Hi Health

http://our.hellohealth.com/

Pretty awesome health care movement that I hope I had mentioned before... many applications with PT... possibilities... and their HQ is right nearby me here in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Pass the Peas

I am sure at some point you have recommended to someone with a bang or bruise, using a bag of frozen vegetables as a substitute for an ice pack, as it conforms better and provides nutrition afterwards, teehee
Apparently CVS has created an ice pack to mimic the conforming power of peas, check it out here.

Already getting blogged about elsewhere, more specifically for kiddies.

Me Swimming

Last week for our staff meeting, Jamie Barrone (one of Michael Phelps' former teammates) who is now a swim coach came to discuss swim biomechanics. Check out his website and if you want to improve your swimming consider having a session with him: http://www.strokeconsultant.com/

It inspired me to videotape my own swimming to analyze and hopefully improve my efficiency. One of my loyal readers and favorite professors happens to be running in the next lane over for one of the videos.

I am open to feedback, any aspects of my swimming you think I should fix (please keep in mind I have learned a little from the videos already and I have not been using my legs too much secondary to being 4 months post-op). I know there is much work to be done...







Thanks Petey for video taping!

Clinics in Sports Medicine

In doing some research on swimming, I came across a publication that I had seen previously in my researching of other subjects. This time I happened to notice that all of their issues were theme based. For instance the April issue for this year is all about "Allografts" and the October issue from last year was titled "Shoulder problems in athletes". I think this is a very interesting way to present literature. As a busy clinician you may be more likely to delve into one topic of interest rather than skim through an entire journal of many different topics that may not all interest you. I am still at a stage where I try to read everything I possibly can so I appreciate both formats, but I have noticed that the "themed issues" seem to be an emerging trend in PT related journals. JOSPT has recently had an issue all about the shoulder, NAJSPT had an issue all about MLKI, just to name a few.

I recently spoke with a PT in a residency program for orthopaedics, and he told me he reads a minimum of 45 journal articles a week... they may name the chair he sits in everyday in the library after him, who knows... just some thoughts... back to busy life... Hope you had a great holiday weekend!

APTA Student Competition

I am pretty sure Claire won't mind if I post this:

Put down the books and pick up your camcorders, it’s time to get those creative juices flowing! The student assembly board is challenging you, any and all students, to tell us why being a student member of the APTA is so important. At this year’s National Student Conclave, we are showcasing a video that will highlight why students should be/need to be/must be members of the APTA, and as the student assembly, we want your input!

We can all agree that being a great physical therapist/assistant is not only about being a great clinician…it is about being an advocate, a leader, a member of the incredible association that works day in and day out to better our profession. Our challenge is for you to help us spread this message to all non-members. SO LET THE COMPETITION BEGIN!

We would like student members to send in a video message about taking ownership of your future in this profession. We want to get your message out! So tell us…tell us how being a student member of the APTA helps you “Own Your Future”…tell us in a video…tell us with a group of classmates or by your lonesome…tell us in any creative way your heart desires…we just ask that you keep it under 30 seconds…and turn it in before July 1, 2009!

WHO: Any APTA Student Member
WHAT: A 30-second “Own Your Future” Video Message
WHERE: To be showcased at NSC 2009 in Miami, FL
HOW: Mail to Claire Melebeck, 744 Ratcliff, Shreveport, LA 71104
WHEN: By July 1, 2009

Had a hard week of work with two real hard quad workouts. Earlier today got a real good arm workout in. Just did my bike training:

1st 2.5 miles into wind 13:19
Return trip 7:53 with wind
*tires were a little flat which likely slowed the whole process down
And you see the bike I use above - not exactly the best for speed, but the resistance is nice and high which helps those quads I need to keep getting stronger. Felt real good today, almost wanted to do another 5 miles but had to get back here to post this and get my ACL presentation together... Thursday, here I come...

Tomorrow will also be my REAL first swim since the surgery, as I tried last week but spring break was still in effect keeping the pool closed.

Bonus: I apparently entered a contest a while back and received an ESPN hat in the mail, fun... Thanks, ESPN (picture to come)

Terrible Spinal Manip Timing

The day I present to my clinic on Spinal Manipulation for Low Back Pain is the same day the APTA decides to send out an e-mail that they have released White Papers and a wealth of information on Spinal Manipulations. That would have been usefull information yesterday... (:about 25 seconds into the link)

I did not go into it feeling I had put together as much as I could have mainly because of the huge amounts of information out there. But it seemd it was fairly useful to the majority of my audience which is all I could hope for. Now I will be working on an ACL powerpoint that I will present in two Thursdays and fine tuning the spinal manipulation presentation for a few other PT's I know and eventually we will have a solid presentation for MD's and payors to educate them on how we deal with Low Back Pain.

Other exciting news: A new blog has sprung to help promote and organize the New Professional: http://moveitnps.blogspot.com/
MOVE IT!...to get to that site and contribute. There seems to be a lot of potential energy we have to tap into to help make the future of our profession better than ever, day after day. I am really looking forward to what we can accomplish.

Have a great weekend. I pledge to go swimming for the first time since my surgery tomorrow and report how that went... I highly do recommend the pool for the majority of musculoskeletal conditions: http://www.aquaticpt.org/