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Barrow Opens One-Stop ALS Treatment Center

Barrow opens one-stop ALS treatment center Social workers, nutritionists, respiratory therapists, and physical, speech and occupational therapists. 16 consultation … Doctors at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix have treated Proctor since 2011 … Read more on Arizona Republic Sustained Pain Relief With RF Intradiscal Biacuplasty PHOENIX, Arizona — Patients treated with radiofrequency intradiscal biacuplasty (IDB) for discogenic low back pain show maintenance of improvements in pain and physical function for as long as a year after their procedure, a study shows. Discogenic … Read more on Medscape Read more... ...

San Juan Regional Rehabilitation Hospital Looks for Donors for Therapeutic

San Juan Regional Rehabilitation Hospital looks for donors for therapeutic … Now, the facility hopes to continue its facelift by constructing a therapeutic garden to provide spiritual and physical healing for patients. The 16-bed hospital — the only in-patient rehabilitation facility in the region — is located at 525 S … Read more on Farmington Daily Times Rehab Management Solutions Offers Physical and Occupational Therapists a … Rehab Management Solutions (RMS), a Physical Therapist owned-and-operated company that grows private practices through proven operations and systems, is excited to offer a web-based educational course on the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting … Read more on DigitalJournal.com Read more... ...

Sergeant Pedals Up the Cash in Afghanistan

Sergeant pedals up the cash in Afghanistan The 30 year-old is cycling the equivalent distance between Afghanistan and Worcester on an exercise bike, which sees him cover 31 miles each day in temperatures over 40 degrees. Sgt Carlyle said he was inspired to take on the challenge after his dad … Read more on Worcester Standard Music Is a Healing Force A lot of people underestimate the power of music as a therapeutic force but little do they know that music has been used over the centuries as a treatment for diseases and disorders such as stroke, depression, heart disease, autism, neurological … Read more on AllAfrica.com Read more... ...

Are There Any Good Online Occupational Therapy Schools?

...  by Steven E: Are there any good online Occupational Therapy schools? I am a junior exercise science major at a highly accredited undergraduate school, and I am starting to look for graduate schools. I want to be an occupational therapist, so, naturally, I am looking for a good OT school. At the moment, I am hoping to find an online school I can take classes at to earn my masters. Does anybody have any references or ideas for online Occupational Therapy masters? I hear it doesn’t matter as much as to where you got your masters, as long as you become board certified, so I don’t care as much as to where. I just know I want to take my classes online. Read ...

Carmat Artificial Heart Patient in Satisfactory Condition -Hospital

Carmat artificial heart patient in satisfactory condition -hospital The 76-year-old man is eating normally, no longer needs constant respiratory assistance and is able to walk a little further every day thanks to physical therapy, the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris said in a statement on Tuesday. "The … Read more on Thomson Reuters Foundation Redefining the Therapist/Patient Relationship with PT and OT Helper Apps [prMac.com] Newton, Massachusetts – Cognatus Innovations, LLC is proud to announce the release of "PT and OT Helper," which includes a series of four mobile device applications that will revolutionize the way that physical and occupational therapists … Read more on prMac (press release) Read more... ...

Can I Major in Special ED. and Continue to Occupational Therapy?

...  by Cassie: Can I major in Special ED. and continue to Occupational Therapy? I’m a senior in high school and I can’t decide whther or not I want to be a special education teacher or be an occupational therapist and work with special needs kids, preferably Autism and similar disabilities. So I was wondering if when getting my bachelor’s I could major in special ed. and then go and get my masters in occupational therapy? If I decided not to go forward with occupational therapy I would still have my special ed degree, and if I did get my masters of occupational therapy I would have 2 degrees that I love. So is this possible? Read ...

Which Career Is More Promising: Occupational Therapy or Physical Therapy?

...  : Which career is more promising: Occupational Therapy or Physical Therapy? They both have very similar descriptions. From what I’ve gathered, it seems like OT’s get paid a little less and schooling is a little easier. It sounds like OT’s are more specialized though and I just don’t know what the job outlook is like. Should I just go for Physically therapy? No matter what I chose, I want to specialize in working with children. (Pediatric Physical therapist or Pediatric Occupational Therapist) Advice or experience anyone? I’m at a mid-college crisis here! lol Read ...