"The Good Stuff" is an occasional series that highlights recent media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day. Enjoy!
'Tis the season to be active: Michael Nula, PT, offers tips on staying active during the winter months. (the rhode show)
Post-COVID rehab: Jimmy Kakouris, PT, explains the importance of rehabilitation after COVID-19, and the ways PTs can help.(25News, Boston)
PT as public servant: Deb Lavender, PT, reflects on her accomplishments as a lawmaker as she prepares to step down from the Missouri House of Representatives. (Missourinet)
Even in victory, remember defeet: Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, explains what might've contributed to President-Elect Joe Biden's recent fracture of small bones in his feet. (AARP.org)
Keeping the pro-bono clinic rolling: Katrin Mattern-Baxter, PT, DPT; Sarah Curd, SPT; Michael McKeough, PT, EdD; and Toran MacLeod, PT, MPT, PhD, discuss how they've maintained virtual services at Sacramento State's pro-bono physical therapy clinic. (Sacramento State News)
Quotable: "The patient is the one that's affected, and that's the most important piece. I've seen it over and over again." – John Heick, PT, DPT, PhD, on how therapy limits by government and commercial payers are standing in the way of needed care, such as the physical therapy needed to aid in the recovery of a Lyft driver who was shot in the head in Phoenix. (azcentral.com – subscription required)
PT, delivered: Sophia Pelton, PT, DPT, shares her experiences providing mobile concierge PT services.(News of Orange County, Hillsborough, North Carolina)
The challenge of COVID recovery: Jessie Fisher, PT, MPT, discusses the sometimes long road to recovery after COVID-19. (News4, Reno, Nevada)
Putting him through his Pacers: Josh Corbeil, PT, describes life as head trainer for the Indiana Pacers.(The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Massachusetts)
Physical therapy during a pandemic: Sarah Jensen, PT, MPT, DSc, discusses ways to safely receive physical therapy. (WTTW News, Chicago)
Quotable: "People say all the time, ‘How do you make the leap from physical therapy to government?’ and it’s honestly very similar. In physical therapy we help people and help improve their pain or improve their lives and help meet goals. In government, it’s very similar just on a broader scale of helping residents collectively, whether it be the county or the city or the township or the state." – Julie Rogers, PT, MPT, who was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives — the first female state representative from the 60th District in 26 years. (Michigan Live)
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