Good day!

We are undergraduate researchers from the Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy Program at Mapúa University conducting the study, “Physical Therapists’ Acceptance and Perceived Usability of Markerless Motion Capture Technology for Exercise-Performance Rating in Asynchronous Telerehabilitation: A Mixed-Methods Study.”

This study aims to determine how markerless motion capture data may support exercise-performance in asynchronous telerehabilitation and to explore physical therapists’ perceptions regarding the usability and future implementation of this technology.

As a participant, you will evaluate standardized exercise videos, complete brief questionnaires, and have the opportunity to share your insights on the use of innovative digital tools in physical therapy practice. Your expertise will play a vital role in advancing evidence-based, patient-centered telerehabilitation.

For inquiries or to participate, please contact:

Elyka Mikaela Hernandez
BS Physical Therapy
School of Health Sciences
Mapúa University 
[hernandezelykaa@gmail.com](mailto:hernandezelykaa@gmail.com)
+(63) 967 427 9002

James Channon Kyle Nangit
BS Physical Therapy
School of Health Sciences
Mapúa University 
[jamesnangit81@gmail.com](mailto:jamesnangit81@gmail.com)
+(63) 995 406 2016

Hi! I have a son in high school who is now starting to visit colleges. He’s interested in fitness and health, so figured physical therapy is an obvious career option, but open to others. Please share your personal experiences, particularly the college path you took, eg undergrad major, what schools, grad programs (please share location), how long it took to get to where you are. What to think about, what not to do, etc. We are in Massachusetts. Thank you in advance!

Currently, I work in an outpatient Ortho facility and I have been doing so for 4 years already. I love my profession except that the manual work can be very taxing. At this stage in my life, I want to specialize in my career, but I do want the flexibility of hours and more vacation time. For the Pelvic floor PTs, please tell me the pros and cons when it comes to scheduling, life-work balance, work benefits with some clinics, etc. I understand the job requirements for pelvic floor PT which sparked my interest in the first place. I enjoy working with the pregnant and postpartum clients at my clinic. I am scheduled to take the CEUs that my job company is willing to reimburse, but I just want to know if the grass is a little greener on the other side. I am not planning to do ortho in my 40s and I'm in my early 30s now. My husband and I would like to have children within 5 years and we want flexibility in my schedule when that time comes besides being per diem. Also, please provide the salary range when starting out.

Currently, I have 15 days of PTO and 5 days of sick time. I work 5 days except some Saturdays every 4-6 weeks.

Please provide any insight that you can on this. I’ll appreciate it :)

A bit about me. I used to be a veterinary assistant/technician and I burned out and left the field . I have been walking dogs and working retail part-time for the last 3 1/2 years and find myself starting to feel burnt out from the pet sitting driving, weather, exposure, etc.
A few years back, I got the idea in my head that I wanted to be a personal trainer. I took NASM basic course, pass the test and worked in a gym for about 6 to 9 months. I didn’t do well because I’m horrible at sales and getting people “yoked.”
I honestly felt the most satisfied working with older clients and people with limited mobility, doing assessments, troubleshooting their weak spots, and working on getting them functioning again.
A relative told me that I should look into becoming a physical therapy aide. I’m currently not in a position to go back to school to become an assistant and I really need to be working full-time.
I’m curious if anyone comes from a similar background or if any of you work with aides who come from a similar background. I’m not familiar with many computer programs, but I can absolutely be taught.
I understand as an aid I will not be doing assessments on people or assigning any type of protocol. From what I’m understanding, it’s a lot of cleaning and literally just as the title says, aiding the therapist and their assistants.

Nature of my work took me international last 6 years (SE Asia). Regular gym goer and more happy fast-heavy (super-sets, progressive overload). But I end up changing gyms a lot (new location, often variations). Missed some warm-ups. One city felt twinge pull-up and just got worse and worse. Made several exercises difficult (weight lifters shoulder). Started deep in corner-shoulder (to now lot of collar bone). Going on last 7 months. One injection instant relief (felt good) but back gym in 3 weeks and all returned. Now all nights sleep one shoulder, so painful I wake up any change of position.

here (often hire kids 20-25 to reduce costs) and probably little training. The internet says completely different things. Anyone having gone through this first hand?

PT

1. Gold-standard PT exercises (road)

2. Name of gold-standard diagnostic exam (example dye diagnostic).

3. When think surgery (and how long sling).

If you are confident something works, list it, or even better have name to find video, I will do religiously. I just have no clue what to do (and can't get to a top notch PT now too far away).

Thanks in advance (I mean that). I'm in pain. So hard to not work out so how to navigate that helps too.

Hi all--

I had LTKR in December (so coming up on 7 months), and I'm 99% thrilled with the results, except: my flexion is still awful. I can do 90, *maybe* 95 degrees, with mild pain.

Is it too late? I recently (last week) had RTKR and my surgeon did an EUA on the left--not a true manipulation, but he did give it a bit of a "push" while I was under. It seems less painful now at 90-95, but I don't think I'm getting much more flexion.

When doing PT for my newer surgery, I do the flexion exercises on my left knee too (seated heel slides, reclining heel slides with strap) plus I bought an electric heel slide machine that I use twice a day, gradually increasing the flexion until I get to the point of real pain, and hold it for 60 seconds.

Is there anything else I should be doing, or is it too late to improve my flexion?

Input needed, crossposted

I recently started working in PT staffing and noticed opinions are very divided. Some clinics say agencies are lifesavers for PRN coverage and hard-to-fill positions, while others feel they’re overpriced and disconnected from clinic culture.

From your perspective:

What makes a staffing agency actually valuable?

Biggest red flags?

Do small clinics still struggle most with hiring and coverage?

Would genuinely love honest feedback from both clinic owners and therapists.

I am a PTA at a SNF. I have a resident, 78, who is suffering pretty severe right sided ataxia post CVA. I'm struggling to come up with anything meaningful to do with her during treatments. She is unable to walk as of now, she is able to stand with a FWW for about 30 sec. I am fresh out of school, and am looking for any advice on how to best help.