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APTA
Each year, APTA honors outstanding member achievements in the areas of education, practice and service, publications, research, and academic excellence. Awards in the program include the Catherine Worthingham Fellows, the Mary McMillan and John H.P. Maley Lectureships, the APTA Humanitarian Award, and the APTA Societal Impact Award. Award recipients are recognized in June during a ceremony and reception at the NEXT Conference and Exposition, and this recognition includes highlighting the recipients’ component affiliations.
Play a significant role in recognizing your colleagues’ achievements by nominating the person or persons you feel are most deserving of an APTA award, as well as promoting the awards program in your member communications. The 2019 Call for Nominations opened on September 1 and will close December 1. All nominations must be submitted electronically. For more details about each award, including submission and eligibility requirements, please visit the Honors and Awards webpage.
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The SCAPTA Awards Committee is seeking candidates for consideration for this year’s SCAPTA Awards. Award categories include the Butch Buchanan Clinical Excellence Award for a PT, the Chris Junkins Clinical Excellence Award for a PTA, the Emily Cate Service Award for a PT, the Willette McKamey Award for a PTA, the Outstanding Student of the Year Award and the Legislator of the Year Award. Please submit your nomination(s) to southcarolina@apta.org using this form and include a short essay with your submission explaining why you believe this member should be selected to receive the award. Nominations are due no later than February 1, 2019.
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The SCAPTA Research and Education Committee looks forward to receiving platform presentation proposals for the 2019 SCAPTA Annual Conference, “Transforming Society Through Healing,” to be held March 22-23, 2019 at The Kroc Center in Greenville, SC. We are using a new format for this conference. Instead of posters, we are requesting that research presenters present their research in a 5x5 presentation, using a maximum of 5 slides in 5 minutes maximum time. Platforms will be considered in the areas of orthopaedics, neurology and neurorehabilitation. Platform presentations will take place in 2 separate session rooms on Saturday, March 23, 2019 from 10:30-11:00. Platform presentations are reports in which information is summarized using brief written statements and graphic materials, such as photographs, charts, graphs, and/or diagrams. The submission deadline is February 1, 2019. The Call for Platform Presentations can be found here.
| | HEALTH PROMOTION AND WELLNESS |
JAMA Network
Although dyslipidemia has been consistently shown to be associated with atherogenesis, an association between obesity and cardiovascular disease outcomes remains controversial. Mendelian randomization can minimize confounding if variables are randomly and equally distributed in the population of interest.
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CDC
Cigarette smoking has reached the lowest level ever recorded among U.S. adults, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute (NCI). Still, about 47 million (1 in 5) U.S. adults used a tobacco product in 2017, and they used a variety of smoked, smokeless, and electronic tobacco products.
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By Tammy Adams
 It has long been accepted and taught that regular cardiovascular workouts are good for cardiovascular health. And they are. But a new study asserts that regular strength training is even better for your heart than more aerobic activities like walking and cycling. A survey of 4,000 adults revealed that static activity, such as strength training, had stronger links to reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases than dynamic activity, such as walking and cycling. But before you tell your patients to hang up their walking shoes and park their bikes in favor of free weights and dumbbells, keep reading.
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Web PT
My car is my baby. I get the oil changed and tires rotated regularly. And every few weeks, I take her through the wash and get her looking good as new. I won't lie: I learned the importance of ongoing maintenance through much trial and error. Still, the cost of caring for my ride adds up, and it'd be nice if I didn't always have to pay out of pocket for regular maintenance. And while caring for a car and caring for a patient aren't exactly one and the same, there's a pervasive myth in the PT world that Medicare patients must pay out of pocket for maintenance therapy.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Three years ago, Bob Neuman started losing feeling in his feet because of a nerve disorder.
As the idiopathic neuropathy took hold, simple things like getting dressed became difficult or even dangerous.
“My feet have gone totally dead, no feeling at all for the rest of my life,” Neuman said.
The condition worsened when his big toe got infected almost all the way to the bone. The treatment, which included skin transplants, left him bed bound for months on end.
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Student Loan Hero
Six of 10 physical therapy students will leave school toting at least $70,000 in student loan debt, according to WebPT. But if you’re an aspiring physical therapist (PT), you can avoid that level of hurt with a little research.
Here’s how to avoid borrowing too much in student loans as you choose from among 240-plus accredited physical therapy programs in the U.S.
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The Bend Bulletin
Judy Hoiness, 77, held onto a railing at Therapeutic Associates’ clinic one recent morning and stretched out her right knee by grabbing her ankle and pulling it beneath her pelvis. Nearby, a dozen middle-aged and senior men and women bent and twisted, some stretching out their backs with foam rollers. As recommended by a doctor, Hoiness has been visiting various physical therapy clinics on and off for the past 15 years due to chronic pain in her shoulders and back.
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PPS Impact Magazine
The move toward value-based pricing may be confusing to many physical therapists who have not ventured away from traditional fee-for-service payment.
For us to shift our mindset to alternative pricing, we must be comfortable with accepting some of the financial risk of providing care. We are used to being paid by timed units of service. Accepting financial risk moves us in a different direction and means we need to be able to predict our outcomes for a specific patient population.
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PT in Motion
The range of conditions that physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) face every day can be expansive, and staying on top of the latest effective treatment approaches can seem like an impossible task. PTNow is helping to change all that by bringing members the evidence they need in just a few clicks.
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KYW NewsRadio
When it comes to injuries and visits to the physician for musculoskeletal problems, there is often an expectation that medication or some sort of surgical procedure is the best option for care.
However, a growing amount of literature is supporting the fact that a visit to an athletic trainer or physical therapist after an injury and examination by the physician could be the most beneficial thing a patient can do.
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