Category Archives: Professional Experts

Recent Blue Light Therapy Research Opens the Door to New Physical Therapy Service Offerings

Treating acne and psoriasis is not commonly linked with physical therapy. However, some new research by the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, College of Health Sciences Dean Chukuka Enwemeka, PhD, FACSM, may change this. Dr. Enwemeka shares his findings with PT Talker in one of a two-part podcast.    Dr. Enwemeka and his team of researchers [...]

Physical Therapists Can Add Value to their Clinic by Offering Work Injury Management and Prevention Services

Physical Therapists often have a solid understanding of the sport an athlete plays and when an injured athlete is ready to return to the sport. Treating injured employees should be no different. Physical Therapists can help injured employees quickly return to work by investigating how injuries occurred, evaluating work capacity and watching how employees use [...]

Work Injury Management Offers New Opportunities to Physical Therapists

Physical therapy often plays a key role in helping injured employees get back to work. In one of a two-part podcast, Susan Isernhagen, PT and COO of DSI Work Solutions shares her work injury management and prevention expertise with PT Talker. Isernhagen designed the first functional capacity assessment to objectively test a worker’s work capabilities [...]

Study Reveals “Tyler Twist” Exercise Eases Tennis Elbow

Today’s podcast features Tim Tyler, PT, ATC, of the Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City.  Tyler shares details about an effective and affordable treatment for tennis elbow revealed in a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine meeting in Keystone, Colorado.  The [...]