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 macronutrients, calories, food groups and daily ...

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 content on macronutrien...

 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 of my...

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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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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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 with ov...

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 fee...

A Guide to Processed Foods for PTs

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

Physical therapists are leading the charge to help clients improve not only their rehabilitation status but also their health problems. Many of these chronic health problems stem from poor lifestyle choices like poor sleep patterns, excessive stress, and bad nutrition. One key element in nutrition that Doctors of Physical Therapy can make a big impact on is education around reducing processed foods. 

In the past my team and I have recommended using Dr. Greger’s stoplight method for limiting processed foods. The system was easy to understand and convey during patient education; plus, Dr. Greger loves his information being spread in order to improve health. Now, a new method of categorizing processed foods has emerged: NOVA.

NOVA is a food classification system that groups foods based on the extent of processing they undergo. The system was developed by researchers in Brazil and i...

Preventing Muscle Mass Loss

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

As physical therapists (PTs) we do our best to optimize our older clients' strength, balance, and functioning. Obviously, our mainstay interventions focus on exercises, balance training, and adaptive equipment. In our courses, we highlight the importance of Vitamin D status and protein consumption for older adults, to improve balance, strength, and prevent sarcopenia. A recent study in Nature Aging highlights yet another potential dietary component that impacts muscle function: ceramides.

Ceramides, a sphingolipid, which is a type of fat, has been shown to reduce muscle mass and functional capacity in rodents. Moreover, it has been shown that offering ceramide-inhibiting medication effectively reverses sarcopenia, which is very promising for human studies. In the current study the authors examined older adults with a genetic variant to inhibit ceramides. The results showed these adults ...