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…
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…
Since beginning DPT school last summer, I have accumulated and used several apps/programs related to physical therapy. Some good, some bad. I wanted to provide my list of "Must Haves" for any PT or PT student... Clinical ORthopedic Exam (CORE) - Clinically Relevant Technologies - iPhone/iPad/Mac Price: $39.99 for Smartphone/Tablet, $49.99 for Mac If I…
John Snyder, DPT 