Huge thank you to the Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast for sharing this episode with us! Check out their channel for the latest discussions on physical therapy education!  In this episode, F. Scott Feil sits down with Mike Connors, Mark Milligan, and Dana Tew, heavy-hitters in the Texas Physical Therapy Association, to discuss how the TPTA is going to go after direct access this legislative session. Currently, Texas physical therapists can only see their patient for an evaluation before a referral is required. Take a listen to see how you can help out! Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: The PT News Project. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.

Wondering how the physical activity guidelines are going to change your practice? Ken Miller, PT, DPT, Chair of the Practice Committee for Home Health Section, tells us how the the 2019 Home Health toolkit is going to move the needle from reaction to prevention. We chat the 2018 physical activity guidelines: "Walking slowly with patients is not aerobic activity!" Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: The PT News Project. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.

The Home Health Section of the American Physical Therapy Association has just released a new resource on pain management. Two of the four authors, Ken Miller, PT, DPT & Jamie Lowy, PT, MSPT sit down to answer the following questions: What does pain management look like in home health? What are the unique challenges? What's included in this resource? Where can we find it? What other resources does the home health section offer? Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: The PT News Project. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.

In this episode, Todd Davenport joins host Rachel Jermann to break down the social determinants of health (#sdoh), and the impact of gun violence on physical therapists. They discuss the following questions: What are the social determinants of health? We have to help the patient in front of us...but how does that translate to helping solve he "upstream" issues? Gun control has been a political hot topic with the recent spate of shootings. How does gun violence impact the PT profession? The American Physical Therapy Association recently voted to support essential health benefits (EHBs) despite the controversy surrounding reproductive rights and EHBs. Is this a good shift in the profession? What do you think it means? Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: The PT News Project. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.

Welcome to our last #STANDSaturday! This has been an exciting 3 month series on a non-profit organization that carries out the dream of serving under-served populations; STAND (Sustainable Therapy and New Development) The Haiti Project. It is a pro bono clinic serving over 900 patients a trip in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. In this series, we have heard from volunteers from each corner of the clinic (Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Neuro, General Medicine, Wound Care). Please be sure to check out their interviews here if you have not already had the chance! What better way to wrap up the series than with the founders of it all; Justin Dunaway, PT, DPT, OCS and Morgan Denny, PT, DPT. They take us through what their May-June trip looked like, their cookies and their crumbles, what new projects they started and how they are making amazing strides towards creating a year round autonomous clinic. Justin and Morgan are an incredible duo and will definitely keep you laughing. And who knows, they might see you on a trip soon! Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: The PT News Project. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.

This is part of our series on the sections of the American Physical Therapy Association. There are section and state chapters; you have to be a member of your state association, but you can choose to be a member of a section based on your area of practice. Ever wonder what it takes to work in Acute Care? Sharon Gorman, PT, DPTSc, President of the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy (AACPT) sits down to chat with 20+ years of experience in the field. We talk about the idiosyncrasies of acute care (no skipping steps), the evolution of acute care PT, how the Academy serves therapists, and, of course, the controversy of mandatory residency. Do you need to have a clinical in acute care, or do you just need to know it? Where is the Academy headed in the future?  Tune in! (28 minute listen) Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: The PT News Project. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @TalusMedia. 

Welcome to week 7 of #STANDSaturday covering another corner of the clinic – Neuro. Steven Kinney earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Columbia University in 2011. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and certified in the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA). In addition, he completed extensive training in Neuro-Developmental Treatment, becoming certified under Recovering Function (RPSFC). He also has achieved certification as an Integrated Manual Therapist (CIMT) with Great Lakes Seminars. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists. Currently, he is pursuing a fellowship in orthopedic manual physical therapy at Regis University. Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: The PT News Project. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.

Interested in the pediatric physical therapy world? Want to be a part of their annual conference? Just want to learn more? We sat down to chat with Kilbrey Fowler, co-chair of the local planning committee for this year's Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Annual Conference (APPTAC). Kilbrey briefs us on: Her practice and why APPTAC is important to her What this conference is all about Why you should want to come to Chattanooga, TN What to do when you get there!  Remember, the early bird registration deadline is August 15th! 

Our guest this week is Dr. Heidi Jannenga, PT, DPT, ATC and President/Co-Founder of WebPT. WebPT recently released its second annual report on the State of Rehab Therapy (found here). Host Cait Cederholm sits down with her to chat about the current challenges that face rehab professions, including patient compliance, marketing, student debt, and the gender pay gap. (22 minute listen) Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: PT Views & PT News. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.