In a recent online conversation, a physical therapist expressed concern that the APTA didn’t provide them with the resources necessary for patient care. What this PT didn’t realize, is the wealth of resources provided through the APTA’s website. Take a look below at a sample of the resources they provide.
Patient Care
Effective patient care requires clinical knowledge and understanding of issues that enable physical therapy practice and affect the delivery of care. These pages provide professional practice information for members on a variety of topics. If you have questions about the resources found here, contact practice-dept@apta.org.
- Guide to Physical Therapist Practice
- Annual Checkup by a Physical Therapist
- Arthritis Management Through Community-Based Programs
- Balance and Falls
- Behavior Change
- Cultural Competence
- Emergency Department & Physical Therapist Practice
- Family Violence
- Genetics
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- Hospital Readmissions
- Human Movement System
- Infectious Disease Control
- Outcome Measures in Patient Care
- Oxygen Administration
- Patients with a Progressive Condition and Declining Functional Status
- Physical Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Prevention, Wellness, and Disease Management
- Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
- Regenerative Rehabilitation
- Safe Patient Handling
- Seating & Wheeled Mobility
- Technology in Patient Care
- Telehealth
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Vital Signs and Other Patient Screenings
- Wounded Warriors
I can recommend an osteopathic treatment, specially when the low back pain is caused by disc prolapse. There is a book which describes the large number of osteopathic techniques that can help on this problem: HVT, soft tissue techniques, muscle energy, functional techniques, Jones´ strain-counterstrain techniques, spray and stretch and myofascial release techniques. It can be rally helpful for physicians of physical therapy, practitioners, surgeons of the spinal column and to orthopedic surgeons, like rheumatologists. Take it a look here: http://www.medoslibrosalud.com/es/osteopat%C3%ADa/114-osteopathic-treatment-of-the-low-back-pain-and-sciatica-caused-by-disc-prolapse.html
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