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Patient Data Breaches are Costly for Offending Institutions and Their Clients(Post)
Today I read an article about a data breach experienced by the Sonoma Valley Hospital in California. This one wasn’t caused, as many of them seem to be, by hackers getting out in front of the organiz ...
Physical Therapy Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis(Post)Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, usually progressive, disease that primarily affects young adults. More than 350,000 people in the United States and 2.5 million worldwide have been diagnosed ...
Benefits of Electrotherapy in Physical Therapy(Post)The Uses of Electrotherapy in Rehabilitation Electrotherapy machines are a popular modality used in physical therapy and rehabilitation. Electrotherapy (also known as electrical muscle stimulatio ...
Complete Guide for the Whitehall Sports 85 Gallon Mobile Whirlpool (S-85-M) (Post)The Sports 85 Gallon Mobile Whirlpool is designed for the prevention and treatment of sports-related injuries by providing therapeutic and recovery therapy to the extremities, hips, back, ...
Frequently Overlooked Considerations When Buying an Electrotherapy Machine(Post)Having worked with physical and occupational therapists in outpatient, acute, and long-term care settings for nearly two decades in one capacity or another I have difficulty counting the number of ...
How to Use a Hand Held Dynamometer to Measure Knee Extension and Flexion(Post)Measure Knee Extension Before you perform a knee extension analysis with a hand held dynamometer it may be helpful to get another person to help keep the patient in place. Helping the patien ...
Happy National Physical Therapy Month! (Post)National Physical Therapy Month (NPTM) is a commemoration held each October by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). NPTM is designed to recognize the impact that physical therapists an ...
Why Physical Therapy is Essential in Pain Management(Post)Rethinking Opiod Use and the Benefits of Physical Therapy We’ve written on this topic before, but a new opinion piece was just published in Time Magazine detailing the opioid epidemic and the absol ...
Will it Damage My Fingers if I Pop My Knuckles?(Post)You’ve probably seen in a movie or cartoon a scene where a pianist preparing to play a masterpiece methodically laces together the fingers of his two hands, then turns his hands outward from him and ...
How to Use the J-Tech Commander Echo Console to Increase Your Clinic’s Efficiency(Post)Portable Manual Muscle Testing Made EasyMost clinic practices are a combination of rehabilitation practitioners. With multiple practitioners comes the need for multiple rehabilitation devices. It c ...
Treating Plantar Fasciitis with the BOB Calf Master Stretching Device(Post)Plantar Faciitis has become a common ailment for many people for many reasons. Both lack of flexibility or over use of the ligaments in the leg and foot as a result of running or walking can cause ...
A Comprehensive & Convenient Guide to Whitehall Hydrotherapy Tanks (Whirlpools), Cold Tanks, Turbines, and Accessories (Post)The Sports & Wellness Category of Whitehall products contain a wide variety of sizes and shapes of hydrotherapy tanks, cold tanks, and turbines for use in a wide variety of settings and for speci ...