Associations for Stroke Therapists

by A.P.
(ASIA)

Question: Hi. I am a physiotherapist. Is there any association (in web) for therapist who deal with stroke, that they can be a member of it and be more trained and aware of new treatment techniques?

Answer: A great way to learn about the latest stroke rehab news is to have search engine results e-mailed to you with a tool such as Google alerts. Go to www.google.com/alerts and enter a search term such as "physiotherapy and stroke rehab" or just "stroke rehab" as well as your e-mail and alerts will be sent to you with the latest news. You can also use Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/) to get scholarly articles and research information.

These websites might help you locate what you are looking for as well:

www.nursingdegree.net/blog/31/100-essential-sites-and-resources-for-physical-therapists (This website lists 100 different sites that benefit PTs including various associations)

www.physiotherapy-treatment.com/index.html
(a website dedicated to physical therapy treatment)

Believe it or not, YouTube is also a great tool. Many therapists and/or schools post treatment videos which may give you some good stroke treatment ideas. Just enter the search term stroke rehab, and you'll get more than 2000 results.