Terry Pratt, PT

Enthusiastic about PT and life. Faculty Instructor for @NAIOMT, Fellow in @AAOMPT, Clinical Director @MVPT, Board Certified Orthopedics @APTAtweets

[Terry Pratt, PT @prattphysio]

"By the time Taussig graduated from Hopkins, ... Some of her innovations in pediatric cardiology have been attributed to her ability to distinguish the rhythms of normal and damaged hearts by touch, rather than by sound."

Manual therapy is a form of listening to patients @naiomt

[Dr. Scott Carlin @scottcarlinpt]

My Exercise Principles:

Some > None
Done > Perfect
Fun > Boring
Consistency > Intensity
Simple > Complicated

What am I missing?

[Stephanie Bruce @Steph_Rothstein]

13th in 2:30:34 at NYC. Thought we hit it just right in training. Maybe I made mistakes in the race but I needed to try. I went for it today and paid the price, but have no regrets. I’m proud, so tired and sore and my legs and heart are a little shattered. Love you NY, thank you!

[Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine @BrownJHM]

A middle aged male presented for evaluation of numbness & tingling. One year ago, he reported having left eye vision loss that lasted few 5 seconds. What is the clinical sign & what does it indicate? #MedEd #Medtwitter #Neurotwitter (Video by @bemooremd)

[Physio Meets Science @PhysioMeScience]

Anatomical illustration of the subgluteal space (‿|‿)

[Dr. OMID BANDARCHI @OBandarchi]

🛑An absolutely wonderful,beautiful meanwhile easy demonstration of the correct examination of the "Sensory AND Motor" innervetion of the hand. Here showing you sensory and in the comment of this tweet motor innervation...

https://t.co/8586PsCi2p

[NEJM @NEJM]

A 70-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of dysphagia. Compression of the hypopharyx by large cervical osteophytes was seen in a videofluoroscopic swallowing study (shown in a video). https://t.co/zlXHv6NA2T

[Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine @BrownJHM]

A young man came for evaluation of ankle pain after playing basketball. What is the test and likely diagnosis? @trauma_modern @grepmeded #Medtwitter

[Terry Pratt, PT @prattphysio]

@brknbnsb Nope you are not, and my mom passed away 35 yrs ago. You are never over losing a parent

[ɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ 🚴🏻 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 @Retlouping]

Impact of audible pops associated
with spinal manipulation on perceived pain: a systematic review

https://t.co/1KGjgOgvmS

“there is currently an absence of evidence that supports a relationship between the presence of an audible pop during the delivery of SMT & pain outcomes.”

[Ryan Hess, MD @RyanHessMD]

A nice example of subluxation of the ulnar nerve. Important to recognize this before incision, to make sure the nerve isn’t at risk.

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

From a Spine Surgeon…It is important to not neglect core strength.

[𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧 @MarkCroucher2]

Individualised manual therapy plus guideline-based advice vs advice alone for people with clinical features of lumbar zygapophyseal joint pain: a randomised controlled trial - PubMed https://t.co/VQdYVKckyV

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Researchers who study Type 2 diabetes have reached a stark conclusion: There is no device or drug powerful enough to counter the effects of poverty, pollution, stress, a broken food system, cities that aren't walkable, and inequitable access to healthcare. https://t.co/aQUve1pQW1

[ɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ 🚴🏻 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 @Retlouping]

Cholecystitis Masquerading as Cardiac Chest Pain: A Case Report https://t.co/jmTj4wrPVa

[Charlie Clements @ClementsCharl96]

1) 🧵

*With consent*

Nice e.g of favourable natural history of lumbar radiculopathic symptoms.

[Dr. OMID BANDARCHI @OBandarchi]

Above: Carpal & Guyon canal

Below: Anatomy of the carpal canal

Median nerve gives off palmar cutaneous branch before entering the canal(short arrow).Median n. then travels through the canal& gives off motor branch

(long arrow) indicates ulnar nerve as it enters the Guyon canal

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

5) COVID denialism runs deep. UK 🇬🇧 also has been in deep denial despite all the hospitalizations.

[Chris Beardsley @SandCResearch]

Whether a workout causes muscle damage or not affects whether muscle glycogen can easily be replenished afterwards. This means that overreaching blocks can lead to increasingly reduced levels of muscle glycogen.

[Dr. OMID BANDARCHI @OBandarchi]

🔴One of the best anatomic illustrations of both sternoclavicular joints that I've ever seen👌The main function of the sternoclavicular joint is to coordinate the movements of upper limb with the core of the body.Thus allowing the upper limb to perform its full range of motio

[Mskfreak @mskfreak]

Next-gen drawings are coming. They will be part of my new anatomy and ultrasound project that hopefully will be anounced on first half of 2023. I´ll keep you informed.