Direct Access to Oxford Physical Therapy

Matt and Allie sit down with Co-founder of Band Connect, Abby McInturf, to introduce one of our newest services! You'll hear all about Band Connect, how it was started, how it works, and how Oxford PT is implementing this technology into the services we offer our patients. Now offering Posture Power Pack through the Oxford Direct Club, our Physical Therapists can further help patients with th...

Matt and Allie sit down with clinic manager and physical therapist, Rob Schwab to talk about the newest treatment offered at Oxford PT. Hear all about StemWave and how this type of shockwave stands out among all the other types of treatments on the market. You will hear how it is used, who it is beneficial for, and how you can try it out for yourself!  Learn more about StemWave on our website: htt...

Co-host Allie is joined by clinic manager and physical therapist Lisa DeBord to interview patient Jason Beckner. Jason recaps his car accident back in 2020 where he collided with a train. Miraculously survived, and has been in treatment for the last 6 years regaining his strength, not only to walk, but to get back to everything he was doing before as "normal". Jason shares his motivation...

Matt and Allie visit Julie Alder Colvin at the Montgomery center to celebrate her Certification in Advanced Practice in Pelvic Health Therapy AND her birthday! Julie recaps her history with Oxford PT stating as a student in her clinical rotation, the many weekends she spent beyond clinic hours in continuing education over the years, and her thesis/case study on post-menopausal women linked to urin...

Matt and Allie are back on site in the Hamilton clinic to talk to Clinic Manager Lisa DeBord and her patient Rob Snyder. You'll hear about Rob, his background as a PTA and Police officer, and all about his achilles injury AND his total knee replacement. Lisa shares her experience in treating someone who knows the field closely, as well as treatments used to get Rob to recovery. Rob mentions h...

Back for her annual episode, Lesley Allen joins Matt and Allie to talk about this year's Tunnel to Towers 5k in memory of 9/11 on the 25th anniversary. Lesley shares the story of Stephen Siller, the details of the upcoming event, and the many updates on how the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is supporting the families of fallen first responders, military heroes, those who were catastrophically i...

Matt and Allie are onsite at our Dry Ridge location to talk virtual reality with Zoë Luebbe, PT DPT AIB-VRC. Zoë brings two articles on how VR can be used in treatment for concussion/ vestibular patients and also poses the student PT question! VR has quickly evolved and is used medically across many different practices, these articles discuss clinical trials and their outcomes using VR. Being cert...

Student PT Maddie and her CI (and clinic manager) Rob Schwab, PT DPT join Matt and Allie for a student spotlight episode on her last day of her clinical rotation. Maddie shares her background, PT school experience and previous clinical round stories, as well as her interest in gross anatomy. Matt asks Maddie to share what she learned most through her experience and her thoughts on using our Ai ass...

Matt and Allie sit down with patient Josh Purnell to talk about his experience in physical therapy, as well as the injury and journey with other physicians that got him here. Josh shares his background and his love of playing softball and other sports as he walks us through all the treatments and different doctors he visited to find relief from his foot pain. Josh gives a shout out to Dr. Bryan Fa...

Matt and Allie on site at our Montgomery center to interview student PT, Tanner Johnson. Tanner shares his background, PT school experience and previous clinical round stories, as well as his interest in being more involved in sports for his future career.  Matt asks him to share his experience in Dry Needling, seeing Direct Access patients, and using Ai assisted documentation. Tanner also gives h...

Matt and Allie are reunited on the Pod! Back for this month's clinical corner, Matt introduces the article and poses his question to the student PTs listening. Matt dives into the two similar cases of adults in their 50s who are post-op from rotator cuff repair and are experiencing shoulder stiffness after routine physical therapy. Hear how integrating flossing into their treatments helped th...

Matt sits down with Charley Meade, manager of our Independence and Dry Ridge locations to discuss Lumbar Motor Control. With new research in hand that describes the best way to test and also measure over time to track improvement. Learn how the six Item test can help even predict potential people who could have issues with Low Back Pain. Get the articles discussed here:  Validity of a 6-item movem...

