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Mentor, Motivator, Educator and Healer – The Role of a Physical Therapist

November 10, 2011 – 5:01 pm

Tired of always treating patients with preventable injuries? Today’s physical therapy expert, Allan Besselink, PT, MDT, is an active blogger, author, and owner of Smart Sport, a cash-based clinic shares ways you can help your patient’s take charge of their own health to avoid injuries. The first visit to Besselink’s clinic starts much like a [...]

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Wurn Technique Helps Patients Find Hope, Health & Healing

November 2, 2011 – 4:43 pm

Physical therapy isn’t often associated with infertility, adhesions and bowel obstructions. This week’s PT Talker experts aim to change that. Creators of the Wurn Technique and founders of Clear Passage Physical Therapy, Belinda and Larry Wurn join PT Talker today to discuss their unique hands-on therapy. The Wurn Technique is a manual, non-surgical treatment for [...]

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Is Medical Exercise Therapy the Missing Link You’ve Been Looking For?

October 27, 2011 – 4:33 pm

Originally founded by Oddvar Holten in Norway, Medical Exercise Therapy (MET) aims to provide patients with the most appropriate exercises throughout the entire treatment and healing cycle. To further discuss Medical Exercise Therapy, Nate Kloosterman PT, DPT and Frank Aerts, PT, CMPT of MET Seminars USA joins PT Talker in this week’s podcast. Aerts started [...]

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The Role of Physical Therapy in Treating and Preventing Obesity

September 29, 2011 – 3:48 pm

PLEASE NOTE: Jeff Worrell incorrectly refers to an award for research when it should be for work with the APTA Legislative Committee. Obesity has dramatically increased in the United States over the past 20 years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately one third of the adults in the United States are [...]

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