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ACP Addresses Potential Outcomes of Pay for Performance

New recommendations by the American College of Physicians to offset the potential adverse effects of pay-for-performance programs center on redirecting the focus to the patient.

ADVANCE for Directors in Rehabilitation | Archive Viewer

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Analyzing Easy Energy

Are You Too Cool To Work Out? - HealthNews Story - WDSU New Orleans

Are You Too Cool To Work Out?

As Martha Stewart Attests, Physical Therapy Plays Key Role In Recovery From Hip Replacement Surgery

As Martha Stewart continues her recovery from recent surgery to replace her left hip, periodic and progressive physical therapy will play a key role in her successful rehabilitation, says the Amer

British Journal of Sports Medicine - Abstract: Volume 41(11) November 2007 p 745-749 Muscle activation in coupled scapulohumeral motions in the high performance tennis serve.

Checklist May Help Cut Sudden Death in Athletes - healthfinder.gov

12-step screen can spot underlying heart problems, experts say

Clinical decision making in physical therapy: a practitioner's perspective - Free Online Library

Free Online Library: Clinical decision making in physical therapy: a practitioner's perspective. by "Physical Therapy"; Health, general Physical therapists Practice Physical therapy Research

Concepts in Human Factors Engineering (8): Human Body Energy - Human Factors expert article by Dennis R Andrews PhD, PSP, CECD

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Daily Herald | Lessons learned: Exercises for older athletes can benefit others

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Desert Dispatch : News: What Ails You: Role of physical therapist more complicated than some understand | physical, therapist, therapy

News: What Ails You: Role of physical therapist more complicated than some understand | physical, therapist, therapy, treatment, massage, chiropractic, doctor, therapists, chiropractor, soft

Diet and Exercise - Losing Weight - Jane Brody - Medicine and Health - New York Times

The way to lose weight in 2008 is the same as it has been every other year, because the basics of good nutrition have not changed.

Difference between Olympic sprinters and you could be a gene - livemint

The scientists say they want to downplay the role of genes in determining athletic abilities

Dr. Andrews pays claim

ESPN - Lone Star State signal-callers sprouting up among title contenders - College Football

College football coaches know Texas has always been ripe for the picking of prospects. Now the nation will get to see the Lone Star State's wealth of quarterbacks in the nation's best bowls.

ESPN - Tiger's trainer gives insight into Woods' workout routine - Golf

Tiger Woods now has to tailor practice sessions around being a father and find time for workouts that can last up to three hours as many as six days a week.

EXCITE: Beneficial Effects of Constraint Therapy Retained Long Term

Improvements in upper limb function and quality of life in patients who have had a stroke with mild to moderate impairment are retained 2 years after a unique, intensive program of movement therapy.

Exercise and Obesity: Their Interaction and Implications for Disease Risk

Abdominal obesity may better predict cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes than BMI or measures of overall adiposity. How does exercise affect obesity-related disease risks?

Exercise as Good as Surgery for Knee Pain - Articles

Before considering knee surgery, you HAVE to read this.

FAQ: The McKenzie Approach Vs. Traction

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Finding Alzheimer’s Before a Mind Fails - New York Times

Though Alzheimer’s disease seems to strike suddenly in old age, scientists think it begins long before symptoms occur.

High Altitude Soccer Teams Have Significant Advantage Over Lowland Teams

Football teams from high altitude countries have a significant advantage when playing at both low and high altitudes, finds a study in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ.In con

High Schools Try Teamwork to Put Trainers on Site - New York Times

Some high schools around the United States are using novel, and even unorthodox, methods to get trainers at a reduced cost into their sports programs.

Hyperforin--a key constituent of St. John's wort s...[FASEB J. 2007] - PubMed Result

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I’m Not Really Running, I’m Not Really Running... - New York Times

Using mental tricks, or dissociating, can get you to the finish line faster.

Mechanical Low Back Pain: Progression of Treatment

Medical News: Any Football Helmet Hit Can Cause Potential Concussion - in Neurology, General Neurology from MedPage Today

Multidisciplinary Treatment May Benefit Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

In a prospective trial, multidisciplinary treatment aided patients in all stages of back pain chronicity, suggesting that this should not be given only to those with lower grades of chronic pain.

MyPyramid Dietary Guidelines Modified for Older Adults

In the Modifed MyPyramid for Older Adults, nutrient- and fiber-rich foods are emphasized, as well as food sources of nutrients rather than supplements and the use of fluid and physical activity icons.

New tool advances injury care

Newswise Medical News | Message to the Elderly: It's Never Too Late to Prevent Illness!

NPR : Bad-Disk Reboot: Back Pain May Not Mean Surgery

James Weinstein, M.D., chairs Dartmouth College's orthopedic-surgery department; he's considered one of the nation's leading experts on low-back pain, and he says a multi-year study shows little difference in results after surgical and non-surgical treatment approaches.

NPR : Study: Surgery Just One Option for Herniated Disk

A new study looking at treatments for herniated disks found that non-operative remedies, such as physical therapy and pain-killing drugs, are almost as effective as surgery to remove the disk.

nwi.com :: Healing made to 'seem like fun'

Pain threshold too low for torture

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Pediatric Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Allergic Reactions

In a prospective birth cohort study, children who were exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in early infancy had a higher incidence of allergic reactions to food and indoor inhalants at age 4 years.

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Physical therapy comes to front line

Day in and day out, troops patrol the streets and countryside of Iraq for hours at a time; many carrying up to 100 pounds of gear. Over time, this excessive wear on the troops may lead to back or other injuries later on in life.

Physical Therapy Modalities Helpful for the Family Clinician to Know

The authors of a review suggest various treatments and modalities that a family clinician should know and include in the physical therapy prescription.

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PT Magazine | In Sickness and in Wellness

Acknowledged experts in managing rehabilitation from illness and injury, physical therapists also are perfectly suited by their education and skills to helping healthy people stay that way. PTs who offer wellness and fitness services share their perspectives and give tips to peers who may want to follow suit.

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Recommendations Issued for Treatment of Nonspecific Low Back Pain

A review provides recommendations for treatment of occupational nonspecific low back pain to promote early return to work.

Researchers discourage use of rehab after spinal decompression surgery

Patients randomized to two rehabilitation programs or a control group following lumbar spinal decompression surgery experienced no further pain relief beyond that reported immediately postoperatively.

Respectful Insolence: A chiropractic "adjustment" in New Jersey

Sports head injury bill refiled - Framingham, MA - The MetroWest Daily News

Sports head injury bill refiled - Framingham, MA - The MetroWest Daily News

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The effect of moderate resistance strength trainin...[J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2007] - PubMed Result

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Walk, Don't Run, to Prevent or Reverse Metabolic Syndrome

A new study shows that at-risk overweight or obese individuals can obtain health benefits to reverse or prevent the metabolic syndrome with moderate exercise, such as brisk walking.

What You Don't Know Can Hurt Your Patients

Linda Casebeer, PhD, of Outcomes, Inc., teaches us how online CME excels in outcomes.

Yoga is no universal cure

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