In the video below, NAIOMT Faculty Terry Pratt, PT, MS, COMT, FAAOMPT demonstrates standing weight bearing assessment of the superior tibiofibular joint, including an example of normal and abnormal. For more hands-on manual therapy continuing education browse our upcoming courses offered across the country.
Category: Clinical Reasoning
6 Ways Taking a Level I Course Can Make You a Better PT
As one of our stellar guest faculty members, Angela Gordon, PT, DSc, MPT, COMT, OCS, ATC, FMS recently put it, “Anyone can learn something from a book or a lecture but that doesn’t mean it translates into good quality clinical skills.” And it’s true. There’s a lot that goes into becoming a great physical therapist and master… Continue reading 6 Ways Taking a Level I Course Can Make You a Better PT
PT Profile: Melissa Dreger
Before we get into today’s PT Profile we’d just like to highlight how exciting and encouraging it is to see the way so many students of physical therapy across the country are embracing leadership roles. We’re seeing so much passion, not only to become master clinicians, but to unite with other professionals to bring awareness to and achieve… Continue reading PT Profile: Melissa Dreger
PT Profile: Nils Oudhuis
Today we jump “across the pond” to Holland for our PT Profile. Nils Oudhuis, creator of the popular “Trust Me I’m a Physiotherapist” Facebook page, finished physiotherapy school in 2011 and is currently studying for his master in manual therapy at the SOMT at Amersfoort, Holland, where he’s dedicated to strengthening his techniques, clinical reasoning and decision is making skills.… Continue reading PT Profile: Nils Oudhuis
Balance: How do we get there?
As we’ve covered here before, there’s a general feeling that the sheer amount of data that we are being asked to incorporate into our daily ‘evidence based practice’ is becoming almost impossible to absorb, yet there is also very little evidence to suggest that all of this ‘evidence’ has surpassed our creative abilities to think… Continue reading Balance: How do we get there?
How Much is Too Much?
Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Today I just wanted to pose a few questions as we all dive into another year of treating patients, and learning and growing as physical therapists. Before I do though, keep in mind that the manual therapy courses we teach at NAIOMT are evidence-informed and utilize case-based instruction. I bring up the… Continue reading How Much is Too Much?
Clinical Reasoning & Eclecticism
By Brett Windsor, PT, PhDc, MPA, OCS, FAAOMPT As teachers, do we teach what WE know? Or do we teach what students SHOULD know? Our post today is on the topic of clinical reasoning. Clinical reasoning is a ‘hot’ term. It has been for a while now. Everyone agrees it is important. Everyone agrees that students need… Continue reading Clinical Reasoning & Eclecticism
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