Physical therapy often can help patients recover faster, more fully and with less invasive and expensive procedures from conditions ranging from arthritis and injuries to type 2 diabetes and stroke. Thanks to legislation signed July 2 by Iowa Gov. Terry […]
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Looking for a way to reduce stress, build strength and increase balance and flexibility? Try Tai Chi! Des Moines University Physical Therapy Clinic is offering free Tai Chi classes July 21 and 23 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Student
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Commencement is always a special occasion at a university, but 2015 is extra-special for DMU’s physical therapy program: In May it graduated its 25th class, which is also the program’s 10th class of doctors of physical therapy. Here’s the journey
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What are the key age-related differences in the reflex vasoconstrictor response in skin microvessels, and how are angiotensin II and Rho-kinase activation involved? These questions and more are answered in a recent podcast created by the American Journal of Physiology based
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The DMU campus was alive and well during this year’s DMU Commencement week festivities. Click the image below each event to view more photos. Events kicked off on Friday, May 22, as our Doctor of Physical Therapy faculty and graduates came together to
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DMU took another step this spring in efforts to help people become more mobile: Catherine “Katie” Stevermer, P.T., Ph.D., GCS, assistant professor of physical therapy, was awarded a $60,000 grant from the SCI CAN Foundation to expand research efforts on
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Des Moines University will grant degrees to 463 graduates at the University’s 115th Commencement Ceremony, on Saturday, May 23, at 10 a.m. at Hy-Vee Hall in the Iowa Events Center, 730 Third Street, Des Moines. The dean from each of
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Each May we spend a Sunday celebrating mothers, taking time to appreciate the women who brought us into this world. On Mother’s Day, moms everywhere are showered with gifts or given a break because we recognize that having children can
Physical therapy eases pelvic pain in mothers Read More
Jayna Hoover, D.P.T.’15, hopes to eventually return to rural Kossuth County, IA, where she grew up. “The area has predominantly male physical therapists. Last winter, I began contemplating, ‘What can I bring to the area?’” She wasn’t thinking about just
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More than 20 DMU physical therapy and podiatric medical students and clinicians staffed eight tables to treat participants in the IMT Des Moines Marathon and half-marathon on Oct. 19. The students addressed runners’ post-event concerns and conducted hands-on treatment to help
They came, they ran, they got treated Read More