by Summit Instructors | Jun 26, 2020 | Physical Therapy
Written By: Joseph M. Villena, PT, MPT, OCS, CSCS, COMTThe vast majority of athletes who suffer an ACL injury will undergo surgical reconstruction. Expectations for rehab professionals are to utilize an evidence-based approach when determining appropriate exercises...
by Summit Instructors | Jun 18, 2020 | Physical Therapy
Written By: Matt Jeffs, DPT, PSM, CEAS Moving Beyond Stretch & FlexRecently, I visited an interesting article from the May 2017 edition of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Professional Safety magazine. There I found researchers Choi & Sathy...
by Summit Instructors | Jun 18, 2020 | Physical Therapy
Written by: Kurt Gray, PT, DPTAs I was thinking of a topic to write about for this blog post, the thought of patient safety immediately came to my mind.A short while ago, I received a call from a local attorney to give a deposition on a disturbing medical malpractice...
by Summit Instructors | Jun 18, 2020 | Physical Therapy
Written By: Matt Jeffs, DPT PSM CEAS Two Birds. One Stone.So how do we draw on our innate human patterns of cognition and behavior to mitigate these situations of stress and distraction? Evolutionary pressures may have predisposed us to a wandering mind. It’s...
by Summit Instructors | May 9, 2020 | Physical Therapy
Written By: Lori Duncan, DPT, MTC, CPTPatient compliance can be a challenge but it doesn’t have to be that complicated. As therapists, we often over-prescribe exercises and repetitions. Keeping our HEP simple and specific is an effective and powerful way to ensure...
by Summit Instructors | Apr 30, 2020 | Physical Therapy
By: Jacqueline Grimenstein, PT, C/NDT, CKTPPhysical, Occupational and Speech therapists play a critical role in the treatment of children with chronic airway diseases. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or BPD is a chronic lung disease primarily found in infants born...