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Ilka Felsen

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Physical Therapy
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 11:41

Get Fit with Andrew

By Ilka Felsen

Q: Do physical therapists know anything about physical fitness, or do you just teach people how to walk all day?

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Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 14:14

Do Babies Move Like Us?

By Ilka Felsen

True or False?  Babies move just like us

False! From the musculoskeletal perspective, babies have a lot of development to accomplish before they are walking like an adult. 

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Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 11:57

Do PTs Do Massage?

By Ilka Felsen
Yes. But they can be painful, and getting a “massage” from a physical therapist (PT) is not the calming experience with music and aromatic lotion you may be hoping for. In PT lingo, a massage is termed “soft-tissue mobilization” (STM) and is applied to a select region of the body, and only when indicated for treatment. In other words, not every knee or hip that walks in the door gets its surrounding tissues mobilized.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 14:29

Vocal Chords to Present New Sounds at Spring Concerts

By Ilka Felsen

In its only concert appearances of the season, UCSF’s a cappella group, Vocal Chords, will be performing a new and eclectic mix of pop music on campus next month.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 12:29

Student Posturing

By Ilka Felsen

Which One Are You?

We will breakdown five common posture problems this week — texting posture, tablet posture, laptop posture, backpack posture and library sleeping posture.

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