The Worst Kept Secret to Providing the Best Patient Care
Becoming a Physical Therapist (PT) is a long and demanding road. Excelling academically in undergraduate education is crucial for acceptance to PT school. After that, doctoral-level coursework consumes the next three years. Upon graduation, you must successfully complete a rigorous national exam. Following licensure, many PTs choose to pursue additional specialized certifications or residencies to […]
Boss Blog: Showing Up
In high school, my history teacher quickly figured me out. Within the first two weeks, he “invited” me to sit in the front row. My assigned seat was close enough that a sneeze could scatter his papers. Though I don’t remember much about his western civilization lessons, I do remember the bumper sticker affixed to […]
Boss Blog: True Collaboration
Collabs are not exclusive to Generation Z. Remember when David Bowie teamed up with Queen for “Under Pressure” in 1981? And who can forget Michael Jordan’s iconic partnership with Nike when the first Air Jordan shoe made its debut in 1985? From music to fashion to even food (Taco Bell Dorito Loco, anyone?), America has […]
Boss Blog: Stages of Play
Sometimes you get gifts you want, and sometimes you get gifts you need. During my time at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I had no interest in the topic of pediatrics. However, the cohort of professors at the time were some of the most elite minds in the nation regarding pediatric physical therapy. Notably, Dr. […]
Boss Blog: Lessons from Pizza
When I moved to West Michigan from the south side of Chicago, it seemed like an unwritten rule for locals to share recommendations about must-try pizza places. Out of politeness and a desire to get acquainted with the neighborhood, there was a sense of obligation to venture out and later provide feedback on whether the […]
Boss Blog: Navigating the Negativity
“The Best Jobs of the 2000s”—a title that appeared in virtually every magazine throughout the 1990s. At this time, email was nonexistent, and Google was still a decade away from going public. However, everyone knew PT was the profession of choice in the new millennium. In the early 2000s, information started flowing electronically. By 2010, […]
Boss Blog: Burnout
Forty years before Antonio Banderas and Sir Anthony Hopkins teamed up in 1998’s “The Mask of Zorro”, Guy Williams portrayed the masked swordsman in a television series. I wasn’t alive then, but when I was spending summers with my grandmother, reruns were the gift that kept on giving. In modern movies, suspense builds as the […]
Boss Blog: Leadership Lessons from the Colosseum
Leadership lessons can often emerge from unexpected sources. Ridley Scott’s Gladiator not only offers cinematic brilliance but encapsulates timeless principles of leadership and unity — values that resonate deeply at Alliance Physical Therapy Partners. In one iconic scene, Russel Crowe’s Maximus, is led into the Colosseum in Rome. He and his companions are slated to […]
Play Ball: Utilizing Your Resources
If we had just walked to the garage and grabbed another ball, we’d still have been able to play– Instead, we had a broken bat and some explaining to do. So many times, in my physical therapy career I observed similar happenings. Watching as physical therapists tried to make do with what they have instead […]
The Evolution of Compliance in a Physical Therapy Practice
It seems that every time we turn around, there is a new requirement for documentation, education, reporting, or delivery of care. As therapists, we often find ourselves wondering who continues to dream up these excessive and draining restrictions, and why they would add one more thing to a plate that’s already full. As the poet […]
How to build a fun work culture
First and foremost—Thank you for reading; I appreciate the opportunity to help people learn from my mistakes and even my successes. Though, I can’t take all the credit — these blogs typically start with inquisitive questions from our marketing team. I must admit, the most recent question put me on pause. “What were things you […]
Old Boats: A Lesson in Physical Therapy and Partnership
My friends and I are passionate about fishing. So we all chipped in and bought a classic boat, a 1978 Lund with a console drive and twin 35HP Evinrude outboard motors; it was my wife’s grandpa’s walleye boat. It was a classic, but not one of those nice classics. It needed some TLC, but if […]
