling for 4 weeks and then participating in a "standard physiotherapy regimen" of active and passive exercise followed by resistance and strengthening exercises for 6 weeks after injury.
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Physical Therapy Products
With a rapidly growing body of literature about the complex nature of pain management and a plethora of treatment methodologies and modalities, it is sometimes difficult to ascertain the best possible plan of care for a patient affected by pain. The landscape of medicine has changed greatly in the past few years. Clinicians have seen an explosion in devices and "wearables" that track medical information. Likewise, social media and cloud-based softwares are being used as a means to track and analyze health data, while telemedicine has changed the way patients and primary providers communicate.
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The Medical News
A minimally invasive implant procedure is highly effective in reducing pain and disability for patients with sacroiliac joint dysfunction, reports a clinical trial in the November issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, published by Wolters Kluwer.
The randomized controlled trial shows superior outcomes in patients undergoing minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion using triangular titanium implants, compared to nonsurgical management, according to the new research overseen by Dr. Daniel J. Cher of SI-BONE, Inc., in San Jose, California.
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Science Codex
Achilles tendon disorders are common and often misdiagnosed, with about 25 percent of ruptures missed during initial examination, but the prognosis is favorable for the vast majority of patients, according to researchers from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine and the Rothman Institute of Jefferson Medical College.
Their clinical review, published in the November edition of The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, noted that most patients healed better with conservative treatment. Surgery should be reserved for acute tears occurring in young or very active patients.
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