The vote is set for later today in Congress for the new healthcare bill. Regardless how the vote goes, emerging neuroscience and consumer savvy have already demanded rehab professionals change.

The question is, when will you?  

Last month I had the opportunity to share my thinking on what we can learn from our colleagues in the CAM professions….both as providers and from their respective healing arts and sciences. Very little of what is done in traditional rehab these days will be either studied or delivered in 100 years as standard of care. Take a peak to see what you might gain through….

Opportunities in the Complementary and Alternative Medicine World  Private Practice Section of the APTA  February 2010  

A new article in our monthly magazine….The future is collaboration, not competition. I get pretty direct about some of PT's collective shortfalls and encourage potential opportunities in "getting" along in the CAM world.

The article was originally requested for the next issue, the theme of which was "Outside the Box" PT. It got bumped for editorial reasons into the earlier issue, but they didn't edit out the out of the box introduction.

Anyway, turns out the image to the left is what they used for the theme….Am I the only one that noticed he's still "in the box", not out of the box?

All in good fun. Jeff Ostowski is the editor and is a wonderful professional. He tolerates my definitely out of the box thinking and ideas, but I did have to needle him a bit on this one!

Here’s the article: http://www.matthewjtaylor.com/campt.pdf

What are your experiences?

This is something I've played with the past several years. It is written from the "yoga" world of my experience using the latest science to help teachers and students alike grasp the magnificance of modern pain science.

Take a look and let me know what you think. Try it with your staff or a group of patients in a workshop…they love it and can't stop making comparisons and noting experiences to point toward in their life or with their clients.

Email us at the Contact link at the bottom if you'd like to purchase a copy of The CDSR Pain Game.

Anytime you introduce something new that doesn't have an easy historical example, communicating the "what" is a challenge.

So it is with the DSR Method™. 

One description I use is the computer analogy. We're all familiar with the PC vs Mac dialog and the great Mac commercials.

 I think there is a good analogy between what I lovingly call "20th Century Rehabilitation" and the "DSR Method™"

As operating systems they both deliver rehabilitation services (i.e., word process, surf the Net, manage images and music, etc.)…It's just that one is cumbersome, frustrating and awkward while the DSR Method™ is fun, intuitive, effective and encourages creativity in the users (both provider and client).

To celebrate, we've posted a fun T-shirt for getting the word out. Take a peak and if

 nothing else, use the service to promote your own passion!

How do you get your brand message out to the world?

To read more about the DSR Method™ click here.

Sometimes when I am pausing to be grateful, I overlook the obvious. 

Take for example the nick on my chin from shaving yesterday…it is already nearly healed….how did that happen? And it happens all day and night long in the amazing system I find myself dwelling in!

So add to your list, the awe and gratitude of being human….both the foibles and the miracles.

And it is happening now….now and, now. 

That same wisdom and emergence is also happening on larger systems scales…witness the beauty and friendship of the state dinner with our friends from India last night: touching/merging/creating anew…..much to be hopeful for in the everyday miracles.

Wow…..thanks.