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- Table of Contents
- What Is Virtual Physical Therapy?
- Does Virtual Physical Therapy Really Work?
- Research Supports Virtual Physical Therapy
- Advantages of Virtual Physical Therapy
- Virtual Physical Therapy Complements In-Person Therapy
- Physical Therapists Provide Patient Accountability with Technology
- Tailoring Treatment For Each Patient's Needs
- The Consensus: Virtual Physical Therapy Is Effective
- Who Can Benefit from Virtual PT?
Virtual physical therapy is also known as telehealth physical therapy, remote physical therapy, telerehab, teletherapy and telemedicine physical therapy. The coronavirus pandemic accelerated the use of telehealth for physical therapy across the country for all types of diagnoses and age groups. The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) defin...
Telehealth physical therapy has been around for decades. In recent years, the APTA gave support to telehealth physical therapy as a way to provide clinical services, educate patients, monitor progress, and encourage patient engagement. Prior to the pandemic, few studies were able to look at the effectiveness and safety of virtual physical therapy d...
FAIR Health, a database of private and government insurance claims, reported the demand for telehealth increased by 25,000% between 2019 and 2020.2The same study showed that the greatest increase of telehealth involved relief for soft tissue (such as muscles) and joint injuries.
Virtual physical therapy, telehealth physical therapy, or telerehab comes in a variety of forms. Patients can engage through: 1. Live audio and video using a software platform, such as Zoom or Skype 2. Telephony with a provider if leveraging TTY support 3. Textual exchanges using email, text messaging, or communicating through a patient portal The ...
For years, adoption of telehealth physical therapy was slowed by the belief that physical therapy needs to be hands-on so it can only be delivered in-person. However, the provision of physical therapy doesn't need to be all or nothing. It's helpful to look at the ways in which telehealth can complement, rather than replace, in-person physical thera...
Accountability plays a large role in patient actuation and motivation. The use of technology can elevate this to an entire new level. Physical therapists typically train patients in developing new routines to prevent injury. Customized exercise videos can be created and then completed by patients in the comfort of their own home. Therapists are the...
Patients requiring hands-on physical therapy can schedule in-person visits. Additionally, physical therapists can develop a hybrid virtual and in-person physical therapy program, depending on the patient's injury, treatment goals, and need for hands-on care. So, if a patient lives far away, they may choose to reduce their drive time by having in-pe...
Ascenti, a UK-based chain of PT clinics, recently reported on data from 27,000+ patients, some of whom had received virtual PT only. The upside of the 2020 changes is that we're beginning to amass the data needed to answer the most important question of all: how well does virtual PT work? Perhaps not surprisingly, based on data from the 2020 period...
As mentioned previously, virtual physical therapy is effective with lasting benefits for many types of injuries and conditions,9including: 1. Back pain 2. Burn management and treatment 3. Concussion 4. Multiple sclerosis 5. Osteoarthritis 6. Pelvic health 7. Sports medicine injuries 8. Stroke 9. Spinal cord injuries 10. Vestibular disorders 11. Ort...
A virtual visit (sometimes called telemedicine or telehealth) is a medical appointment that is conducted online. Most often, your healthcare provider will meet with you over video, although various platforms can include phone calls and/or secure messaging through a patient portal.
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In this episode, V talks about how teaching is going now that Jannine is back in person. This is a continuation from Teaching Virtually pt 1 which you can li...
Here are four goals that virtual PT can help you achieve: Addressing common conditions. If you talk to your friends and family members, you’ll likely find that many of them have or have had the same types of pain. For instance, many of them have likely experienced back pain.
Communicating Virtually (pt 1) Recording. Slides. Free High-Quality Text Resources to Engage Learners. Recording. Slides. Communicating Virtually (pt 2) Recording ...
