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News AND FEATURES FROM Today in pt

Cardiopulmonary | Geriatrics & Home Health | Neurology | Pediatrics | Sports & Orthopedics

Part of the Team

Physical therapists may not be standing on the podiums at the awards ceremonies at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, but PTs will have played crucial roles in helping the athletes go for the gold. Read more »

Power of Change

As economic and political forces continue to reshape healthcare delivery and reimbursement, the state of the profession of physical therapy remains in flux. But industry insiders maintain that it is still a good time to be a PT and the future should be bright – as long as therapists take an active role in shaping their practices to meet changing demands. Read more »

cardiopulmonary

Calm Before the Storm? - High blood pressure is the No. 1 attributable risk factor for death in the world, according to the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. High blood pressure is the No. 1 attributable risk factor for death in the world, according to the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.

geriatrics & home health

Cut-a-Rug - Maybe, as the bumper sticker says, the “Hokey Pokey” really is what it’s all about. At least when it comes to helping senior patients. Because dances like the old party standby can help improve balance, muscle strength and confidence.

neurology

Real Results - When a patient with a bilateral amputation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center needed to improve his balance, his physical therapist decided it was the ideal time to have him navigate on a boat through a course with 50 buoys. The patient, however, would not launch this balance exercise from a dock. Instead, he would be in a room at the Military Advanced Training Center in Washington, D.C., home of a revolutionary virtual reality therapy tool know as the CAREN (computer assisted rehabilitation environment).

Pediatrics

Heads Up - Each year nearly 135,000 U.S. children and teens ages 5 to 18 visit an ED because of recreational and sports-related traumatic brain injuries, including concussion, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many more sports concussions that do not receive emergency treatment likely occur.

sports & orthopedics

Shoes Versus Skins - Zola Budd-Pieterse of South Africa did it. So did Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia. What they did was run – and win – distance events without the “benefit” of shoes. And today their followers are legion.