Despite my many injuries, I have been fortunate in that I have never had to wear a cast. (Immobilizer, yes; cast, no.) I don’t envy those that have had to wear one. I’ve heard they are itchy, and that your skin gets quite papery while encased in plaster. While I’ve Read more…
I’m thankful that, despite my years of typing hunched over my desk, I have had tendonitis in my wrist over the years, but it has never developed into carpal tunnel syndrome. I have heard that it can be extraordinarily painful and never quite fully heals. To learn more from our Read more…
Outcomes is becoming a more and more popular term in healthcare. While we often hear about using outcomes to reward high achieving providers, I think this post was a good reminder that measuring outcomes is beneficial for patients as well. Choosing a physical therapist that measures outcomes with advice from 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…
Sometimes writing is all about speaking to your audience. With October being National Physical Therapy Month, at PTPN we wanted to focus on all of the specialty programs offered by PTs, educating the public about what they can find at their local physical therapy office and encouraging PTs to start Read more…
I am still amazed that many of our network members do not have websites for their clinics; they simply don’t understand the need. Perhaps it’s a generational divide. They see it as a flashy waste of time; as a patient, I see it as a way to get to know Read more…
As with part 1 on financial know-how, this is a piece where I was more an editor than a writer. Along with my boss, Stephen, we edited an hour-long conversation on understanding a clinic’s bottom line into two separate blog posts. The first focused on why business owners should understand Read more…
This is another piece where I was more an editor than a writer. PTPN’s CEO and President, Michael Weinper, has more than 40 years of experience as a practice owner and business manager. We talked for about an hour about financial management and best practices for understanding your clinic’s bottom Read more…
OK, so this is more about my editorial skills than my writing skills; I had to take a script for an in-service presentation and adapt part of it into a different voice/tone for this blog entry. But given the topic, I was happy to have detailed source material as I’ve Read more…
This was one of the more squeamish topics about which I’ve had to write, particularly as I’m six months pregnant and hope that I’m one of the lucky 65% of women who do not have to deal with this problem. But as I spoke to Ann, and to others that Read more…