Medical Spanish Class: Equipping DPT students to better serve our community
Written by: Neftali Del Rio; Class of ‘25 DPT student Hola Todos! My name is Neftali Del Rio and I am originally from Pasadena, CA. Both of my parents were born in Mexico, so I consider myself a Chicano First generation student. I came upon physical therapy as an undergrad, and though I initially began…
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Regis DPT Hosts Teikyo Heisei University
Written by: Lauren Smith; Class of ‘25 Editor-in-Chief This spring, the Regis DPT program hosted a group of 36 Japanese students visiting from Teikyo Heisei University. The students were a mix of athletic training, physiotherapy, judo therapy and accupuncture specialties, all of which are undergraduate programs in Japan. Accompanied by several faculty members, the students…
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Dry Needling within the Regis DPT Curriculum
Written by: Savannah Holt, 1st Year SPT Imagine this. You are about to start your second semester of physical therapy school. You get an email just a few days before the semester starts, notifying you that you will be given an introduction to dry needling in your first class at 8:00 am on Monday morning,…
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Tattoos and Physical Therapy: A View on Body Art in the Healthcare Setting
In today’s world, tattoos are more common than ever but there is a lingering sense of taboo around tattooed individuals in physical therapy and the healthcare field in general. As a professional, one is expected to look a certain, clean type of way. This stereotype does not include tattoos as they are still associated with…
Keep readingOn Taiwan during the Pandemic – And What Our Profession Can Learn
By Peter Lee, Class of 2022 Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have written, edited, deleted, then re-written about this topic more times than I would like to admit. This year has been challenging on many fronts, especially on the topic of justice. Through it all, I have asked my community for a…
Keep readingHealing Hands – A Clinical Inservice by Lindsay Pendleton
For their first clinical experience, our students have the option to present an inservice, or mini-presentation about something they are interested in, to the clinic. Lindsay had the unique honor of being published in WGH Heartbeat, the official publication of Wilbarger General Hospital, where she just completed CEI. We congratulate Lindsay on this achievement and…
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