The Hand to Shoulder Podcast
Episodes
049: Client-Centered Approach with Returning to Sport with Ryerson Stinson, MOT, OTR/L, CHT
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As spring approaches, our patients are excited to return to some of their long-awaited outdoor activities! Today we are joined by Ryerson Stinson, a h...
048: Medial Elbow Pain in the Athlete with Mike Lennie, OTR/L, ATC, CHT
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Lennie, OTR/L, ATC, CHT has an undergraduate degreeand certification in Athletic Training from Southern Illinois University. Rehabilitating overh...
047: Hand Therapy in Acute Care with Adrienne Tesarek, OTR/L, CHT
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hand therapy isn’t limited to the outpatient setting—many patients begin their recovery in the hospital. Join us as we interview Adrienne Tesarek,...
046: Addressing the Kinetic Chain in Your Hand Therapy Patient with Mike Mueller, OTR, CHT
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The long bone is connected to the short bone”, remembersinging that song? Well, it’s true in our everyday life! Everything is connected and sho...
045: Hand Therapy Skills Across Borders: from the US to Northern Ireland with Karen Murphy, MS, OTR, CHT, AHT
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to practice in a different country? Or perhaps what hand therapy practice looks like in Northern Ireland?...
044: Hand Therapy Practice Analysis with Mary Dimick, OTR, CHT
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many of you are studying for the CHT exam or have already put many hours into passing the specialty hand therapy exam. Don't you wonder how this e...
043: Treating Sports-Related Wrist Injuries with Jean-François Ouellet, BSc (OT), CHT
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For those of you who work in hand therapy clinics, it can be intimidating to see high- level athletes. This population has specific demands above an...
042: Casting Motion to Mobilize Stiffness (CMMS) with Kantessa Stewart, OTR/L, CHT
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please join Hand to Shoulder podcast members Ann and Cassie as they interview Kantessa Stewart out of Southwestern Ohio Orthopedics discussing a hand ...
041: Glenohumeral Stabilization for Patients with Hypermobility Syndromes with Dr. Tamara Scerpella
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patients with hypermobility syndromes who present with shoulder instability have traditionally been told to go to therapy. But what if therapy is not ...
040: Rehab Following Nerve Transfer with Jen Dodson, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Supercharged and ready for rehab! Are you working with a brachial plexus patient that had a nerve transfer? Well, listen up, this is the podcast for y...
039: Nerve Transfers with Dr. Nick Munaretto
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nerve transfer surgery involves reconnecting a functioning nerve fascicle to a damaged or lacerated nerve to restore connection to muscles with absent...
038: Understanding Midcarpal Instability with Ann Porretto-Loehrke, PT, DPT, CHT, COMT, CMTPT
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wrist instability can be a difficult condition to treat. Today’s episode covers the intricate mechanics of midcarpal instability and the two types...
037: Somatosensory Rehab with Tara Packham, OTReg (Ont), PhD
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Somatosensory rehabilitation is a method of assessment and treatment for neuropathic pain developed in Switzerland two decades ago by Claude Spicher, ...
036: Building A Hand Therapy Fellowship with Jyo Supnekar, OTR/L, OTD, CHT, CLT, C/NDT, COMT
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jyo Supnekar, OTR/L, OTD, CHT, CLT, C/NDT, COMT and her colleagues at Johns Hopkins Health System had the vision of building a hand therapy fellowship...
035: Neuromodulation Coaching with Lisa Kozden, PhD, OTR, CHT, COMT
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Neuromodulation coaching is a unique treatment approach which helps to assess and categorize each patient into specific archetypes with associated neu...
034_Hand Therapy in Dubai with Blair Agero
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We become accustomed to our role as a hand therapist in the clinic where we practice, often not giving a second thought to how we perform our daily du...
033: Blood Flow Restriction and How it Can Fit into Your Hand Therapy Practice with Jim Wagner, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, COMT, CPAM, CSCS
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve seen lots of hype about Blood Flow Restriction, or BFR in social media, but how does it work? Join us as Jim Wagner, seasoned hand therapist a...
032: Wound Care
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Open wound? Don’t panic, Nora is here to help! Join us with Nora Barrett discussing how to evaluate, cleanse, dress and document all different types...
031: Introduction to Cervical Spine for Hand Therapists with Dr. Derek Clewley PT, DPT, PhD
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The arm bone is connected to the wrist bone”….. come on now, we all know this song! Well, it’s a fact, everything is connected. Derek Clewle...
030: Kinesiotape with Teri Casagranda PT, CHT
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stuck on you! Have you ever used Kinesiotape before? Where did you put it and for what purpose? Did you know there’s different degrees of tension wh...
029: Motor Neuron Deficits with Cindy Ivy OTD, M.Ed., CHT
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Motor Neuron Deficits: Lesions leading to lost function! Join Hand to Shoulder with Cassie and Shelly as we dissemble motor neurons and variations of ...
028: Everything Shoulder with Dr. Shawn Hennigan M.D.
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is your wing broken? How much do you know about shoulder surgeries involving the GHJ and surrounding soft tissue? Well, here is an episode for you. Jo...
027: Youtube OT/PT Series - Wrist Pain Exercises with Theresa Parry OTR, CHT, COMT
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Shelly and Steve are joined by Theresa Parry OTR, CHT, COMT to discuss common wrist pain exercises found on YouTube. The five most com...
026: Two Thumbs Up! Dynamic Stability of the Thumb with Virginia O'Brien, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My pollex is not cooperating! Have you noticed when treating CMC arthritis or LRTI/arthroplasty patient’s that they just can’t control both MP and...
