"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.
When fear is the obstacle: Robert Gillanders, PT, DPT, discusses traumatophobia—fear of reinjury—and the way it can impact the lives of previously active people. (Medium).
Kope-ing skills: Emily Younker, PTA, was involved in the physical therapy that helped 9-year-old Kope Hillary recover from injuries suffered in an ATV accident. (Wise County, Texas, Messenger).
Roll with it: David Reavy, PT, MBA, shares consumer tips for choosing a foam roller. (Self) .
The brain as healer: Andrew Butler, PT, PhD, FAPTA, explains his leading research in using the power of brain plasticity to help patients recover poststroke. (Georgia State University Research).
The exercise crystal ball: Greg Hartley, PT, DPT, provides a PT's perspective on a fitness test that 1 study claims is a predictor of longevity. (The Washington Post).
Finding a way out of the pain: Carrie Pagliano PT, DPT, explains the ways physical therapy can address vaginismus. (Huffington Post).
Quotable: "We knew we had to stay active to keep living, and the boost we needed was going through pulmonary rehab alongside others with whom we could relate." – Charlton Harris, describing the benefits of group pulmonary physical therapy for his sarcoidosis. (Sarcoidosis News) .
Improving care in Vietnam: Julie Gahimer, PT, is helping physical therapy students and professors in Vietnam as part of Health Volunteers Overseas. (University of Indiana Reflector).
Yoga poses for pelvic pain: Casie Danenhauer PT, DPT, says that certain yoga moves can help ease endometriosis, pelvic pain, and menstrual cramps. (Everyday Health).
Balance in all things: Patrick Sparto, PT, DPT, describes how physical therapy can improve balance problems. (Today.com).
A passion for Special Olympics: Dominic Fraboni, PT, DPT, discusses the impact volunteering with Special Olympics has had on his life. (Medium).
Backing up the value of physical therapy: Jeffrey Houser, PT, DPT, outlines the ways physical therapy can relieve low back pain. (Cleveland Clinic health essentials)
Treating scoliosis from experience: April Gerard, PT, discovered a treatment method that helped her cope with her own scoliosis. Now she's sharing it with her patients. (Duluth, Minnesota, News Tribune) .
Preventing rhabdo: Shannon Meggs, PT, offers advice on avoiding potentially organ-damaging rhabdomyolosis as a result of overly strenuous workouts. (Healthline.com).
"Citizen science": Cole Galloway, PT, PhD, FAPTA, delivers the GoBabyGo! message of "crowdsourced manufacturing" to provide mobility opportunities for children. (Buffalo, New York, News).
Quotable: "Every milestone we've reached has been because of [physical therapy]. Both of my kids took their first steps with their physical therapist," -Danielle Salamone, mother of two, advocating for the Monroe County, New York, school system to increase reimbursement for preschool special education service providers. (WHAM 13 News, Rochester, New York).
Got some good stuff? Let us know. Send a link to troyelliott@apta.org.