Differential diagnosis of posterior hip and sciatica-like pain

Park JW, Lee Y-K, Lee YJ, Shin S, Kang Y, Koo K-H. Deep Gluteal syndrome as a cause of posterior hip pain and sciatica-like pain. Bone Joint J. 2020;102-B(5):556-567. ​Abstracted by Kimberly Ennis PT, DPT, ScD, OCS, COMT Bentonville, AR – Fellowship Candidate, IAOM-US...

Use of Pain Neuroscience on Patients with Adhesive Capsulitis

Use of Pain Neuroscience on Patients with Adhesive Capsulitis

Sawyer EE, McDevitt AW, Louw A, Puentedura EJ, Mintken PE. (2018). Use of Pain Neuroscience Education, Tactile Discrimination, and Graded Motor Imagery in an Individual with Frozen Shoulder. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy; 48(3): 174–184. ...

Thoracic Disk Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment

Thoracic Disk Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment

Vanichkachorn, JS and Vaccaro, AR.  J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2000; 8: 159-169  Abstracted by Kasey Miller PT, DPT, COMT Kansas City, Missouri – Fellowship Candidate, IAOM-US Fellowship Program & Jean-Michel Brismée, PT, ScD, Fellowship Director, IAOM-US Fellowship...

Pain on the Plantar Surface of the Foot: Review Article

Pain on the Plantar Surface of the Foot: Review Article

Gutteck N, Schilde S, Delank KS. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2019; 116: 83-8.   Abstracted by Kasey Miller PT, DPT, COMT Kansas City, Missouri – Fellowship Candidate, IAOM-US Fellowship Program & Jean-Michel Brismée, PT, ScD, Fellowship Director, IAOM-US Fellowship program ...

Pooping and Pelvic Health

Pooping and Pelvic Health

By: Dr. Sneha Gazi, PT, DPT         Sneha Physical Therapy   Let’s face it people. A bowel movement (BM) has the ability to make or break your day. Am I right, or am I right? Everyone has experienced a bad time on the toilet. You might have had to strain for 30...

A Story about Peeing and Pelvic Rehab

A Story about Peeing and Pelvic Rehab

By Dr. Sneha Gazi PT, DPT - snehaphysicaltherapy.com   "Peeing" My Story. Fully admitting this to the world today... I used to pee my pants as a kid when I laughed too hard. My friends and family made it a joke (they still do… ugh!).  And then, in college, I would...

June is Headache Awareness Month – #getptfirst

By Denise Schneider PT MPT FAAOMPT COMT ATC Stephanie M. is a high school student who was being treated at the Doctors of Physical Therapy - Schaumburg clinic for her headaches. When asked Stephanie how PT helped her, she explained that physical therapy was a life...

Physical Therapy International Service – Spain Edition

Physical Therapy International Service – Spain Edition

Imagine you could go to another country, help a group of people who have never had physical therapy (PT) services in their life, and simultaneously learn new clinical skills from students and physical therapists from around the country. Serving and learning. That’s...

3 Ways a Physical Therapist Can Help Manage Headaches

3 Ways a Physical Therapist Can Help Manage Headaches

Headaches affect 47% of the global population and are described by the type and location of pain in the head. Many headaches are harmless and resolve gradually. However, more frequent moderate to severe headaches can impact your ability to do daily activities and...

Dry Needling: A Modality to Treat Trigger Points

Dry Needling: A Modality to Treat Trigger Points

By: Vincent Parisi SPT & Gretchen Stein SPT. Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri Reviewed by Rich Maas PT, DPT, OCS, COMT Dry needling is a technique used by physical therapists to decrease pain and improve function caused by musculoskeletal pain and...

Complex kinematics of the wrist? Child’s Play!

Complex kinematics of the wrist? Child’s Play!

Jamie Bergner, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, COMT Have you ever wondered how the carpal bones and ligaments of the wrist can withstand so much force with daily activities? Consider what you might observe if you are on a playground! You might see children doing handstands, walking...

The First Step in Dealing with the Difficult Patient

The First Step in Dealing with the Difficult Patient

Communication. Conversation.  We do it every day.  It’s an integral part of the human experience.   On the surface, it seems simple.  So simple, in fact, that we don’t often actually think about it.  But in reality, communication between two people is a very complex...

CLINICAL PEARL Dizziness with Neck Pain

CLINICAL PEARL Dizziness with Neck Pain

Becky Sherwin MPT, COMT The vast majority of my caseload consists of patients with spinal impairments, and most of these are patients with neck pain.  Many of these people have been in motor vehicle accidents and  have complaints of headaches and dizziness....

What’s wrong with this picture?

What’s wrong with this picture?

By Theresa Parry OTR MS CHT COMT This is an example of a midcarpal joint dorsal intercalated segment instability (DISI). Note how the moon-shaped lunate in facing in a dorsal direction. Also, notice the arthritic changes taking place on the dorsal lip of the lunate...

Restoring External Rotation in the Shoulder

Restoring External Rotation in the Shoulder

By Dustin Silhan, PT, ScD, COMT When we look at our shoulder patient population, whether we are dealing with the post-op case, adhesive capsulitis, or other cases where we have capsular restrictions, external rotation (specifically at 90 degrees abduction) is often...

What’s so cool about the IAOM-US upper extremity track?

What’s so cool about the IAOM-US upper extremity track?

Have you been wondering? Well, let me help you out with that. My name is Amy Houchens and I am an instructor with the IAOM-US upper extremity track. I am a PT, CHT and found my first course with this group online. I saw who the instructors were and had already...

What’s all the fuss about dart thrower’s motion?

What’s all the fuss about dart thrower’s motion?

By Theresa Parry OTR, CHT, COMT If you have been present in the hand therapy literature world as of late, you can’t help but notice all the hype about dart thrower's motion (DTM). So, what is it and how can we use it in the clinic?! DTM is the movement that occurs...

Patient Essentials: We have the time

Patient Essentials: We have the time

By Dustin Silhan PT ScD COMT This is a saying we like to use in the clinic where I work - a hospital-based outpatient facility. The concept attempts to place the focus on service to the patient, making them the focal point, and taking the extra step to go above and...

What’s the best treatment for my patient?

What’s the best treatment for my patient?

By Amy Hay Azevedo PT ScD COMT As physical therapists, all of us share a common purpose.  We want our patients to achieve their goals.  This is what drives us to learn more about various pathologies and treatment techniques.  This is why we watch videos on YouTube,...

What Every Patient Needs – Part 1

What Every Patient Needs – Part 1

The chronic pain client can be a challenge to treat even for the most knowledgeable clinician. To this day, not only the patient, but also the providers are asking the questions 1) which is the best approach to treating the chronic pain patient: physical therapy or...

EFFICACY OF BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTED LOW-LOAD RESISTANCE TRAINING IN WOMEN WITH RISK FACTORS FOR SYMPTOMATIC KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS

EFFICACY OF BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTED LOW-LOAD RESISTANCE TRAINING IN WOMEN WITH RISK FACTORS FOR SYMPTOMATIC KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS

From the IAOM-US Education Committee
Scientific research is showing early strong evidence for gaining muscle strength and hypertrophy by restricting blood flow through cuffs placed on a limb while the subject performs low load resistance training. While this method allows for less load on a joint, this research is done under very controlled environments. The clinician is encouraged to consider health risks that might arise as the method becomes more common. Clinical reasoning would have the clinician looking out for possible adverse effects to include: hypertension and potential blood clots, side effects that might be related to ischemia reperfusion injury, or, for instance, neuropathy from cutaneous nerve compression.