As most of our readers know by now, our monthly magazine ADVANCE for Directors in Rehabilitation has ceased publication, and has been merged with the newly rebranded ADVANCE for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine. The new magazine, still distributed on a bi-weekly basis, will maintain all the popular features you've come to know and trust, ...

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 ...

Tomorrow morning my department is going to have a breakfast for all the PTs to celebrate PT month.  The food will be provided by the OTs, STs and supervisors.  Sometime next week the rehab unit is supposed to do something similar.  I'll be surprised if that happens because no one seems to want to take on the responsibility of making ...

I hate that word and I hate having to deal with it. However I find myself needing to chant the serenity prayer over and over again this week because of it. On Friday I went to the National Health Service in Sunderland, my new employer's office, to submit all my paperwork such as a health assessment and criminal record board review as well as the ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization, concluded in 2007 that night work is ''probably carcinogenic to humans.'' Furthermore, the IARC classifies the cancer risk of night work as ''Group 2A,'' the same group as tanning beds-and only one group below asbestos and mustard gas. According to ...

CSM 2009 Wrap-up: The APTA keeps a watchful eye on the legislative strategies states can use to fight encroachment of physician-owned physical therapy practices (POPTS). But there are other ways to stop what many therapists see as a major cause thwarting the autonomy of the PT profession. Peter J. McMenamin, PT, MS, OCS, and Brian J. Tovin, PT, ...

I thought I would comment on this man.  I am not a sports fan, nor did I watch the Olympics.  In fact I did not even watch the Superbowl this year.  So, back to Phelps.  He has a charity foundation to promote water safety and advocate swimming for children, he wrote two books, won 14 career Olympic gold medals, and has set ...

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 and PTAs celebrated the profession this month. Email information and the photo (720 dpi; .jpeg ...

If there is a group of individuals who would appreciate the kinesthetic awareness, not to mention the sheer physical prowess, required for this performance--it is physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.  But anyone will gaze with amazement. Watch, marvel, enjoy.www.metacafe.com/watch/1659140/pilobolus_dance_theatre/This video ...

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 7th largest city in the country, a city that, in his words, exudes ''world-class cuisine, offers opportunities for fun ...