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Iontopatch vs. Hybresis……Is one better than the other?

October 23, 2008 – 6:42 am

The battle between the major companies for your Iontophoresis business rages on. I decided to look into the differences between the two integrated versions of electrodes (battery on board instead of connecting the patient to a machine) battling it out in the marketplace. Iontopatch made by Travanti Pharma was first to offer integrated technology to the market with Empi and [...]

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Posted in New or Interesting Products | Tagged Curtis Carlson, Dexamethasone, drug delivery, Hybresis, Iontopatch, Iontophoresis, Jeff Worrell, physical therapy | Comments (0)

Does The State Chapter Really Work For Me?

October 20, 2008 – 10:09 am

As the 80/20 rule goes, 20% of the members of any organization do 80% of the work. That certainly is true at the state level of the American Physical Therapy Association in Indiana. A small goup of dedicated Physical Therapists work hard each year to promote and advance the causes necessary to insure the wellbeing of all physical therapists. [...]

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Posted in News | Tagged APTA, direct access, Emily Slaven, Indiana physical therapy association, Jeff Worrell, Jerry Smith, manipulation | Comments (0)

How To Make More Money…..in a down economy.

October 9, 2008 – 6:11 am

Dean Spragia of Med-Fit Systems shares his experience working with a very successful, 42 clinic physical therapy practice in Southern California that is bucking the trend and growing revenue. Clinic management has found a way to increase the dollars generated per therapist hour by creating a treatment atmosphere that patient’s want to experience while getting better at [...]

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Posted in New or Interesting Techniques | Tagged Dean Spragia, increase revenue, Jeff Worrell, patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, physical therapy, profits | Comments (0)

HIVAMAT Therapy

October 4, 2008 – 10:16 am

Bet you didn’t learn about this one in school. Hivamat is an acronym for Histological Variable Manual Technique. A new FDA cleared device that has been extremely successful in the sports medicine market is now finding its way into the world of physical therapy. The device creates an action of pulsating low-frequency, two-phase alternating electrostatic field generated between [...]

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