What is the Threshold of Exercise Needed to Have a Positive Effect?
July 16, 2018 -
Therapeutic Exercise
We all know that in an ideal world, everyone would be getting the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines recommended 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous aerobic activity per week and twice weekly st...
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July 12, 2018 -
Shared by the Proving & Promoting Your Value group
When Has The Patient's Perspective Proved Valuable to You?
By: Mark Werneke PT, MS, Dip MDTHow you can learn from what you have measuredEvidence suggests for clinicians and instructors to learn from their clinical experience and years of training, they must be provided with optimal patient feedback about what they are doing right or wrong at the patient bedside.It is fascinating to see how the patient’s self-report outcome data tells a story. I love be...
Free Continuing Ed. for Paediatric Physiotherapy
July 09, 2018 -
Courses
Mentorship
Paediatrics
Interested in paediatrics but don't know where to start?
By all accounts, finding an experienced mentor in your field of interest is the best way to learn and gain experience. However, this may be...
What Are The Most Important Aspects of PT Care for Patients?
July 02, 2018 -
As clinicians, we have certain goals for our patients based on what we see as important. However, taking into account what aspects of care our patients see as most important is also necessary.
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June 28, 2018 -
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Patient Reported Outcomes Can Measure Value: A Clinician’s Perspective
By: Mark Werneke PT, MS, Dip MDT Physical therapy adds value to the healthcare system. As defined in our first post on effectiveness, value can be defined as improving our patient’s quality of life and function (i.e., effectiveness) while minimizing treatment costs and healthcare visits (i.e., efficiency).1 After decades of collecting outcomes, I would like to share with you my clinical thought...
Is Running Bad For Knee OA?
June 25, 2018 -
Knee
Osteoarthritis
Many clinicians advise patients with knee osteoarthritis to reduce or stop running. The hypothesis is that the high impact of running with cause further joint breakdown and an increase in symptoms....
Why We Need to Stop Overprescribing Kegels
June 18, 2018 -
Pelvic Health
Women's Health
Recently highlighted by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, pelvic health physiotherapist Lisa Flanders hosts several Youtube episodes called "It's Not TMI," where she discusses topics that man...
Are Current Recommendations For Patients With Osteoporosis Wrong?
June 11, 2018 -
Therapeutic Exercise
A recently published RCT examined 8 months of high‐intensity resistance and impact training (such as weight training and jumping) as an intervention for postmenopausal women with low bone mass...
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June 10, 2018 -
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Is Your Treatment Effective?
By: Mark Werneke PT, MS, Dip MDT How do you know if what you are doing is working? You don’t want to waste your time, or your patients’ time and money. Physiotherapy is supposed to add value to the healthcare system, not be a drain on it. Value can be defined as improving our patient’s quality of life and function (i.e., effectiveness) while minimizing treatment costs and healthcare visits (i....
Rehab Post-ACL Surgery is Grossly Underutilized
June 04, 2018 -
Knee
Surgery
The recent editorial by Grindem et al. expresses that rehabilitation of patients post-ACL reconstruction is often inappropriate, insufficient, and not evidence-based, while ACL reconstruction surge...
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