PT Pro Talk

💭” In a cervicogenic headache, the source is always the upper cervical. But, you may have a contribution from the lower cervical, changing the behavior of the upper cervical.” - Pepe Guillart 👉🏻 Our guest is Pepe Guillart, PT. Pepe graduated from the School of Physiotherapy of Valencia (Spain) in 1992. From 1992 to 1995, Pepe worked with a professional women’s basketball team. In 1995, he estab...

💭” 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 there is not a good way so far to rule out the spine efficiently.” - Di Wu 👉🏻 Our guest is Di Wu, PT, cert. MDT, MSc(A), MMed, BMedSc, and Director of the V-Active clinic where he provides services for a wide diversity of health conditions, including mu...

💭 ” 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 your preconceived ideas, as to what it takes to be a successful practice owner. ” - Brian Gallagher 👉🏻 Our guest is Brian Gallagher PT, President & Founder of MEG Business Management. In 1997, Brian founded one of Maryland’s largest therapy staf...

💭 ”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 still hanging out there.” - Rick Gawenda 👉🏻 Our guest is Rick Gawenda, PT. He is a licensed physical therapist with 30 years of experience and currently serves as the founder and President of Gawenda Seminars & Consulting, Inc. He graduated with...

💭 ”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 is less and the derangement reduces faster.” - Dr. Scott Holmes 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Scott Holmes PT, DPT, Cert MDT, GOATA (Greatest of All Time Athletes/Actions) credentialed. Scott is the sole owner of Holmes Physical Therapy and practices in Milan,...

💭 ”When you analyze research and clinical guidelines, they don't give us straightforward directions on how to detect or rule out the influence of MSDs in the majority of the neuro population.” - Santiago Argüello 👉🏻 Our guest is Santiago Gómez Argüello. BPhty, Cert MDT, CMP. He is a research professor at La Matanza National University and Maimonides University. Santiago is a member of the edito...

💭 ” In the musculoskeletal epidemic the more passive care we give, the sicker that patient gets. That is what we have to get away from.” - Aideen Turner 👉🏻 Our guest is Aideen Turner, MPT, Cert. MDT, CEAS, CEO, and founder of Virtual Physical Therapists. Prior to this Aideen spent 30 years as a physical therapist, published researcher, speaker, college lecturer, clinical oversite, and owner of...

💭 ”Exercises reduce the need for a c-section, improve cardiovascular health, and we have a better postpartum recovery.” - Dr . Kelly Ehlert 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Kelly Ehlert, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, CDNT. Kelly graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Belmont University in 2010. She is a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist, and Certified Dry Needling Therapist since 2012. In 2014 beca...

💭 ”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 serial monitoring of asymptomatic bowlers” - Dayle Shackel 👉🏻 Our guest is Dayle Shackel, PT. Dayle works for New Zealand Cricket (NZC) as the Medical Manager and High-Performance physiotherapist where he manages the contracted group of Domestic and I...

💭“It’s difficult to treat contractile dysfunction because people are not identifying it correctly. “ - Duc Nguyen 👉🏻 Our guest is Duc Nguyen, PT, Dip. MDT. Duc earned his physiotherapy degree at McGill University in 2009. Ever since he has developed an expertise in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal problems, a field he is still very passionate about. Since his graduation, Duc has...

💭” Nerve mobilization aims to precisely locate problem spots where the nerves travel through the body and through gentle sliding, rolling, and gliding directly on the nerve, pain and tension is relieved.” - Dr. Steve Kravitz 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Steve Kravitz, PT, DPT, CST. Steve is a physical therapist certified in craniosacral therapy and myofascial release and nationally certified in therapeu...

💭 ”It’s surprising how many medicare patients did not want to come into the clinic, they REALLY want to do telehealth during the PANDEMIC.” - David Grigsby 👉🏻 Our guest is David Grigsby, PT, Cert. MDT. David graduated in 2002 from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In August 2006, he achieved Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) credentialing with the McKenzie Institute, an in...

