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Army physical therapist living in South Korea. DMs open for any questions about Army PT. my opinions don’t reflect the army’s (except the good ones) he/him

South Korea
Joined September 2018
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i don't play golf and i have no idea what i'm doing, but i love going to the driving range every once in a while and just smashing some golf balls. critique my swing!
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"rank has its privileges" means you use that privilege to help those subordinate to you. if you use your privilege to make your life easier, you're lame – at Alamo Heights, TX
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a korean police robot 🚨
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this korean rest stop has free mobility aids for folks to use during their stop
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quitting my job as a physio to open a thai restaurant called Pretty Fly For A White Thai – at Bangkok, Thailand
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got such a smooth burn from a patient today and i don't think he even realized it so, what kind of exercises do you do in the gym that bother you? "well i do the--uh, do you go to the gym sir?" 🥲🥲🥲yes🥲🥲🥲
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a few weeks back i bought 100 tiny rubber ducks on amazon i've slowly been hiding them one at a time around the clinic the number of ducks is slowly multiplying. no one knows where they're coming from. no one knows why. what do the ducks want? duckocalypse 🦆🐥
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I have been a proponent for #primarycarePT for over 20 years. SO excited over this news from APTA: "The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that it's now positioned to allow physical therapists to act as primary neuromusculoskeletal providers across all DOD settings. 1/8
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any UK military physios follow me? would love to chat about what work is like for you
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reading current concepts and its advocating for various length tests in the hip, with one of them being the Ober test. we have peer reviewed evidence going back at least as far as 2016 telling us that the Ober test doesn't actually assess IT band length at all
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its relevance is a whole different discussion in and of itself, but it's hugely disappointing seeing things like this espoused as fact, without caveat, in study material for a certification intended to put you at the top of orthopedic practice.
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new years in taiwan 🇹🇼
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finally booked my OCS test date, so i guess i don't have any more excuses to keep procrastinating studying
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i will say, it's much easier to study material that's familiar, unlike PT school when everything was new
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good morning from the land of the morning calm #SouthKorea
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my patient outcomes are about to plummet
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why is google's first example of how to use "thank you" a meme from avengers 😂
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note 2 is essential
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