Gestalt Education Show

Dr. Curt Kippenberger is putting his money and time where his mouth is when it comes to building huge practices and affecting change in the Chiropractic Profession. Curt serves as the President of District 3 of the Missouri Chiropractic Physicians Association and is making strides at bringing Chiropractors together to expand coverage and increase reimbursement! Many business owners and health care...

This episode starts with one of the most ridiculous stories/moments of the podcast. Hint: It involves tattoos. We had a little technical difficulty through this episode so the audio is funky but the information is out of this world! Dr. Erica Boland + Dr. Lindsay Mumma combine to teach one of our favorite courses, Perinatal Manual Care. They cover assessment, treatment, and advice for pregnant pat...

Dr. James Andrews is known as the Godfather of Sports Medicine and was one of the first orthopedic surgeons to utilize arthroscopy. He was also one of the first Doctors to market himself to big-time athletes and celebrities while performing world-class surgeries. Dr. Andrews is the team doctor for the Tampa Bay Rays, Auburn Tigers, and Washington Commanders. Andrews has performed surgery on many h...

Today we tackle a super hot topic in the world of manual therapy, chiropractic, and honestly, every social media platform you look at. Does manual therapy matter? Should we just make all our patients get out and move regardless of their symptoms? Does precision matter in rehab? Should we only be doing things in the treatment room that are purely ‘evidence-based’? Some of these questions are legit...

Dr. Michael Leahy is known as the 'Pioneer of Soft Tissue Treatment' and was one of the first Chiropractors to break into the professional sports world and has created a road map for others to be a part of these medical staffs. As an engineer and a pilot, Micheal utilizes a very systematic and clean way of thinking and teaching. Active Release Technique (ART) should be part of any multi-modal appr...

As we all know, the orthotic industry is somewhat dirty and custom doesn't always mean custom. We had the opportunity to tour Shawn Eno's lab in Idaho Springs, Colorado, and let me tell you, these things are custom! Shawn Eno has built Brett Winchester's orthotics for the last 15-plus years and is a true artist. The thing that really separates Shawn's orthotics is the communication with the orderi...

Petra Valouchová is an international DNS instructor and head Physical Therapist for the Center for Movement Medicine in Prague, Czech Republic. Petra is certified in Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, Vojta Reflex locomotion principles, Mobilization, and Soft Tissue Techniques according to Lewit, and the Bobath Method for adults. She also completed courses in Neurodynamics according to Butler, Q...

Here is part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Gary Gray. We go deep into treatment and Gary's philosophy around connecting your assessment to treatment. If you missed part 1, the link is below. Dr. Gary Gray is known as the 'Father of Function' for his extensive work on understanding human movement. From his humble beginnings taking over a hospital PT program straight out of school to teaching thous...

Dr. Gary Gray is known as the 'Father of Function' for his extensive work on understanding human movement. From his humble beginnings taking over a hospital PT program straight out of school to teaching thousands of movement specialists assessment and treatment of movement dysfunction. Dr. Gary Gray continues to push the envelope on what is possible for human function and movement. Dr. Gray, his s...

Dave Oliver is often regarded as a top MDT instructor and clinician. Originally from the UK, Dave found MDT at the perfect time in his career and now teaches internationally. Although we have had several MDT instructors on the podcast, this episode exposes some of the incredible outcomes in the extremities with MDT. We also got some great stories about Robin McKenzie and some insane clinical pearl...

Steven Capobianco had an idea for a company centered around movement right out of chiropractic school. It took a chance meeting and some kinesiology tape to start that journey. He has now grown this company into a worldwide hub for purchasing manual therapy and therapeutic modality equipment, but also the education of when and where to use them. We caught up with Capo while in Austin, Texas for a...

Our good friend David Seaman is back with another exceptional book. This time, he steps away from his normal Neurology/Nutrition expertise and dives into the golf swing. Specifically, some very easy concepts to help amateur golfers lower their scores. Based upon easy-to-understand principles from mathematics, kinesiology, and neurobiology, this book outlines correctable golf swing error factors th...

