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Think about your last experience in customer service - maybe you got your car fixed at the auto body shop or experienced a plumbing issue in your home. These are usually not cheap fixes and an area where many feel uneducated about the terminology. It can make you feel uneasy and requires a sense of trust in the technician diagnosing or fixing the problem. In the same way, your patients are trusting you to not only be clear in your directions but prove you are trustworthy and have their best interests...
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You likely know someone or have been impacted yourself by breast cancer. Because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are going to focus on ways you can help empower women with preventative and rehabilitative measures!

Reducing Risks

Now is a great time to remind patients about Breast Cancer Awareness. Even if they are seeing you for another ailment, you may want to celebrate the month in your office by providing educational materials and offering tips...
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Sometimes patients don’t understand that injuries generally come from activities that go beyond their mental and physical capacity. The “go big or go home” mentality in sports is a surefire way to end up injured and in pain. Because there is only so much stress your body can handle, once you reach the threshold, it begins to break down. Below are 4 bone stress injury (BSI) facts to share with your clients.

Nearly 10% of the injuries sports medicine clinics see...
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Our 2019 fall conference is a month away and it is bound to be the best one yet. This year’s conference is hosted at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas. You can join us for the pre-conference on October 8th or for the 3-day conference on October 9th-11th. 

If you have heard about our conference and you aren’t sure if it is right for you, think again! These educational sessions will have something for everyone. If you represent any of the following areas of rehabilitation,...
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For many, the days leading up to surgery are a little nerve-wracking. Patients may be grateful to be on their way to restored health but still realize that they have a journey ahead of them. Fast forward to the days and months after surgery. You should be sure to note these special considerations when planning and implementing post-op treatment sessions. 

Results

Surgery is serious, and it is likely your patient...
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A Message From NARA's President: Reflections on Inter-Professional Practice, ASHA, and PDPM

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has been making a concerted effort to build partnerships between their Speech Language Pathologist members and SNF therapy providers.  I had the privilege of sitting on a panel last week representing NARA and skilled nursing rehabilitation providers at the ASHA Healthcare Connect conference in Chicago, Il.  Monday,...
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Working in therapy often means we are continually working with patients who will have an injury to a tendon or in an area that impacts tendon movement. You’ve likely had patients ask you all kinds of questions about their injured tendon or tendons in general. Here are what we have found to be the questions asked most often and how to best answer them in a way that patients will understand - jargon free!

What is a tendon?

How much group therapy should providers be aiming for when the clock strikes PDPM?

Based on my conversations with our clients, SNFs and therapy providers throughout the country, I’ve heard plans that range from ramping up rapidly, to gradually phasing it in over months or years.

There are good reasons to go in either direction, or anywhere in between.

Consider the financial uncertainty. Many SNFs just don’t know what their books will look like several...
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Often, patients are prescribed pain relief medicine or seek out over-the-counter pain relief options because they think that it’s their only and best option. This mind set can be dangerous, as we have seen with the ongoing opioid crisis. The CDC cites that 70,000 people died from a drug overdose in the United States. This is the main cause of injury-related deaths reported and almost 70 percent of those being related to opioids. This makes...
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