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…
The following is another article written for the online, video-based physical therapy continuing education company MedBridge… Amongst overhead throwing athletes, there are several injuries that typically come to mind, and at the top of that list is the Superior Labral Anterior to Posterior (SLAP) Lesion. While this is not an overly common injury for the general population,…
Blog Posts "We Need to Educate and Interact - With Ourselves and Our Patients", by Joseph Brence, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, COMT, DAC "Utility of the Head Thrust Test to Investigate Vestibular Function: A Clinical Pearl", by Jeff Walter, PT, DPT, NCS "Repeated Motions Exam and Treatment: Why You Should Be Using It", by Chris Fox…
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…
The following is another article written for the online, video-based physical therapy continuing education company MedBridge… Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to re-injury and return to sport following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and the results continue to be less than exceptional. A recent case series of elite collegiate athletes who suffered ACL injuries…
The following is another article written for the online, video-based physical therapy continuing education company MedBridge… A lot has been written and researched with regards to return to sport criteria and testing for injuries of the lower extremity, and more specifically following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL-R), however little attention has been given to injuries of the…
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,…
In the next installment of my Research Review Series for MedBridge Education, we discuss a recent randomized controlled study investigating the validity of a clinical prediction rule for identifying patients with low back pain likely to respond favorably to a spinal stabilization program. Study Design Randomized Controlled Trial. Subjects One hundred five patients diagnosed with LBP…
The following is another article written for the online, video-based physical therapy continuing education company MedBridge Education… Knee osteoarthritis (Knee OA) is one of the most prevalent and debilitating orthopedic complaints for 28% of adults over 45 years old and 37% of those over 65 years old in the United States. In addition, 1.6% of adults over…
Study Design Prospective, observational cohort study. Subjects Fifteen participants (7 male, 8 female) with a mean age of 55 years old were recruited from a convenience sample of consecutive patients evaluated for knee osteoarthritis (OA) at the Physical Therapy Clinic, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. With regards to severity, ten patients had bilateral…
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