Tara O'Brien

USC DPT Class of 2016. FRCms. FRAs. Striving for human optimization

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

19 y.o. w/neck, mid, low back, B hip, and B shldr pain. All tests/measures (-) except motor control sig decreased #movementmatters #getPT1st

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Trying to decide if I want to do acute care, cardiac rehab, peds, SNF, or home health as my next PT adventure #advice? #pros #cons #help

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

When my patient says he hears my voice in his head at work telling him to squeeze his shoulder blades #missionaccomplished #postureperfect

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Pt: "Why do you keep changing my exercises when I finally get the hang of them?" If it's not a challenge are you even making changes? #gainz

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Obsessed with backwards exaggerated walking in the @Alter_G for patients with lower extremity or low back injuries #PT #movementretraining

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Pretty sure all my aunts & uncles let all their injuries accumulate this year & are now asking me at the family Christmas party #DrTara #PT

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Working at a sports ortho clinic & had a kid w/cerebral palsy, a man w/myasthenia gravis, & a lady w/lipedema as evals this week #generalist

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

"Can you tweet that you fixed the clicking noise in my neck?"--pt more concerned with my next tweet than her exercises #shush #getbacktowork

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Patient tells me his sugar is too low & needs soda. I look at his lab results, glucose is 141 & A1C is 6.7%. Soda is not the answer #educate

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Patient reports performing so many chin tucks she accidentally chin tucked during her family photoshoot 😂 #doublechin #chintucksftw

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Bodybuilder w/severe elbow pain w/open chain weighted sup/pronation. Who knew a radiohumeral joint glide would do the trick #newgradlife #PT

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

"This shoulder @GameReady is really helping my chafed nipples!"--patient w/rotator cuff injury 😑 #patientperspective #shoulderpain #getPT1st

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Cyclist w/patellofemoral pain: "It's weird to think my glutes never fired before PT. It's like I had a numb bum" #motorcontrol #GetPT1st

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Shoulder flexion 135 degrees secondary to muscle tightness 😳 Time to do some serious stretching #activerelease #GetPT1st #stretchingprogram

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Just noticed the femoral head and neck closely resembles an ice cream cone 😂😂 #foodanalogies #PTjokes #nerdlife

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Membrane potentials & sodium potassium pumps always get me thinking about how intricate the human body truly is #incredible #NTPEstudying

[Susan Sigward @scsiggy]

THE Class of 2016!! @USCBKNPT Best photo ever. #USCgrad #retweetTHAT @TheEllenShow

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

5 days til graduation and just finally figuring out how to explain the difference between a DPT and a PhD #3vs5yrs #itsjustdifferent

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Havent even graduated yet and already making a list of CEU courses I want to take @active_release @GT_Treatment @MyTPI #alwayslearning #nerd

[Tara O'Brien @taraobrienPT]

Used my own shoulder to make up a motor control exercise for a patient with GHJ instability & it worked! #surprisedmyself #hypermobilitytwin