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The Right Stuff: These Simple Items Can Help You Strengthen Your Core

You needn’t spend a cent on fancy equipment to get a good workout. A standing core workout and floor core workout rely on body weight alone. With the help of some simple equip... Full Article

Remembering Robin Anthony McKenzie (Obituary)
Posted from The McKenzie Institute website http://www.mckenziemdt.org/robin-mckenzie-obituary.cfm Robin Anthony McKenzie, CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), NZCP (HLM), Dip... Full Article*

Holding Steady: Treating Essential Tremor
Essential tremor is less well known than Parkinson’s disease, but it is eight times more common, according to the International Essential Tremor Foundation. An estimated 10 mi... Full Article

Early Bloomers: Therapy in the NICU
For babies born prematurely, the tenuous first weeks of life often are filled with myriad medical interventions in the neonatal intensive care unit to help them adjust to life... Full Article

Tavenner Confirmed as CMS Administrator
Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 91-7 vote makes Tavenner the first confirmed CMS l... Full Article

Women with Chronic Physical Disabilities are No Less Likely to Bear Children
Like the general public, healthcare professionals may hold certain stereotypes regarding sexual activity and childbearing among women with disabilities. But a new study finds ... Full Article

Pioneer Back Pain Clinician Robin McKenzie Dies at Age 82
Robin Anthony McKenzie passed away at his home at Raumati Beach, New Zealand, at the age of 82, on Monday, May 13 after battling with cancer for several months. McKenzie estab... Full Article

Cholesterol-Lowering Drug May Reduce Exercise Benefits for Obese Adults
Statins, the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide, are often suggested to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease in individuals with obesity, diabetes and metabolic syn... Full Article

16 Youth Sports Safety Tips from NATA
With the spring sports season well underway and summer preseason practices and youth league games around the corner, young athletes are already enjoying warm weather activitie... Full Article

Guidance for Clinicians on Prescribing Exercise for Depressed Patients
Exercise has been shown to be an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), both when used alone and in combination with other treatments. There's now sufficient... Full Article

Sense of Touch Reproduced Through Prosthetic Hand
In a study recently published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, neurobiologists at the University of Chicago show how an organism can sens... Full Article

Providing Workplace Wellness Centers Could Backfire
People who used a workplace wellness center on frequent basis reported an improvement in their overall quality-of-life, while those that used the center less often reported no... Full Article

National Observance Day is Opportunity for Senior Adults to Get Fit
The old adage “move it or lose it” could be the international slogan for the aging population and is important to remember on National Senior Health and Fitness Day on May 29.... Full Article

HHS Issues Standards for Culturally Sensitive Care
The US Department of Health and Human Services has released enhanced national standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in health and healthcare, a blue... Full Article

The National Burden of Alzheimer’s
One in three seniors in the United States dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia, according to a report from the Alzheimer’s Association. While deaths from other major dis... Full Article

One in Five Adults Meets Activity Guidelines
About 20% of US adults meet both the aerobic and muscle strengthening components of the federal government’s physical activity recommendations, according to a CDC report. The... Full Article

Applications Open for Foundation Grants
The Foundation for Physical Therapy now is accepting applications for the 2013 Florence P. Kendall Doctoral Scholarships and the 2013 research grants. The deadline for all app... Full Article

PT Researchers Play Leadership Roles on NIH Advisory Board
With two new appointments last week, physical therapists are well represented on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Rese... Full Article

MS May Not Be As Rare As Thought in African-Americans
Contrary to a widely accepted belief, African-Americans may have a higher rather than lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than Caucasians, according to a new stud... Full Article

CI Therapy Produces Increase in Grey Matter in Brains of Children with Cerebral Palsy
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) report that children with cerebral palsy who underwent Constraint Induced Movement therapy (CI therapy) saw a sign... Full Article

Strike Out Stroke During Stroke Awareness Month
In recognition of Stroke Awareness Month in May, Montefiore Medical Center’s Stern Stroke Center is increasing its efforts to save lives by educating people about the risks an... Full Article

Indiana Enacts Direct Access; Direct PT Evaluation Now in All 50 States & D.C.
Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed HB 1034 on April 29, giving Indiana residents direct access to evaluation and treatment by a physical therapist (PT) without a physician ref... Full Article

Indiana Governor Approves Law to Modernize PA Practice
The Indiana Academy of Physician Assistants (IAPA) and the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) welcomed Governor Mike Pence’s approval of Indiana House Bill 1099, ... Full Article

ATS Publishes Clinical Practice Guidelines on Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction
The American Thoracic Society has released new official clinical practice guidelines on the diagnosis and management of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), the acute a... Full Article

Survey Finds Nearly Half of US Adults Uninsured in 2012
Nearly half of working-age adults, or 84 million adults aged 18-64, were uninsured for at least part of 2012, say authors of a report based on findings from the Commonwealth F... Full Article

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