https://drpwchen.com/en/categories/rehabilitation-medicine/Recent content in Rehabilitation Medicine on Po-Wei Chen, MD — Physiatrist & Builderhttps://drpwchen.com/og-default.pnghttps://drpwchen.com/og-default.pngHugoenFri, 17 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0800https://drpwchen.com/en/posts/talking-elders-exercise/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0800https://drpwchen.com/en/posts/talking-elders-exercise/After being stumped when talking about exercise with an 80-year-old adult, I broke the answer into five layers and checked textbooks and papers: walking isn't enough, multicomponent exercise is needed; telling people to exercise doesn't work because it uses the wrong stage of behavior change; motivational interviewing is the right tool; older adults have the right not to exercise; and gerotranscendence reminds us that living comfortably is sometimes more important than living long.https://drpwchen.com/en/posts/exam-practice-platform/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:30:00 +0800https://drpwchen.com/en/posts/exam-practice-platform/While prepping for the PM&R board examination, I used an engineer's approach to solve an old problem: how to practice past exam questions without forgetting them right after. I built a small tool called "Exam Navigator", which uses FSRS to schedule spaced repetition reviews, categorizes wrong questions by failure type into a wrong bank, and can even project your score on exam day. It's now open source for anyone who needs it.https://drpwchen.com/en/posts/neurodynamic-solutions/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:40:00 +0800https://drpwchen.com/en/posts/neurodynamic-solutions/"After taking Michael Shacklock's two-level Neurodynamic Solutions course in Taiwan, I've put on a new pair of glasses for looking at nerve pain: standardizing nerve exams, reasoning from mechanics and anatomy, and putting evidence-based home exercises back into the hands of patients."https://drpwchen.com/en/posts/rehab-course-radar/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0800https://drpwchen.com/en/posts/rehab-course-radar/I built a website, courses.drpwchen.com, that automatically aggregates courses and announcements from 17 rehabilitation-related societies and institutions. It updates every 3 hours, supports RSS or ntfy notifications, and is free with no login required.https://drpwchen.com/en/posts/assistive-technology-disability/Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:22:00 +0000https://drpwchen.com/en/posts/assistive-technology-disability/A patient with a high-level spinal cord injury used an eye-tracking computer to open the door to connecting with the world, all while staying humorous and cheerful. In Taiwan, we have the Icebreaker Association and MUVE using technology to help people with disabilities bridge the gap to the world, showing that disability doesn't mean losing out on life.