APTA Maryland President//AAOMPT Secretary//Director for Residency & Fellowship Education//Former outpatient PT private practice owner
Baltimore, Maryland
Joined November 2011
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A common course of PT for LBP is about 7 visits; With a $50 copay that’s $350. That’s a car payment. A $100 copay brings that to $700. That’s a Jaguar payment. But, a 1-month supply of pills often comes with only a $10 copay. High PT copays drive people to opioids. #opioidcrisis
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📍Monday on Capitol Hill, APTA brought the physical therapy profession's voice directly to congressional staff during our briefing, "An Ounce of Prevention: The Role of Physical Therapy in Reducing Health Care Costs."
🔗 Learn more: apta.org/article/2026/09/16/…
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The APTA Maryland delegation is on the ground in Portland, representing our members, collaborating with colleagues from across the country, and helping shape the future of the physical therapy profession.
Behind every vote at the #APTAHOD are months of preparation, discussion, and member engagement.
Thank you to our delegates for bringing Maryland's voice to the national dialogue. 💙❤️💛@RoyFilmDPT @UkohaDPT @StefThom90
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#APTAMD #PhysicalTherapy #Leadership #Advocacy #BetterTogether
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🎉 Big congrats to APTAMD national award winners honored at the APTA Payment Advocacy Summit!
🏆 Roy Film, PT, DPT – Lucy Blair Service Award
🏆 Zeeshan (Zee) Bhimani, PT – PT/PTA Team Award
Thank you for representing Maryland so well on the national stage! 👏
#APTAMD #PhysicalTherapy #APTAProud #StrongerTogethet @RoyFilmDPT @zeeshan7bhimani
APTA Orthopedics membership is free for PT and PTA students—don't miss your chance to join!
Join today (APTA membership required. See link for details)
🔗: orthopt.org/content/studen…
#DPTStudent #PhysicalTherapy
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@UMSOMPTRS
Just published 📢
Smallest worthwhile effect of ACL reconstruction vs. rehab alone
Patients want a 12%⬆️in function or 41% ⬆️in return sport chance, above the excepted benefit of rehab alone, to consider surgery worthwhile.
@JPhysiother @msk_health
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Thanks to #PTadvocacy from @APTAofMaryland, new legislation streamlines insurance credentialing timelines and introduces accountability measures for delays — helping providers get in-network faster and start caring for patients sooner. ✅
🔗Learn more: apta.org/advocacy/issues/apt…
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هالمزيج من غياب النقد الذاتي اللي يتحول لدور الضحية،
يسوي دوامة سلبية.
لما تحس إن ولا شي يضبط،
ولا شي يصير له قيمة.
تهمل نفسك.
ولا أحد ينتبه لك أو يهتم.
وبالنهاية يصير اللي كنت تصدقه.
إن الناس تكرهك.
وإنك ما تهم أحد.
وإن في شي فيك “ملعون” بطريقة ما.
وأسوأ شي…
إنك ما عاد تبي تطلع من هالحالة.
كل شي صار مخربط لدرجة
إن فكرة إن الأمور كان ممكن تكون غير
تصير مؤلمة زيادة.
فتفضل تكون “صح”
على إنك تكون سعيد.
👀👀👏👏👏
Blaming others stops your growth. Take responsibility. #Leadership #silvernail_lining
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4/
⚠️ The #1 clinical mistake with nerve pain.
Everyone jumps straight to:
→ Nerve glides
→ Manual therapy
→ Needling
→ Exercise programs
Before any of that: STOP ANNOYING THE NERVE.
Neural tissue is the most sensitive in the body.
Every time you push past threshold → 2-3 day flare → lower threshold for the next one.
Patients land in a sensitisation cycle and treatment becomes ineffective with loss of patient confidence.
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Yesterday on Capitol Hill, APTA Senior Congressional Affairs Specialist Brian Allen spoke at a briefing on how federal student loan limits could impact access to graduate and professional degree programs, including physical therapy.
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Thanks to advocacy led by @APTAofMaryland, new state legislation gives regulators expanded authority over third‑party administrators.
This win improves accountability for entities that directly affect claims processing, payment, and compliance. #PTadvocacy
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Question at meeting: limitations of #GRADE? My answer: For eminent individuals with their own perceptions of the evidence and with strong views about how clinicians should best treat their patients, GRADE hierarchy of evidence and emphasis on patient values can be unpleasantly constraining.
✨ICYMI✨ Credentialing timelines begin in Maryland on 10/1/2026 and insurance companies will face a $500/day penalty if they delay. APTA Maryland will continue to keep you informed. @APTAofMaryland @APTAofMD_SSIG @pps_apta @APTA_official @APTAOrthopedics
Almost 50% of U.S. teens are unaware that fake prescription pills, often sold on the street, at the mall, or via social media, contain fentanyl. You can help raise awareness and make a difference. Learn more at stopoverdose.maryland.gov/fe….
ALT Stay informed. Save a life. 45% of teens are unaware that fentanyl is being used to create fake Rx pills. National Fentanyl Awareness Day. #NFAD2026 #NoRandomPills FentanylAwarenessDay.org.
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A widely used knee surgery may not just be ineffective — it may cause harm.
10-year results from the FIDELITY trial, now in @NEJM.
🧵 – at Helsinki, Finland
I’m honored to receive the APTA Lucy Blair Service Award. I've learned by doing years of work with servant leaders. Ultimately, any group is only as strong as its members and their willingness to put aside personal ambitions to work for the greater good.
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Purdue Pharma to be dissolved!
Don’t feel too sorry for them though. They’ve moved most of their money into offshore accounts and ratcheted up business in Europe and South America under Mundipharma.
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DEA National Take Back Day - one week from today
Safely and freely dispose of your unneeded prescription drugs, with no questions asked, during the national #TakeBackDay event on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Find a collection site in your community: DEATakeBack.com.
ALT A bottle of pills spills over. DEA National RX Take Back. Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. DEATakeBack.com.
