Competently Managing ALS Decline
The early symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can easily be mistaken for other diseases. For instance, ALS can be misdiagnosed as a cervical disc injury, leading to a delay in a correct diagnosis for…
How to Find and Apply IDEA Guidance
Let’s set the scene:You’ve been working as a school-based physical or occupational therapist, and your viewpoints on what a child needs or when services should be discontinued are not always shared by other members of…
Thinking Beyond the Joints in Patients with HSD and EDS
Hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) are not as uncommon as previously thought. While there are many rare types of EDS, hypermobile EDS (hEDS) and HSD are conservatively estimated to be present in…
What is Prehabilitation and How Can a Digital Care Solution Improve MSK Outcomes
Prehabilitation, also commonly known as prehab, is participation in therapy-based exercises to avoid injury, decrease pain, or to prepare for a surgery. When it comes to prehab, there are generally two approaches: surgical prehab and…
Integrative Lifestyle Medicine: Practical Sleep Hygiene Strategies for Patient Care
Chronic sleep problems can increase the risk of metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, mood disorders, inflammatory disorders, and cancer.1 Sleep may be disturbed by pain, uncontrolled stress, worry, medications, surgery, and poor sleeping habits…
Why Therapists Love MedBridge
