PT Pro Talk
Episodes
102 - Practicing Balance and Stability for Life with Louis Stack
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “Practice stability in daily living to improve agility at play and enhance mobility for life.” - Louis Stack. 👉🏻 Our guest is Louis J....
101 - Treatment of tendinopathies in the lower extremity with Dr. Ebonie Rio
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “If you had someone with achilles tendinopathy you would want to start early on calf raises but you would not give that exercise to someone wit...
100 - Strategies to help clinicians with MDT care with Dr. Yoav Suprun
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “There is no core muscle you can strengthen to such a degree that will keep your spine in the S curvature. People strengthen their core but yet...
99 - Private Practice and MDT with Dana Greene
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “The diploma program helped me get to the root of the matter quickly and with experience you get better at it. You can be really busy and give ...
98- Tendinopathy Differential Diagnosis with Prof. Jill Cook
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “We would expect that immediately after the isometrics there was at least a drop by half of their pain.” - Jill Cook 👉🏻 Our guest is P...
97 - The role of the neck in sensorimotor control with Dr. Julia Treleaven
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “When the afference is affected, it can affect head and eye movement control and posture stability because the brain is not getting all the inf...
96 - Biopsychosocial alliance measurement in an MDT setting with Charlotte Krog
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
👉Here is the link for the quick survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform 💭 “...
95 - The science behind centralization with Dr. Stephen May
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “If you have something as highly prevalent as this, even in the chronic population, that has the potential for such a good prognosis and can gu...
94 - Loading with cups for mobility with Dr. Christopher DaPrato
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “I use cupping for local tissue effect, try to improve viscoelasticity, and fluid dynamics, build rapport, and improve confidence and their abi...
93- Management of idiopathic neck pain: the need for a multimodal approach with Gwendolen Jull
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “People with neck pain have an imbalance between the layers of the muscles. The deep muscles get weaker first ”. - Gwendolen Jull 👉🏻 Ou...
92- MDT as a biopsychosocial framework with Thanos Kontos
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “MDT has great potential to be used as a biopsychosocial assessment and management tool”. - Thanos Kontos 👉🏻 Our guest is Thanos Kontos...
91- A new way to teach and practice manual therapy with Dr. Roger Kerry
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ```The evidence says that therapeutic touch has some effect if it is part of a multi-modal approach to most conditions MSK-wise, but it does not ...
90- PT Patient Experience and State of Rehab Therapy Report with Dr. Heidi Jannenga
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ``What creates the best patient experience is to clearly communicate, and that means from the front office to the therapist, anybody interacting ...
89 - Resistance Training in the Management of Chronic Back and Neck Pain with Dr. Thomas Dreisinger
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ``Strengthening is critical in life, slow deliberate, good form, end range movement to failure or muscular fatigue, 10 to 15 repetitions, and the...
88 - Mobilization With Movement with Dr. Eric Dinkins
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ``In the mobilization with movement concept, it would be applying different forces across the tissues of the body, to see if we can eliminate or ...
87- MDT & Cervicogenic Dizziness with Bridget Scholljegerdes
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “Often, 60 to 70% of my patients that are coming in for dizziness, I am treating them as cervicogenic dizziness which I would say is a cervical...
86- MDT & Chronic Pain with Simon Simonsen
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “``For the majority, the pain level did not go down that much, but the negative impact that has on their lives decreased significantly`` - Simo...
85- Shoulder cases: even experts can miss the mark with Audrey Long
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “It looks so much like spine. It would have been easy with him to stay with spine for even longer and not take that 5-10 min to look at his sho...
84- Directional Preference Mediating Spasticity - with Annie O’Connor
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “Some of the most well-known researchers in spasticity right now have come to conclude that peripheral mechanisms may be mediating the actual s...
83- Site Selection & Owning vs Leasing your PT clinic with Winston Parks
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “Most of the time, the real estate you purchased is now worth more than the actual business you have built over a 10-15 year period. Rather tha...
82- Survival vs Survivorship - returning childhood cancer survivors to a meaningful life. with Dr. Amanda Curry
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “ Increase the overall survivorship of these kids instead of just focusing on their survival, it’s not just about they are still here but wha...
81- PT in a COVID ICU with Dr. Kathleen Antares
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “I told a lot more people than I thought I would ever tell to stay in bed, you know normally our role is to get people out of bed, get them mov...
80- MDT and GOATA, a perfect fit! with Lee Poston
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 “GOATA is mechanically changing how we move. When you start moving the wrong way, we literary tear our bodies up over time.” - Lee Poston 👉...
79- Reframing MSK care with Jeremy Lewis
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ”We can't fix people, elective surgery is not fixing people, it is most likely very expensive placebo procedures.” - Jeremy Lewis 👉🏻 Ou...
