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What Are We Trying to Accomplish? by Toni Patt: I've started working in an inpatient rehab unit this week. The case load is primarily neurologic or polytrauma patients. The unit is based in a large teaching hospital so the admitting diagnoses are always interesting and varied. I've been there a week Read More...
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My Horse Sprained His Ankle… by Toni Patt: Last week one of my horses sprained his ankle. Even though most Arabians are graceful creatures, this one is a klutz. Like any good physical therapist, as soon as I heard sprained ankle my first question was whether or not it had been iced. The next question Read More...
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Home Programs by Toni Patt: Home exercise programs are a part of physical therapy. We give them out regularly in just about every setting. A lot of thought and effort goes into developing the best program for each patient. Now that frequency and duration of therapy is decreasing, Read More...
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Functional Matters by Toni Patt: We have a new lunch table topic at work. Another therapist and I had seen the same patient a week apart. She performed the initial evaluation. I performed a re-evaluation a few days later. Our objective values were about the same. She put the patient Read More...
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