"The Good Stuff," is an occasional series that highlights recent media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day. Enjoy!
Bringing the PT voice to the table: Amee Seitz, PT, DPT, PhD, is representing APTA on the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons work group developing clinical guidelines for management of rotator cuff injuries. (Northwestern University Medicine News)
Addressing a pain feedback system gone "haywire": Tara Legar, PT, explains how physical therapy can help people with chronic pain avoid opioids. (Pike County, Ohio, News Watchman)
Quotable: "All too often, people get the advice to stop everything that they're doing, rest, take some opioid medication. And we know now that's the wrong treatment." –Judith Turner, pain management specialist, on the importance of physical therapy for low back pain. (KABC-7 Eyewitness News, Los Angeles)
Friend of the court: Julie Moon, PT, has a very special patient—her father, a retired chief justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. (KHON 2 News, Honolulu)
Pilates for neurological conditions: Kelsey Garcia PT, DPT, leads a 5-week program that delivers “Pilates-based” physical therapy to individuals with PD, MS, spinal cord injury, and more. (Miami's Community Newspapers group)
A Special Olympics health leader: Jen Roberts, PT, DPT, was named the winner of a Special Olympics North Carolina "Golisano Health Leadership Award." (Charlotte-Raleigh citybizlist)
It's manely about physical therapy: John Payne, PT, discusses the benefits of hippotherapy. (Tacoma, Washington, News-Tribune)
Pelvic floor health: Jaime Rogers, PT, says people shouldn't be hesitant to discuss pelvic disorders with their health care providers. (Lawrence, Kansas, Journal-World)
The right way to reduce back pain: Karen Joubert, PT, DPT, discusses the best ways to get relief from back, neck, and shoulder pain. (KTLA 5 News, Los Angeles)
A groundbreaker: Dan Hatch, PT, DPT, was named 1 of Newport, Rhode Island's top 10 "Groundbreakers" for his value-based, cash-based practice.(Providence, Rhode Island, Journal)
A balanced approach to vertigo: DuPree Zumbro, PT, DPT, outlines 5 things to know about vertigo. (Wilmington, North Carolina, Star News)
Preventing the first fall: Lori Schrodt, PT, PhD, explains the importance of balance and falls-risk screenings. (Asheville, North Carolina, Mountain Express)
Quotable: "I know that physical therapy is worth it in the end. It helps me SAFELY continue going about my life. I have never finished a session and thought, 'Well, that was a bad decision.'” – Kendall Harvey, who has Friedreich's ataxia, on the importance of physical therapy in her life. (Friedreich's Ataxia News)
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