Working in the Field of Aging

Adjustment to injury is a long process, especially when coping with a traumatic injury like spinal cord injury (SCI). Adjustment is define...

I first became interested in physical therapy because it was a health-related profession. Science had always come pretty naturally to me...

I have heard this saying many times before: “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Often it was used in response to trying to ask an old...

One of the great things about being a PT is the many different patient populations we can work with and many different environmental setting...

I have been thinking a lot this week about how age can affect one's adjustment to injury. On the spinal cord injury (SCI) service, I wo...

Recovery following an injury is difficult for any individual—but especially for a person who is homeless. As an employee of a county hos...

Every patient I meet in the hospital is unique. They each have their own story, their own goals. Every day, I am handed a challenge: find a ...