Is Cupping Therapy Effective?
We have all seen the pictures. Athletes looking to get an edge have turned to cupping, an ancient healing modality, and have shown up to many..
PT Fads and Fictions: Whole Body Cryotherapy
Physical therapy is a field vulnerable to trends, fads, and pseudoscientific ideas. We treat patients in severe and significant pain. We deal with..
Lower Back Pain and PT Utilization
Throughout our professional world there has been a push to establish PT as the primary healthcare specialty to address musculoskeletal pain. This..
How to Submit an Abstract for a PT Poster Presentation
You have the opportunity to join an esteemed faculty member and research team to work on discovering insights that they don’t have answers for in..
What Makes a Truly Skilled Manual Therapist?
In the world of physical medicine and rehabilitation, there are countless approaches and dogmas within the realm of manual therapy. There are gurus..
Sex Sells - Even in Physical Therapy
Anyone with a beating heart is overtly aware that sex sells, but what about items or services that could be referred to as “sexy”? By definition,..
To raise awareness about Hand Therapy Week (June 5th-11th, 2017), NewGradPhysicalTherapy wants to celebrate the benefits of hand therapy and..
The Growing Pains of Evidence Based Physical Therapy
The theory of evidence based practice is three-fold. It requires the practitioner to identify the gaps in knowledge, execute a search, and apply the..