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Have you ever felt the pain of not changing your position, just sitting there, without making any movement for a long period of time? We as normal and mobile persons tend to change our position time-to-time almost automatically we never we feel pain or discomfort in our buttocks. But how about the immobile, the elderly, the paralyze, patients with motion limitation confined for long hours in a wheelchair who can hardly lift themselves up just to change position for pressure relief? These persons with severe disabilities are more likely at risk developing pressure sore.
With the rising boom of fitness nowadays, more and more people are into the active lifestyle and injury prevention. Most of us start with the easiest and cheapest way to get fit --- running. Active individuals usually invest first on athletic wear particularly on shoes. Sometimes not just shoes but also what we call orthosis.
It has been two years and almost seven months since I crossed that finish line. Just this month, I had to renew my license as a practicing physical therapist in the Philippines. How time flies by... Now I am seeing family, friends and future colleagues reach the same finish line. These days, all around social media, almost everyday, there would be a post of someone crossing that line, graduating and getting a diploma. This is why I dedicate this post to all those who made it until the end and never gave up.. to those who are about to graduate.. to those who are aspiring to reach the finish line.
In today’s world where Biomechanical science still speaks of the laws of nature and movement within a mechanical reference and as being one that is fixed and quantified beyond future questioning, your conclusion thus would naturally think that evolution into Biomechanics has been met and no further knowledge can be or should be examined. However on inspection the foundation upon which Biomechanics has based its history may be implemented with problems and unrealities when dealing with the human organism. This article will attempt to ask two questions: firstly is Biomechanics correct when describing all human movement? And secondly, what are the problems that have arisen if not?
Before the above two question are postulated a look at the reasons as to why Biomechanics may have problems needs addressing. Dynamic Concepts Webinar Series: Session 5American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Improving the care and well being of workers through science and the sharing of knowledge presents EVIDENCE BASED TREATMENT FOR |
Learn more about the different cervical and thoracic conditions. The recorded webinar presented last December 6, 2010 talks about signs and symptoms of each disorder for a more accurate diagnosis. It also focuses on evidence based evaluation, assessment and treatment of common cervical and thoracic spinal disorders. *Any CME/MOC credit for this activity mentioned within the presentation has expired and is no longer valid. |
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Jeffrey S. Harris, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Senior Physician, The Permanente Medical Group; President, J. Harris Associates, Inc.; Clinical Associate Professor, University of California at San Francisco, University of Utah and Medical College of Wisconsin
Senior Physician, The Permanente Medical Group; President, J. Harris Associates, Inc.; Clinical Associate Professor, University of California at San Francisco, University of Utah and Medical College of Wisconsin
Activities/Associations:
Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Policies and Procedures Committee, ACOEM; President and member of the Board of Directors, Collaborative for Excellence in Occupational Medicine (CEOM); Methodology Committee and Evidence-Based Practice Committee, ACOEM; Consultant, Evidence-Based Medicine Task Force, ACOEM; Associate Chair, Scientific Affairs Committee; Editor, ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 1st Edition and Associate Editor, 2nd Edition; past chair, Practice Guidelines Committee, ACOEM, 1994-98; Guideline Quality Review Committee, The Permanente 6 Federation/Care Management Institute; Reviewer, the Cochrane Collaboration, Musculoskeletal and Low Back Groups and Occupational Medicine Field; and American College of Physicians/American Pain Society Low Back Guideline. - See more at: ACOEM website
Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Policies and Procedures Committee, ACOEM; President and member of the Board of Directors, Collaborative for Excellence in Occupational Medicine (CEOM); Methodology Committee and Evidence-Based Practice Committee, ACOEM; Consultant, Evidence-Based Medicine Task Force, ACOEM; Associate Chair, Scientific Affairs Committee; Editor, ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 1st Edition and Associate Editor, 2nd Edition; past chair, Practice Guidelines Committee, ACOEM, 1994-98; Guideline Quality Review Committee, The Permanente 6 Federation/Care Management Institute; Reviewer, the Cochrane Collaboration, Musculoskeletal and Low Back Groups and Occupational Medicine Field; and American College of Physicians/American Pain Society Low Back Guideline. - See more at: ACOEM website
Time flies so fast. It is almost the end of February that everyone is rushing to finish their thesis and make it to the deadline. A little over a few days comes March...then it hits you. While others are busy with research, all you can think about is if you can make it to the end of March or April. All your mind thinks about is whether you pass or fail on the last crucial exam of your college life. Before marching towards that diploma, it seems that you have to survive another typhoon. Not just any typhoon but by the likes of a typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).
Since we just celebrated Valentine's day, I still got some hearts day jitters. I want to post something light that will make people smile. So here are some hilarious, awesome and cute quotations posted by other physical therapists.
Enjoy reading! <3
Enjoy reading! <3
Let's start of with something romantic and a little bit of passion in lieu of the hearts day...
Top 10 Reasons to Date a Physical Therapist
Posted by henohenoman at Student Doctor Forums
As physical therapists, we work with our patients closely. Close enough that we are required to have personal contact with them. We literally are ‘physical’ therapists. Just like a surgeon is to his hands, PTs also value the use of their hands. We use them all the time, from the time a patient walks in to assisting them in the treatment area, to palpation, to assessing functional movements, to mobilizing tissues, to giving feedback up until the patient walks out of the room. Without our hands, we are held powerless and useless. Working with our hands is a gratifying job especially when you get to touch other people, (ehem! hihi) particularly their lives. |
Bringing Out The Evidence of Lack of Evidence Based Practice
How many times have you treated a certain case with the same management over and over again with different patients? Have you ever given the same home exercise program handouts to patients of similar diagnosis? Was there a time you did special tests and measures but it did not yield a positive result to the condition? Are you guilty of all of these? I know I was.
This is just proof that we are not as committed to incorporate evidence based practice in our profession. We know well that every patient no matter how similar the case may be will have a different response to an assessment or treatment. We also know pretty well that patient’s compliance to physical therapy sucks as hell. But because handing out HEPs (as Ryan Kelps points out) is easier, we just go with it. Same goes for the monotonous treatment protocols we provide to patients.
The problem does not lie with the patients being lazy but US being lazy. We do not give them the support they need. When, as a matter of fact, there many materials out there to work with; that will make them more compliant. This is where evidence based practice comes into play.
This is just proof that we are not as committed to incorporate evidence based practice in our profession. We know well that every patient no matter how similar the case may be will have a different response to an assessment or treatment. We also know pretty well that patient’s compliance to physical therapy sucks as hell. But because handing out HEPs (as Ryan Kelps points out) is easier, we just go with it. Same goes for the monotonous treatment protocols we provide to patients.
The problem does not lie with the patients being lazy but US being lazy. We do not give them the support they need. When, as a matter of fact, there many materials out there to work with; that will make them more compliant. This is where evidence based practice comes into play.