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PT151 Fall Prevention Among the Elderly ( 1.0 Contact Hours - 0.1 CEU)
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PT06 Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Implications for Phy... ( 1.0 Contact Hours - 0.1 CEU)
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PT11 Parkinson's Disease and Physical Therapy ( 1.0 Contact Hours - 0.1 CEU)
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PT01 The Management of Knee Osteoarthritis ( 1.0 Contact Hours - 0.1 CEU)
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News AND FEATURES FROM Today in pt

Building Focus

The majority of children drift away occasionally during a boring class, and many find it impossible not to squirm during a long movie. Read more »

Smoke-Free Society

According to the CDC, about one-third of women and half of men in the U.S. smoked cigarettes in 1964. Read more »

cardiopulmonary

Cold Hands, Warm Heart - Characterized by a rapid constriction of the arterial blood vessels to the extremities and usually triggered by cold temperatures or stress, Raynaud disease can result in a spectrum of painful – even dangerous – symptoms.

geriatrics & home health

Careful Conditioning - With aging, there is an increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias and slowed heart rates that can affect a person‘s exercise tolerance and quality of life.

neurology

Neck and Neck - W hen patients present with pain, weakness, tingling, or numbness in an upper extremity, cervical spinal stenosis or a herniated cervical disc is often the culprit.

Pediatrics

Sweet Dreams - Noisy mouth breathing. Excessive snoring. Disruptive sleep patterns. Difficulty awakening. Sound familiar?

sports & orthopedics

Trigger Finger Therapy - Stenosing tenosynovitis, or trigger finger, most commonly occurs at the third or fourth digit and results from a thickening of the flexor tendon sheath.