When it comes to describing DMU’s renovated and sun-filled Physical Therapy Clinic on eighth floor of the DMU Clinic, patients say it best. “We have received great comments from patients regarding the state-of-the-art facility and the healing environment that it […]
The DMU Physical Therapy Clinic: ama-a-a-azing space Read More
Do the holidays have you so stressed that you’re experiencing pain? If so, Asher Bogdanove, D.P.T.’19, and Kari Smith, P.T., D.P.T., BCB-PMD, manager of the DMU Physical Therapy Clinic, share some news you may be able to use. Read on
Holiday Stress and Trigger Points Read More
Lindsey McDaniels says she tends to “function better” when her schedule is “crammed,” and the evidence is clear she’s firing on all cylinders. The 2018 physical therapy graduate has been highly engaged in service, leadership, interprofessional education and research, all activities
Crammed schedule leads to Legacy Scholarship Read More
Does including public health students on interprofessional teams increase attainment of interprofessional practice competencies? That is the title and topic of a paper published this month in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA), authored by DMU faculty Pamela
Interprofessional practice improves patient care Read More
Kari Nies Smith, P.T., D.P.T., BCB-PMD, received the DMU’s Outstanding Faculty Service Award on Aug. 12. She and her son Carter also won in their age groups at the five-kilometer Run DMU on Sept. 11. She is associate professor of
Kari Nies Smith, P.T., D.P.T.’04, BCB-PMD Read More
More than 200 DMU students, employees, alumni and friends took the challenge to Run DMU on September 11. Runners and walkers warmed up with a pre-race yoga session and nourished their tired bodies after five tough kilometers with food, refreshments and
Two hundred turn out to Run DMU Read More
Physical therapy often can help patients recover faster, more fully and with less invasive and expensive procedures from conditions ranging from arthritis and injuries to type 2 diabetes and stroke. Thanks to legislation signed July 2 by Iowa Gov. Terry
Good news for physical therapists, great news for patients Read More
Jayna Hoover, D.P.T.’15, hopes to eventually return to rural Kossuth County, IA, where she grew up. “The area has predominantly male physical therapists. Last winter, I began contemplating, ‘What can I bring to the area?’” She wasn’t thinking about just
Student seeks to bring unique services to rural Iowa Read More
In health care, it’s typically a bad sign when you have patients returning again and again or requesting to come to the clinic more frequently. But that’s the situation the Des Moines University Physical Therapy Clinic finds itself in. For
Physical Therapy Clinic expands popular exercise classes Read More
Libby Trausch, a DMU physical therapist, gave a presentation titled “Yoga asa biopsychosocial model in physical therapy” at a pelvic physical therapy study day in the Quad Cities on May 31. She and Kari Smith, D.P.T.’04, M.S.P.T.’98, BCB-PMD, DMU Physical
Libby Trausch, D.P.T.’08 Read More