💭 ” 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 Melinda Roland M.A., P.T., L.Ac., O.M.D., Dipl-Ac, CST-D. She holds a B.A. in Human and Experimental Psychology from UCSB with Highest Honors, an M.A. in Physical Therapy from Stanford U. with Highest Honors, and a doctorate in Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture, wi...

💭 ” We shouldn’t only focus on what we think is happening with our exercise specifically, we should also think about the positive side effects this all has.” - Georg Supp 👉🏻 Our guest is Georg Supp, PT, Dip. MDT. Georg graduated as a physical therapist in 1992. Since 1997 he has run the rehabilitation center PULZ in Freiburg in Germany. He received the Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therap...

💭 ”Be CURIOUS, Robin McKenzie was a very curious clinician, a lot of our scientists and researchers out there share the same quality: CURIOSITY.” -   Dr. Cora Aytona. 👉🏻 Our guest is Cora Aytona, DPT, OCS, Dip. MDT, FAAOMPT graduated from the University of the Philippines with a BS in Physical Therapy in 1993 and completed her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at the University of Saint August...

💭 ”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 Laslett. 👉🏻 Our Guest is Dr. Mark Laslett, Ph. D., NZRPS, FNZCP, Dip. MT, Dip. MDT. In 1971 Mark graduated from The New Zealand School of Physiotherapy. In 1976 He attained the Diploma in Manipulative Therapy from The New Zealand Manipulative Therapists As...

💭 ”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 song where everything is really connected to another body part.” - Lori Chinitz 👉🏻 Our guest is Lori Chinitz, PT CST-D (Diplomate Certified). Lori uses her vast experience as an adult and pediatric physical therapist along with her expertise in CranioSacra...

💭 ” 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 Hutton 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Jennifer Hutton, DPT. She graduated from Loma Linda University with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2008. Dr. Hutton is a pediatric physical therapist practicing in Nashville, TN. Jennifer has extensive experience treati...

💭 ”Diagnosis from the Greek means, discern or differentiate between different conditions. And now we, clinicians, use it more to describe the process of trying to determine the nature and cause of the patient presenting symptoms.” - Dr. Angela Cadogan 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Angela Cadogan, Ph. D., NZRPS. Angela is an NZ registered Specialist Physiotherapist based in Christchurch, New Zealand. She...

💭 “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 person in the team. ” - Dr. Carolyn Thompson Chudy 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Carolyn Thompson Chudy, DO. Dr. Carolyn is a Physiatrist who is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and fellowship-trained in Interventional Spine and Sports Me...

💭 “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 going to become. ” - Nechama Karman 👉🏻 Our guest is Nechama Karman, PT, MS, PCS. Nechama was formerly on faculty at the School of Health Professions, Behavioral and Life Sciences of New York Institute of Technology, in Old Westbury, NY and School of...

💭 “80% of patients that walk in an outpatient wound care center are venous stasis ulcers, and those are usually contributed by age, obesity, and some other factors. ” - Dr. Scott Newton. 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Scott Newton, DPT, PT, OCS, CWS. Newton received his bachelor of science in physical therapy from the University of Tennessee at Memphis in 1991. In 1998, Newton founded Pulaski Ardmore Phys...

💭 “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 we need to improve. ” - Dr. Darshil Patel. 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Darshil Patel, PT, DPT, Cert MDT. Darshil received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2012. He has an extensive background in neurological and ort...

💭 “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 because none of the techniques actually work all the time .” - David Sheer 👉🏻 Our guest is David Sheer, DPT, MOMT, FAAOMPT. David has been a practicing clinician for 42 years. He has specialized in manual therapy for the last 32 years earning a Maste...

💭 “Current evidence shows that 65% of running-related injuries are due to poor programming and poor training, so that means that 45% of the injuries are only related to actually a true weakness or true tightness .” - Chris Wolfe 👉🏻 Our guest is Chris Wolfe PT, Cert MDT, OCS.   Chris graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Freed-Hardeman University in 2004 and went on to c...