A special episode to commemorate the Memorial Day Holiday. Ken's Reading connection brought this episode to life. Matt and Ken sit down with Robert (Bud) Sabetay. A 101-year-old WWII veteran. Hear stories from Bud - who served in WWII and wrote the book Memories Of An American Jewish Soldier . Hear how Bud saved hundreds of lives in WWII as a radio operator. You will also get to hear first-ha...

Matt sits down with Dr. Anna DiLonardo who set a Flying Pig PR for herself this past weekend. Learn about Anna's secret to success, as well as common post-pig issues and how you can effectively use Direct Access to recover from the Flying Pig. Dr. DiLonardo also discusses the Oxford Direct Club and how it can help you prepare for your next event and bypass insurance restrictions and limitatio...

Matt sits down with Anna Dilonardo, who is not only one of Oxford's talented therapists, but she will be a Flying Pig 1/2 Marathon participant. Anna shares her thoughts on final prep and tips and strategies to get ready for the Flying Pig weekend. Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy?  You can schedule here . The laws of Direct Access allow you...

Matt and Allie discuss traditional PT vs home PT only for distal radius fractures. You'll hear about the latest research that supports the hands on approach found at Oxford Physical Therapy.  You can check out the article here https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2026.13561. Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy?  You can schedule here . The laws of Dir...

A special addition to our monthly clinical corner recap- Matt and Allie welcome clinic manager Ryan Parnell, PT DPT OCS to discuss the two articles pulled for March. Ryan introduces himself, poses his question to the PT students listening, and walks our listeners through both articles. You'll hear about a clinical trial that was conducted where electrical dry needling was implemented along wi...

February is heart month and Matt and Allie are back with this month's clinical corner article discussing aerobic exercise and the benefits for patients with chronic lumbar radicular pain. Follow along as Matt goes over the article, poses his question to PT students listening, and shares the outcomes and findings. You'll hear about five different cases of patients with this chronic issue...

Matt and Allie are back for Season 6's first Clinical Corner! Matt introduces the article that is a revision of an earlier article from 2017 that gives new updated recommendations for treating patients with hip osteoarthritis. Matt poses his question for the student PTs listening and summarizes the article. You'll hear about the guidelines that were shared back in 2017, the gaps that the...

Matt and Allie are back for the 6th season of the Direct Access to Oxford PT Podcast! In this episode, Matt and Allie are joined by a student PT, Jeff Kuhr, who just completed his clinical rotation at Oxford PT. Jeff introduces himself, talks about his previous career as an actor, and his future goals in PT. Jeff describes his own personal experience with PT off stage and how it inspired him to go...

The last clinical corner article of 2025! Matt and Allie are back to discuss this month's article about a familiar topic: Prehab! This specific article is a literature review that gathers information from thousands of cases and reports covering controlled trials that compared treatments for total hip and total knee surgeries. Matt poses his monthly question to PT students listening, and descr...

The Prime Mover Series is back! This month, Matt and Allie talk to Zoë Luebbe, PT DPT about the movement she chose- walking through the grocery store! Timely for the busy holidays and chaotic public spaces like the grocery and retail stores, Zoë calls on her vestibular training and background to explain why this can be a very stressful task for different people. The risk of falling is very prevale...

Feeling Thankful for another monthly Clinical Corner Article! Matt and Allie are back to discuss a new case report from the JOSPT that describes a patient case that presented with elbow pain that wasn't resolving after 2 weeks. You'll hear that his Medial Epicondylalgia(ME) referred to as "golfer's elbow" through this article even though he is a CrossFit athlete. Hear abou...

The second installment of our Prime Mover episodes- Matt and Allie interview Shelby Yahl, Physical Therapist at our Hamilton location, on her selection of movement: climbing stairs. Shelby explains that she chose the topic because she has seen this trend in a lot of her patient cases. She also brings up how fear and avoidance of leaving their homes has patients remaining stagnant in their care. Sh...

Matt and Allie are back to discuss this month's clinical corner article! In this case presentation- you'll hear about a patient who experienced consistent gluteal pain even after seeing his PCP, PA and PT. With more and more time passing and worsening symptoms, and a palpable mass finding by the PT, the patient was urged to get an MRI. This uncovered that the mass was identified as advan...