I would be lying if I said I knew what I was getting into when I volunteered in the summer of 2013 to chair a task force to explore a potential change in the Section on Womenâs Health name. Iâd be lying if I said that I totally appreciated at the time how this work would inspire our organization to Continue Reading
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As womenâs health physical therapists, changes in health care policy always evoke the question, âBut how does this apply to MY patients?â We often march to our own drum in terms of treatments and types of patients seen. This is no different for the new evaluation codes that started January 1, 2017. Continue Reading
Each year the American Physical Therapy Association selects an item for the student flash action strategy (FAS). In 2016 this initiative was used as an opportunity to education students on the activities and goals of the Physical Therapy Political Action Committee (PT-PAC) and the importance of fund Continue Reading
A Kegel is a contraction of your pelvic floor muscles and is more accurately called a âpelvic floor muscle contractionâ or âpelvic muscle exerciseâ. Continue Reading
Life as Rosaleen âRosieâ Gnoffo knew it literally shattered during the delivery of her son. In labor for more than a day, and while pushing for several hours, Rosie heard and felt a crack on the second to last push. Continue Reading
In 2009, the American Board of Physical Therapist Specialties (ABPTS) administered the first Womenâs Health Clinical Specialist (WCS) exam. Since then, 333 individuals have sat for the exam and passed, earning shiny new initials behind their name. While each individual has personal reasons for takin Continue Reading
Two members are travelling to Argentina this weekend as presenters at the World Professional Association of Transgender Healthcare (WPATH) International symposium (Nov 3-6, 2018). Continue Reading
As Section on Womenâs Health Reimbursement Committee chair, I am fortunate to attend the APTA State Policy and Payment Forum annually. For therapists of womenâs and menâs health, letâs be honestâpayment can be one of the most aggravating and unfamiliar aspects of our job. Indeed, this forum changes Continue Reading
Starting January 1, 2017, physical therapists will have three new evaluation codes and one new re-evaluation code. The new evaluation codes will replace the 97001, PT initial evaluation, and 97002, PT reevaluation codes. Continue Reading
National Bladder Health Awareness Month Supporters Invite PTs to Give Free Classes on Menopause, Pelvic Floor Health in November Continue Reading
Mrs. âBâ is a 77-year-old woman with a history of urethral gland cancer 23 years ago that was treated with chemotherapy and radiation. She had been screened yearly by an oncologist for colon cancer and has remained cancer-free. However, she has not been receiving yearly gynecologic exams due to her Continue Reading
I recently co-presented a half-day workshop at the 37th annual American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (PFD) Week event in Denver, Colorado. Although AUGS PFD Week programming has traditionally been geared toward researchers and physicians, recent years have seen increased in Continue Reading