MMOA Podcast - Physical Therapy | Fitness | Geriatrics

Latest Episodes:

#HHRecharge- John O'Halloran and treating today's older adults Jul 01, 2019

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Today Troy talks with John O'Halloran about working with the geri-active patients, why it's important to consider the whole patient in rehab and what motivates him for his education courses. If you're interested in treating active older adults then you don't want to miss this episode.

http://ohalloranphysicaltherapy.com/

You Don't Need to Be Alone...People & Resources pushing the #GeriPT message Jun 28, 2019

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You Don't Need to Be Alone...People & Resources pushing the #GeriPT message

Original Video: https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/333640420556433/ ----- Want to become Confident & Competent in working with older adults? Be sure to check out our LIVE & ONLINE Course offerings with the Institute of Clinical Excellence. ONLINE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult LIVE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult-live

High Intensity Functional Exercise Jun 24, 2019

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We've said it before and we'll say it again, and maybe again... older adults can squat. And deadlift. And, well, pretty much any other functional exercise younger adults can do. It's all in the scaling, and Alyssa is never one to back down from the challenge.

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GEROS Health now makes it easier for you to better serve Older Adults. Join the GEROS Community & get a weekly dose of actionable content to help you be a better clinician at www.Geroshealth.com

Why Your Gait Assessment is Different Than Reality Jun 21, 2019

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Why Your Gait Assessment is Different Than Reality

Original Video: https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/395431914645499/

----- Want to become Confident & Competent in working with older adults? Be sure to check out our LIVE & ONLINE Course offerings with the Institute of Clinical Excellence. ONLINE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult LIVE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult-live

Be Careful What You Tweet For Jun 17, 2019

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At times, without even noticing, we use words that are promoting ageism. We love youth. It's so ingrained, we may not even see it anymore... but Twitter trends highlight the messages being sent - and being received.

This episode was originally published in March 2018 as part of our ageism series. In this episode highlighting ageism, we take a look at the words we use - and begin to think about how to do better

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GEROS Health now makes it easier for you to better serve Older Adults. Join the GEROS Community & get a weekly dose of actionable content to help you be a better clinician at www.Geroshealth.com

Do you Triage? Applying this concept to #GeriPT Jun 14, 2019

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Do you Triage? Applying this concept to #GeriPT

Original Video: https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/2448515348726801/

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Want to become Confident & Competent in working with older adults? Be sure to check out our LIVE & ONLINE Course offerings with the Institute of Clinical Excellence. ONLINE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult LIVE: http://ptonice.com/older-adult-live

Growing Your Soft Skills and Building Alliance (part 2) Jun 10, 2019

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Picking up the conversation with everyone's headache - HEP compliance - Sean and Nicole continue to explore how social history and personality shape not only the patient in front of us, but also our colleagues and ourselves. This one gets a bit more personal for both participants, but hey, it's all a mess of feelings and humans and social media anyway. C'mon in, the humanity is fine.

Part 1 of the Conversation

http://seniorrehab.libsyn.com/growing-your-soft-skills-building-alliance-part-1

Sean's blog on the soft skills

https://ptasurvivalguide.home.blog/2019/04/10/master-the-soft-skills/

The Big Five

https://ptasurvivalguide.home.blog/2019/04/10/master-the-soft-skills/

The book that started it all

Supernormal

Are you using the Mini-BESTest? Jun 07, 2019

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Are you using the Mini-BESTest?

Original Video: https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/383913685793545/

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#HHRecharge Interdisciplinary med management in Home Health Part 2 Jun 03, 2019

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The value of therapy is an important discussion in home health with the upcoming regulatory changes with PDGM. Medication management can be positively affected by therapy with the appropriate knowledge to find and address possible issues in medication profiles. Today Troy continues to speak with Celeste (PT), Lisa (OT), and Andrea (ST) on why med management is important and how we can best help our patients understand and manage their medications. This is part two of a two part podcast.

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GEROS Health now makes it easier for you to better serve Older Adults. Join the GEROS Community & get a weekly dose of actionable content to help you be a better clinician at www.Geroshealth.com

Is it time for us to ditch Hip Precautions? May 31, 2019

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Is it time for us to ditch Hip Precautions?

Original Video: https://www.facebook.com/icephysio/videos/445001956238636/

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