Sharing What You Know

During National Physical Therapy Month, work with your county health department. Arrange seminars for the county employees on physical fitness training and injury prevention. Provide them with the knowledge they need to teach the public about these subjects. Pass out related products, such as “Chair Exercises For Fitness” Handbooks and “Guide To Safe Lifting”Slideguides , to show your audiences the types of materials available for distribution to the community.

Fun Times

Lighten up your recognition event with a game. Play“Name That Therapist!” Start by gathering information from each physical therapist on your team. Try to learn things that aren’t commonly known. Make a list of names and a list of facts. Challenge everyone in your department to correctly match them. Award a Deluxe Portfolio to whoever gets the most right. Give Hand Sanitizers to all of the game’s participants.

Outfitting Them In Style

Give your physical therapy staff members a “new look.” First, find out their T-shirt sizes. Then, order “Physical Therapy: Making Every Move Count” T-Shirts for the males and Women’s Cut T-Shirts for the females. Distribute the T-shirts at the beginning of National Physical Therapy Month. Announce that they can be worn every Friday in place of the regular uniform top.

PT Polka Party

Turn Oktoberfest into Physical Therapyfest at your facility. Generate enthusiasm by attaching announcements about the event to Clipboards and distributing. During your Therapyfest, offer German food, serve mugs of root beer (in place of real beer), and play polka music. See if you can get anyone to join you in doing the chicken dance. Thank your guests for their efforts, not just in October but all year, by presenting them with Embroidered Microfleece Blankets.

Excellent Exposure

Well before National Physical Therapy Month, provide your physical therapists with a list of items from this catalog. To ensure that they get what they can really use, allow them to choose their own presents, such as an embroidered Hooded Zipper Sweatshirt or Deluxe Duffel Bag. Then make a photo display by framing a headshot and a short biography of each person. Also design a collage of action photos. All through October, exhibit the display in a high-traffic area. Further publicize the celebration of your staff’s contributions by hanging up National Physical Therapy Month Posters around your facility. At the end of the month, present staff members with the framed photos and the gifts they requested.

Garden Get-Together

Help your physical therapists feel relaxed and refreshed by taking your appreciation luncheon outdoors. Find a calm garden setting. Have an assortment of salads available, buffet style. There are many salad possibilities including tossed green salad, pasta salad, fruit salad, potato salad and macaroni salad, to name a few. Put a Desktop Carryall at every place setting. Serve drinks in Contour Grip Water Bottles.

Spokesperson For Your Specialty

Perhaps you are the only physical therapist in your organization. You can still take advantage of National Physical Therapy Month. Start by ordering a “Physical Therapy: A Step In The Right Direction” T-Shirt and Polo-Style Embroidered Shirt for yourself. Wear them as much as you can throughout the month. Engage in conversations about your profession with people you meet, in and out of work-related settings.