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1. Five Important Questions For Your Health Care Provider
(SLI/Articles)

Tags: [issues, consumer, health care, commentary]  ...

2. Disruptive Innovation In Physical Therapy: Part II
(SLI/Articles)

Tags: [consumer, issues, health care]  ...

3. Disruptive Innovation In Physical Therapy: Part I
(SLI/Articles)

Tags: [consumer, issues, health care]  ...

4. Three Important Consumer Issues In Physical Therapy And Health Care
(SLI/Articles)

Tags: [healthcare, consumer, physical therapy]  ...

5. BlogTalkRadio Episode On "Competent Self Care"
(Updates/CGH News)

This is a transcript of a "Consumer's Guide To Health" episode on BlogTalkRadio (2/3/2009). Competent Self Care is a term I have used for many years. It really is the future of health and health care ...

6. Five Important Questions For Your Health Care Provider
(SLI/Articles)

... upon the provider of the service to aim to give you the best possible experience – just like any other service industry. But as consumers, we’ve lost our way. First of all, there is a growing chasm between ...

7. Back Pain – A Nation In Need Of Revolt
(SLI/Articles)

... answer is necessarily correct. Back pain – a health problem on which we spend billions of dollars, apply a lot of useless placebo-driven treatments, and on which we foster even more consumer misinformation. ...

8. The Future Of Health Care: Health Gurus Or Health Mentors?
(SLI/Articles)

... of the clinicians, the educators, and the consumers themselves. The standard refrain from the health guru is something along the lines of “if you come to me, I can fix/cure/heal your problem”. For ...

9. Is It Really An Injury?
(SLI/Articles)

... avenues exist should a problem arise – in essence, making you an informed consumer of health care. There are three primary questions to help establish your injury status: Does the problem ...

10. The Rising Cost Of Health Care
(SLI/Articles)

... competent self care strategies combined with evidence-based clinical strategies. Let's examine the actual patient costs, and then make a judgment based on consumer values of quality and value. Traditional ...

11. Disruptive Innovation In Physical Therapy: Part II
(SLI/Articles)

In Part I, I discussed the issues of quality and value in the health care system (in general) and in physical therapy (specifically). Let me expand on that a bit, and then provide an innovative solution ...

12. Disruptive Innovation In Physical Therapy: Part I
(SLI/Articles)

... the driver of all of this – has been forgotten. In any other realm, we look to quality and value as two key elements of an exceptional customer experience. A free and open marketplace fosters this. Consumers ...

13. BlogTalkRadio 7/6/2010: New Models Of Health Care Delivery
(Updates/CGH News)

Join me on BlogTalkRadio on Tuesday July 6, 2010 at 8:00 pm central time for the latest episode of "Consumer's Guide To Health".The health care system is facing a number of problems. If it's ...

14. McKenzie Practitioner And Patient Advocacy
(SLI/Articles)

... a medical system that is truly patient-centered. Studies have shown that there is a direct cost benefit to the consumer by seeing a Physical Therapist as the first line of assessment, with some estimates ...

15. BlogTalkRadio 6/8/2010: Who Needs Evidence?
(Updates/CGH News)

Join me on BlogTalkRadio on Tuesday June 8, 2010 at 8:00 pm central time for the latest episode of "Consumer's Guide To Health". The phrase “ evidence-based medicine” is pervasive in health ...

16. BlogTalkRadio 5/25/2010: Training Principles For Health, Fitness, And Performance
(Updates/CGH News)

Join me on BlogTalkRadio on Tuesday May 25, 2010 at 8:00 pm central time for the latest episode of "Consumer's Guide To Health". Whether you're new to a fitness program, or trying to improve ...

17. Austin Sports Massage And Fitness
(SLI/SLI Team)

... recovery while preparing for my own events. She has been a frequent contributor to "Consumer's Guide To Health" as well. Further information can be found on her website.  ...

18. Smart Life Manifesto
(SLI/SLI FAQ)

... the foundation for other entities such as Smart Sport International (the model clinical practice of SLI), Consumer's Guide To Health (online talk show and podcast), and the RunSmart Track Club and Training ...

19. Three Important Consumer Issues In Physical Therapy And Health Care
(SLI/Articles)

... and hand-held charts, he resolutely stated that “In America, we have a problem”. He may not have been talking about health care specifically, but he certainly could have been. Consumers have somehow ...

20. BlogTalkRadio 5/11/2010: Social Media And The Health Care Consumer
(Updates/CGH News)

Update: Due to circumstances beyond our control, tonight's episode of "Consumer's Guide to Health" (and interview with Dr. Eric Robertson) has been canceled. It is rescheduled for Tuesday May 11 at 8:00pm ...