This week, Mobility Management’s 2024 story “Barbie Goes to Seating Clinic” earned a national silver award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), after receiving an ASBPE regional silver award in April. I realize that paragraph might not make a lot of sense to you — sort of like having only one HCPCS…
Commentary: ‘Barbie Goes to Seating Clinic’ is Kenough
Commentary: Barbie Reigns, Seat Elevation Coverage Intrigues in Q1
Reviewing Mobility Management’s most-read stories this quarter.
The most-read Mobility Management story of Q1 2024 was bright pink and purple. Barbie Goes to Seating Clinic, published Jan. 23, was inspired by Lauren Rosen, PT, MPT, MSMS, ATP/SMS, program coordinator at the Motion Analysis Center, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital of Tampa (Fla.). Lauren passionately advocates for independent mobility for young children, which is…
Creating a Seating Clinic Wonderland in Tampa
Physical therapist Lauren Rosen on the importance of representation for her young seating clients.
As Program Coordinator at the Motion Analysis Center, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital of Tampa (Fla.), Lauren Rosen, PT, MPT, MSMS, ATP/SMS, has a sizable office. Rosen needs that space for her array of demo wheelchairs — power, manual self-propelled, manual tilt. And her clients — some of whom are experiencing independent mobility for the first…
Barbie Goes to Seating Clinic
Assessing her ultralight … and her impact on pediatric mobility.
A few minutes before our 9:30 a.m. appointment, I launched Google Meet and turned on the camera. My friend — a ridiculously beautiful blonde with big blue eyes and a perfect smile — sat in her current wheelchair, an ultralight with a purple frame. For clinic, she was dressed in a fuchsia one-shouldered top and…