In this Performing Arts SIG panel, PASIG Vice President of Education Melissa Kolski, PT, leads an expert discussion featuring a lineup of clinicians deeply embedded in the world of circus and performing arts: Heather Heineman, PT, DPT, OCS, WCS; Emily Scherb, PT, DPT (author of Aerial Athletes: Flying, Hanging, Wrapping, Catching); and Dawn Muci, DPT, SCS, ATC. Together, they explore physical therapy care for circus artists through the lens of orthopaedics, performance demands, and patient individuality.

Join the PASIG: https://www.orthopt.org/content/special-interest-groups/performing-arts

Target Audience:

orthopaedic physical therapists, performing arts PTs, PT students, clinicians treating hypermobility, circus or dance artists, and anyone managing complex athletic performers.

In the second episode of Did You Know?, part of the APTA Orthopaedic Podcasts, hosts Jill Thein-Nissenbaum and Lori Thein Brody chat with Evan Nelson and Scott Tauferner, co-authors of a recently published, myth-debunking original journal article in the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy titled: "Ordering of Diagnostic Imaging by Physical Therapists: A Multi-Center Analysis of Successful Implementation."

Join us as we explore the key findings from this groundbreaking research, authored by a group of experts, and dive into the evolving role of physical therapists in ordering diagnostic imaging. Evan and Scott share insights into clinical decision-making, the barriers to implementing imaging ordering in practice, and how PTs can expand their skills and positively impact patient care by incorporating imaging into their practice.

Read the full paper here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39960083/