Growing up, I always had a difficult time choosing my favorite….anything. Here was (is) my thought: Of all the possible options available how could I choose just one? In fact, what if I have yet to see my favorite color, animal, scientist, or director? Clearly, I was one of those children who scooped horizontally in … Continue reading
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Support The Foundation for Physical Therapy & get a super cute shirt to boot ;)
Hi Friends, wondering how you can get your hands on this cute little hippo? The George Washington University Physical Therapy Student Organization is excited to unveil our T-Shirt fundraiser for the spring: 100% of the proceeds go to support The Foundation for Physical Therapy, an organization that supports the physical therapy profession’s research needs in … Continue reading
Spring, sprang, sprung…growing in D.C.
Happy Spring On Monday it was snowing, on Tuesday it was 58 and sunny, and today is its blustery but lovely. So much can change in just 3 days but isn’t that what this time of year is all about? Change and growth. Reflecting back on my life in D.C. it is remarkable how much … Continue reading
A weekend with the experts at Johns Hopkins, early mobilization in the ICU
This past weekend I had the privilege to attend a conference up at Johns Hopkins Medical Center: “Creating and Sustaining a Physical Rehabilitation Program in the Intensive Care Unit” What was so fantastic, was hearing first hand from the clinicians who have been at the front lines of creating, sustaining, and fighting for these early mobilization programs … Continue reading
Back to work little birdies….
After a LONG day [9.5 hours of class bookended by 3 hours of musculoskel lab and a make up integument class…] I like to take a little break from studying with one of my favorite nature documentaries. Lately, I’ve gotten back into the amazing “Wild Russia” which explores the vast wilderness of the epically huge … Continue reading
The Greatest Gift
Happy Valentine’s Day Friends Many of us have metaphorically given our hearts to those closest to us and today we take a little special time to celebrate that love. This Valentine’s day falls on a very special milestone for my family. 3 years ago, someone gave the most wonderful gift to my family, they literally gave their … Continue reading
Goodnight Moon
Sometimes, it is just nice to look at beautiful things: “Full Moon Silhouettes is a real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away … Continue reading
Give yourself a “safe word”
You know that feeling when you sit down to do something and your body physically & mentally rebells? “NO!” it says sternly. It may speak to you….either subtly or a perhaps something a bit more overt (I’ll never forget the feeling of utter repulsion as I lifted that 3rd Red Bull to my lips at 4am … Continue reading
Pro re nata
Working through musculoskeletal cases always leaves me with a lot of questions…. it is satisfying when I have a few that I can answer concretely !! When looking at a patient’s medications, you may see: Tylenol PRN – which essentially just means they take it as needed for their pain. Ok, I know what it means…but what … Continue reading
Celebrate Life!
I had the absolute privilege to work with the Oncology Section this year at CSM, I’ve written earlier in the week about a few opportunities I have had to get involved and I’m so excited for what is yet to come. This evening was the Celebrate Life gathering where we displayed the tree of life now full … Continue reading
A Cup A Day 