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Jan. 28, 2021

What You Need To Know About The Current Student Loan Situation

Joe Reinke is the CEO and founder of Fitbux which helps professionals, like physical therapists, strategize, conquer and ultimately save money on their student loan repayment.  Justin Berry is a physical therapist who recently wrote a research repo...

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Jan. 26, 2021

When A Patient Tells You They Are, “Ready to Die”

Shelby Miller is a second year DPT student who posed the question on Twitter “How do you respond to a patient who tells you they are ready to die?” Megan Eldridge, Sharon Gorman, Talia Pollok, and Julie Skzrat,

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Jan. 20, 2021

How to Use Assistive Technology to Advance Your Clinical Practice Int…

Katie Butzu is an occupational therapist and assistive technology mentor for the Bay Arenac ISD (intermediate school district), Michigan Chapter Leader in Makers Making Change and currently collaborating with Makey Makey to use their tool as assistive...

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Jan. 18, 2021

It Takes A Village to Change the World For the Better, So This PT Bui…

Lisa VanHoose is a physical therapist, researcher, educator, and equity warrior in the front lines addressing health disparities. She is founder of the Ujima Institute which is an inclusive space to improve health and wellness and raise the voices of ...

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Jan. 14, 2021

The New APTA Centennial Center is Creating A Healthier Environment Fo…

To begin APTA’s Centennial Year, APTA will open a new headquarters, the APTA Centennial Center. Watch live on Facebook on January 15 for APTA’s Centennial Cutting Ribbon Ceremony. Tracie Harris is the marketing director at APTA who worked with Fitw...

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Jan. 8, 2021

How Top NFL Prospects Prepare for the Combine

Jaime Mor is a performance physical therapist and certified athletic trainer at EXOS with a passion for movement and body mind connection. He has been in the sports medicine field for 7 years. Jaime defines a performance physical therapist as treat...

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Jan. 7, 2021

The Five Principles of Social Justice You Need To Follow

Social Justice Lessons from Roger Williams by Dr. Lisa VanHoose Keynote Presentation at the Northeast Regional Virtual Annual Conference  Michelle Collie is CEO of Performance Physical Therapy and APTA President of Rhode Island introduces keynot...

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Jan. 5, 2021

How Can You Adopt A Growth And Abundance Mindset?

Kadeem Howell is a physical therapist who has developed a growth mindset. He focuses on the positives as a furloughed PT during COVID and earns extra money with side hustles.  His pursuit for keeping a strong mindset started at a young athlete whic...

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Jan. 4, 2021

What Does it Take to Win the Congressional Gold Medal?

Steve Gleason was given the Congressional Gold Medal, and that is a big deal. We get to hear Steve accept his award in his own words, in his own voice. And that is a major reason that he’s being given this award.

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Dec. 31, 2020

Physical Therapy at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Drew Contreras is a retired Lieutenant colonel US Army physical therapist, former White House PT to the 44th POTUS, and VP of the Federal Section of the APTA. Drews tells his story on deciding physical therapy as a career and becoming a federal/Arm...

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Dec. 30, 2020

How To Build Your Practice on the Five Pillars of Profitability

Will Humphreys is a physical therapist, entrepreneur, author, and speaker. Will coaches business owners and physical therapists across the country to his knowledge and belief of profitability. If you thought that was all,

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Dec. 28, 2020

How Social Determinants of Health Impact Physical Therapy Outcomes

Rupal Patel is a physical therapist and professor at Texas Woman’s University. Lisa VanHoose is the physical therapy program director at the University of Louisiana Monroe and owner of the Ujima Institute.

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Dec. 24, 2020

How Can We Help Science Through User Experience

Mike Morrison is a former web designer turned PhD student in Work Psychology using design and psychology backgrounds to share knowledge. Mike defines the user experience (UX) in common web designs today and how UX makes consuming information faster...

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Dec. 23, 2020

Behind The Scenes On Project 11 The Alex Smith Story

Johnny Owens and Larry Cahalin are collaborating on a Blood Flow Restriction component that we dive into. Johnny sticks around the show to talk about Project 11 – a feature on ESPN documenting the injury and recovery of the Washington Redskins Quarter...

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Dec. 22, 2020

Where Do We Start? Improving Diversity In Physical Therapy

Mark Milligan is a physical therapist who wants to challenge our profession by revolutionizing it through technology, empathy, connection, love, and even donuts! Cannot argue with that. At CSM in Denver,

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Dec. 21, 2020

When A Pandemic Hit The NEXT Conference Our Happy Hour Went Virtual

NEXT Kickoff Virtual Happy Hour Kicking off APTA's NEXT conference virtually. Bring your drinks as we broadcast with PT Leaders over beer and bourbon! Since we're physically distanced, we can at least be socially close!

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Dec. 18, 2020

What You Need To Have In Your Clinic EMR

Sharif Zeid from MW Therapy https://www.mwtherapy.com/ breaks down the NEED TO HAVES and the NICE TO HAVES for your practice EMR. Sharif has been working within the health IT space for over 15 years spending the bulk of that working with PT practic...

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Dec. 17, 2020

This Physical Therapist Keeps Fighter Pilots From Being Grounded

Captain Michelle Jílek is active duty in USAF and partially embedded with fighter squadrons. She specializes in G induced  injuries in the spine. I take care of fighter pilots who have spinal injuries from sustaining high Gs in aircraft.

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Dec. 16, 2020

How She Made Cancer Patient Education Go Viral

One of our Top 20 Episodes from 2020 is with Dr. Leslie Waltke. She’s know as “The Arm Whisperer” the “Explainer in Chief” and ” Vitamin L.” Down to earth style and humor combined with decades of clinical cancer rehab experience have made the worl...

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Dec. 15, 2020

What Can A Physical Therapist Learn From A Radio Broadcaster?

What Can A Physical Therapist Learn From A Radio Broadcaster?

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Dec. 14, 2020

What do we Know Now about Post Acute COVID-19 Syndrome?

What Do We Know? Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome David Putrino is the Director of Rehabilitation Innovations and Jenna Tosto Mancuso is a physical therapist both at the Abilities Research Center at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

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Dec. 14, 2020

What Do We Know? An In-Depth Look at Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrom for …

What Do We Know? Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome David Putrino is the Director of Rehabilitation Innovations and Jenna Tosto Mancuso is a physical therapist both at the Abilities Research Center at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

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Dec. 10, 2020

You Are More Capable Than You Know

Megan Fisher Megan Fisher a Paralympic gold, silver, and bronze medalist from the Rio 2016 and London 2012 Games, a ten-time world champion, and retired member of Team USA. Her road to success has not been easy.

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Dec. 9, 2020

What’s In A Name? Inside the APTA Rebrand

Here's a TOP 20 episode from 2020! We talk to Alicia Hosmer, APTA’s Senior Director of Brand Strategy who is leading the rebrand for the association. Why APTA is rebranding? And why members and potential members should care?

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