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Standing to Help Contracture Management for Kids with CP

by Andy Hicks, ATP February 2, 2010

The hamstring muscles are very important muscles for running and walking because they pull our legs back in flexion. The hamstrings (posterior thigh muscles) are made up of three long muscles that start at the bottom of your pelvis extending down the back of your thigh and along either side of your knee, to your shin [...]

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Trickle Down Effect of the 2010 Healthcare Bill

by Mark Schmitt January 13, 2010

It was inevitable that as the healthcare bill flows through congress we would start to see how it affects each of us individually. I am a wheelchair user and work for a manufacturer of healthcare equipment and have just been informed that there is a trickle down effect of what is being proposed. To pay [...]

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Interviewing Tips for Therapists Part 5: Following up After the Interview

by Heidi Kay @ PediaStaff December 17, 2009

This is a 5 Part series on Interviewing Tips for Physical Therapists a resource available from PediaStaff: Part 1: Preparing for the interview. Part 2: Phone vs. Face-to-face Interviews. Part 3: During the Interview. Part 4: Answering & Asking Questions. Part 5: Following up after the Interview. THE FOLLOW-UP LETTER This letter is often the [...]

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Interviewing Tips for Therapists Part 4: Answering & Asking Questions

by Heidi Kay @ PediaStaff December 10, 2009

This is a 5 Part series on Interviewing Tips for Physical Therapists a resource available from PediaStaff: Part 1: Preparing for the interview. Part 2: Phone vs. Face-to-face Interviews. Part 3: During the Interview. Part 4: Answering & Asking Questions. Part 5: Following up after the Interview. General Questions You Should Be Prepared to Answer [...]

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Interviewing Tips for Therapists Part 3: During the Interview

by Heidi Kay @ PediaStaff December 1, 2009

This is a 5 Part series on Interviewing Tips for Physical Therapists a resource available from PediaStaff: Part 1: Preparing for the interview. Part 2: Phone vs. Face-to-face Interviews. Part 3: During the Interview. Part 4: Answering & Asking Questions. Part 5: Following up after the Interview. General Etiquette Be especially courteous to the employer’s [...]

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Perfect standing posture is different for everyone

by Jackie Kaufenberg November 26, 2009

At Altimate Medical, we feel that achieving the upright standing position is the optimal goal: with the head over the shoulders, shoulders over the hips, hips over the knees, and knees over the ankles. Not everyone can achieve this goal, but the natural sit to stand design of the EasyStand still allows for partial weight [...]

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Interviewing Tips for Therapists Part 2: Phone vs. Face-to-Face

by Heidi Kay @ PediaStaff November 19, 2009

This is a 5 Part series on Interviewing Tips for Physical Therapists a resource available from PediaStaff: Part 1: Preparing for the interview. Part 2: Phone vs. Face-to-face Interviews. Part 3: During the Interview. Part 4: Answering & Asking Questions. Part 5: Following up after the Interview. PHONE INTERVIEWS A phone interview is very different [...]

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Interviewing Tips for Therapists Part 1: Preparing

by Heidi Kay @ PediaStaff November 12, 2009

This is a 5 Part series on Interviewing Tips for Physical Therapists a resource available from PediaStaff: Part 1: Preparing for the Interview. Part 2: Phone vs. Face-to-face Interviews. Part 3: During the Interview. Part 4: Answering & Asking Questions. Part 5: Following up after the Interview. You have been offered an interview for a [...]

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What Makes the MS Achievement Center So Special? (Video)

by Jackie Kaufenberg November 5, 2009

Members that look forward to 2 days a week. Pottery and art projects that utilize their abilities. Staff and volunteers that go the extra mile. Therapy equipment that keeps their bodies strong. A chaplin that makes the members see things in a new light. New friends. Old friends. Long-time friends. Living life to the fullest [...]

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What Improvements for SCI are Here and Now (What is Right Around the Corner?)

by Andy Hicks, ATP September 15, 2009

Unite 2 Fight Paralysis and the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation brought together Neuro scientists, The National Institute of Health, physicians and people with a spinal cord injury, to look at the latest research for repair or improved function of the spinal cord at the Working 2 Walk Symposium in Chicago, IL a couple weeks ago.  [...]

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