By Dr. Sean Wells, DPT, PT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, CNPT, Cert-DN

In recent years, the influence of the United States' food industry has extended its reach beyond traditional methods like lobbying, governmental appointments, and dietary guideline manipulation. According to a Washington Post report, the food industry has now set its sights on a new arena: social media.

Background:

In a strategy reminiscent of tactics employed by the tobacco industry, prominent players in the food sector, particularly big sugar and supplement companies, have been discreetly compensating dietitians to generate content on their social media platforms. These covert actions have raised concerns akin to the obfuscation campaigns witnessed during the heyday of big tobacco. The central figures in this evolving controversy are dietitians who wield significant influence as social media influencers.

The issue of dietitians, or RDs, succumbing to the sway of the food industry is not novel. It revolves around...

Collagen Supplementation for Joint Pain and Arthritis: Does it Really Work?

By Dr. Sean M.Wells, DPT, PT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, CNPT, Cert-DN

Recently I was presenting at the annual conference of Athletic Trainers' Association of Florida (ATAF) and I was overwhelmed by one consistent question: why didn't you talk about collagen supplementation? My talk was specifically on orthopedics for older adults and naturally I focused on osteoarthritis (OA) and how important exercise and diet are for that condition. I did touch on some supplementation, but I left off collagen because my last examination of this supplement, using one of my favorite websites Examine.com, yielded mediocre results. However the participants at the sports medicine conference piqued my interest and convinced me that perhaps I had missed something -- almost every single one of these participants had some form of joint pain or stiffness and felt significantly better after taking collagen daily. So, back to...

How Many CEUs do PTs need in Florida?

Florida requires that physical therapists have 24 hours of continuing education units every 2 years.

The current licensure period ends November 30, 2023. This means that the 24 required continuing education hours per biennium of licensure must be met by November 30, 2023.  If you are licensed in the second half of the biennium you are only required to complete a two (2) hour medical errors course and one (1) hour of HIV.

Check out the Florida Board of Physical Therapy and the Florida Physical Therapy Association for more information.

Are you at PT looking for continuing education courses?

Check out the Physical Therapy CEU Course: Intro to Nutrition by Dr. Sean M. Wells, DPT, PT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, Cert-DN

If you are interested in how nutrition can help with PT patient outcomes; try our intro to nutrition course. The online CEU course is specific to PTs and PTAs and includes content on...

How Many CEUs do PTAs need in Florida?

Florida requires that physical therapist assistants to have 24 hours of continuing education units every 2 years.

The current licensure period ends November 30, 2023. This means that the 24 required continuing education hours per biennium of licensure must be met by November 30, 2023.  If you are licensed in the second half of the biennium you are only required to complete a two (2) hour medical errors course and one (1) hour of HIV.

Check out the Florida Board of Physical Therapy and the Florida Physical Therapy Association for more information.

Are you at PTA looking for continuing education courses for Physical Therapy?

Check out the Physical Therapy CEU Course: Intro to Nutrition by Dr. Sean M. Wells, DPT, PT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, Cert-DN

If you are interested in how nutrition can help with PT patient outcomes; try our intro to nutrition course. The online CEU course is specific to PTs and PTAs and includes...

 Are you looking for some of the best physical therapy continuing education courses? As a licensed physical therapist and also teacher of CEU courses for physical therapy, here are my top picks for the best online ceu courses for PTs. I have personally taken some of these courses and also have colleagues recommend them too. Although #2 below is actually a free physical therapy course worth .1 CEU, I still highly recommend it for course content and expanding your knowledge.

#1 Physical Therapy CEU Course: TMJ Course by Dr. Erson Religioso III, DPT, FAAOMPT

If you haven't taken a course by Dr. Erson Religoso, you are missing out! In fact, this is one of my favorite physical therapy courses I have taken recently. In the Modern Manual Therapy - The Eclectic Approach to Temporomandibular Management Erson does a great job dispelling many TMJ myths. He gives practical hands-on treatments that work, and offers exercises to help your patients too! This course has allowed me to help many...

Dr. Wells does another short summary on Ultra Processed People. This one dives deep into how the author's ultra processed diet has negatively affected his health. Weight gain, reduced ghrelin, increase in inflammation, and actual changes in his brain functional MRI after just a few weeks on the diet! Ultra processed food definitely has a negative impact on our clients' health and physical therapy outcomes!

We are excited to offer our Ultra Processed People book summary, video #2. Dr. Wells dives deep into the first several chapters of this great book and highlights much of the research that #DPTs need to know about nutrition.

In this week's video we discuss:

• What defines an Ultra Processed Food (UPF)
• The History of UPF, including the use of processed coal for fats in WW2
• How UPF actually affects health by increasing cancer, heart disease, and weight gain
• The labeling of individuals with the term "obese"
• And much more!

In the meantime, check out our 3 board-approved continuing education courses on Nutrition specific for Physical Therapists. Enroll today in our new bundled course offering and save 20%, a value of $60!

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Learn about the Top 5 Functional Foods to Fight Inflammation and Pain in Physical Therapy.

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The content and video herein are opinions...

Dr. Wells is excited to dive into the Ultra Processed People audiobook and will be offering his opinion and summaries with periodic videos and updates. As many of you know, ultra processed foods negatively impact health and rehabilitation, so this book is important to the physical therapy profession. Stay tuned for more!

In the meantime, check out our 3 board-approved continuing education courses on Nutrition specific for Physical Therapists. Enroll today in our new bundled course offering and save 20%, a value of $60!

Download Your Copy of the Free E-Book:

Learn about the Top 5 Functional Foods to Fight Inflammation and Pain in Physical Therapy.

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#MovementMatters
#Rehabilitation
#FitnessJourney
#WellnessTips
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By Dr. Sean M. Wells, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, CNPT, Cert-DN

At Nutritional PT we talk a lot about how food can impact the gut microbiome. But as Doctors of Physical Therapy (DPT), did you know that exercise has been shown to influence the gut microbiome? Studies have found that regular physical activity can increase the diversity and abundance of beneficial gut microbes, such as Bifidobacterium and Akkermansia, while reducing the abundance of potentially harmful microbes, such as Clostridium and Bacteroides.

New Research

A recent study demonstrated that alpha diversity increased among normal-weight and overweight adult individuals with moderate increases in physical exercise durations. Compositional alterations were primarily observed among normal-weight individuals. These findings indicate that even small increases in PA duration by overweight individuals can improve beneficial microbe abundance and diversity in the intestines, which has huge implications for PTs working...

I recently finished the Huberman Podcast with Dr. Panda, an known expert in the area of intermittent fasting and circadian rhythms. It was an awesome podcast covering many topics -- be sure to check it out! After listening to this podcast it got me thinking about my own published research in intermittent fasting and how it stacks up against certain dietary patterns, especially a plant-based diet.

We have discussed intermittent fasting before in other blog posts, as well in our 3 course certification bundle. In short, intermittent fasting is adapting the feeding schedule of person to restrict food to certain times or certain days. A classic intermittent fasting schedule that I used in my research was one day of feeding and one day of fasting. Obviously this works well for animal and insect models but in humans it can prove to be difficult for compliance. As such, many researchers, and clinicians now, use a more palatable for of intermittent fasting commonly known as time-restricted...