Amy Wooddell is a PTA who lives and works in the KC Metro area. She had a stroke in 2010 and in 2012 joined THE Kansas City Kansas Community College PTA program. She shares her story of rehab from the patient perspective and how that's influenced her as a current clinician. She also founded National Orange Popsicle Week to raise awareness and provide a community for stroke survivors who are 45 years old and younger. They have plenty of volunteer opportunities (wink wink PT/PTA students). Be sure to check them out at www.nopw.org

Tape 10: From CVA to PTA and Why Orange Popsicles are Important

Welcome to THE PTA TAPES... A podcast that goes, behind the scenes of physical therapy 

Health & Fitness

On the last episode from SSPT Live, I talked to F Scott, oneof the guys that helped get The PTA Tapes going. We talked about his podcast, the Healthcare Education Transformation podcast. What his top changes to DPT education programs would be, and his opinion on moving the PTA education from an AAS to a BS. 

The Double Doctor F Scott Feil and the future of PTA/PT Eduation

On the 2nd to last episode from SSPT Live, I talked to Ashlea Victor, a PTA who has worked in most if not all the settings and has had multiple stints as a clinic director as well as building a Rehab Department from scratch. We re-visit the "PTAs as clinic directors" debate and the hiring process of a PT. 

Building a rehab center from the ground up: The PTA Perspective

In this episode, I spoke w/ Andy Tseng, aka The PT Doodler about his side hustle as an animator for APTA state associations and clinics. He's also both a DPT and MOT and talks about the differences and similarities between the two. 

MOT and DPT; the PT Doodler

On the first interview from SSPT Live, I talked to Susie Lunardi, SPT.  A (soon to be) 2nd year DPT student in New York! She talks about how she got into PT and her brief stint as a body builder. What we need to do to relate to the high-level fitness athlete and how her DPT program requires the students to get their CSCS. 

Body Builder to SPT & CSCS as a requirement for DPTs

Just a quick intro into what SSPT Live is and why I went!

Tape 10: From CVA to PTA and Why Orange Popsicles are Important

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