Intro to My Blog
Hey readers!
My name is Cristina and I am a Doctor of Physical Therapy with my degree from University of Miami (go canes!). I have been practicing for 6 months now in an outpatient orthopedic clinic. University of Miami did an excellent job at instilling the importance of evidence based practice in their students. I enjoy reading recent research because it not only allows you to perform the best possible patient care but it also allows you to answer patient questions with the utmost confidence, and you have the proof to back up your answer.
With a busy work schedule and personal life, I know it can be difficult to be disciplined and stay on top of the current research out there. I created this page, mostly for selfish reasons, to prompt me to read multiple articles a week so I am aware of the current literature in PT. I figured, why not make a page so other clinicians can reference topics and articles quickly?
So here I go……
I am going to attempt to stay on schedule with a different topic each day of the week.
Monday: Knee
Tuesday: Back Pain/Spine
Wednesday: Shoulder
Thursday: Foot and Ankle
Friday: TGIF! Wild Card
This schedule is temporary. Going to try it it to see how it flows and may end up changing the topics once the blog is up and running.
Each entry will have the following information:
1. Type of Research/Level of Evidence
2. Summary of subjects used, methods, results
3. Conclusion/Bottom Line/Clinical Relevance
4. Article Grade: A, B, C (this is strictly based on my opinion and critique of article depending on different aspects such as type of study, sample size, methods etc.)
Before wrapping up this entry, I would like to disclose that this blog and it’s contents have absolutely nothing to do with the practice I work for or the company views. This is just for fun and a place for me to write about what I am reading.
I will be kicking off the first entry on Monday April 4th! Thanks for visiting and happy researching!!
HEY FOLLOW THIS KID.
Research is important friends.