78- MDT on Hip Osteoarthritis with Dr. Lindsay Carlton
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ”She no longer fits the clinical prediction rule for hip OA after just forty repetitions of hip extension.” - Dr. Lindsay Carlton 👉🏻 Ou...
77- MDT in the Ankle-foot Complex with Dr. Lindsay Carlton
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ”All four of the patients did have a pathoanatomical diagnosis, but all of them were actually mechanical derangements that did not match their ...
76- Flexion Directional Preference in Low Back Pain with Dr. Brian Greer
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ”After the patient was sustained (sustained midrange flexion in supine), all of a sudden he started to respond well to flexion in supine.” - ...
75- MDT in Lateral Epicondylalgia with Dr. Joseph R. Maccio
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ”Let's try to mimic the Mill`s manipultion through repetitive movement, so we flexed his wrist into full flexion, stabilized it on the table, h...
74- Directional Preference of the Wrist with Dr. Joseph R. Maccio
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ”Anyone that had excessive mechanical stress of extension, it was a 75% likelihood that some form of flexion was going to help them. ” - Dr. ...
73- Lateral Shift with Jon Weinberg
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ”I guarantee you, there are a lot of patients out there who have a lateral shift and you are just missing it. ” - Jon Weinberg 👉🏻 Our g...
72- Directional Preference of the Extremity with Dr. Joseph R. Maccio
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ”This study found about 90% of people`s inverse relationship to the mechanical stress was with the opposite movement. ” - Dr. Joseph R. Macci...
71- PT Day of Service & Move Together with Dr. Efosa Guobadia
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ”What if we challenge students, staff, clinicians in the PT profession around the corner and around the world to do an act of service on the sa...
70 - Starting and growing an online business with Chanda Jothen
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭 ”Know your audience and know how you can help them. Think of it from how can I serve you before you think of how can I make money.” - Chanda ...
69 - The key to creating anything you want in your career or business with TaVona Denise
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” It does not matter what the circumstance is, it is how I think about the circumstance that will ultimately dictate the reality, the results th...
68 - Empowering patients with persistent pain and mental health issues with Dr. Janet Delong
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭``The things that happened to us as children, affect our mental and physical health later. I realized that I could help people as much as I wanted...
67 - PT`s Role in the Opioid Use Disorder with Dr. Steven Kinney
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” We tend to think of the opioid crisis being an outpatient orthopedic-only issue but is something that stands all aspects of our practices and ...
66 - Stress, Trauma, and Pain with Beth Genday
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” If we don't reorient that seesaw our nervous system will continue to throw muscles into overdrive and make postural compensations in an effort...
65 - Extremity Pain of Spinal Source with Richard Rosedale
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” People supposedly screen the spine when they have an extremity patient, but it doesn't seem to be any data to tell people, is it a frequen...
64- Team-based MDT care coordinating PCPs and MDTs with Dr. Ronald Donelson
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” A large number of family medicine docs appreciate that they don't have good training and they really don't know what they are doing in MSK and...
63 - Building a Cash-Pay, Virtual Care Model Using MDT with Brent Cunning
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” The more training you get, the better you are, the less money you make in the fee for service model.” - Brent Cunning 👉🏻 Our guest is...
62 - IMC`s Business Model with Dr. Scott W. Eiselt and Nick Belles
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” The goal of the company was to take the MDT model and have a way to standardize clinicians and measure outcomes consistently to perform qualit...
61 - Top trends impacting rehab therapy with Dr. Heidi Jannenga
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” First and foremost we have to come together as an industry, despite our specialties, to call us around a common message that is easily underst...
60 - MSK Healthcare Delivery - Problems & Solutions with Dr. Mark Miller
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” PCPs decide for roughly 70% of where people start their MSK care. In over half of medical schools there is very little to no formal MSK traini...
59 - OCS for MDT trained clinicians with Dr. Robert Medcalf
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” Becoming board certified means a lot for the community, patients and physicians, there is a certain level of prestige, you`ve met a very high ...
58- The importance of communication with Dr. Todd Edelson
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
💭” The person sitting in front of you actually knows more about their problem than anybody, so it's a pretty good idea to listen to them.” ...
57- Patient Dropout with Vikram Sethuraman
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” 20% of patients dropout within the first three visits, 70% don't finish their full course of care and the bigger your practice gets the higher...
56- Paying Off Student Loans with Dr. Scott Feil
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” If you are considering going to DPT school, and you are currently an undergrad, I would strongly recommend the cheapest way to get there.” -...
55- Nutrition in PT with Dr. Stefan Zavalin
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” If you are giving them advice to help them lose weight, because they have bilateral knee arthritis, and we know that losing weight is going to...
54- The Non-Clinical PT with Dr. Meredith Castin
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” Something you really need to understand is the why behind why you are leaving patient care and then marry it with the why of what you want to ...
