Show Notes
Today’s Guests:
Alisa Curry, PT, DPT
Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy.
Twitter: @BlackWomanDr
IG: bodyphysics
Guest Quotes:
6:19 “having the ability to look people in the eye, talk to them and know how to listen is, it’s a lost art.”
15:55 “We are clinicians, we have the ability to identify deficits and we are losing that in some cases because we’re trying to opt for the volume. So, I would say it’s the quality of what we provide that’s really critical. The quality of our assessment skills, looking at how the foot hits the floor, looking at the body chain, looking at, what is slowing this down?”
26:23 “so to Leo, to answer your question, what a new grad can do, what an experienced therapist can do. Sometimes the best thing that you can do is don’t ignore. The little things because the little things make a huge difference. So if somebody looks like they’re not walking, well, step back and assess and see what, what are they not doing well.”
26:54 “But if we always treat the patient like it’s the last time we’re going to see them, then we know we’ve done as much as possible.”
Rapid Responses:
Favorite book?
“My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte.”
You know you work in acute care when…
“you own eight pairs of hokas and you haven’t been to the bathroom until 2:30”
Connect with our hosts and the podcast!
Leo Arguelles (LEE-O R-GWELL-IS)
Twitter @LeoArguellesPT
Ashley Poole
Twitter @AshleyPooleDPT
Interested in being a future guest?
Links:
AL Curry, MT Goehring, J Bell, DU Jette. Effect of physical therapy interventions in the acute care setting on function, activity, and participation after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review. Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy. 2018; 9(3), 93-106
Jobst E. Physical Therapy Case Files: Acute Care – Total Knee Arthroplasty. McGraw Hill Professional – 2013.
SL Gorman, A Curry. A pilot study exploring the variability of physical therapy practices of members of the total joint replacement listserv. Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy. 2010; (2), 46-55
F Carole Lewis, PT, DPT, PhD, DPT Linda McAllister, PT, DPT and Alisa Curry, PT DPT. Total Joint Arthroplasty: We Are More Than Technicians. GeriNotes: APTA Geriatrics. 2023; 30(1), 39-40
DA Fasolis, C Warner, B Smith, A Curry, M Kennedy, L Miller. Comparison of PCEA and CEA in Minimally Invasive Surgical Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients. Pain Management Nursing. 2011; 12 (2), e2-e3.
A Curry. Evidence-Based Practice Project–Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia Use in Patients with Total Knee Replacement.Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy. 2010 1 (2), 76
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