The PT Assistants

Will we renew? Also Medicare talk and more.

First off, we apologize for the audio, we tried to make it work but there is a slight echo, please bear with us as we are not audio experts. Anyways, our renewal for the APTA is coming up. We will discuss whether or not we saw value in being a part of the APTA or not. We also touch on Medicare guidelines and reimbursements and more. 
 
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The #1 skill for PTAs

We asked our PTs for what they look for in a PTA during an interview and this is what they came back with. Having all the knowledge isn't the same as having this skill. Also, we discuss things to avoid when going into a new clinic. Let's get into it. Also don't forget to check out this EPISODE on where we discuss things people told us!
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Beat the Guarding

We've all heard the phrase.. "that patient likes to guard." What does that mean and how do we overcome it? We talk about some of our experiences and techniques we use in order to overcome it. Do you have any methods we didn't mention? Let us know by emailing us at theptassistants@gmail.com or reach out to our socials!

Treating the Young and the Wise

Today we discuss our experience treating the younger and older population from the out patient perspective. Some challenges we've seen to keep up engagement and for patient's who truly want to get better.
 
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Discussing PT-PTA Relationship & more

Welcome back to another episode! Today we dive into our experiences working with serval PTs. What we do in order to prepare or what we keep in mind when we know we are going to work with a new PT. Ken works with two very different PTs at the moment and Laura has worked with several at one time. As always, these stories are our experiences. If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please feel free to let us know.
 
Who's a master when working with new PTs? Our guests when talking about travel, be sure to check out these episodes!
Travel interview with Rich
Travel interview with George
 
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What it is like working in Acute Care

Thank you to one of our followers for asking for a topic on acute care. Ken will be sharing his experience that he had while working in the hospital and things that might not be what you think it's like. 
 
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Coping with Burnout

Today, we discuss strategies to cope with burnout. We have discussed our experiences with burnout in this episode! We have talked about how to cope with burnout outside of work before as well but today we discuss things directly related to work. We used ideas from this website and related them to our field. 
 
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What if they don’t get better??

Today we will discuss our verbiage or approach to patients who might not get better with PT. We also touch on patients who are expecting surgery, long times, and even touch on imaging. As always you can let us know your thoughts by email or on instagram! 
 
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