025: Mirror Mirror on the Wall (Mirror Box Therapy) with Miranda Materi OTD, OTR/L, CHT
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Take a look in the mirror! Have you ever used mirror box therapy to help restore normal movement patterns? Join us where we reunite with Miranda Mater...
024: YouTube OT/PT Series: Elbow Tendinopathy with Andrew Walquist PT, DPT, FAFS, OCS
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The internet can be a great place to go when looking for exercises or information on treating patients. We have everything at our fingertips - w...
023: Everything Elbow with Dr. Boyd Lumsden
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From your mouth to your feet, the hinge that feeds you and puts your socks on. What could go wrong and how to “fix it”. Join Hand to Shoulder an...
022: Exercise Progression with Mark Gallant DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you struggle prescribing exercises? Have that one patient who is not responding to the same exercise that helps every other patient? Have you ever ...
021: Youtube OT/PT: Shoulder Pain Exercises with Andrew Walquist PT, DPT, FAFS, OCS and Chad Burnham DPT, FAFS, CSCS
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever gone to the internet to look for exercises to prescribe for your patients? Have you treated somebody who has come into the clinic and al...
020: Care of the Conservative Shoulder with Chad Burnham DPT, FAFS, CSCS
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Where do you start when someone comes in with shoulder pain? Is it really the shoulder causing the pain? In this episode Ryan Holewinski, PT, DPT join...
019: Prosthetic Training with Arm Dynamics
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One LIMB at a time…..have you ever worked with a patient who is in need of a prosthetic? Today, Shelly Somers, PT, DPT, CHT, ATC, CMTPT, joins the p...
018: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome with Ann Porretto-Loehrke, PT, DPT, CHT, COMT, CMTPT
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever treated someone with numbness and tingling and you couldn't quite figure it out or help them the way you wanted? Have you ever thought a...
017: Dry Needling with Jan Dommerholt, PT, DPT, MPS
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Got a TWITCH...... Join us as we explore how a taut band trigger point forms, chemical breakdown and what occurs to the band as a muscle is dry needle...
016: I'm Wide Awake - Flexor Tendons with Dr. Donald Lalonde
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hand to Shoulder Center sits down with Dr. Donald LaLonde from St. Petersburg, Nova Scotia, Canada where he describes the evolution of wide awake, loc...
015: Thumb Arthritis: You down with CMC? with Mirka Normand MA, OTR, CHT, COMT
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The rule of thumb…many have experienced the uncomfortable sensation of pain at the base of their thumb at some point in life, especially therapists!...
014: Tennis Elbow...What Works? with Jim Wagner, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, CPAM, CSCS
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lateral elbow pain…..ughhh… the low back pain of the upper extremity. Jim Wagner, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, CPAM, CSCS from upstate New York, sits down wit...
013: Come Radius Along With Me. Surgical techniques and procedures involving the wrist with Jon J. Cherney, M.D.
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Come take a tour with us, dissecting idiosyncrasies and procedures of the wrist! Dr. Jon Cherney, board certified hand surgeon, and Hand to Shoulder C...
012: The Radial Column of the Wrist with Ann Porretto-Loehrke, PT, DPT, CHT, COMT, CMTPT
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you wondered why some of your patients with thumb pain, post-distal radius fracture, or wrist tendinopathy are not improving? You might be missin...
011: CRPS with Miranda Materi OTD, OTR/L, CHT
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) can be a tricky beast. Luckily we have Miranda Materi on the podcast today to help us better understand this int...
010: Pitcher This...Treating Baseball Pitchers in a Hand Clinic with Dr. Garrett Bullock PT, DPT
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The tenth episode of the Hand to Shoulder Podcast is all about baseball. More specifically, we talk about assessing and treating pitchers. And who's a...
009: Pain Pain Go Away...with Dr. Chad Cook, PT, PhD, MBA, FAPTA
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have patients you just cannot seem to get out of pain or explain the reasoning behind their pain? Dr. Chad Cook returns to take a deeper dive i...
008: Extensor World with Josh MacDonald MS, OTR-L, CHT
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Extensor Tendons. Located on the back of the hand, sometimes referred to as the extensor hood, the extensor mechanism, etc. It can get complicated...
007: The Foundation and Evolution of Hand Therapy with Terri Skirven OTR/L, CHT
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered where and when hand therapy was born? Well Terri Skirven, OTR/L, CHT walks us through the seeds of when, where and how hand the...
006: Mapping Out Flexor Tendon Repairs with Dr. Rebecca Neiduski, PhD, OTR/L, CHT
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The flexor tendon system of the hand is what we use to interact with our environment. Dr. Rebecca Neiduski, PhD,OTR/L, CHT, from Elon University, diss...
005: The Social Determinants of Health with Dr. Zachary D. Rethorn PT, DPT
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever considered economics, education, neighborhood, and lifestyle choices of each of your patient's when treating them and how this may impac...
004: TFCC...the Meniscus of the Wrist? with Theresa Parry, OTR, CHT, COMT
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex (TFCC) can be a complicated and intimidating structure. Theresa Parry OTR, CHT, COMT joins us to break it down w...
002: Manual Therapy, Pain, and Research with Dr. Chad Cook, PT, PhD, MBA, FAPTA
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chad Cook is a clinical researcher out of Duke University, a physical therapist, and a profession advocate with a history of clinical ca...
001: Why Treating Functionally is Handy - with Andrew Walquist PT, DPT, OCS, FAFS
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first ever episode of the Hand to Shoulder Podcast! We are excited to kick things off with an interview that will leave you motivated t...