The American Physical Therapy Association, Alexandria, VA, put out a press release yesterday detailing the role that therapy professionals and students played in helping victims of the tragic bombing at the Boston Marathon. The release stated: ''A team of 70 members of APTA's Massachusetts Chapter, stationed at the Boston Marathon finish line on ...

I just returned from my first trip to the APTA's Combined Sections Meeting, and I'm left with a variety of feelings about the experience. Overall, I would consider the trip a success, but there were definitely some aspects of CSM that left something to be desired. I did a lot of reflecting on the flight home, and here's what I came up with. ...

I wanted to write this blog to help out some friends with a huge and exciting student-led initiative to gain support for the Foundation for Physical Therapy, a fund that supports research opportunities that will progress the evidence base of our field. This project encourages all PT and PTA schools throughout the country to participate in a ...

I have been following along with the reports from Danielle Bullen, Rebecca Mayer and Lisa Lombardo on the goings-on in Tampa last week. I find the outcomes interesting and validating. One of my contentions with Vision 2020 is that it seemed too isolating. That seems to be holding up now. As a profession, we are finally starting to realize that no ...

Last Friday a former student of mine called. She is doing an outpatient affiliation now and is stressing out. She is having trouble keeping up. She has four patients every hour and is staying late to complete her notes. I told her not to worry. She knows her stuff. She should concentrate on learning what she needs to know and never has to do it ...

I usually spend about 15-20 minutes every day reading a handful of other fitness, health and exercise websites. Ever since I bought a smartphone (an iPhone), it has been much easier for me to stay connected with trends in health care. I'm sure lots of smartphone users feel like me - sometimes, I am too connected. Turning off my phone gives me a ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD- A strong crowd turned out on Thursday to attend the afternoon session, ''Understanding and Implementing Current Practice Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Sports-Related Concussions.'' This offering was dually presented by Scott Livingston, PT, PhD, SCS, ATC, and Scott G. Piland, PhD, ATC. ''Mild traumatic brain ...

It's been several months since I was elected as a board member to the Southeast District (SED) of the TPTA. Another meeting is coming up this week. I have nothing to report. That isn't particularly surprising since I only have two responsibilities; the spring and fall student socials. Next month will be different. Meanwhile I've had time to ...

NEW ORLEANS -- ''Well-attended'' doesn't even begin to describe the turnout for Thursday morning's session, ''Biomechanical Factors Underlying Running Injuries: Proximal and Distal Factors.'' Barely an empty seat could be found in the Hilton Grand Salon C more than 20 minutes before the presentation began. When it did start, conference attendees ...