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June 16, 2010: KORT’s 2010 Sports Medicine Camp and Camp Director, Katie Korte, ATC were featured in an article in Louisville’s Courier-Journal newspaper Neighborhoods section. The week-long day camp, held at Spalding University in Louisville, targeted middle school and high school students interested in sports medicine, athletic training, physical therapy or health care careers. The camp included an introduction to taping; proper equipment fitting; hot versus cold treatments; shoulder anatomy, injuries and evaluation; introduction to CPR and first aid (including CPR testing); spine boarding, knee and ankle injuries, basic weight training, and rehabilitation of common sports injuries. Read more...
June 10, 2010: Hilbert Potter, PT and the LEAP Program were featured in today’s Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper. The article describes the LEAP Program (Lower Extremity Amputee Program) and profiles patients who have participated in the program. Hilbert is a member of Goss Avenue and Downtown Louisville clinic teams. Read more...
June 9, 2010: KORT Nicholasville was featured in an article in the Jessamine Journal newspaper. The event, sponsored by KORT along with seven area physicians who donated their time, offered discounted sports physicals to nearly 100 students from middle and high schools throughout Jessamine County. Proceeds from the physicals will support a KORT scholarship as well as a fund to support East Jessamine athletics. Read more...
June 4, 2010: Assistant Clinical Director Shannon Burke, PTA of KORT Brandenburg was featured in an article appearing in The News Standard newspaper of Meade County. The article, “A comfortable places where all the aches, pains disappear,” highlighted Burke’s background and expertise. It also included information about the many services offered at the clinic including aquatic therapy. (reprinted here courtesy of Jennifer Corbett and The News Standard)
June 2010: KORT Tates Creek therapist, Matt Hall, PT, OCS, has served for a number of years as a community-based faculty member of the free University of Kentucky Salvation Army Physical Therapy clinic on West Main in Lexington. The clinic is staffed by physical therapy students and faculty members and serves members of the community who lack insurance or are unable to afford PT services. Matt and the student-run program are featured in the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences 2010 Report on Outreach. (reprinted here with permission)
May 24, 2010: KORT Athletic Trainer & Sports Medicine Summer Camp was featured on Louisville’s WDRB (Fox 41) Fox in the Morning program. Doug Means, Director of Sports Medicine, discussed the student trainer camp program and activities. Read More...
May 20, 2010: Robin Harrington, Clinic Director of KORT Springhurst, was featured in an article in Louisville’s Courier-Journal newspaper about using the Wii balance board as a part of therapy. Read more...
May 17, 2010: KORT Brannon Crossing Clinic Director Jay Hargrove appeared on WTVQ-36 (ABC TV) to discuss KORT's Running Performance Analysis program available through May 31.
May 14, 2010: KORT Mt. Washington hosted an anniversary Open House and celebration of the expanded clinic facilities. Members of the Mt. Washington Chamber of Commerce, patients and friends stopped by to mark the occasion.
May 2010: In the May issue of VYPE Magazine, Naomi Sprigler ATC for Butler High School in Louisville got a swell shout-out from Butler in The Breakdown column on page 32. Read more...
May 2010: The May issue of Lexington's Health & Wellness Magazine features an article entitled 'The Mighty Hip' written by KORT Nicholasville Clinic Director, Matt Lee, PT. While the gluteus maximus often gets addressed by fitness magazines, Matt sees things quite differently. He asks, 'Why, oh why does the gluteus maximus seem to get all the love? Where's the love for our friends the gluteus medius and minimus?' Read Matt's article...
April 21, 2010: At the Annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky Awards dinner held in Lexington, six-time winner KORT was ranked 14th in the state in the large company category. KORT was highest ranked healthcare provider of the eight companies that have been winners for the six consecutive years of the BPTW program in Kentucky. The Best Places to Work in Kentucky program focuses on eight core focus areas of employee engagement and satisfaction: Leadership and Planning; Corporate Culture and Communications; Pay and Benefits; Overall Employee Engagement; Role Satisfaction; Work Environment; Relationship with Supervisor; and Training and Development. Employees are surveyed and their responses to 76 questions of the assessment constitute three quarters of a company's score.
April 6, 2010: Total Knee Replacements: What You Need to Know will be presented by Dr. Andrew DeGruccio, orthopedic surgeon, at KORT Fern Creek on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 6:30 PM. If you or someone you know has had or needs knee replacement surgery, you are invited to join us for an informational evening of questions and answers about surgery, recovery, and post-surgical rehabilitation. Read more...
March 9, 2010: KORT Hamburg Clinic Director Rob Swayze, PT was interviewed during the noon broadcast on Lexington’s WTVQ-36. He discussed the complimentary Neck and Back Pain clinic being held at KORT Hamburg.
March 5, 2010: Hilbert Potter, PT (Goss Avenue and Louisville: Downtown) was featured in a story about the Lower Extremity Amputee Program (LEAP) on WHAS-11 during the 5 p.m. news broadcast.
February 23, 2010: KORT Springhurst Physical Therapy (Louisville) is offering a FREE Fall Prevention Discussion on March 16, 2010 at 6:30 PM. Read more...
February 10, 2010: KORT Lexington: Hamburg Physical Therapy is offering a FREE Neck/Back Pain Clinic through March 31, 2010. Read more...
February 1, 2010: KORT Crestwood is offering a FREE Running Performance Analysis during the month of February. Read more...
January 28, 2010: KORT Recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for 6th Consecutive Year. Read more...
January 21, 2010: Hilbert Potter, PT (Louisville: Downtown) was featured on Louisville's Fox 41 morning show about the Lower Extremity Amputee Program (LEAP).
January 11, 2010: James Escaloni, PT, Clinic Director of KORT Winchester, is scheduled to appear during the noon report on Lexington's WTVQ-36 TV. He will be discussing how to prevent exercise related injuries by properly stretching your muscles prior to your workout. Read more...