Manual Therapy and Physical Medicine

Ultrasound Guidance for Intra-articular Injections Improves Clinician Accuracy

Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:01:23 +0000

Only one third of corticosteroid joint injections are placed correctly. This study suggests that ultrasound-guided injections hit their mark more often.
Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition (Paperback) tagged “massage” 58 times

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Effects of Acute Exercise on Sensory and Executive Processing Tasks

Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Can exercise improve mental processing?
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise®

Thera Cane Massager (Sports) tagged “massage” 44 times

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Are Incentive Bonuses for Physical Therapists a Good Idea?

MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:14:09 +0000

As long as we're all watching videos this week let's watch a movie that calls into question the idea that we can spur productivity in physical therapy clinics with incentive bonuses. I think that physical therapists engage in the "conceptual, creative thinking" that Pink says defies the traditional idea that financial rewards lead to better productivity. Pink says that creative workers need... Autonomy Mastery and Purpose ...and that these three factors lead to better performance and better personal satisfaction. Perhaps better ownership models that allow physical therapists to share reward and risk will create the kind of dynamic that Daniel Pink talks about in this video. What do you think? Tim Richardson, PT PhysicalTherapyDiagnosis.com (Sou...

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Are Incentive Bonuses for Physical Therapists a Good Idea?

MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:14:09 +0000

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Acupuncture Not Superior to Sham Acupuncture in Knee Osteoarthritis

Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:41:28 +0000

Does acupuncture work for patients with knee osteoarthritis?
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Endurance Sports in Older Men and Women — What About Those Biomarkers and Thicker Ventricles? Papers From ESC 2010

Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:54:28 +0000

Ileana Pi�a, MD, covers 2 papers from European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2010 on endurance sports in older men and women and discusses the implications of worrisome biomarkers and imaging studies.
Medscape Cardiology

Releasing Fascia-The Movie

MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:30:17 +0000

PT's in movies are on a roll. For others go here. (Source: MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com)

Releasing Fascia-The Movie

MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:30:17 +0000

PT's in movies are on a roll. For others go here. (Source: MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com)