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In July of 2007, the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences in collaboration with the OU Department of Family Medicine opened a new rehabilitation clinic, aptly named OU Physical Therapy at Family Medicine, which is located at 1111 South St. Louis Avenue in Tulsa. Professor Randall serves as the Director of the clinic as well as a staff therapist, and Professor Karol Andrew is the lead physical therapist. OU Physical Therapy at Family Medicine is a general practice outpatient clinic for patients with all types of diagnoses, plus it offers specialty services in the area of lumbopelvic dysfunction, chronic pain, balance dysfunction, and rehabilitation of performing artists and elite athletes. The clinic also serves as an education site for physical therapy interns, family medicine residents and sports medicine fellows.
One of the aspects of Professor Ken Randall's
clinical practice is providing consultation
to the dancers and staff of the Tulsa Ballet
Theatre. Specializing in manual therapy
and advanced exercise prescription, Professor
Randall provides physical therapy services
to the ballet troupe during rehearsals
as well as performances. Given the exceptional
learning opportunities presented by this
collaboration between OU and the Ballet,
student participation is a central element
of the process. Both students and Professor
Randall will agree that working with elite
athletes such as ballet dancers is both
challenging and rewarding: to develop effective
interventions, they have to take their
knowledge and understanding of human biomechanics
and physiology and push them to their extremes.
Physical therapy is an integral portion
of ensuring that this form of "Art
in Motion" continues to flourish in
Tulsa.
Related link: http://www.tulsaballet.org/affiliates.html
Related link: Tulsa
World: Dancers get therapeutic hand (12/19/2004)
By April Marciszewski, World Staff
Writer
Related video: KOTV,
Tulsa News, March 4, 2008
Pictures are courtesy of Lynette Lobban of Sooner Magazine. |
