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Two Outgoing Board Members Share What It's Been Like to Represent You
May 27, 2016
CPA’s Board of Directors is the governing body of the Association. It is the Board’s job to ensure that CPA fulfills its mission to advance the profession of physiotherapy in order to improve the health of Canadians. As a CPA member, you choose who serves on the Board, so it is helpful to know wh...
The Largely Unknown Profession: The PRT
May 5, 2016
I would like to take this opportunity today to talk about my profession, which is still largely unknown to the general public and the medical world.
Who we are
Physical rehabilitation therapists are Quebec health professionals who work in physiotherapy.1 This means that Quebec’s professional orde...
What PTs Need to Know About Working With PTAs
May 11, 2016
When I first began my physiotherapy (PT) career, I worked in a clinical area with a wonderful physiotherapist assistant (PTA). We hadn’t learned much about this role in school and I wasn’t quite sure what I could assign to this person. Wasn’t I supposed to be able to do all of this stuff myself?...
Here's Why Equitable Physiotherapy is Important
April 28, 2016
On November 4th, 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked why having a gender balanced cabinet was so important. His response was simple – “Because it is 2015”. (1)
This succinct answer made me pause to reflect on my own career as a physiotherapist. Could I provide such a pointed answer if s...
On Becoming and Being a PTA
April 25, 2016
This post features two authors who shed more light on being a physiotherapist assistant (PTA). Aurelie writes about how she decided to pursue being a PTA, and Amy explains what it actually means to be one.
Part I – The Backstory: How I Became a PTA
Aurelie Dimandja, PTA
I remember the summer b...
#QualityPT: Did We Take a Wrong Turn Somewhere?
June 23, 2016
I recently reviewed some interesting passages from a book where the main purpose was simple, menacing, and genius, all wrapped into a bound set of 592 pages. This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress, edited by John Brockman, is a collection of essays where the authors ha...
Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD): Physiotherapy May Help Ease Tension in Voice Disorders
June 16, 2016
Physiotherapists at Donna Sarna Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation in Winnipeg, Manitoba
“One day, you’re a high school English teacher, and then you get laryngitis and lose your voice for two weeks. The laryngitis is gone (or so you think) so you go back to work, but your voice is raspy and quit...
Health Care Technology Today
July 8, 2016
Check out this fascinating series of posts about technology from APTA’s May 2016 PTinMOTIONmag.org (© 2016 American Physical Therapy Association. All rights reserved).
COULD ‘BIORESORBABLE’ SENSORS HELP INDIVIDUALS RECOVER FROM BRAIN INJURY, SURGERY?
They melt in your brain, not in your hand.
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