6 Financing Health Care and Reimbursement in Physical Therapy Jennifer E. Wilson The idea of reimbursement—a physical therapist (PT) provides care to a patient and the patient provides some form…
5 Laws, Regulations, and Policies Laurie A. Walsh No civilization…would ever have been possible without a framework of stability, to provide the wherein for the flux of change. Foremost among…
2 Roles and Characteristics of Physical Therapists Michael A. Pagliarulo All physical therapists, regardless of title or position, function in multiple capacities, shifting from one to another as the situation…
4 American Physical Therapy Association Michael A. Pagliarulo Approximately 70% of Americans are members of at least one association; 25% belong to four or more. Although the role of associations…
11 Physical Therapy for Integumentary Conditions R. Scott Ward Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. Albert Einstein Chapter Outline GENERAL DESCRIPTION Integument Wound…
9 Physical Therapy for Neuromuscular Conditions Shree Pandya and Katy Eichinger A sense of history and an appreciation of why things happened can provide a perspective in understanding the present…
6YNSA Basic Points “Those who are well informed of heaven must be able to make corroboration [of their knowledge] in terms of humanity. There is a number 12 [for instance,…
2Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and YNSA Theory Mechanisms of action. Several theories are discussed on how acupuncture works along with theories that are specific to scalp acupuncture. One such theory…
7YNSA Ypsilon Points – Channel Points “It is by virtue of the twelve channels that human life exist[s,] that diseases arise, that human beings can be treated and illnesses cured….
1Introduction to Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) “To live in harmony with yin and yang means life: to act contrary to them means death.”1 “Aspire to the principle, behave with…
