Comments on: Physical Therapy Outlook for 2014 https://pttalker.com/2013/12/physical-therapy-outlook-for-2014/ Business News and Ideas for therapists. Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kendra Nelson, DPT https://pttalker.com/2013/12/physical-therapy-outlook-for-2014/#comment-1840 Kendra Nelson, DPT Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:39:18 +0000 http://pttalker.com/?p=742#comment-1840 I believe that patients often end up in the hands of personal trainers instead of physical therapists for two main reasons. First, physical therapists tend to be over scheduled which makes it difficult to provide hands-on care, progress exercise programs, and educate the patient. As a physical therapist, I have wasted too much time re-teaching exercises and printing or drawing figures. We may not have control over our patient schedule, but we can unlock wasted time. Secondly, physical therapists are movement specialists. But this doesn't always mean that we are always up-to-date on current exercises. Having an easy to use database of online videos would help expose therapists to forgotten or new exercises. In an attempt to progress our field, I have designed an online physical therapy exercise library composed entirely of professionally filmed videos. goPT allows therapists to create protocols, save favorite exercises, and quickly search through a cross-referenced library using dynamic search tools. I have put a end to clicking through boxes. Simply begin to type an exercise, position, body region, piece of equipment, injury, or sport in order to produce a list of exercises. Our clients and patients are technology dependent. They use it to order coffee, manage their calendar, and pay their bills. However, most physical therapists are still handing out sheets of paper. Check out goPT and see how technology can progress our field. www.gopt.com I believe that patients often end up in the hands of personal trainers instead of physical therapists for two main reasons.

First, physical therapists tend to be over scheduled which makes it difficult to provide hands-on care, progress exercise programs, and educate the patient. As a physical therapist, I have wasted too much time re-teaching exercises and printing or drawing figures. We may not have control over our patient schedule, but we can unlock wasted time.

Secondly, physical therapists are movement specialists. But this doesn’t always mean that we are always up-to-date on current exercises. Having an easy to use database of online videos would help expose therapists to forgotten or new exercises.

In an attempt to progress our field, I have designed an online physical therapy exercise library composed entirely of professionally filmed videos.

goPT allows therapists to create protocols, save favorite exercises, and quickly search through a cross-referenced library using dynamic search tools.

I have put a end to clicking through boxes. Simply begin to type an exercise, position, body region, piece of equipment, injury, or sport in order to produce a list of exercises.

Our clients and patients are technology dependent. They use it to order coffee, manage their calendar, and pay their bills. However, most physical therapists are still handing out sheets of paper.

Check out goPT and see how technology can progress our field.

http://www.gopt.com

]]> By: Richard Haynes PTA https://pttalker.com/2013/12/physical-therapy-outlook-for-2014/#comment-1796 Richard Haynes PTA Tue, 07 Jan 2014 23:07:11 +0000 http://pttalker.com/?p=742#comment-1796 We need to be better prepared as physical therapists and physical therpaist assistants to handle the preventative medicine side more than we do as well. Many are allowing patients/clients to escape the wellness edge and end up in the hands of personal trainers. This is not new however and has been brought up for several years or more. How many are actually turning their clinics into rehab/fitness facilities? We need to be better prepared as physical therapists and physical therpaist assistants to handle the preventative medicine side more than we do as well.

Many are allowing patients/clients to escape the wellness edge and end up in the hands of personal trainers.

This is not new however and has been brought up for several years or more. How many are actually turning their clinics into rehab/fitness facilities?

]]> By: jacque https://pttalker.com/2013/12/physical-therapy-outlook-for-2014/#comment-1788 jacque Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:18:42 +0000 http://pttalker.com/?p=742#comment-1788 These are definitely times of change in the Therapy world. As always, documenting clear and measurable goals is critical to showing the impact therapy can have on patient outcomes! These are definitely times of change in the Therapy world. As always, documenting clear and measurable goals is critical to showing the impact therapy can have on patient outcomes!

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