This week I learned that solitude and silence can be very relaxing. Two tests, three papers due within the next one to two weeks, taking my NATABOC, meetings, work, massage-a-thon, family issues, my purse being lost/stolen along with keys, vital medications, paychecks that were to be cashed that day, etc., irritation with peers' lack of contributions during group projects, etc. has all made me stressed this week! ...

The physical demands of a PT job can be strenuous depending ...

Last weekend I finally got the chance to attend an NDT course.   Even though some of the material was basic, it pulled things together for me.  For the first time I feel like I might have a chance at passing the NCS exam in a year or two. Listening to the lectures made me realize how much of what we do goes back to NDT.  I'd heard many of the things ...

My seven-year old, Abigail, announced, "I wish our family only had five people."  We currently have six, so I was curious who had offended her most grievously.  Turns out she wanted to oust herself!  She wanted our family ...

Question: Are you seeing a change in the way immigration handles the PTs since the Doctorate of PT is becoming the norm?

Answer: I have actually found that the immigration ...

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Last Sunday was my first experience of working during a Packers game. The other times I have worked on Sundays, the Packers have played at 3:00 p.m. By 3:00, I'm nearly done with my schedule and only have one or two patients left to see. With a noon game, however, there are over three hours of my workday when patients prefer to watch the game. 

Three patients refused therapy sessions ...

So many times we hear people discussing whether someone is reaching their full potential. It not only applies in rehabilitation, but in life in general. But what does it truly mean?

Is a person's full potential measured based on how others perceive them, or how they perceive themselves? Is it our own dreams, aspirations and goals that require the boost from someone else to tell us our potential, or strictly ...

I'm sure my spouse, friends and family are also happy that I'll be working again.

I don't ...

Your Life is an Occasion - Rise to It!

--Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Edward Magorium in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

If you haven't seen "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," you are missing a gem.  I love this movie.  In so many ways, it embodies what this blog is all about:  living life.  To live life well, we have to live it balanced.  ...

It began as Jimmy Rhoades recounts a personal experience. 

"My dad was diagnosed with cancer and we were told he had six months to a year to live.  I was in my 20s and still hadn't formed a real adult relationship with my dad, so it was now ...

The health care reform legislation that was approved by the House of Representatives on Saturday has attached high hopes to a very large price tag-the bill would cost $1.1 trillion over 10 years and reduce the federal deficit by $104 billion.

Senator Joe Lieberman, an Independent Democrat from Connecticut, was quoted as saying, "I believe the debt can break America and send us into a recession that's worse ...

The hard part came along when I was trying to narrow down the employers that I intend to visit. There are over 60 representatives ...

I got the H1N1 flu shot today at work, but many of my coworkers are declining to have a flu shot.  Mostly, they haven't gotten the flu in previous seasons and don't feel any increased risk with the H1N1.  Some are afraid of needles.  ...

Let's take a look at other "controversial" pain therapies.  

Craniosacral Therapy (CST). Some have said has little scientific support, yet physical therapists continue to use this treatment. It has also been listed as an alternative ...

Are you trying to perform tasks but find you consistently come up short? Maybe you are working outside of your skill set. 

As I watch a squirrel, his tiny cheeks chock full of nuts, I marvel at how easily he can crack open the shells.  This feat is made all the more impressive because of his diminutive size. My relative giant-like stature and comparatively inferior nut-cracking ...

Arguably, the best changes are ones that are subtle but make a big impact. To that end I would like to welcome our readers to ADVANCE for Physical Therapy and Rehab Medicine, a new and improved version of the national physical therapy newsmagazine that serves your profession.

We're expanding our focus in ADVANCE to include more coverage of practice management, sports medicine, modalities, equipment ...

I think that it is very important for people to laugh.  More importantly, it is important ...

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Those products don't exist here.

I have an anaphylactic reaction to anything containing aspirin so I have to read labels ...