Mechanical Care Forum

In episode 388 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12. We’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Dr. Scott Miller and his book Better Results; Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Therapeutic Effectiveness. He shares what prompted the writing of the book, some of the research on the top perfor...

In episode 387 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12. We’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Ms. Annie O’Connor and her book World of Hurt. We talk about the origins of the book, we walk through a verbal tour of the breakdown of pain, the subgroups, the principles key to each group, and pl...

In episode 386 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12. We’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Dr. Yoav Suprun and his book Aging without Aching. We talk about what prompted the writing and development of the book, how the book is structured, some examples of his advice for the public, and p...

In episode 385 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12. We’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Dr. Nikolai Bogduk and his book Clinical Anatomy of the lumbar Spine and Sacrum. We talk what prompted the writing and development of the book, how the chapters are laid out, some examples of the a...

In episode 384 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12. We’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Dr. Eric Hegedus and Dr. Chad Cook and their book Orthopedic Physical Examination Tests. We talk about the organization of the book, a few examples of orthopedic tests in the book, how they encoura...

In episode 383 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12. We’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Dr. Adriaan Louw and his series of books on pain neuroscience education written for the patient. We talk about where the idea of these books came from, some of the titles in the series, some of the...

In episode 382 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12. We’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Dr. Jason Hwang and his book, Innovator’s Prescription. We talk about the problems within the USA healthcare system which led to the writing of this book, some examples of what disruptive innovatio...

In episode 381 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12. We’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Dr. Ron Donelson and his book, Rapid Recoveries without Surgery. We talk about his professional first-hand experience which led him to learn a diagnostic process different but better than his origi...

In episode 380 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12 and we’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Dr. Lorimer Moseley and his book, Explain Pain, a book to educate patients about their pain. We talk about where the idea of this book came with his coauthor David Butler, the principles found w...

In episode 379 of the Mechanical Care Forum we’re starting season 12 and we’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. First up is Dr. Ian Harris and his recently released book, Hippocrasy, as in the Hippocratic oath. We talk about the oath, how it’s made up of several oaths and more than just Do No Harm, and how many caregivers have bet...

In episode 378 we’re joined by Sudha, an economist and mother of two children and her physical therapist Aileen Cuenca. Sudha shares her lengthy struggle with visual disturbance, headaches, neck and back tension, a scary diagnosis and the long-overdue relief she finally found through a movement approach. She and Aileen share about the solutions they found together and how she’s doing now, just thr...

In episode 377 we’re joined by Martin, a carpenter and student in Denmark and his physiotherapist Simon Simonsen. Martin shares how his pain began, how he was prescribed opioid pain medication and how that made him unable to function. He and Simon share about the process of recovery and ultimately where he is now. Martin’s story is, unfortunately, a common one of passive treatments and the lack of...

In episode 376 we’re joined by Hunter, a student at Virginia Tech University and her therapist Ryan Tauzell. Hunter shares her long history of migraine headaches since childhood, her side-effects from medication often bad enough she chose to deal with the headaches, her inability to focus, exercise and remain socially active due to the pain, and finally where she found relief. She and Ryan share h...

In episode 375 we’re joined by Simon, a mathematician in a neuroscience lab at John’s Hopkins in Arlington, Virginia USA and his therapist Taruna Rijwani. Simon shares his 10 year history of back and leg pain and two subsequent surgeries, his inability to hold down his job, sit, focus and multitask and enjoy tennis normally. He and Taruna share his experience of steady but definite progress and th...

In episode 374 we’re joined by Dulcy, a retired hospital foundation Vice President in Leesburg, Virginia USA and her therapist Kristina. Dulcy shares her 4 month history of neck and shoulder pain after a fall, her inability to sleep, sit, and function, the unfortunate failure of traditional medical care and physical therapy, the serious nature of her outlook due to her medical doctor’s comment on...

In episode 373 of Season 11 we're joined by Rick, a 67 year old male retired from the telecommunications industry who began having bilateral thigh pain and inability to walk. He was diagnosed by his doctor of having spinal stenosis and told he could try physical therapy but may need surgery. We also speak with Susan Wood, his physical therapist who made some observations of his history and his phy...

In episode 372 we’re joined by Mary, a nurse with a sudden onset of knee pain, a diagnosis from an orthopedist of osteoarthritis and a bone spur, and not much hope. She and her therapist, Stephen, share her outlook before having seen him, how she felt when she received her diagnosis, and Stephen's observations which led him to believe she might be able to recover without the need for the suggested...

In episode 371 we’re continuing with our series of patient experiences with their therapist. This week Deb Collins, of Montreal, Quebec Canada joins us with her therapist Michael Dyck of Active Solutions Physiotherapy. Deb shares her struggle with a wide range of pain after a motor vehicle accident and a long list of practitioners and attempts to try to resolve it without success, until she began...

In episode 370 we're joined by another patient, Julia, and her therapist, Julie Marley. Julia shares her story or progressively worsening bilateral hip pain and inability to walk. She explains what she had tried, how she struggled to even find a doctor with an available appointment. Her therapist, Julie, shares her examination of Julia and what tipped her off as to the most effective means of reli...

In Episode 369 we’re joined by Emily Ledford and Betsy Scudder, both of the Washington DC metro area. We’re highlighting another patient experience this time a personal trainer with an acute onset of knee pain, a positive MRI showing a meniscus tear and an orthopedist who implied surgery was inevitable. We’ll hear Emily's story and her perspective and Betsy’s view of Emily's prognosis once she ide...

In episode 368 we’re beginning season 11 and we’re highlighting actual patients who have a remarkable story and noteworthy results through a thorough movement and symptom assessment and treatment process and when possible we have their therapist join us too. We’re allowing the experiences and perspectives of these patients to reinforce the potential that exists with a proper mechanical exam and th...

In episode 367 we’ve got another listeners reaction episode. We’re joined by Mr. Mark Aarts, a physiotherapist in Sweden - we’re chatting about disabling chronic back pain and impressions of our previous two guests, Dr. Peter O’Sullivan and Dr. Mark Laslett and their comments in the last two episodes and some thoughts of our own. This week in MCF!

In episode 366 we’re continuing on our focus on the disabled chronic back pain patient, today with Dr. Mark Laslett. We’ll hear about how he cared for this group early on and how he does now, what he has in common with Dr Peter O’Sullivan from last week and how he disagrees, a patient example and plenty more. To hear the entire episode go to your favorite podcast player or to www.mechanicalcarefor...

In episode 365 we’re tackling another hot topic; disabling chronic back pain - this episode with Dr Peter O'Sullivan. He shares his past struggles with this population which led to him developing another classification system, his views of why other classification systems have failed, principles within cognitive functional therapy and more. This week on MCF!

In episode 364 we highlight another listeners reaction to our previous experts and episodes on the topic of dry needling. Dr. Tim Zelch a diplomat and fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists and also trained in dry needling shares his takeaways from the previous two episodes with Dr. Joe Donnelly and Dr. Ron Schenk, and he shares his own experience with dry needling...