Monday, June 21, 2010

rotator cuff repair article worth checking out

millette, p.j., wilcox, r.b., o'holler, j.d., warner, j.j.p. rehabilitation of the rotator cuff: an evaluation-based approach. October 2006, 14 (11).
sorry for the lack of proper annotations but typing on the phone is a good excuse right?
fantastic article on rotator cuff rehab, go read it now!

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

my first tri

time in water 17:39
"transition" 4:10
16 mile bike 51:35
transition 46 seconds
3 mile run 21:31

technically a transition time is only when you are in the transition zone
more to come

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Saturday, June 12, 2010

varied practice

my first blog attempt on my HTC evo.
Saturdays I like to work either at acute care or another private practice that is fairly different from my usual practice. this is partly to help me pay off loans sooner, but also I find it very beneficial to see different populations and because the geographic location within nyc is far enough apart the diagnoses tend to be fairly different as well. Something I have been saying since I have gotten into PT is that I will likely never be bored thanks to the plethora of settings and populations that one can partake in.
1) how many of you out there work in varied settings through the week (any profession can answer)
2) the typing on this phone is a little more cumbersome than my old treo which had a physical keyboard compared to this here digital one... it slightly makes up for it with the autofill feature but requires a bit too much editing especially for longer bits of text

happy weekend!

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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Welcome Back

I am making yet another pledge to increase my blogging now that I have been away for so long...
I am getting the new Sprint phone within the next few days
Been staying busy reading, learning, working acute care a few weekends, ortho private practice the rest of the weekends, private patients, triathlon training, trying to put together an irb for a study, all on top of the regular "9-5" gig. It's fun being busy...
Talk to you guys soon.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Cervical Manips vs Mobs & Adalius Thomas

New Cochrane review which is reviewed at the CAM report.

The authors concluded, “Cervical manipulation and mobilization produced similar changes. Either may provide immediate- or short-term change.” [manips carry increased risk, which is why I stay away from manips and stick to mobs for c-spine]

“Thoracic manipulation may [also] improve pain and function.”

However, there are no long-term data on effectiveness, and optimal techniques and dose are unresolved.

Adalius Thomas on the Patriots mishandling his injury (the Jets would have never done this;):
There are now 12 screws and a plate in his arm. The Patriots sent him to a facility in Tampa for rehabilitation (Thomas has a home in Florida) in early 2009, but he said the woman he worked with was a massage therapist, not a physical therapist who specialized in helping him recover full range of motion in the arm.

Well over a year later, he said his wrist sometimes still bothers him. Next month, he will go on his own to a place in Pensacola, Fla., to try and get it back to normal.

He wondered why he was not directed toward proper therapy in the first place.

Life Coach Help and "Classic" Articles

I wanted to promote one of my readers blogs.
She has a very thorough breakdown of the top 100 life coaching sites.

This got me thinking of another fun list to make... The top 10 research articles for every different body region. I do plan on taking the OCS exam fairly soon and a student at my clinic is going to be working on a project similar to this. So I want to ask for your help:

What are the most important and comprehensive articles that have changed the field/or even your way of thinking about treating patients. Any body part, from any year, any journal, whatever you got... I look forward to hearing your responses and I will be posting my top 10 lists as they come together.

Saturday, April 17, 2010



Achieving an "aero" position during a time trial (58 mins for 36 km - about 22 mph average)



Talking at my high school at Career Day, about Physical Therapy (go figure :)