The Americans with Disabilities Act reminds us that disability rights are human rights. Thirty-six years later, we’ve made progress, but true inclusion requires continued investment in accessibility, healthcare, research, and universal design. #ADA36

Every day I have the privilege of caring for people rebuilding their lives after stroke, brain injury, Long COVID, & other neuro conditions. Brains are capable of extraordinary recovery, but only when we continue to invest in research, rehabilitation, and hope. #WorldBrainDay

5 things worth the money (from a rehab doctor): ⛑️ A helmet that fits correctly. 💉 Vaccines. 🏃‍♀️ Physical therapy when you actually need it. ❤️ Time with friends. 😴 A good night’s sleep.

Is spasticity really just “spasticity”? Our latest paper in @AJPMRjournal reviews how the definition has evolved and proposes “spasticity syndrome” as a more comprehensive framework. www.ovid.com/jnls/ajpmr/f...

The World Cup referees aren’t the only ones handing out red cards… As a brain injury and neurorehabilitation physician, here are a few myths I’d happily send off the field.

Repping the USA today! World Cup fan, but make it professional. How did I do? 🇺🇸⚽️👢

The Spurs lost the Finals last night. But as a brain physician, I see something else. The youngest starting five in conference finals history (average age 22 years, 346 days) just made a run in the NBA Finals. At 22, the brain is still under construction. 1/

I couldn’t sleep after that #NBAfinals game. Felt like I was going to die of Takotsubo syndrome 💔😭

We had our UT Health San Antonio PM&R residency graduation last night. So proud of these 8 graduates. They are prepared & will help so many people! Of course, since they trained in San Antonio, they will be part of our rehab familia por vida! #Graduation #PMR #PorVida

The UT Health San Antonio PM&R team has one prescription for tonight: 🏀 Spurs basketball. To our PM&R colleagues in New York - consider this a friendly challenge from South Texas. May the best team win! #GoSpursGo #PMR #NBAFinals #PorVida

Looking to sharpen your approach to spasticity management? Join us June 18 (6–7 PM CT) for Spasticity in Focus: Expert Conversations in PM&R: Spasticity Assessment and Treatment Optimization Open to all. Register: onlinelearning.aapmr.org/URL/01OC_06260… #Spasticity #PMR @AAPMR

As Stroke Awareness Month comes to a close, I keep coming back to this photo. That’s my grandfather… a WWII veteran, proud Spurs fan, and one of the toughest people I’ve ever known. After a stroke, he spent his later years in a nursing home, but he never lost that Spurs spirit.

Breaking: The FDA appears to have approved the antiviral ensitrelvir (Xocova), which can be used as PEP after being exposed to someone with COVID-19 💊🦠 www.fda.gov/drugs/novel-...

Novel Drug Approvals for 2026

Novel Drug Approvals for 2026

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New JAMA Network Open study: 📊 Long COVID prevalence estimated at ~16% 🏥 58 U.S. hospitals 🤖 AI-based EHR phenotyping ⚠️ Diagnosis codes alone missed many cases The burden of #LongCOVID is likely much larger than administrative data suggest. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Long COVID Persistence and Surveillance Gaps Across 58 US Hospitals

This cohort study quantifies the gap between true postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 burden and diagnostic code–based estimates, determines the proportion representing chronic disease, and characterizes...

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Stroke Awareness Month reminder: many stroke survivors develop spasticity. AAPM&R has launched a FREE interactive patient & caregiver resource covering: • What spasticity is • How it affects daily life • Treatment options • Finding expert care • Long-term management Please share widely.

I recently had a patient with cervical dystonia tell me: “You truly changed my life just by giving me a diagnosis… and then treating me.” Because so many patients with cervical dystonia spend YEARS being dismissed, misdiagnosed, or told it’s “just stress,” posture, arthritis, or anxiety. 1/

In case you think I’m living the perfect life as mother and physician, I give you my google search today…

She cried because she could wear her mom’s ring again. After her stroke, severe spasticity kept her hand tightly clenched. Botulinum toxin treatment helped relax the muscles enough for her to open her hand again.

A year of growth, bold thinking, and incredible leaders at ELAM. Came in with a vision. Leaving with a bigger one. Let’s build what our patients deserve.

Honored to join Texas Public Radio’s Petrie Dish to talk about new national #TBI guidelines. 👉 You don’t have to hit your head to injure your brain. 👉 More than half of TBIs go unrecognized. Time to connect the dots and catch these earlier. 🧠 Listen here: www.tpr.org/podcast/petr...

Petrie Dish: New national guidelines target often-missed TBI cases

You don’t have to be a football player or a bull rider to have a traumatic brain injury. You don’t even have to hit your head. More than half go undetected. New national guidelines aim to help primary...

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TBI doc watching this hit on Wemby… This is how concussions happen: high force + unexpected contact + no time for protective bracing. Even if he “looks okay,” symptoms can evolve. The right move was remove, evaluate, don’t rush back. Brain > playoffs.

NBA Centel (MIRROR)@thenbacentel-m.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wemby hit his head on the floor.. 😳 Original post

Thanks @UNC_PMR for having me as your distinguished lecturer this year! I have no pics of me lecturing, but did get the running pic on campus. 🏃🏽‍♀️👩🏽‍⚕️

What I’d NEVER do as a brain injury rehab doctor: • Motorcycle • Tackle football (for my kids) • Ignore BP • Skip helmets • Normalize repeat COVID infections Because I take care of what happens next.

Honored that our AAPM&R spasticity guidance paper is a top 10 most-cited article in the PMR Journal. Spasticity is still underrecognized and undertreated. This work was about giving clinicians practical tools to do better for our patients. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #Spasticity

2008. I was a resident with a newborn at home & a dad battling cancer. I was tired in ways I didn’t have words for. But even then I realized: What a privilege it is to be trusted. To be invited into someone’s hardest days. To be thanked for simply showing up. #NationalDoctorsDay

March 25 💚 #CerebralPalsyAwarenessDay CP doesn’t end at childhood. Lifelong condition → lifelong need for care & support. Honored to stand with my patients.

RIP Chuck Norris.
If you trained at the VA, you know: Walker, Texas Ranger was always on.
A quiet, nostalgic part of residency I’ll never forget.

If you were/are in the healthcare field and are living with Long Covid, please fill out this survey (to help out a grad student): twu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

As a physician, Long COVID taught me humility.
As a patient, it showed me how harmful dismissal can be.
 To those living with Long COVID: you are my inspiration to listen better, believe sooner, and advocate harder. #LongCovidAwarenessDay #LongCovid #Physiatry

She had no idea she’d grow up to fight so hard for people with brain injuries. Now I care for patients, study spasticity, help develop clinical guidelines, and advocate for equitable access to rehabilitation care. Proud to be a physiatrist this 🧠 #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth