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Coming Soon: Connor Pierce – After the DPT

Scott Giles PT, DPT, MBA
In this episode of Innovate and Rehabilitate: The Entrepreneurial PT, Connor Pierce discusses his journey from confronting significant student debt... Read More

Posted 9/17/24



Episode 25 – Stages of Wound Healing

Scott Giles PT, DPT, MBA
A physical therapist inspects the progress of a partial-thickness wound on a patient’s anterior forearm. The therapist notes evidence of resurfacin... Read More

Posted 9/17/24



Episode 1: Scott Giles – Scorebuilders

Scott Giles PT, DPT, MBA
Innovate and Rehabilitate: The Entrepreneurial PT kicks off with the story of Scorebuilders. Scott Giles founded Scorebuilders in 1990, shortly aft... Read More

Posted 9/12/24



Episode 24 – Cystocele

Scott Giles PT, DPT, MBA
A physical therapist reads in the medical record that a patient sustained a grade 1 cystocele. Which organ is MOST associated with this condition? Read More

Posted 9/10/24



Financial Wellness

Catherine Ortega, EdD, PT, ATC, OCS
An important aspect of life balance Read More

Posted 9/ 4/24



Episode 23 – Wound Dressings

Scott Giles PT, DPT, MBA
A physical therapist applies a dressing to an area of skin on a patient’s heel. The therapist decided to use the dressing as a prophylactic measure... Read More

Posted 9/ 3/24



Episode 22 – Airway Obstruction

Scott Giles PT, DPT, MBA
A patient in the physical therapy gym suddenly begins to cough, which is shortly followed by wheezing. The physical therapist, recognizing the poss... Read More

Posted 8/27/24



Episode 21 – Levels of Weight Bearing

Scott Giles PT, DPT, MBA
A patient explains to a physical therapist that she was instructed to bear up to ten pounds of weight on their involved extremity. Which descriptio... Read More

Posted 8/20/24



Episode 20 – Therapeutic Exercise – Decision Making

Scott Giles PT, DPT, MBA
A patient two days post arthroscopy of the knee attempts to complete a quadriceps setting exercise while lying supine on a mat table. The patient a... Read More

Posted 8/13/24



Episode 19 – Rhomboid Strengthening

Scott Giles PT, DPT, MBA
A physical therapist assesses the posture of a patient with shoulder pain and notes that the patient demonstrates a protracted position of both sca... Read More

Posted 8/ 6/24



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