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2024-03-19T03:13:18+01:00text/html2010-07-05T15:48:32+01:00http://www.smartsport.infoDisruptive Innovation In Physical Therapy: Part II
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text/html2010-07-02T00:36:01+01:00http://www.smartsport.infoBlogTalkRadio 7/6/2010: New Models Of Health Care Delivery
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Join me on BlogTalkRadio on Tuesday July 6,
2010 at 8:00 pm central time for the latest episode of Consumer's
Guide To Health .The health care system is facing a number of problems. If it's not a question of cost, it's a question of quality. And if it's not a question of quality, it's a question of accessibility and of value. The future of health care will see not only an evolution towards competent self care, but it will also see innovative changes in how health care is delivered.
This episode's special guest is Dr. Sidney Robin, a family practice physician in Austin, Texas and owner of Austin Concierge Medicine (http://www.austinconciergemedicine.com).
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text/html2010-06-03T00:57:00+01:00http://www.smartsport.infoWe Don't Need No Stinking Evidence - Or Do We?
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evidence-based medicine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence-based_medicine)" is pervasive in health care (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care) now. As the phrase becomes more and more common, there seems to be a growing chasm between those that utilize the scientific method (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method), and those that don't. It's creating a rather intriguing problem for patients and practitioners. In one corner, we have those that are utilizing evidence-based strategies in the care of the patient. Using the scientific method doesn't eliminate what many call "the art of health care". The clinician still has to have clinical reasoning skills (which are deeply rooted in the scientific method) and the ability to use their communication skills effectively to establish rapport with the patient. In the other corner, we have the "gurus". These are the people that will tell fellow providers that science has yet to explain what they do and besides, it doesn't matter anyways. Experience is critical, and there are plenty of stunning anecdotal results that make it all the more obvious. The "gurus" are the ones armed with methods that have minimal scientific plausibility as a foundation. And when speaking to other practitioners eager to learn their "methods", they will be the same people that will proclaim that one could be so lucky to attain their level of understanding, unless of course you want to take their 3 week course and pay a few thousand dollars to do so. And though we might have once thought that the gurus were exclusively found amongst practitioners of "complementary and alternative medicine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine)", they are now rampant amongst "mainstream" health care providers (such as physicians and physical therapists). But here's the problem: you can't live in a world in which you selectively choose when you want to live with evidence and science, and when you don't. You cannot ride the coat tails of science while advocating for the cult of personality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality), mysticism, or the power of the placebo. So do I need evidence? And why does it matter anyways? text/html2010-05-23T18:23:00+01:00http://www.smartsport.infoCycling, Doping, And The Perceived Limits To Human Performance
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doping (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_performance-enhancing_drugs_in_sport) claims in the world of cycling. At this point, there are three things we can count on in life - death, taxes, and allegations of drug use in cycling. The question has reared it's ugly head once again (http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/Landis+admits+doping+accuses+Armstrong/3051254/story.html): has Lance Armstrong (http://www.lancearmstrong.com/) been cheating all these years? Floyd Landis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Landis) is the latest in a long line of people to point the finger at him. But before you even think of passing judgment, there are some rather important pieces of this puzzle that lend a great deal of context to what is becoming a made-for-TV-reality-show.Or a circus.Or both. I'll be the first to profess openly that I am a fan of cycling. I was introduced to it in my youth, and watching the Tour de France on TV has been an annual extravaganza that closely resembles March Madness in it's ability to draw my attention. So it's safe to say that I come into this discussion with a love of cycling. I think it's also safe to say that when discussing the issue of doping in cycling (or any other sport), we need to consider the context of the debate, the personalities involved, and the motives underlying the debate. We need to utilize the sports sciences research, and we need to examine our own belief systems. More on that later. But back to Lance Armstrong. Over the years, Armstrong has faced accusations from a number of people that have been close to him in the cycling community.The most recent, Landis, has a rather intriguing and perhaps sordid tale. Here's the storyline: text/html2010-05-21T11:26:28+01:00http://www.smartsport.infoBlogTalkRadio 5/25/2010: Training Principles For Health, Fitness And Performance
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Join me on BlogTalkRadio on Tuesday May 25,
2010 at 8:00 pm central time for the latest episode of Consumer's
Guide To Health . Whether you're new to a fitness program, or trying to improve your performance, the principles that provide the foundation for your training remain the same. This episode will provide information on setting goals, training principles, and how to apply these principles to your own health, fitness, or performance program.
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text/html2010-05-13T16:34:00+01:00http://www.smartsport.infoThree Important Consumer Issues In Physical Therapy And Health Care
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infomercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERlGndQ_xtM feature=PlayList p=6DE6CE20270F9246 playnext_from=PL index=0 playnext=1) or two, we were provided some of the finest observations of the state of the union - by none other than Ross Perot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot). For those who have forgotten, while using his pointer and hand-held charts, he resolutely stated that "In America, we have a problem". He may not have been talking about health care specifically, but he certainly could have been. Consumers have somehow been lead down the garden path in the discussion of quality, cost, and access in health care (including allied health professions such as physical therapy, chiropractic, and alternative therapies). In any business realm that we can think of, our task is to find the greatest quality of product or service at either an affordable price, or a price that we feel is directly related to the quality of the service. But in health care, the system is currently driven by some very anti-consumer principles. As Dick Cavett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cavett) once noted, As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it . Health care is no different. So what are the underlying mechanisms and motivators that are currently working against the health care consumer?