Preventing Patient Slip-and-Fall Injuries This Winter

Preventing Patient Slip-and-Fall Injuries This Winter

Summary: Winter slip-and-fall injuries can be minimized through proactive measures like wearing proper footwear, clearing pathways, and adopting cautious walking techniques. Key Takeaways: Essential Safety Measures: Clear snow and ice promptly, use ice-melting...
Keeping Current with PTP’s Buyer’s Guide

Keeping Current with PTP’s Buyer’s Guide

By Melanie Hamilton-Basich I don’t think anyone could ever characterize physical therapy as a boring profession. You work with different clients every day who have various conditions and injuries as well as unique challenges that require specific approaches. And then...
How PTs Change When They Help Dying Patients

How PTs Change When They Help Dying Patients

Dying changes everything. The effect that working with terminally ill patients has on physical therapists (PT) and the expanding involvement of PTs as hospice care providers is the subject of this special investigation in the January special issue of Rehabilitation...
Avoid Holiday Injuries with These Tips

Avoid Holiday Injuries with These Tips

Half (50%) of Americans experience pain or injuries during the holidays, according to a new survey by the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS). The online survey of 2742 adults was conducted December 11-13, 2019. Among those who responded, more than...
BetterPT and Kno2 to Launch Referral Network

BetterPT and Kno2 to Launch Referral Network

BetterPT and Kno2 announce plans to launch a fully interoperable referral network that they note aims to bridge the gap between physician referrers and physical therapists, and therefore enhance greater patient access to physical therapy.BetterPT is a healthcare...