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The Marketing of Back Surgery

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:12:14 +0000

Stories like this one recently published in the WSJ could be told (and are being told) in cities all over the country. The unsuspecting patient is pure bait. Kudos to the WSJ by the way for stepping in as somewhat…

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Aquatics and Cerebral Palsy

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:32:00 +0000

The International Journal of Pediatrics recently published research entitled Aquatic Exercise Programs for Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy:What Do We Know and Where Do We Go? It is a review article on research since 2005 on this topic. The results indicate that there is limited research on this topic. Most of the studies were done with small sample sizes and higher functioning children (GMFCS Levels I, II and III). Only one participant with GMFCS Level IV was studied and no participants with Level V. Of the six articles that were included in the review most of the interventions were aerobic activity in the pool for 45 minutes, 2-3 times per week. The researchers recommend additional research including all children with cerebral palsy regardless of GMFCS. You can read the entire study here . Reference: J.W. Gorter and S. J. Currie. Aquatic Exercise Programs for Children and Adolescents withCerebral Palsy:What Do We Know and Where Do We Go? International Journal of Pediatrics Volume 2011, Article ID 712165, 7 pagesdoi:10.1155/2011/712165

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Including Preschoolers

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:40:00 +0000

Head Start Body Start presented a webinar on including preschoolers with special needs in active play today. This webinar had lots of great ideas – some therapists would be familiar with and perhaps some are new information. Here are a few tips that I found helpful: “teach children how to stop before you teach them how to go” – Diane Craft PhD cover balloons in panty hose to prevent any broken pieces if it pops and to prevent children from biting the balloons put eye bolts on each side of the room, clip a clothes line onto the eye bolts when you need a quick room divider for games or to hang objects from several tips on modifying lessons You can download the handouts from the webinar here .

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Bubble Wrap Printable

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:37:00 +0000

Head on over to YourTherapySource to download this free printable to use with large bubble wrap. Kids can tell a story popping pictures as they go or perform exercise repetitions popping numbers. There is even a free blank board to make your own popping game.

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Twist (literally) on Puzzles Part #2

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:12:00 +0000

The Ultimate Online Education Resource for Sports Medicine and Performance

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:19 +0000

Introducing an amazing resource for sports medicine and performance online education – RehabWebinars.com

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Are we good enough?

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:34:52 +0000

The military health care system is not always perceived as being the most innovative, but I will confess to being quite impressed with the plenary remarks given by the Army’s new Surgeon General, LTG Patricia Horoho, at the 2012 Military…

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Robot in the School

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:26:00 +0000

If you know a child or student who can not attend school due to medical reasons you will want to watch this video. If the school has wifi and the child has the abilities this is an amazing way to attend school from home. I had seen previously how doctors use this technology for telemedicine but never in the schools. It appears to be quite economical as well – only around $6000 which seems cheap to me for such amazing technology. This is a story about a 7th grade student with spina bifada who can not attend school for medical reasons. Instead he “travels” through his school with the use of a robot on wheels that he controls.

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Thurst Manipulation of the Cervical Spine: To Do or Not to Do

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:51:11 +0000

There has been some recent email traffic amongst a close group of colleagues on this article recently published in JOSPT. You can read the study for yourself, but the gist is that the combination of upper cervical and upper thoracic…

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Twist on Puzzles Idea #1

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:10:00 +0000

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