Category Archives: Professional Experts

Bridging the Gap for Cancer Patients

The side effects from cancer treatment can be debilitating. NPR recently featured Dr. Julie Silver and her own personal experience with the extreme fatigue, weakness and pain she experienced after cancer treatment.  Not satisfied with the options available to her, she started the STAR program – a program designed to provide cancer survivors with rehabilitation [...]

Increase in Total Knee Replacements Creates Greater Demand for Physical Therapy

According to a study recently published by The Journal of the American Medical Association, the number of total knee replacement surgeries have increased by 165% over the last 20 years and could reach  nearly 3.5 million total knee replacement procedures a year by 2030. To discuss the impact of knee replacement surgeries on physical therapy, Joseph [...]

Physical Therapy “It’s Your Choice” Campaign

One of the challenges physical therapists face is often times patients don’t realize that they have the right to choose the physical therapists they see. To combat this, the Sports and Physical Therapy Center in Eureka, Missouri, launched an educational campaign: “It’s Your Choice.” Joining us today is the expert behind the campaign, Sean Quinn, [...]

A Look at an Innovative New Rehab Measurement Tool

Interactive gaming systems have been shown to offer rehabilitative benefits to patients. This week’s experts, Spencer Hutchins, Co-Founder and CEO and Anang Chokshi, Lead PT of Reflexion Health, Inc., recently took a moment to speak with us at APTA CSM. They shared details about how their software works with Microsoft’s Kinect system to help patients [...]