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Rehab Management - October 2011

Exercise All Evils
by Robert Babb, PT, MBA

A short essay to help therapists lead patients from the temptations of inactivity.

Joint pain, spine pain, stomach pain, sciatica, tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis, cancer pain--the list grows longer as folks age. I often wonder what makes my patients "give up" because of the pain. I wonder what it means to "give up," what it is they are "giving up," and what evils lie beneath that prevent them from experiencing a good day of get up and go.

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PTW Earns Specialization- Best Standards of Practice

From the OCCUPRO Industrial Medicine Specialists out of Kenosha, WI, we received this:

"We would like to congratulate the Physical Therapy & Wellness Institute on its recent accomplishments in pursuing higher level return-to-work programming within its rehabilitation practice. Following completion of OccuPro's Comprehensive Industrial Rehabilitation Training, your facility has been accredited by OccuPro as a clinic that specializes in the treatment of the injured worker.

Your practice has demonstrated the core competencies and is deemed proficient in performing industrial rehabilitation and return-to-work functional testing to include the following services:

Functional Capacity Evaluations

Functional Progress Notes

Functional Discharge Summaries

Job Demand Analysis

Work Hardening/Conditioning Evaluation and Treatment

Congratulations on your clinic's accomplishment as one of the national leaders in this industry."

Doctor Jim Fagnani and Doctor Andrew Seo on Fox TV

PTW Therapists Featured on Fox Philadelphia TV

West Norriton Physical Therapist gains national exposure

Physical Therapy and Wellness Institute's Dr. James Fagnani receives prestigious specialization!

Dr. James Fagnani of the Physical Therapy & Wellness Institute has been awarded the Orthopedic Specialist Certification by the American Physical Therapy Association. James is the first Orthopedic Board Certified Specialist in the West Norriton/Norristown area.

Picture of James Fagnani, DPT, OCS, working with a tennis player after his shoulder surgery

Requiring over 2,000 hours of direct patient care with both post-surgical and non-surgical orthopedic injuries, Dr. Fagnani also was required to take a two part licensing/certification in orthopedics that required two years of study. As a Board Certified Specialist, Dr. Fagnani is now afforded the highest orthopedic specialist certification available to Doctors of Physical Therapy.

The Physical Therapy & Wellness Institute has provided care to over 9500 patients since 2002 in their Lansdale, Quakertown, Montgomeryville, and West Norriton offices. Ten licensed Physical Therapist are part of the group practice, and they are experienced to earn direct access privileges (no MD referral needed).

Feel free to call today to see how Physical Therapy can help! (610) 630-0101

PTW Opens W. Norriton Clinic,
Sponsors 5K

Although more than a few businesses have been forced to downsize since 2002, it's been just the opposite for the Physical Therapy & Wellness Institute.

With locations on South Broad Street in Upper Gwynedd, Upper State Road in Montgomery Township, and West Broad Street in Quakertown, PTW has opened a fourth location to serve the Trooper/Norristown area at 2456 W. Main St., West Norriton, across from Chaps and Nippers restaurants.

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