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Olympic Physical Therapy – PTs Enjoy the Gold Too

Are you a Physical Therapist, or PTA, who loves sports and working with athletes? Have you ever watched professional sporting events and thought it would be awesome to get to practice physical therapy...

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Physical Therapy Assistants Help Others Live Better Lives

MossRehab is so totally awesome that we are going to have to write a whole post dedicated just to them sometime.. but for now let’s just introduce how they use physical therapy to help others live...

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How to Find the Best Physical Therapist Assistant Jobs

Actually landing the perfect Physical Therapy job is certainly a challenge, but sometimes just finding the best job opportunity is your biggest hurdle. Let’s face it, you have your PTA degree and your...

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The Top Personality Traits for a Physical Therapist Assistant

We talk a lot about a career as a physical therapy assistant. We talk a lot about how to get a degree, a license, and a job. We even talk a lot about what PTAs do at their jobs. BUT we thought in this...

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Physical Therapy Job Opportunities Continue to Increase

Regardless of what’s occurring with the economy, physical therapy job opportunities are growing. Not only are physical therapy jobs NOT diminishing, they are increasing. And quickly. The Bureau of...

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What Is the Human Movement System & the APTA’s Vision

Physical Therapy is all about movement. To some people it almost seems too simple. But the reality is, the way we move our bodies in our daily lives, over and over again, will greatly impact how we...

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Stroke Patients Without Funding Receive Free Therapy from PT Students, a...

It is common for people who experience a stroke to go through physical therapy afterwards to regain functions that may have been lost or damaged during the stroke. A new program in New Orleans at the...

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Affordable Rehabilitation Robots for Physical Therapy

Rehabilitation Robots for physical therapy are being produced and tested and there are scientific studies being performed on robot assisted therapy in stroke rehabilitation. One day the hope is that...

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Physical therapist assistant treats Parkinson’s patients with boxing program

Photo by Keith Ellwood Muhammad Ali was no doubt a great man. His fights inside the ring, and outside the ring battling civil rights, were truly inspiring. His fight with Parkinson’s disease was also...

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THE Definitive Guide to Rotator Cuff Tears

We use our shoulders more than we realize. In fact, we constantly should be engaging our shoulders slightly in order to hold a good healthy posture. Studies have shown that hunching can actually...

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The Future of Physical Therapy: Brain Stimulation & Computer Modeled PT Regimens

It has been said that the future of physical therapy is here and that it requires strong therapist/patient relationships and great communication. Although this is true, there are also technological...

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How to Find a Physical Therapist for Your Needs

Physical therapy is used to treat many conditions and injuries. There are PT treatments for rotator cuff tears, low back pain, arthritis, tennis elbow, and many many more conditions and injuries but no...

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Stroke Patients Without Funding Receive Free Therapy from PT Students, a...

It is common for people who experience a stroke to go through physical therapy afterwards to regain functions that may have been lost or damaged during the stroke. A new program in New Orleans at the...

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Affordable Rehabilitation Robots for Physical Therapy

Rehabilitation Robots for physical therapy are being produced and tested and there are scientific studies being performed on robot assisted therapy in stroke rehabilitation. One day the hope is that...

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Physical therapist assistant treats Parkinson’s patients with boxing program

Photo by Keith Ellwood Muhammad Ali was no doubt a great man. His fights inside the ring, and outside the ring battling civil rights, were truly inspiring. His fight with Parkinson’s disease was also...

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THE Definitive Guide to Rotator Cuff Tears

We use our shoulders more than we realize. In fact, we constantly should be engaging our shoulders slightly in order to hold a good healthy posture. Studies have shown that hunching can actually...

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The Future of Physical Therapy: Brain Stimulation & Computer Modeled PT Regimens

It has been said that the future of physical therapy is here and that it requires strong therapist/patient relationships and great communication. Although this is true, there are also technological...

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How to Find a Physical Therapist for Your Needs

Physical therapy is used to treat many conditions and injuries. There are PT treatments for rotator cuff tears, low back pain, arthritis, tennis elbow, and many many more conditions and injuries but no...

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What Does a Physical Therapist Assistant Do?

Physical Therapist Assistants, also known as PTAs, work under close supervision and direction of physical therapists, along with other physical therapy aides and PTAs. Together, they help restore...

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Physical Therapy for Headaches

With as much time as we spend sitting at desks, typing on computers, and staring at screens, headaches seem too have become more common. Although sitting with poor posture for hours, typing for an...

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