The PT Assistants

What is Hippotherapy? We speak with PTA Brooke and learn more.

In this episode we spoke with Brooke a fellow PTA about some of here experience in Hippotherapy and also so of the struggles she went threw during her clinical rotation.
 
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Let’s talk Tunnels

This episode we go over the many tunnel syndrome's within the physical therapy field. We talk about our experiences and what we feel like can be best for our patients sometimes. Should surgery always be the answer?
 
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10 Things We Wish Someone Told Us

We go over 10 topics that we wish that someone had told us in the beginning of our career. Whether you are a new grad or have been in the field for while these might be things that you need to hear. Let us know if we missed out on your favorite advice that was given to you in the beginning of your career. 
 
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We attended our first in person APTA event...it didn’t go like we thought

We will be talking about our experience attending our first APTA event here in Nevada. We will be talking about things we picked up on and things we found could improve. It was defiantly not what we thought it was going to be like. 
 
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It can be such a pain...Don’t you agree?

This episode we are taking about radiating pain. We go over some of the difference between radiating pain and referred pain and even neuropathy. We discuss some of our experiences in the clinic and how we dealt with patients that were having this type of pain and how to explain it to them.
 
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We discuss Home Health with Nick and the PTASource

Join us as we talk with Nick who is a PTA working in Home Health. He is also the creator and of PTASource, which is a discord where the PTA community can come together and discuss and learn from each other.
 
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ACL protocols and the complications that they can bring

This episode we dive into some of the protocols we found that are more conservative and more advanced. Do protocols stress you out because the doctor didn't send them? When do you think that you should think a post op ACL should be handed off to an Athlete Trainer? We dive into those questions and more.
 
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Is PTA the best name for us?

Would there be a better name for us, then PTAs? Why would we even think about being called something else? These are just some of the questions we discuss in this episode. Let us know your thoughts on our social @the_PT_Assistants.