Category Archives: New or Interesting Products

Is Your Speed Pulley Slowing You Down?

The big complaint about Pulleys imported into the United States from the big MET Speed Pulley manufacturers such as Steens, Lojer and Saba is that they take FOREVER to get.  We have clients waiting upwards of 3 months for the majority of models.  Until now, the Swedish had a corner on the market. NO MORE [...]

Does Laser Therapy Have a Place in Your Practice? YES, But Will You Get Paid?????

From the exhibit hall of the APTA Combined Sections Convention in Las Vegas, Pete Holmes of longtime Laser manufacturer MedX joins Jeff Worrell for a frank discussion about IR Light Therapy.  They discuss how phototherapy is being used in the Physical Therapy Industry to decrease patient healing time.  Even though reimbursement on the product is not [...]

Can Spinal Surgery be Prevented by Aggressive Strengthening Exercise?

A review of the research by Orthopedic Physicians Drs. Nelson, Carpenter, Kelly and Wagner.  Their study looked at a group of 651 patients referred for rehab.  Out of this group, 62 were surgical candidates and were put into a program using very specific controlled, aggressive strengthening regiments.  Out of the 62 original patients, 46 actually completed the study.  [...]

Home Exercise Routines Boring and Uninspiring For Your Patients??? USE RTR!

Real TIme Rehab is a new product on the market that offers therapists the ability to record specific exercise routines on a DVD disk for patients to follow along at home.  Unlike paper copies of exercise movements or web based programs, RTR uses a TV and DVD player, common features of most home entertainment systems.  In the comfort of [...]