Kill All Pain
Picture a dark, grey, rainy day. Almost 200,000 physical therapists in the US drag themselves to work, with one mission: Kill all pain!As patients enter the clinic, the therapists try as hard as they can…
Medical and Behavioral Treatments for Poor UES Opening
When poor UES opening biomechanically contributes to a patient’s swallowing difficulty, we must perform a diagnostic assessment to establish the cause. Treatments for UES impairments depend on whether the disorder is isolated to the UES…
Objective Evaluation of Sports Concussion
The team is down by one touchdown as the fourth quarter clock quickly counts down. Tick. Tock.The first ever trip to the high school’s state finals is on the line. The star running back, and…
Is Social Cognition Impairment Causing Your Patient’s Social Problems?
How many times have you worked on social communication skills with a client, only to see little improvement outside of therapy? One possible reason for this lack of generalization is that the client knows what…
Clinical Swallow Examination: Assessing More Than Biomechanics
Consider the following case: an outpatient is experiencing swallowing difficulties with no clear medical diagnosis. Even the best instrumental study of swallowing has failed to provide a satisfactory physiological basis for the patient’s impairment. While…
Why Therapists Love MedBridge
