🚨 Frailty: Hope is NOT a Strategy 🚨 @jmusgravept shares the importance of evidence-supported screening & interventions to fight physical frailty in older adults. Hope without a strategy is an empty promise. Did you know that 80% of older adults are either frail or pre-frail? This can lead to falls, hospital visits, and loss of independence. But there’s good news—you CAN make a difference! 💪 Use the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) to quickly identify frailty in under 5 minutes. With a score of <10, you know it’s time to act. The solution? Progressive Resistance Training (PRT) with functional, real-life movements. Pair it with efficient techniques like rEMOM (Reps Every Minute on the Minute) for sessions as short as 10-15 minutes, 2x/week. 📏 Measure. 💪 Intervene. 🌟 Empower. 💬 Share your experience using the SPPB or rEMOM in the comments! ➡️ Links in bio for research, the SPPB guide, and calculator app. Frailty Stat: doi: 10.2147/CIA.S139860 How to do SPPB : https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures/short-physical-performance-battery SPPB correlation to frailty status: 10.1093/gerona/glab087 SPPB Calculator: IOS : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sppb-calcualtor/id1046391074 Progressive full body Resistance training for frailty: doi: 10.1159/000382065 *If you want more helpful content to better serve older adults, sign up for our MMOA Digest = Free Bi-Weekly Email packed with helpful links, posts, & research relevant to your work. Link In Bio or PTonICE.com **Looking for CEU’s & courses that will change your practice? Check out our MMOA Course Offerings (Online & Live) Link In Bio or PTonICE.com #physicaltherapy #geript #homehealthpt #pt #dpt #dptstudent #physiotherapy #physicaltherapist #physiotherapist #physicaltherapystudent #newgradpt #physiotherapystudent #physicaltherapyassistant #physicaltherapyassistantstudent #geript #geriot #OTs #OTA #occupationaltherapist #ottreatmentideas #otstudent #otastudent #occupationaltherapyassistant #oldnotweak #ptonice #icetrained
🚨 Frailty: Hope is NOT a Strategy 🚨 @jmusgravept shares the importance of evidence-supported screening & interventions to fight physical frailty in older adults. Hope without a strategy is an empty promise. Did you know that 80% of older adults are either frail or pre-frail? This can lead to falls, hospital visits, and loss of independence. But there’s good news—you CAN make a difference! 💪 Use the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) to quickly identify frailty in under 5 minutes. With a score of