53- Morton’s Neuroma with Dr. Michael Post
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” Essentially a weight-bearing restrictive type enlargement of the sensory cutaneous nerves in the foot, with burning, lancing, pressure type of...
52- The Schroth Method with Dr. Andrew Merget
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” The Schroth method is a classification, it’s used to help identify patients that have a risk of curve progression.” - Andrew Merget 👉🏻...
51- What to Watch Out for with Business Coaching with Dr. Matt Huey
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” They set their websites very similar, they try to upsell you further and further. ” - Matt Huey 👉🏻 Our guest is Matt Huey PT, Dip. MDT...
50 - Differentiating between Lumbar, SIJ & Hip with Gary Dykes
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” Midline or across the back, bilateral complaints tend to be lumbar, and if it is unilateral then there may be some further consideration for t...
49- GOATA (Greatest of All Time Athletes) - Lynn Grimm
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” To quote the founder: “ GOATA is a simple way to have endurance durable, connective tissues security, and explosive fluid movement, and the ...
48- Fighting for good care with MDT - Dr. Laura Mannering
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” If we could create an ideal world people who see patients when they are first injured would have some concept of how the body works per MDT.”...
47- NEUBIE Technology with Jason Waz
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”The NEUBIE turns off the sympathetic, inhibitory muscle tone, and you are able to utilize the muscles, nerves that are actually wanting to work...
46- Stages of business with Jamey Schrier
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” The first step is, get really clear who your ideal patient is. Once you are clear on that, then you know who to reach out to, who has influenc...
45- Invent and Develop Products with Rob Allen
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” PTs and OTs hold the key to how to set the reset button in the human body and teach the body the mechanics of how it was originally designed t...
44- MDT Approach in Professional Athletes with Greg Lynch
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” For most athletes I see, #1 classification is derangement, the next most common would probably be contractile dysfunction (a higher proportion...
43 - Marketing and Sales with Dr. David Kittle
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” Sales is basically just a conversation, where one person has a problem and the other has the solution. The person who has the solution has to ...
42- Headaches with Pepe Guillart
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” In a cervicogenic headache, the source is always the upper cervical. But, you may have a contribution from the lower cervical, changing the be...
41- Men's Pelvic Health using MDT with Di Wu
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” There is supporting evidence using MDT in the pelvic population. People are aware that spine issues can refer to pain in the pelvic area but t...
40- Starting a Private Practice with Brian Gallagher
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”Get a coach, find a group that puts you in situations where you are going to have to challenge your thought processes, your understandings, and...
39- Telehealth Insurance Coverage with Rick Gawenda
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”I think if we can get congress to add PTs, OTs, SLPs as permanent telehealth providers is going to help us with other insurances that maybe are...
38 - Combining GOATA and MDT with Dr. Scott Holmes
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”In a lumbar derangement, you get the footwork cleaned up, get the feet straight, put the weight on the outside edges of your feet and the PAIN ...
37- MDT as a tool in Neuro with Santiago Argüello
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”When you analyze research and clinical guidelines, they don't give us straightforward directions on how to detect or rule out the influence of ...
36- Musculoskeletal Epidemic and Telehealth with Aideen Turner
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” In the musculoskeletal epidemic the more passive care we give, the sicker that patient gets. That is what we have to get away from.” - Aidee...
35- Prenatal and Postpartum recovery with Dr. Kelly Ehlert
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”Exercises reduce the need for a c-section, improve cardiovascular health, and we have a better postpartum recovery.” - Dr. Kelly Ehlert 👉...
34- Spine stress fracture in Cricket with Dayle Shackel
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”The more bone marrow edema you have, the more risk there is that you are going to develop asymptomatic stress fracture. This is based on doing ...
33- Assessment and treatment of extremities using MDT with Duc Nguyen
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭“It’s difficult to treat contractile dysfunction because people are not identifying it correctly. “ - Duc Nguyen 👉🏻 Our guest is Duc ...
32- Nerve Mobilization with Dr. Steve Kravitz
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”Nerve mobilization aims to precisely locate problem spots where the nerves travel through the body and through gentle sliding, rolling, and gli...
31 - Can PT be done virtually? with David Grigsby
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”It’s surprising how many medicare patients did not want to come into the clinic, they REALLY want to do telehealth during the PANDEMIC.” -D...
30-CST and concussion - a pilot program with ex-NFL players with Melinda Roland
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” The CST is the PERFECT tool to add to concussion recovery, but it’s not the ONLY tool to use.” -Melinda Roland 👉🏻 Our guest is Melin...
29- New MDT Perspective with Georg Supp
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭” We shouldn’t only focus on what we think is happening with our exercise specifically, we should also think about the positive side effects t...
28- Patient Education in MDT with Dr. Cora Aytona.
