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IPTA — 76 episodes

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"New and Innovative Dry Needling Applications" (3 CE Hours)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: The PT's Digital Edge: From Surviving to Thriving to Evolving (September 2025)

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Update from Your Illinois Physical Therapy Political Action Committee (IPT-PAC)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Shoulder Instability (August 2025)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Physical Therapy Airway Treatments: Posture, Breath, and Swallow Dynamics (July 2025)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Pelvic Floor Disorders in the Postpartum Patient (May 2025)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Tech Neck Unplugged: Preventing Pain in the Digital Age (March 2025)

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EXTRA CREDITS: "Legal Basics of Starting or Owning a PT Practice"

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Physical Therapy for Cancer Survivors – During Cancer Treatment and Beyond (January 2025)

10

Cultural Humility: Advancing Beyond Cultural Competence Toward Health Equity (1 CE Hour)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Teaching Our Patients (and ourselves) to Eat Better and Live Longer! (October 2024)

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EXTRA CREDITS: "PT Transactions: What to Know When Selling Your Practice or Buying another Practice"

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Strategies to set boundaries & beat burnout in PT (September 2024)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Advanced Cartilage Treatments for Knee Injuries (August 2024)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Pediatric Spine Deformity Conditions (July 2024)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Overview of Headache Evaluation and Treatment for Physical Therapists (June 2024)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: PTs Who Order Diagnostic Imaging (May 2024)

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Sexual Harassment Prevention in the Workplace (1 CE)

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EXTRA CREDITS: “External-Focus Exercise & Exergaming”

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Are all flat feet the same? (March 2024)

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Spotlight on Research: What’s New in the Dry Needling Literature

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Rotator Cuff Tears: From the boring to the interesting

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EXTRA CREDITS: ”Vital Sign Measurement and Interpretation”

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EXTRA CREDITS: ”Legal Basics of Understanding Your Employee Agreement”

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Golf Rehab – Keep Your Patients Up To Par! (September 2023)

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Jurisprudence: Understanding Illinois Law and the Practice of Physical Therapy in Illinois (1 CE Hour)

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Ethics, Jurisprudence and Practice: Current Professional Challenges (3 CE hours)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Breathing, Headaches and Back Pain, Oh My! (June 2023)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Understanding Arthrofibrosis and Its Clinical Implications (May 2023)

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Alzheimer’s and Dementia: What Are We Forgetting? (1 CE hour)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Let’s talk about SEX – and other topics that make you uncomfortable. (March 2023)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: ACL: What is it, why do we need it, and how to fix it. (January 2023)

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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: How to Protect Yourself and Your License (1 CE)

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EXTRA CREDITS: ”Disability Placards: Use ’em, Don’t Abuse ’em”

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Implicit Bias: Recognizing and Responding in Healthcare Settings (1 CE hour)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Food Insecurity, Nutrition, and Functional Impairment: Where does Physical Therapy fit? (October 2022)

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EXTRA CREDITS: Fabulous Friction! Creative Ways to Use Friction-Reducing Sheets to Promote Neuroplastic Principles

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EXTRA CREDITS: ”Telehealth Post Emergency Executive Orders in Illinois: What You Need to Know”

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EXTRA CREDITS: RC-9-22: Nonpharmacologic Blood Pressure Management For Physical Therapists

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Evaluation of the Painful Total Knee Arthroplasty (September 2022)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Overview of Headache Evaluation for Physical Therapists (June 2022)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: ACL-R Return to Play Readiness: In Kneed of an Update? (May 2022)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Clinical Update on Parkinson’s Disease - What You Need To Know (April 2022)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Early Intervention and Early Detection: A Discussion on Implementing Best Practice in 2022 (February 2022)

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EXTRA CREDITS: Leveraging Partnerships to Thrive Not Just Survive

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EXTRA CREDITS: Geriatric Syndromes 2.0: Identification, Clinical Management, and the Role of the Physical Therapist

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Mobilizing PT Clinician Research: Opportunities, Collaborations, and Challenges

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: The Un-frozen Shoulder (June 2021)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Telehealth in Physical Therapy: Impact and Opportunities (April 2021)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: How to Identify and Respond to Intimate Partner Abuse (IPA) in a Physical Therapy Setting (March 2021)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Neurologic Foundations: Trauma and Anxiety (January 2021)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Direct Referral for Diagnostic Imaging in Physical Therapist Practice (October 2020)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Head in the Game: An Update to PT''s Role in Management of Sports-Related Concussion (September 2020)

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EXTRA CREDITS: Treating the Person; Not the Body Part

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EXTRA CREDITS: Current Federal Legislative Efforts and the Effect on our Profession

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EXTRA CREDITS: Screening and Clinical Management of Osteoporosis in the Older Adult: Beyond the Plumb Line

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EXTRA CREDITS: Connecting The Dots: How to Conduct an Audit

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EXTRA CREDITS: Geriatric Syndromes: Identification, Clinical Management, and the Role of the Physical Therapist

59

EXTRA CREDITS: Incorporating Blood Flow Restriction into Clinical Practice

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EXTRA CREDITS: Current Challenges in Physical Therapy Reimbursement

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Music Therapy & Physical Therapy collaboration following COVID-19 (July 2020)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Unraveling the Mystery to Treatment & Payment (June 2020)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Manual Therapy for TMD – A Lens for Evidence Based Decision Making (May 2020)

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Got Ethics? (3 CE Hours)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Special Considerations for the Physical Therapist Assessment of the Older Adult (March 2020)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Consolidating Modern Research Findings & Technologies Into PT Interventions for MS (February 2020)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: PT Access: Pro Bono Physical Therapy Services in Illinois (January 2020)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Therapeutic Exercise, Manual Therapy and Modalities in Patients with Cancer (October 2019)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Prevention of Falls in Community-dwelling Older Adults (September 2019)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: LGBTQIA Culture Education for Health Care Providers (June 2019)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Introduction to Nutrition in Clinical Practice for PTs and PTAs (May 2019)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Physical Therapy & The Postpartum Woman (March 2019)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Peripheral Vestibular Hypofunction: Update in Clinical Practice Guidelines (November 2018)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: "Tech Neck" (February 2019)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Neurologic Foundations for Posture and Function (January 2019)

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#THIRDTHURSDAY: Head in the Game: PT's Role in Management of Sports-Related Concussion (May 2018)