Foot Health for Runners
Michele Vita, PT, DPT, educates runners about the importance of proper foot health and a physical therapists role in preventing and treating foot injuries that may result from running.
Preventing Low Back Pain During Pregnancy
Regina Faison, PT, RPT explains how a physical therapist can help minimize or prevent low back pain, a common problem during pregnancy.
New Treatments for Stroke
Kathy Brady, PT, discusses new technologies to help stroke victims recover and regain their motion.
Physical Therapy Management of Amputees
A video from the archives of the US army demonstrating early management of above and below knee unilateral amputees, rehabilitation of bilateral amputees, and fitting of and training with prostheses.
Great videos from the Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia
The Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia is a member driven organization that provides leadership and direction to the physiotherapy profession by fostering excellence in practice, education and research and promotes high standards of health in British Columbia. These great promotional videos were produced as part of a TV add campaign last year and have now [...]
Dean Ornish on healing
Dean Ornish, clinical professor at UCSF and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body’s natural desire to heal itself. He’s one of the leading voices in the medical community promoting a balanced, holistic approach to health, and proving that it works. He’s [...]
The magic of the placebo
Sugar pills, injections of nothing — studies show that, more often than you’d expect, placebos really work. Magician Eric Mead does a trick to prove that, even when you know something’s not real, you can still react as powerfully as if it is. (Warning: This talk is not suitable for viewers who are disturbed by [...]
The world needs all kinds of minds
Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works — sharing her ability to “think in pictures,” which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of [...]
A new strategy in the war on cancer
Traditionally, David Agus explains, cancer treatments have had a short-sighted focus on the offending individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modelling and protein analysis to treat and analyse the whole body.
Pawan Sinha on how brains learn to see
Pawan Sinha details his groundbreaking research into how the brain’s visual system develops. Sinha and his team provide free vision-restoring treatment to children born blind, and then study how their brains learn to interpret visual data. The work offers insights into neuroscience, engineering and even autism.
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