While I have never experienced vertigo (short of watching Hitchcock’s masterpiece, who in any case distorts what vertigo means), my husband has dealt with BPPV for some time. I have watched him wake up in a completely different world, one where he can barely put one foot in front of Read more…
Exercise trends will come and go. (I don’t think anyone expected the Thighmaster to last very long, did they?) When I heard about this trend, I mentally put it into the P90X/Tough Mudder/crazy challenge category. And then I started reading up on the trend. The most impressive group I found Read more…
We frequently get submissions from our member physical therapists that are complete blog posts, rather than information that I’ll shape into a blog entry. Some of them are great. Some are not. And some just need a little help. As any good editor knows, fixing the really bad pieces is Read more…
Every once in a while, I get to work on something in my own wheelhouse. (Un)fortunately, most of this post was already written. I merely searched to find a few newer articles; my source copy had been published about a month ago. That said, I’m glad I got to work Read more…
One of the challenges of writing about healthcare is that it is always evolving. While the focus 20 years ago may have been clinical issues, PTs and other clinicians now have to deal more with Medicare, HIPAA, the Affordable Care Act, and EMRs. Don’t get me wrong. I think that Read more…