Category: Rehabilitation Medicine
Posts about Rehabilitation Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Physiatry)
Chinese Lion Dancers – Without the Costume!
I saw this post today from photo blogger Jan Sy, while looking for a clip of lion dancers to get into the lunar new year vibe. These lion dancers from Manila’s Chinatown (Binondo) are practicing their dance steps. Interesting to see their movements without the costume! #performingartsmedicine commentary: Aside from the usual dance-related concerns, there […]
Educating the Educators-in-training: Two Days with the Music Education Majors at the UP College of Music
More fun than clinic! We wrapped up two days of hybrid talks for future music educators regarding performing artists’ health, scheduled for February 5 and 6, 2026. Thankful to everyone who joined us in-person and over Zoom for each of the four sessions (yes we did every informational talk 4 times, to accommodate all the […]
Playing the Recorder, and other Similar Instruments
Today I watched a video from Ensemble Amarilli, a group of musicians who mostly play music from the Renaissance, Baroque and early Classical periods. This particular video had a recorder ensemble playing the Christmas carol, Ding dong Merrily on High. I wrote the following and posted it on Facebook along with the video: #performingartsmedicine commentary: […]
Slay and Sashay Away Part 2: We Held a Webinar on Drag Queen Health
Following our recent publication about the health of drag queens, we presented our findings and discussed their health and healthcare access in a webinar hosted by the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA). It featured three of our authors: If you missed it, the webinar was recorded and should be available on the PAMA website soon. […]
Health Screening at the UP College of Music (DIVA Protocol)
We were busy this week! Thank you very much to the University of the Philippines College of Music (UPCMu) for hosting our group last September 9 and 10 for the students’ health screening event. We saw dancers and musicians, undergrads, postgrads and even some staff and faculty during the two days we spent in Diliman. […]
Slay and Sashay Away: We Wrote a Paper on Drag Queen Health
From data collection and analysis in 2017, to poster presentation in 2018 and oral presentation in 2023 at the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) Annual International Symposium… our paper on health issues in drag queens is finally published! What a long and winding road, but here we are. And a webinar is in the works […]
Lay Forum on X-Linked Dystonia Parkinsonism (XDP or “Lubag”)
Today’s activity: lay forum with the Department of Neurosciences on X-Linked Dystonia Parkinsonism (XDP), locally known as “lubag” – an inherited condition affecting males with ancestry from Panay island in the Philippines. It was interesting that while my colleagues were at the midyear national convention for Rehabilitation Medicine in Roxas City on Panay island this […]
Graduation, again! Lukan Doctors this time.
Second graduation rites in less than a week, this time at the St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial. Graduates shift their beret tassels from right to left to signify their new status, then ascend the stage to receive their hood and diplomas from school administration (in contrast – see previous post: […]
Dare to be XXV at Tanaw (Graduation)
University of the Philippines College of Medicine Recognition Rites (aka. the “college graduation” as opposed to the “university graduation” which happened earlier, for all the graduating students from University of the Philippines Manila campus). Faculty from all departments marched into the auditorium; my colleagues from Rehabilitation Medicine came in with the clinical departments. I got […]
July 2025: Adventures in Academia, USA Edition
A productive (but tiring) trip to the USA. Whew! Conference #1 of 2: (Please don’t) Break a Leg: an Introduction to Performing Arts Medicine. Ran a little over time because I asked the audience to stretch after sitting through 60 minutes of lectures from other people. But they needed it! Grateful for the opportunity to […]
