http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles Articles and Latest News on Manual Therapy and Related Topics Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:48:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you’re not aware, EIM launched its Executive Program in Private Practice Management (EPPM) in Jan 2009. Until now, intensive, comprehensive practice management training in PT has been virtually absent (think residency training for practice managers/owners). Approximately 20 private practice PTs completed the program in Dec 2009 and another 55 individuals are slated to graduate ... http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles/2010/09/09/calling-all-texas-private-practice-pts/% What is the link between obesity and knee osteoarthritis? Current Opinion in Rheumatology http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles/2010/09/08/the-evolving-role-of-obesity-in-knee-osteoarthritis/% The 'Test for Substitution Patterns' was evaluated as a means to measure postural orientation in patients recovering from ACL injuries. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles/2010/09/07/relationships-between-postural-orientation-and-self-reported-function-hop-performance-and-muscle-power-in-subjects-with-anterior-cruciate-ligament-injury/% The malpractice system and defensive medicine in the United States have a smaller economic impact than thought, and physicians' fears of being sued do not reflect their actual litigation risk. Medscape Medical News http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles/2010/09/07/malpractice-litigation-defensive-medicine-cost-less-than-thought/% While our profession continues to go down a path that restricts and contracts our own scope of practice, you have to admire the way nurses go about their business-and they put their money where their mouth is by appropriately funding research that demonstrates their outcomes are as effective as specialist ... http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles/2010/09/07/expansion-of-practice-nurses-can-teach-us-a-few-things/% 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 http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles/2010/09/07/ultrasound-guidance-for-intra-articular-injections-improves-clinician-accuracy/% The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition (Paperback)By Clair Davies Buy new: $15.4974 used and ... http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles/2010/09/06/the-trigger-point-therapy-workbook-your-self-treatment-guide-for-pain-relief-second-edition-paperback-tagged-massage-58-times/% Can exercise improve mental processing? Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise® http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles/2010/09/06/effects-of-acute-exercise-on-sensory-and-executive-processing-tasks/% Thera Cane Massager (Sports)By Thera Cane Buy new: $28.5027 used and new from $23.50 Customer Rating: ... http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles/2010/09/05/thera-cane-massager-sports-tagged-massage-44-times/% 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 ... http://www.emanualmedicine.com/articles/2010/09/03/are-incentive-bonuses-for-physical-therapists-a-good-idea/%