The team’s patient, Harriett, was a 67-year-old woman who had been brought by ambulance to the rural hospital’s emergency room after a neighbor discovered she’d fallen in her home and was unable to get up. She had high blood pressure, […]
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Tricia Parks is seeing the pride in her Des Moines University education come full circle. She credits the high-quality education she received for preparing her to be successful in all areas of physical therapy practice. Tricia has practiced in a
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Elizabeth “Liz” Swartz Lahr, D.P.T.’19, practices at Breathe. Physical Therapy and Wellness in Des Moines and West Des Moines, a practice that specializes in dry needling, women’s health, pregnancy/postpartum pain and recovery and pelvic floor dysfunction and pain. She has
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Members of Des Moines University’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA) are working to change the world of health care, one interaction at a time: In addition to their on-campus activities, they are engaging with minority grade school, middle school and
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Theresa Marko, D.P.T.’17, P.T., M.S., is a board-certified clinical specialist in orthopedic physical therapy with her practice, Marko Physical Therapy PLLC, in New York City. She is a member of the public policy and advocacy committee and the private practice
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Julie Wiener, D.P.T.’19, practices at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center and also treats patients with aquatic therapy at Walnut Ridge Physical Therapy Clinic in Clive, IA.
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Their topics explored such diverse topics as the brain of the Siberian tiger, medical student coping, the energy cost of walking while thinking and the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment on pulmonary function in adults with asthma, but these researchers
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Mary Beth Wims got engaged in research at DMU even before she began in the doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.) program. During her interview as a prospective student, Cynthia Utley, D.P.T., director of clinical education for the program, told her
Research Symposium experience led to international publication Read More
Rebecca Bliss, D.P.T.’14, is an assistant professor in the doctorate of physical therapy program at Wingate University, predominately teaching content in neurological rehabilitation, and serves as the co-director of the neurological residency program. Her research interests include dysfunction of the
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Natalie Theroux, D.P.T.’13, is a physical therapist and clinic director at 21st Century Rehab PC in Osceola, IA. She is a National Strength and Conditioning Association certified personal trainer, a certified clinical instructor and a dry needling practitioner.
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