The human Movement System is incredibly complex. It ultimately produces movement (go figure!), which is the result of a dynamic interaction of the nervous, muscular, skeletal, endocrine, pulmonary, and cardiovascular systems of the human body. Physical Therapists have many responsibilities and skills, but at the end of the day, we treat and enhance the Movement System. This system, while intricate, can be simplified in such a way that allows us to determine variables that are

Paul and I recently had a conversation and he asked me, “Do you think we’re happier today than we were back in the day?” After further clarification, I understood he was just asking, in general whether I felt people were happier today than they were maybe 50 years ago. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m 30- so clearly I can’t speak with much authority on the topic of the 1960’s. But the conversation made me start to think nonetheless. Over the last 30 years, with all the