25-Year Practitioner Expects Busy Future for Those in Physical Therapy Field

25-year practitioner expects busy future for those in physical therapy field

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There is a certain function of the medical profession that is better known today than years ago. It's physical therapy and the need for qualified individuals is a growing priority in the near future, according to Dennis Hopp. He's been a physical …
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Reinold out as head physical therapist

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Boston Red Sox head physical therapist Mike Reinold will not be back with the team in his current role next season, but has been offered another position in the organization, according to a team source. Earlier this season, sources both inside and …
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Best of the Best: Foster named Top 3 physical therapist

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The Oklahoma Association for Home Care and Hospice (OAHC) honored Foster, a physical therapist and 1998 graduate of Claremore High School. Foster was named in the top three physical therapists in the state and he is putting this experience to work.
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Hope TV-Mending Heston – As you walk down the halls of The Children’s Center, you might want to keep an eye out for one-year-old Heston Bock. “Turn this way Heston,” calls his physical therapist as the blonde-haired boy practices driving a power chair. It’s just one of the many ways Heston has become more independent at The Children’s Center. “I mean just this morning he brushed his own teeth and hair! I would call that independence,” says Heston’s mother, Julie Bock. He’s come a long way in just six weeks. A journey that Julie that will never forget. “Heston was perfectly healthy until he was five months old,” Julie recalled. “One day I laid him down for tummy time; he was playing with his toys and started whimpering. I walked in the room and picked him up and he was totally limp.” Not knowing what happened, Julie rushed her son to the emergency room. “We spent the next month in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) with the doctors trying to make a diagnosis because they weren’t sure what was going on.” Heston was partially paralyzed and Julie received a grim prognosis. “A virus had attacked Heston’s spine causing Transverse Mellitus,” says Julie. The inflammation caused damage to his spinal cord, and Julie left the ICU with little hope. “All of a sudden I walked out the door with a broken baby, with no direction to go or anyone guiding us.” Heston returned home with little hope for improvement. Julie became more than a mother for the next eight months; she took on the role of physical therapist, nurse …