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What Do You Resolve to do in 2009?
by Elizabeth Puliti

ADVANCE wishes you a happy new year! Several editors and bloggers here have resolved to change for the better in 2009. Her are our resolutions for the new year: Jason Marketti, PTA: 1. Spend more quality time talking to my children and holding hands with Read More...

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October is National Physical Therapy Month!
by Elizabeth Puliti

Is your facility or clinic doing something special to acknowledge October as PT Month? If so, ADVANCE wants to know about it! Send us a photo of your staff or of an event with a brief caption and we will include it in an online photo gallery of how PTs Read More...

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Physical Agents: In or Out?
by Lisa Lombardo

Since becoming the editor of ADVANCE in 2000, the thought has often occurred to me that PTs and PTAs are a surprisingly well-informed and opinionated bunch. But they are also a lot of fun as well. This was proved to me on June 13 at the annual APTA conference Read More...

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PT 2008 'Kicks it Up' at the Opening Ceremony
by Elizabeth Puliti

SAN ANTONIO—PT 2008 kicked the conference off right last night with a stimulating opening ceremony. APTA President R. Scott Ward, PT, PhD, welcomed the overflowing audience of PTs to San Antonio. He had nothing but praise for the 7 th largest city in Read More...

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Guest Blogger: Naomi Aaronson MA, OTR/L, CHT
by Elizabeth Puliti

Every Child Left Behind As a school-based therapist, I see many changes since I was in elementary school. It seems the only thing that has remained are the shelter drills, and even they disappeared for a while! No Child Left Behind, which was enacted Read More...

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What’s Your Game?
by Lisa Lombardo

I recently got a chance to try something that the rehab community has been buzzing about in some circles: therapy according to gaming. OK, it wasn't a situation where I needed rehab, I admit. I was just hanging out with friends-one of whom has his entire Read More...

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Mirror Therapy
by Elizabeth Puliti

I recently read an article on CNN that described how amputees are benefitting from an unusual painkiller: mirrors. In the story, Army Sgt. Nick Paupore was traveling in a Humvee in Kirkuk City, Iraq, when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle. The blast Read More...

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Enraged Actor Sheds Light on Medical Errors
by Elizabeth Puliti

Just last week actor Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, found out exactly what happened to their twin babies mere days after they were born. They have recently made headlines because they are infuriated to learn of the details surrounding the medical Read More...

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It’s That Time of Year Again
by Rebecca Mayer

Despite being the most joyous time of year, the holiday season can be tough for many reasons. The biggest trap that most Americans try not to fall into year after year is gaining weight as a result of over-indulging and under-exercising. According to Read More...

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