Tag Archives: Jeff Worrell

Are You Helping Patients With Lymphedema Conditions? Why Not?

Certified Lymphedema Therapists are becoming more common as modern rehabilitation facilties address the needs of the patient that suffers with this condition.  Guenter Klose of Klose Training and Consulting joins our broadcast to discuss current Lymphedema techniques and practices.  His philosophy includes 5 components: 1.  Redirect fluid from affected body area into a body part that [...]

The Rhythm of the Knee……Do You Feel It?

I was scanning journals recently and came across an interesting question posed in an article by David Gottfeld published in the Gray Institute February 2009 Newsletter.  He queried his father’s Orthopedic Surgeon about why one hip needed replaced and the other didn’t on the same body.  He goes on to discuss the dependency of specific joints on other parts [...]

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 [...]