Tag Archives: Clinic
3 Questions You Should Ask Your Patients
During the initial interview with a patient, we want to ask questions to help better facilitate he conversation. More importantly, we want to be able to understand what the patient is experiencing, so we can better help them during their … Continue reading
Core Strengthening: Is There More to the Core?
Patients may be prescribed core stabilization exercises to strengthen their abdominal muscles to address their respective impairments and functional limitations. Core stabilization is a great way to improve strength, functional range of motion, and overall stability. However, maybe the “core” … Continue reading
Occupational Therapy Activities You Can Do at Home
Occupational Therapy (OT) is a specialized type of rehabilitation that focuses on helping patients get the most out of life through practicing everyday activities. The goal of OT is to allow the patient to have maximum independence. When you first … Continue reading
Home Exercise Program (HEP) or Self-Management Program?
Patients are usually prescribed a HEP by their healthcare professional, to work on exercises at home to address their own impairments and functional limitations. These exercises are provided on a sheet indicating the number of sets and repetitions for each … Continue reading
Alphabet Soup: Does My Therapist’s Credentials Matter?
Alphabet Soup: Does My Therapist’s Credentials Matter? Short answer, it depends. When patients are seeking care for their own injuries or functional limitations, they want to seek out the best clinician that will help guide them throughout their rehabilitation process. … Continue reading
What Do Patients Want in a Therapist? Answer…Compassion.
Patients will seek advice and care from a healthcare professional to address their current complaints and symptoms. Healthcare professionals are extremely knowledgeable in their own respective fields. However, being knowledgeable may not be enough to help guide patients during their … Continue reading
Getting Advice from Dr. Google? You Might Need a Second Opinion.
Have you ever tried to self-diagnose yourself by simply searching for answers on the internet? Sure, we probably have all tried to figure out the reasoning behind experiencing various signs and symptoms. Sometimes we need certainty to help us feel … Continue reading
Patient Safety Awareness Week 2022
If something ever goes wrong with your health, the first thought in your mind without a doubt is to go to the hospital. It is the best place to receive treatment for any health condition. However, with that must come … Continue reading
Should We Discharge Patients from Care?
Perhaps we need to change the structure a bit. Instead, we should refer to each time the patient sees the healthcare professional as an “episode of care”. This episode of care is just one point in the patient’s continuum of … Continue reading
Should We Use Pain Scores? Let’s Change the Narrative.
Typically, a numerical pain rating scale (NPRS) is a tool to help us evaluate and assess a patient’s given symptoms. The NPRS is also helpful to gauge a patient’s response to certain interventions throughout the course of the episode of … Continue reading