2016Â APTA Minority Scholarship winner Kimmi Edwards, DPT, calls for expanded support of minority PT students to diversify the profession. Do you have strong feelngs about whether minorities are well represented or recruited into the physical therapy (PT) profession? Continue Reading
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The âreal worldâ is approaching, and itâs becoming difficult to shake the strange feeling of impending doom that accompanies the thought of student loans. This may sound like gross hyperbole, but more than a few studies link financial stress to poor mental and physical health. Continue Reading
Iâm not sure I really appreciated health care until I was confronted in the back of my pickup by a 400-pound bear rummaging for food. I was 20 minutes from cell service and a two-hour drive to a hospital. If that bear decided to maul me, it was going to be a while before I saw an ER. Continue Reading
The Board of Directors of the Section on Womenâs Health has been evaluating the role of the physical therapist assistant (PTA) in pelvic health practice. Historically, SOWH pelvic health courses have been open only to physical therapists due to the ongoing evaluation and assessment involved in inter Continue Reading
Two years ago I was asked to join the Name Change Task Force for the Section on Womenâs Health as a representative of members-at-large. Jill Boissonnault, Rebecca Stephenson, Dan Kirages, Tamra Wroblesky, Secili DeStefano, and Chair Carrie Pagliano have served alongside me. Continue Reading
It was a snowy Monday morning outside my New Jersey office only days before I headed to California for APTAâs Combined Section Meeting (CSM) 2016. In my mind, this event always launches a new year of exciting lectures, professional relationships, and reunions with former classmates and colleagues. Continue Reading
It has been close to three years since the Jimmo v. Sibelius, or the âImprovement Standard,â settlement was announced. Since then, both clinicians and Medicare beneficiaries are unaware of the settlement and what it means for them. Continue Reading
Struggling with ICD-10 for your prenatal and postpartum patients? Why wouldnât you be? There are typical PT diagnosis codes such as sciatica, muscle weakness, spasm, instability, and more, but there are also a set of O codes listed for obstetric issues. Continue Reading
Most clientsâ insurance deductibles follow the calendar year, meaning their out-of-pocket expenses start over January 1, of each year. There are a handful of people, like state employees of Texas, whose âbenefitsâ restart in the middle of the year. Continue Reading
Tracy, the 2011 winner of the Elizabeth Noble award, is currently working with Washington University in St. Louis Missouri. Her time is split between treating in the clinic, research, teaching and heading their Womenâs Health Residency program. Â Talking with Tracy is like talking to an instant frien Continue Reading
 This was my 3rd time attending a NSC. This conference is where it all began for me just two short years ago. I canât believe Iâm already here. A practicing PT. Treating pelvic health patients. Two years ago, I went to NSC in Louisville, KY. Continue Reading
It was a real honor to represent the Section on Womenâs Health exhibit booth at the National Student Conclave (NSC) in Omaha, NE, in October this year. I sat alongside new graduate (and SoWH student SIG member) Abby Foster, and we had a fantastic time swapping ideas for the exhibit booth... Continue Reading