Tag Archives: physical therapy

Could Your Clinic Benefit From Slow Motion Video Analysis?

Simply watching your patients walk or run can help you identify gait abnormalities. But you could be missing something. Qualitative slow motion video analysis often allows you to see something missed when watching those same movements in real time.   Today’s expert, Damien Howell, PT, DPT, OCS reveals the ways he uses slow motion video analysis [...]

The Motion Doctor iPad App Aims to Prevent Pain

Most consumers rely on the expertise of a physical therapist to rehabilitate after an injury or surgery. But many have yet to discover physical therapists can help them avoid injury and unnecessary pain.  Today’s expert, Desirea Caucci, PT, DPT, takes pain prevention to the next level with an innovative iPad app designed specifically for consumers [...]

Where Physical Therapy Fits in Accountable Care Organizations

As outlined in previous postings, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) aim to improve quality of care, lower costs and provide better outcomes.  In a second podcast with PT Talker, Jason Richardson, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, VP of Clinical Operations for Results Physiotherapy Centers shares ways he is working to make physical therapy the first line of defense [...]

Making the Case for Physical Therapy in Accountable Care Organizations

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), health care costs grew to over 16% of GDP in 2008. With projections of costs growing to 19% of GDP in the next decade, the need to make health care more efficient, improve outcomes and reduce costs has never been more important. New health care [...]