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New Treatment for Cerebral Palsy
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School found non-invasive brain stimulation could be a...
planetrehab
Feb 26, 20181 min read
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Foreign Accent Syndrome
Professors at Arizona Stat University have been closely following the case of a women, Michelle Myers, who woke up one morning in 2015...
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Feb 26, 20181 min read
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Startling Side Effect From Too Much Tech
Children are increasingly finding it hard to hold pens and pencils because of an excessive use of technology, senior paediatric doctors...
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Feb 26, 20181 min read
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Treating Migraines with Physical Therapy
Director of Rehabilitation Services at Lancaster Neuroscience and Spine Associates, Jeffrey A. Bole, says many headaches are a result of...
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Feb 26, 20181 min read
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Physical Therapy Used To Treat Incontinence
According to the U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 80% of women who suffer from incontinence can be successfully treated...
planetrehab
Feb 21, 20181 min read
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Navigating the Post Therapy Cap World
The APTA has issued five guidelines that therapy practitioners should be aware of now that the cap has been eliminated. Below are the...
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Feb 21, 20183 min read
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Tracking Stroke Recovery
A bandage-like sensor applied to the throat of a recovering stroke victim measures important rehabilitation data. For example, the band...
planetrehab
Feb 19, 20181 min read
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ROM Improved by Exercise
Medscape reports that Lymphedema Education and Prevention study suggests that "women who are taught a series of exercises aimed at...
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Feb 19, 20181 min read
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Medicare Cap Repeal
On February 9th, the United States Congress fully repealed the Medicare Cap. In a post on their website, the APTA fully explains what...
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Feb 19, 20181 min read
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AAOS Supports PT for New AUC for Hip Therapy
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) recently published a media release that strongly recommends "the use of pre-surgical...
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Dec 18, 20171 min read
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A New Book Attempts to Debunk the Back Pain Industry's Standard Treatment Procedures
A new book by investigative journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, “Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to...
planetrehab
Aug 16, 20171 min read
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Rxercising to Achieve Health Goal
Rxercise (pronounced R-exercise) uses a team approach with other health professionals, physical therapists and nutritionists to achieve...
planetrehab
Aug 16, 20171 min read
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Can Exoskeletons be the Next Advance in Physical Therapy
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh are developing a machine learning algorithm that enables an exoskeleton to...
planetrehab
Jun 22, 20171 min read
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Yoga for Lower Back Pain
A new study says yoga may work as well or better than physical therapy for chronic lower back pain. Adults with an average age of 46 with...
planetrehab
Jun 21, 20171 min read
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Medicare Physical Therapy Cap Detrimental to Care
On September 21, 2011, Justin Moore, APTA vice president, Government and Payment Advocacy testified before Congress on the effect that...
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Oct 11, 20111 min read
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Medicare Physical Therapy Cap Detrimental to Care
On September 21, 2011, Justin Moore, APTA vice president, Government and Payment Advocacy testified before Congress on the effect that...
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Oct 11, 20111 min read
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Rescuing a Physical Therapy Practice
Planetrehab user and clinic owner, Julie Tanka, wrote an article for Physical Therapy Products Magazine about the challenges she faced...
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Jul 5, 20111 min read
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How ACOs will Affect Physical Therapy
A great article by Samuel S. Sprague touching on the affect Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) will have on physical therapy...
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Jun 21, 20111 min read
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Cloud Computing and Physical Therapy Software
What are the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing for physical therapy clinics? Cloud computing has been in use for quite some...
planetrehab
Jun 20, 20112 min read
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Physical Therapy Software and Cloud Computing
Planetrehab's Director of Sales and Markeing Ricky Gomez was quoted extensively in this article on cloud computing and physical therapy...
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Jun 16, 20111 min read
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