First off, a HUGE thank you to Dr. Jake Aleck for making this podcast happen. Dr. Yoav is a PT in Miami and an international instructor for the McKenzie Institute. Yoav has established himself as a renowned speaker and his talks to corporate offices about mechanical back pain are legendary (See video link below!). When Yoav isn't teaching or seeing patients, he is busy writing books or developing...

Dr. Jason Hulme and his wife Cassie have built something special in Hendersonville, TN. Not only do they produce amazing clinical results, but they have also created a team approach to patient care that involves everyone from the front desk to the physician. By empowering their patient through manual therapy and corrective exercises, the team at Active Spine & Joint Center get world-class resu...

Dr. Brandon Steele is the CoFounder of ChiroUp and a Chiropractor in the greater St. Louis area. Dr. Steele is a clinician first, but you can catch him presenting on huge stages like Parker Vegas or at your local state association. Brandon has established himself as an expert by pouring over research and applying the research to his patients, and then to the subscribers of ChiroUp. ChiroUp is the...

Dr. Don Dishman is the Dean of Graduate Neuroscience degree programs at Parker University and has been teaching electrodiagnostics for over 30 years to physicians throughout the United States. In addition to teaching, Dr. Dishman's research publications have been featured in the Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Spine, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Electromyography, and cl...

Arise Center for Athletic Development's mission is to deliver a team-inspired, best-in-class experience designed to improve athletic performance, healthy lifestyles, and longevity. Arise is led by David Donatucci, General Manager, who has worked with elite athletes and active individuals from across the globe for the past 30 years, and Mickey Masucci, Chiropractor. Their goal is to provide a first...

Erin McGuire is an international instructor for Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization(DNS) and a damn good Physical Therapist. Over the last 20 years, she has been borderline obsessed with the abdominal wall and how to train it properly. She saw a problem and created a solution. Constantly needing to check her patients for proper intra-abdominal pressure while coaching exercises didn't allow her han...

Dr. Troy Van Biezan is a graduate of Parker University and has treated just about every type of professional athlete you can imagine. He is a regular on the PGA tour working with the likes of Jordan Speith, Rickie Fowler, and others. He has positioned himself as an expert in the soft tissue world and has gained a reputation for his hands-on skills. He also combines a unique approach to loading his...

Ken Crenshaw has 30+ years of experience in Major League Baseball and is widely known as one of the most talented clinicians in baseball. Not only is he a talented clinician he has produced a pipeline of clinicians that have gone on to do amazing things in baseball and throughout major sports. As with Gestalt Education, integration is the key to Ken's success. He combines multiple different manual...

Matt Leonard has completed not 1 but 2 professional schools and is dually licensed in Chiropractic and Physical Therapy. After completing his course work at Logan University he attended Washington University's PT program. After working in private practice with Dr. Brett Winchester he started his career in major league baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals in Jupiter, FL working with players of all...

Dr. Antonio Stecco's family literally wrote the book on the fascial system. Based out of Italy, Dr. Stecco teaches all over the world and sees patients when he isn't teaching. Antonio is faculty at NYU Langone Health. Dr. Stecco's scientific activity is devoted to studying the human fasciae from a macroscopical, histological, and physiopathological point of view. He has personally made over 100 ca...

Dr. David King is among the best in the world in the management of Femoral-Acetabular Impingement (FAI) and labral tears. A Marc Philippon/Hawkins Steadman trained orthopedic surgeon who truly is an artist. We were lucky to have him speak during the second day of our DNS C Seminar about orthopedic management of FAI and Labral tears as well as the gold standard with imaging and diagnosis. You won't...

In today's episode, we decided to try out a new format live from Brett Winchester's personal library (Check out the video below). We asked Dr. Tom Michaud of Human Locomotion 10 lower extremity conditions and gave him 3 minutes to express the best clinical pearls he has for each condition. This format gave us an amazing look into the expertise and experience of Tom. If you haven't listened to the...

Dr. Audra Lance is the owner of Spine + Sport Rehab Institute in Nashville, TN. Her results-oriented approach focuses on treating the root cause of pain and injury, rather than simply the symptoms. This approach has allowed her to establish a patient group including former Cy Young Award winners, current MLB all-stars, current NHL all-stars, and NFL pro-bowlers, as well as an annual invitation to...