by Summit Logistics | Nov 22, 2021 | General Updates & News
Written By: Belinda Worley MS-SLP-CCC Hello my therapy friends! I have a very important question for you… are you like me, and absolutely go bananas when a new therapy catalog comes in the mail? I cannot tell you the excitement that comes over me when I open the...
by Summit Logistics | Nov 15, 2021 | General Updates & News
Written By: Julie B. Barnett, PT, DPT, MTC Blood Flow Restriction Training (BFR): Resistance training with blood flow restriction to the muscles using a strapping cuff such as a thigh or arm wrap that occludes the veins, but not the arteries serving the muscles....
by Summit Logistics | Nov 8, 2021 | General Updates & News, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Anysia J. Ensslen-Boggs, Ed.D., CCC-SLP According to the Alzheimer’s Association, there are approximately 11 million unpaid caregivers caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia in the United States. 18.4 billion hours of care, valued at $232...
by Summit Logistics | Nov 1, 2021 | General Updates & News
Written By: Dr. Catherine Lewan, PT DPT, C-IAYT Long COVID is the term created by patients to describe persistent symptoms in the weeks or months after COVID-19. It is considered a first as it was identified by patients, not by medical professionals. While it shares...
by Summit Logistics | Oct 25, 2021 | General Updates & News
Written By: Lori Duncan, DPT, MTC, CPT Core stability is one of the most important concepts to teach a patient for healthy movement. It is a low-load, continual activation of specific muscles that allow our body to feel organized, safe and prepared for any movement....
by Summit Logistics | Oct 18, 2021 | General Updates & News
Written By: Jenny L. Clark, OTR/L One of my favorite holidays is Halloween. Children love this time of year because, well let’s admit, they get free candy! In my books Learn to Move, Move to Learn and Learn to Move, Moving Up!, I created sensorimotor activity lesson...
by Summit Logistics | Oct 14, 2021 | General Updates & News
Written By: Julie B. Barnett, PT, DPT, MTC Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is a form of orthostatic dysautonomia and is a complication after Covid-19. Vitals are measured in 10 minute increments in supine and standing to monitor POTS.Criteria for POTS include:HR...
by Summit Logistics | Oct 11, 2021 | General Updates & News
Written By: Nicole Scheiman, OTR/L, MHS, DrOT, CLT-LANA, CORE, CES, CKTP October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in observance of this special month, we are highlighting a kinesiology taping technique for scar management! Individuals who have scars from...
by Summit Logistics | Oct 4, 2021 | General Updates & News
Written By: Andrew Morgan, PT, DPT, MBA, COS-C Early in the COVID pandemic I remember speaking with a colleague who was asked to treat a COVID patient in the home health setting. My colleague was nervous and really did not understand the role that PTs and PTAs would...
by Summit Logistics | Sep 27, 2021 | General Updates & News
Written By: Cristina Klymasz, MS, OTR/L, CBIS, RYT, CLT-LANA, MSCS Happy National Yoga Awareness Month! In 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services designated September as National Yoga Awareness Month. Designating September for this month is...
