The Weight You Carry Home
The new graduate had been in practice for fourteen months when the case showed up on a Tuesday afternoon. A sixty-one-year-old retired teacher — bilateral knee osteoarthritis, two prior corticosteroid […]
The Right Questions
The patient is fifty-six years old, with right-sided low back pain that has not responded to two courses of physical therapy over the past fourteen months. The first course — […]
The Morning Schedule
It is 8:30 on a Tuesday morning in an outpatient orthopedic clinic. Two new patient slots have opened. Two referrals came in overnight, both flagged as routine. The scheduling coordinator […]
The Medication List
The patient handed over the intake form, with the medication section mostly left blank. Just “a few things my doctor has me on.” The clinician — three years out of […]
Same Tuesday, Different Patients
Two patients arrive at the same outpatient orthopedic clinic on the same Tuesday morning. Both carry the same referral diagnosis: lumbar radiculopathy. The first is a thirty-two-year-old electrician — three […]
The Right Protocol
A physical therapist, fourteen months out of school, is treating a fifty-three-year-old construction foreman with right shoulder pain. The referral says rotator cuff tendinopathy. The MRI confirms a partial-thickness supraspinatus […]
5 Benefits Of Being A Traveling PT As A New Grad
Becoming a travel physical therapist as a recent graduate is not just a career choice; it’s an adventure filled with opportunities for growth, learning, and exploration. This path allows you […]
An Introduction To Our New Hybrid COMT Course Format
NAIOMT provides a complete, seamless post-professional education pathway for physical therapists wanting to become experts in clinical reasoning. We aim to help manual physical therapists achieve the highest standards of […]
House of Pain: Are We “Jumping Around” Pain?
“Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin…” — House of Pain By: Austin Sheldon PT, DPT, DSc, Cert. DN, OCS, FAAOMPT Assistant Clinical Professor at Northern Arizona University […]
Beyond the Musculoskeletal System: Reflections on the 2025 NAIOMT Clinical Symposium
The North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy (NAIOMT) hosted its 2025 Clinical Symposium this June in Dallas, Texas. Attendees were treated to expert lectures covering a wide range of […]
