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I Can Teach
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Lisa Mueller
This weekend I taught a continuing education course with three other therapists. It took well over a year for us to organize the content, create the handouts and visual displays and market the course to get as many participants as possible. It was a fun
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Ducks and Physical Therapy
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Lisa Mueller
This week during the show "The Voice" on NBC, Aflac aired a 60-second commercial showing the Aflac duck working with a physical therapist to recover from some injuries. (The injuries were aired in earlier commercials). I think Aflac is marketing services
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When is PT Inappropriate?
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Lisa Mueller
A friend of mine works as a nurse in a hospice setting and she mentioned to me a few days ago that many of the patients she admits into their facility come with orders for physical therapy. I've seen articles and research about the effectiveness of physical
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American Heart Month
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Lisa Mueller
February is American Heart Month and as we see more red-dress pins and other symbols recognizing the impact of heart diseases, I thought this would be a good time to review the signs and symptoms of two major pathologies impacting our patients' health:
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Patient Handouts
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Lisa Mueller
During my first clinical rotation as a student (which was a short, four-week orientation), my clinical instructor often gave me the task of finding research articles or handouts to give our patients. I distinctly remember working with one patient who
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Common Themes
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Lisa Mueller
I picked up a few hours of work at the acute-care hospital I previously worked at this weekend. I'm still a "pool" staff therapist and I have worked a few shifts since I left in February. It's nice to see my old coworkers and practice my acute-care skills.
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I Don't Know Much About Politics
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Lisa Mueller
Really, I don't know that much. Politics to me is complicated and deceiving, and by not knowing which reports to trust or even believing any candidate will follow through with his promises, I find myself avoiding the issues more often than not. But as
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Common Therapist Sayings
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Lisa Mueller
There are a lot of phrases I say to my patients to emphasize certain parts of their recovery. I repeat many of them a lot, to the point where I feel a bit like a broken record. I have noticed this with my coworkers as well -- I can hear them saying similar
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Screening for Depression
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Lisa Mueller
Many times when I work with my patients, they are not the happiest people. Some patients are in a lot of pain, some frustrated with their physical deficits. Although I explain to patients the course of treatment and estimated timeline for recovery, there
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Exercise Defined
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Lisa Mueller
I don't really follow a lot of political news. I found myself reading a few more political news pieces and articles recently, partly because this is an election year. I came across this article about the John Edwards trial and his defensive strategy relying
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The Look
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Lisa Mueller
I'm sure many of you have read articles or attended work meetings focused on the topic of communication. Regardless of your work setting, communication is one of the most important pieces of being successful. Knowing information that will help your patient
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I've Been Cancelled?
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Lisa Mueller
For the past eight months, I met with a group of acute-care therapists to develop an early mobility presentation a PT conference. With four hours of allotted time, we met one to two times a month to organize the presentation. We divided up tasks such
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I'm Sedentary
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Lisa Mueller
As you well know by now, I am officially an outpatient physical therapist. I previously worked in acute care, and wrote a blog a while back about how much I walked on a daily basis. It was almost five miles on a typical acute day. As I mentioned in that
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Guest Lecture
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Lisa Mueller
When I was finishing up my bachelor's degree in Spanish, I seriously considered withdrawing from PT school and instead getting my teaching certificate to teach Spanish. Many times I taught other students how to remember different verbs, or had volunteered
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New Job
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Lisa Mueller
I started a new job this week at an outpatient orthopedic facility -- quite a change from the inpatient acute ICU patients I am used to treating. I'm at the beginning again in terms of orienting to a new place, meeting new coworkers, and having to review
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