Patients presenting to our Boulder Physical Therapy clinic often present with arm or leg symptoms including pain, numbness, and pins and needles. Our well trained and educated Physical Therapists utilize a patient’s history and their objective examination to determine the source of the symptoms and what is contributing to their onset. Importantly, the source of...
At our Physical Therapy practice in Boulder we place an emphasis on allowing each patient an interrupted, one on one, 60 minute session to tell their story. We feel this patient centered approach is critical to gaining a thorough understanding of the patient’s symptoms and their impact on the patient’s life This method is associated...
In today’s healthcare environment, providers are asked to do more with less resources and time. One area frequently cut by clinicians is the subjective examination or patient history, arguably the most important part of the patient encounter. Previous research has found over 80% of all diagnoses by physicians can be made utilizing the patient history...
William Osler, M.D., considered by many to be the father of modern medicine once said “listen to the patient he is telling you the diagnosis”. Others in the medical field have similar quotes including “listen to the patient long enough and they will tell you the diagnosis, listen longer and they will tell you the...
Introduction Low back pain (LBP) is a common, disabling condition with both musculoskeletal and non musculoskeletal contributions. It has been reported that greater than 80% of individuals will experience LBP within their lifetime and 20-30% of individuals are affected with these symptoms at any point in time[1]. Katz et al. reported the cumulative cost to...