Allied Health: Is Selectivity leading to Shortages?
When it comes to allied health careers, there is no shortage of job opportunities in the United States. For example, occupational therapists have an expected growth of 29 percent in the next ten years, while physical therapists’ outlook is upward of 35 percent, and both COTAs and PTAs have an expected growth of about 30 percent. These numbers are enough to persuade any recent high school graduate to begin the path toward an...
Physical Therapy: The Opioid Killer
Every day, over 40 Americans die from a prescription opioid overdose. Since 1999, not only has the amount of prescription opioids sold in the United States almost quadrupled, the deaths from these drugs have also quadrupled in that same time span. With the country in an opioid abuse epidemic, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is doing their part to try and help. In mid-March, the CDC released a report titled “CDC...
Experts Weigh In: Running Shoes or Running Barefoot?
It’s no secret that a more holistic approach to health and wellness has been growing in popularity, but there are some trends that are a little less known—like running barefoot. Every podiatrist, sports physician, and running magazine bombards you with advertisements about the necessity of corrective footwear. This advertising doesn’t tell you proper technique or how to run, they just tell you what to buy. Corrective...
The Dark History of X-ray
Most people will probably have an X-ray at some point their lives, whether it’s due to an accident or simply the doctor’s orders. X-rays are common, and because of this, X-ray technicians see dozens of people everyday, from all walks of life, and most patients don’t consider them a big deal. In turn, X-rays weren’t always so readily available to the ‘average Joe’ – not to mention, the origin...
A New Virtual Reality for Pain Management
Deemed an epidemic plaguing the young American population, distractions caused by hand held technology is a prevalent norm in modern society. Personal technology, like smart phones are also prevalently deemed as a threat to modern society. Since the inception of personal technology, an on going social debate about “those young people and their d@#! phones” has influenced many scientific studies on the effects of immersive...