Aquatic Therapy and Total Knee Replacement
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Your patient Mrs. KÂ presents with osteoarthritis in both knees. She is in constant pain and her morbid...
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Andrea Salzman
Jun 126 min
Careful Planning: Taking the systemic or metabolically challenged patient into the water
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Therapists who work in the water have a difficult task. Not only must they understand the nuances of their...
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Andrea Salzman
Jun 103 min
Knowledge Gained on Unfamiliar Territory
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT A 17-year-old I once knew went to college with a deficit. She was ostensibly well versed in literature,...
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Andrea Salzman
Jun 511 min
Fibromyalgia is (or Should be) All Wet
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Anne Marie counts herself as one of the 2-4% of the population [1] diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome...
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Andrea Salzman
Jun 35 min
Before You Take that Dip: Renting a Community Pool for Aquatic Therapy
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Classify it under gross, but true. A private practice PT rents space at the local hotel pool. She is very...
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Andrea Salzman
May 293 min
Delivering our patients from well-meaning care
"From inability to let well enough alone; From too much zeal for the new and contempt for what is old; From putting knowledge before...
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Andrea Salzman
May 275 min
Building a Case for Treating Rheumatologic Patients with Aquatic TherapyÂ
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT It is already widely accepted that one of the most effective treatments for long-term management of the...
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Andrea Salzman
May 227 min
Using Aquatic Therapy to Enhance Body Awareness and Kinesthesia
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT *Not her real name Leah’s* first reaction to entering the water was so bad that her therapist had to stop...
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Andrea Salzman
May 206 min
Hope After Hip Surgery
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Our patient spent one month in bed trying to ward off pain. He finally decided to have the hip surgery his...
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Andrea Salzman
May 156 min
Using Aquatic Therapy to Promote Social Interaction
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Maria first met Rafaela in a therapeutic pool in Lisbon, Portugal. Maria was visually impaired; Rafaela...
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Andrea Salzman
May 1313 min
Ai Chi: Safety and Effectiveness
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Ai Chi is a type of relaxing aquatic exercises, which utilizes modified Tai Chi movements. [1] There is a...
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Andrea Salzman
May 84 min
Assessing Aquatic Merit
"Perhaps we have lost faith in certification because of the entrepreneurship zeal of continuing educator promoters. Too often they offer...
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Andrea Salzman
May 63 min
Balance and Sensory Awareness for Rheumatologic Disorders
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Improvement in balance is caused by the ability to make movement errors and correct for them and the water...
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Andrea Salzman
May 13 min
Handling Front-line PT
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. —Hippocrates, Precepts, ch. 1 Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS,...
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Andrea Salzman
Apr 295 min
Aquatic Exercise: Dangerous waters for the cardiopulmonary patient?
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT It strikes terror into the most phlegmatic of pool managers: The sight of a motionless body hovering...
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Andrea Salzman
Apr 246 min
Getting the Gear: Loading up on Aquatic Equipment
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Not long ago, options for aquatic therapy equipment were nonexistent. As recently as the (mildly...
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Andrea Salzman
Apr 226 min
Aquatic Feldenkrais: Finesse in the Water
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT As a physical therapist, I was somewhat disturbed to note that at age 26, I was unable to do a round-off...
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Andrea Salzman
Apr 179 min
Rheumatological disorders: Joint, tissue, and motor pain
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Published in Advance for Physical Therapy Magazine Throughout this article, we will test the idea that...
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Andrea Salzman
Apr 157 min
Therapeutic Spectrum: Treatment of Rheumatologic Disorders with Aquatic Physical Therapy
Byline: Andrea Salzman, MS, PT Published in Advance for Physical Therapy Magazine Throughout this article, we will test the idea that...
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Andrea Salzman
Apr 104 min
Why Water Can Bring Children Hope
A blast from the past. Here is one of the 300+ aquatic articles our team has written for Advance magazine over the last 10 years. The...
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