The following is an article written by Phil Plisky and Jenna Gourlay with Professional Rebellion... What is one thing you would change about your job that would allow you to enjoy it much more? That was the question posed to the room during a conference. No one knew where the question was going, but…
Patient compliance is an integral piece of the rehabilitation puzzle. Patients being consistent with their prescribed home exercise program depends on several factors, however there are two aspects that stand out beyond the rest. Forming a Therapeutic Alliance with the patient and getting buy-in that their program will help them achieve THEIR goals Providing a…
Clinical Prediction Rules (CPRs) are an interesting, complicated, and often misunderstood area of rehabilitation research. To say all CPRs are not created equal would be a significant understatement. In this most recent rehaul of the CPR Resource, I focused on not just adding to the quantity of rules included, but I spent the vast majority of…
Course Title: Orthopedic Excellence: The Spine Faculty: Chad Cook, PT, PhD, MBA, FAAOMPT and Eric Hegedus,PT, DPT, MHSc, OCS, CSCS Overview: Orthopedic Excellence: The Spine is a course series offered through the online continuing education company MedBridge Education. The series is broken into three regions (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar) and two categories (evaluation and treatment). All courses, excluding…
I have taken the time to update the Clinical Predition Rule (CPR) Resource... Newly added CPRs include: 1. Anterior Shoulder Instability 2. Closed Cervical Fracture 3. Hip Osteoarthritis 4. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis 5. MCL Pathology 6. Vertebral Compression Fracture Additionally, the Litaker et al. study was added to the diagnostic CPR for Rotator Cuff Pathology and the…
Course Title: Modern Pain Sciences: Manual Therapy’s Keys to Motivation, Input and Plan Date: December 7th, 2014 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Faculty: Joseph Brence, PT, DPT, COMT, FAAOMPT, DAC & Francois Prizinski, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, FAAOMPT, DAC Throughout my didactic and clinical education as a student at the University of Pittsburgh, I was exposed to very little in terms…
Patient education and the instruction of a home exercise program (HEP) is of utmost importance to clinicians in order to obtain positive patient outcomes and to improve compliance. Recently, MedBridge Education rolled out their Patient Care Portal, which includes a HEP and Patient Education materials. I have had the opportunity to use this software for…
Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy was officially named 'Best Student Blog' in Therapydia's PT Blog Awards for the second consecutive year! Thank you so much for the continued support and taking time out of your day to to vote for OMPT! I was honored just to be nominated along with The AAOMPT sSIG, Pitt Physical Therapy,…
As many of you know, OMPT was recently nominated for 'Best Student Blog' by Therapydia along with the AAOMPT Student SIG, Pitt Physical Therapy (Matt Debole), PT to Be in '15 (Jasmine Marcus), and The Student Physical Therapist (James Heafner, Chris Fox, Brian Schwabe). Last night, thanks to all of your support, I was informed…
During the months prior to beginning physical therapy school, I began studying for and eventually took the examination to become a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA), but why? Did I envision becoming the head strength coach at a prestigious university? No. Did I want to open…
John Snyder, DPT 