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Category: Clinician Features
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Hand Therapy Residency
Hand Therapy is the art and science of the upper limb’s rehabilitation, which consists of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder girdle. Hand therapists provide treatments and education to prevent injury, restore function and/or reverse the progression of certain conditions of the upper limb to enhance an individual’s ability to perform everyday tasks and to…
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Building Play Sets for Pediatric Cancer Patients Through the One Ivy Virtual 5k
When teammates are spread out across multiple states, connecting everyone in a fun and social way can be difficult, but that doesn’t keep us from trying. Team building and philanthropy are two vital elements within the Ivy Rehab Network, so we put our heads and hearts together and came up with a great way to…
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High School Outreach Plan provides invaluable PT experience for students
Choosing a career path can be an exceptionally daunting task, especially for a student. Many will be looking for that one opportunity that piques their interest in a topic that could result in a lifelong decision. After a competitive dance injury left her with a dislocated elbow, Melany’s treatment involved physical therapy in regaining the…
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Creating an inclusive environment where everyone belongs
Imagine a world where everyone felt like they belonged. Where age, gender, race, and ability didn’t matter because we were all seen as equals. In an effort to get closer to making this a reality, we must all do our part to accept, learn, and lead with kindness. Speech-Language Pathology wasn’t initially on Kaelan Henman’s…
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Professional Development – It’s in our DNA
Every physical therapy and occupational therapy professional, athletic trainer, applied behavior analyst, and speech-language pathologist graduates college from their educational program with entry-level skills and knowledge to become a licensed or certified clinician. By successfully passing the licensing exam, the therapist shows the public that they are safe and competent to provide care according to…
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Making a Lasting Impact Through Philanthropy
Some of the best ideas are born around a campfire. You’re talking with good friends when you start to build upon an idea that at first sounds a little wild, but you know there’s something there so you just can’t let it go. That’s exactly how Brandon Gerardy, Ivy Rehab Regional Director, ended up co-founding…
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In a community where everyone belongs, we all thrive
Sometimes in life we’re given rare opportunities – but our fate is often determined by our level of recognition and how we choose to accept those special moments. Roger Avecillas comes from an Ecuadorian background, where family is the pillar to their existence. From an early age he and his brother were taught to care…
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Ivy Rehab Clinician has Work Published on Physical Therapy Protocols Following Hip Arthroscopy
As Dr. Alex Bendersky began to research the role physical therapy played in regards to post-operative care, much of the arthroscopic literature was written from a physician or surgical perspective and he noticed there was very little mention of physical therapy and the role it played. As an advocate for the PT community, Dr. Bendersky…
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Nonoperative UCL Tear :: An Ivy Rehab Clinician’s Research is Published
As a former collegiate athlete, physical therapist Ryan Stahl, understands the importance of returning to sports as safely and quickly as possible after an injury. He has personally seen significant advances in science and medicine since his time competing, all of which led him to a project involving extensive research and eventually a piece published…
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Ivy Rehab Therapist Published in International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
One of Ivy Rehab’s clinicians, Joshua Smith, PT, DPT, assisted with data collection for a study titled ‘Intra- and Inter-Rater Reliability of the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) in Healthy Participants’ that was published in the February ’19 issue of The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. The lead author of the study was Justin…