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Up until my senior year of college, I was an Exercise and Sport Physiology major. I loved this major and I had come to the conclusion that I was going to be applying to physical therapy school after I graduated. Due to needing many pre-requisites, I found myself needing to alter something in regard to […]

PLN stands for Personal Learning Network. A PLN can serve multiple purposes and varies for each individual. There are many different platforms you could use to create a PLN. They include Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. One of the main purposes is to help connect you to a large network in you field of interest. This […]

Last week I intended a conference put on by a physical therapy network here in New Hampshire. The conference involved a Physical Therapist presenting to a group of Nurse Practitioners who work in family medicine/primary care. The purpose of the presentation was to help educate the Nurse Practitioners on physical therapy as an intervention for […]

Last week I had my third experience shadowing at a physical therapy office. Much like first two times, I found myself learning a lot and learning very quickly. I witnessed people be treated for a knee replacement, low back pain, knee pain, and a shoulder impingement. This time was slightly different as I watched one […]

The purpose of this project is to inspire people to get outside and hike. I wanted to first challenge myself to take part in this amazing extracurricular activity, and then pass on the challenge to others. Hiking is important to me because many of my college courses have encouraged us, as students, to help promote […]

Low back pain (LBP) is among the leading causes of disability worldwide (Hartvigsen et al., 2018). The greatest increases in disability from LBP have come from low- and middle-income countries which emphasizes the importance of preventing LBP and educating safe at-home therapies (Hartvigsen et al., 2018). It’s been noted that up to 80% of Americans […]

I recently had my second experience in shadowing at a physical therapy office. Much like the first time, I was able to learn so much in a short amount of time. I saw a one new patient, but the rest of the patients were the same ones that I saw in the week prior. Seeing […]

This is a copy of my very rough draft of my research article. An updated and more complete article will be uploaded shortly. Low back pain (LBP) is among the leading causes of disability worldwide (Hartvigsen et al., 2018). The greatest increases in disability from LBP have come from low- and middle-income countries which emphasizes […]

This past Monday, I spent five hours shadowing a Physical Therapist for the first time ever. I was excited to see the side of outpatient therapy that I’d never seen before. I hoped to help solidify the notion that I want to become a Physical Therapist in my future. I went into the office expecting […]

Here is a link to view my research article outline on Low Back Pain Preventative and Rehabilitation Techniques.