PTRA is a therapy staffing company focused on home health. Health HR, Boca Raton, Fla, announced the acquisition of Physical Therapy Rehab Associates (PTRA), a therapy staffing company based in Broward County, Fla. PTRA has been providing physical therapy services to...
The catalog includes therapy and fitness products and new publications. OPTP has published the 43rd edition of its professional product catalog, which features a wide array of innovative products and resources, many of which are offered exclusively by OPTP. Therapy...
Study looked at how spinal cord stimulation affects patients with chronic pain and poor sleep. In collaboration with Albany Medical Center, researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine have conducted a study to better understand spinal...
Only about one year ago, US tennis star and Washington, DC, area native Frances Tiafoe faced an important decision — physical therapy or surgery. A nagging elbow injury had finally caught up to him and threatened his now-famous 2022 breakout. “To be honest, I...
New study may help identify promising new avenues for people with persistent pain after knee replacement surgery. Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis worldwide, affecting more than 500 million people worldwide and 34 million people in the...
Confluent Health, Louisville, Ky, has acquired Motion PT Group (Motion), a physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy company with 59 clinic locations across Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York. “In 2015, Motion had a vision to...
A new study shows that sleep medications increase the risk of dementia in white patients. But the type and quantity of the medication may be factors in explaining the higher risk. It follows previous work that shows Black patients have a higher likelihood than white...
Performance Medicine & Sports Therapy, Plano, Texas, announced a new partnership with DKSC, one of the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s fastest growing premier soccer clubs. As part of this partnership, all DKSC’s soccer players will receive significant...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Abbott Proclaim XR spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system to treat painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), a debilitating complication of diabetes. The Proclaim XR SCS system can provide relief to DPN...
There is no cure for Parkinson’s disease, but if symptoms such as altered speech are noticed early, the disease can be controlled. And voice data could help. Lithuanian researcher Rytis Maskeliūnas from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), together with colleagues...
