PT and the City : Patient Care , Conference

I Can Teach

Lisa Mueller — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:29:00 GMT

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...(read more)

CE Course

Lisa Mueller — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:25:00 GMT

Last year I spent a lot of time preparing material to present at the Wisconsin PT spring conference and was disappointed when I learned the class was canceled the week prior due to low enrollment numbers. I worked with three other therapists for months...(read more)

New Year's Resolutions

Lisa Mueller — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:37:00 GMT

I haven't always made New Year's resolutions; in fact, I don't recall any resolutions through most of my high school and college years. I think I always just try to be a better person -- a better listener, a better friend, a better wife. Some years I...(read more)

Journal Club

Lisa Mueller — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:20:00 GMT

When I was a physical therapy student, I often had to read research articles and analyze the study design, results and impact on physical therapy practice. Evidence-based practice was ingrained in each of my courses and throughout my clinical experiences....(read more)

Dry Needling

Lisa Mueller — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:51:00 GMT

The discussion and use of dry needling in physical therapy practice has increased substantially within the last year. I graduated from PT school three years ago, and we rarely, if ever, heard or discussed dry needling as a treatment option. Reading through...(read more)

I've Been Cancelled?

Lisa Mueller — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:16:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Guest Lecture

Lisa Mueller — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:59:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Quality Education and the DPT Degree

Lisa Mueller — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:39:00 GMT

A comment was recently left on one of the blogs I wrote last summer regarding the DPT reputation and the obligation of the APTA to reduce the costs of the DPT degree. #Icompletelyagree I left Marquette University with a beautiful DPT degree and a lot...(read more)

Using Twitter to Promote Your Practice

Lisa Mueller — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:44:00 GMT

I just created my own Twitter account. Now, I've blogged previously about the risks and benefits of using social media to connect with other health care professionals and as a marketing tool to capture new patients. As Lauren Rosso mentioned this week...(read more)

October

Lisa West — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:16:00 GMT

It is finally fall. I started my morning by eating breakfast while watching the leaves fall from the trees; it's almost so much it looks like rain. After I finished eating, I grabbed my broom and tried to sweep off the front porch but before I could even...(read more)

Running with a Shorter Stride

Lisa West — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:19:00 GMT

I went to a fabulous running course this weekend taught by two Wisconsin-based physical therapists. The course was pretty lengthy, but covered everything from common injuries and running deviations to taping strategies, shoes and orthotics and return-to-running...(read more)

Can Physical Therapy Be Video-Conferenced?

Lisa West — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:22:00 GMT

I have been waiting for months and months to purchase an iPad. I actually don't really need it and admittedly will probably not use it as much as I think I would. I just love Apple products! They are so clean and cute. Now, if I commuted to work on a...(read more)