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”Be CURIOUS, Robin McKenzie was a very curious clinician, a lot of our scientists and researchers out there share the same quality: CURIOSITY.”...
27- Lumbopelvic Spine Diagnosis with Dr. Mark Laslett
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”Have a system that you are passionate about and want to help people recover from the pain and get back to their lives.” - Dr. Mark Lasl...
26- Healing from the Core with Lori Chinitz
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”The body is so multicomplex, it is not an isolated set of joints, it’s not just a shoulder joint, it’s not just a hip joint, it’s the old...
25 - Building a Pediatrics Career with Dr. Jennifer Hutton
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”Tune in to the person in front of you, and their needs, not only movement-wise but their environment outside of the clinic.” - Dr. Jennifer H...
24 -Shoulder Diagnosis with Dr. Angela Cadogan
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭”Diagnosis from the Greek means, discern or differentiate between different conditions. And now we, clinicians, use it more to describe the proc...
23 -Working Together in Pelvic Health with Dr. Carolyn Thompson Chudy.
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
💭“Reach out to the doctor, that you are referring to, and really build a relationship with that person, because you are going to be an important ...
22 - Challenges Faced in Pediatrics with Nechama Karman
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“The final challenge of working in pediatrics is that you are treating the child but you always need to keep in mind the adult that the child is...
21- Wound Care with Dr. Scott Newton
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“80% of patients that walk in an outpatient wound care center are venous stasis ulcers, and those are usually contributed by age, obesity, and s...
20- Neurological Patients and MDT with Dr. Darshil Patel
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“Nobody cares, if they have tone or spasticity and it doesn’t bother them, usually patients don’t care. But function is the number one thing...
19- Manual Therapy Over the Years with David Sheer
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“They are fully trained in McKenzie, Mulligan or Maitland and they are still in these courses, the reason why they are still in these courses is...
18- Running Assessment with Chris Wolfe
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“Current evidence shows that 65% of running-related injuries are due to poor programming and poor training, so that means that 45% of the injuri...
17- Unresolved Pain with Brian Yee
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“What I really appreciated about all the disciplines I learned, from a manual perspective, was that always went back to MOVEMENT” - Brian Yee ...
16- Evolution of the McKenzie Method with Colin Davies
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“Working with Robin McKenzie was one of the greatest experiences of my life. The results that he achieved using simple movements and postures we...
15- Mulligan with Jack Miller and Jim Millard
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“I know I am in the right place, doing the right mobilization, in the right direction, with the right grade, while I am doing it. HOW? Symptom r...
14- CranioSacral Therapy in Pregnancy and Newborn with Kimberly Painter
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“That first introduction between mom and baby on the outside, and dad, is so VITAL, it is CRITICAL, nothing, eyedrops, checking weight, all of t...
13- Advanced Practice Physiotherapy with Jack Miller
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“About the health care system in Canada: It doesn’t matter if you are Bill Gates or the person living under the bridge, there is ONE line up. ...
12- Cranio-Sacral Therapy with Joanna Haymore
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“Neutral presence is the ability to follow by trusting, that the client’s body and the tissue fully understand the history, the problem and th...
11- Rolfing with Dick Larson
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“Fascia is so important in everything. Fascia is the most abundant tissue in the body. Every single muscle, organ, blood vessel, ligament, tendo...
10- McKenzie Diploma Program with Michael Dyck
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“Definitely we know the importance of educating our patients, but what people don’t realize is how we EXPLAIN to the patients what is happenin...
09- Approaching Patients with John Van Der Karr
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“You have to be empathetic, to put yourself in their shoes and experience what they are going through, not only the injury but how the injury is...
08- Vestibular Rehab & Craniosacral Therapy with Binaifer Bugli
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
💭“As a physical therapist, whatever bag of techniques, whatever bag of tricks you have with you, just before you start throwing things at the pat...
07 - How Nerves Move with Michael Shacklock
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"How nerves move, it’s a fundamental skill of practitioners who deal with neural problems, in the physical capacity, anyway, this should be establis...
06 - Pelvic Health with Lynne Odom
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
``My goal in working with any of my clients or patients is to support them with what I call a healing dialogue with their body to increase a...
05 - Becoming Clinic Owners and Mentoring other PTs - Dr. Brittany Hendrickson and Dr. Christi Williams
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
`` We are really passionate about helping women realize that they do can start their own business, be successful, grow it and achieve the dreams they ...
04 - The McKenzie Diploma and being a PT in Canada with Dr Eduardo Correa
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
`` The illiterate of the 21st century is not the one that cannot read or write is the one that can’t learn, unlearn and relearn ``. – Eduardo Corr...
03 - The Maitland Approach with Dr. Edelberto Marques
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
``The Maitland concept provides us with a broad view of new ideas and what is most important for me: freedom of thought, no protocols and that attract...