Is Your Dog Walking You?

Is Your Dog Walking You?

Do you know the feeling when you walk your dog and the leash is WAY out in front of you and the dog is looking back at you eagerly? Or maybe not!!  That is the sign that the dog is leading YOU down the street. I have many patients who walk their dogs and often...
Let’s put the HEAL-ing back into HEAL-thcare

Let’s put the HEAL-ing back into HEAL-thcare

DO YOU REALLY LISTEN TO YOUR PATIENTS? When people come to you in pain, what do you do? Do you sit there and ask them a litany of questions, writing them down without making any eye contact? Or do you just listen and hope that you remember everything later?   Or do...
Does your low back hurt when you sit?

Does your low back hurt when you sit?

Does your low back hurt when you sit?  This is a fairly common scenario not only because many people sit all day, but because back pain can be felt in the same place by many people, but you all could have different sources to your problem. Many times the back is the...
How Do You Explain Pain to Patients?

How Do You Explain Pain to Patients?

The healing power of touch is well publicized but how about the healing power of speech?  When patients come to me, they hurt, they are in PAIN.  As physical therapists, we employ a great deal of clinical reasoning to come up with a diagnosis as to where their source...
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