PT MEAL Podcast

Grace Brucal, PT is a physical therapist, Autism Specialist, and Functional Medicine Student. She earned her Physical Therapy degree from the Emilio Aguinaldo College and became a PT staff and Faculty in the FEU Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation. At present, she is working in outpatient facility catering to pediatric and adult patients. She is also the owner of Steadfast Review Center, and Steadfas...

Morris Montilla, PT is a physical therapist in New York and dabbles in day trading. Nowadays, it's common to know people who are into investments, stock, trading. So I had a conversation with Morris about it. What's trading? How is it different from investing? What are the risks and how does someone start? So if you're as curios as I am, let's take a listen!

Paul Robert Saladar, PTRP is the Public Relations Officer of the Philippine Association of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists (PAOMPT) and a member of the Publications committee of the Philippine Physical Therapy Association . He is also the Chair of Integrated Health and Wellness - Aklan State University Makato Campus, and an instructor in its Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sport Sciences...

Lance Frank, PT, DPT, MPH is the owner of Flex PT ATL in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Frank, earned his Doctorate in PT from Emory University and his Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Missouri. He received his training in pelvic floor from Herman & Wallace, Alcove Education and Pelvic Guru. He treats all gender with pelvic floor dysfunction, including incontinence, sexual health...

Mark David Basco, PT, DPT is a Board-certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy and an Advanced Certified Exercise Expert on Aging Adults. He has published an interesting piece in the Journal of Frailty and Aging entitled, Use of a High-Intensity Resistance Exercise Program to Improve Lower Extremity Strength and Mobility in a 105-Year Older Woman: A Case Report. He discussed how...

Lucylynn Lizarondo, PhD is a research fellow in JBI, at The University of Adelaide. Dr. Lizarondo's work involves developing tools and strategies to facilitate evidence implementation, mentoring clinicians to develop and evaluate studies to facilitate research uptake, and conduct systematic reviews. Her research is focused on evidence synthesis, evidence transfer and evidence implementation In our...

Dr. Erson Religioso III, DPT, MS, MTC, CertMDT, CFC, CertMST, CNPT, FAAOMPT is a fellowship trained cash-based PT practice owner, entrepreneur, blogger, and sought after lecturer in the topic of Modern Manual Therapy . He graduated from D'Youville College with a dual Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Physical therapy. His inclination to Orthopedic and manual therapy lead him to his Doctor...

Today's episode is another revisit to past conversations with some of the wonderful women who guested in the show as way to celebrate International Women's Day last March 8th. Here are highlights from Amirrah Joyce Sacapanio, PTRP on pediatric physical therapy, Sheen Cenidoza, PTRP on community-based rehabilitation, and Maria Aguila, PT, DPT on migrating in the US as a PT. Listen to their pieces o...

So for today, we are going to look back to previous episodes with some of the wonderful women we had in the show as way to celebrate International Women's Day last March 8th. Here are some highlights from Catherine Escuadra, MHPEd, PTRP, evidence and mentors, Lili Wells, PT, DPT on pelvic health and traits to have to succeed as a PT, and Maria Angela Borras, PTRP on becoming a sports PT and a bein...

Major Karlo Mariano, USAF, Doctor of Physical therapy serves as the PT Element Chief, 628 MDG Operational Support Team PT, Joint Base, Charleston, South Carolina. Prior to his current role he served as the Flight Commander for the Surgical Services flight, 39th Medical Operations Squadron, Incirlik AB, Turkey. Maj Mariano has been serving in the US Air Force in different capacities from bioenviron...

You're back to PT MEAL: Physical Therapy podcast. This is Episode 56. Just in time for the Valentine's weekend, we are going to talk about the heart. Today, we are going to talk about Cardiac rehabilitation. My guest is Arthur Bhenedict King, PTRP, an alumnus of the University of Santo Tomas, a member of the Philippine Physical Therapy Association Board of Director, a cardiac rehabilitation PT, an...

Sarah Wenger, PT, DPT, OCS, FNAP is an associate clinical professor at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions. She has published and presented on different topics related to her areas of expertise in chronic pain, underserved populations, clinical reasoning and interprofessional care. In our conversation, we discussed what trauma-informed care is, the principles behind it, wha...

Jon Hernandez, PT, DPT, ATC is a physical therapist for the LA Rams. In our conversation, he shared his day to day activities with the LA Rams, the concussion protocol of the NFL, difference between treating NFL athletes and other populations, and the challenges and perks of being a physical therapist for an NFL team. Come take a dive!

Marco Villanueva, PTRP is former DLSU Green Jin and Philippine Taekwondo team member, and now a sports physical therapist for the De La Salle University. He shared his experience getting into physical therapy school and becoming a physical therapist as a second degree.  In our conversation, we talked about his journey pursuing physical therapy after graduating from his first bachelor's degree...

Cindy Cecilio, PT, DPT has been working in a psychiatric hospital and managing patient with psychiatric or mental health diagnoses for more than 3 years now. In this episode, we talked about what the reasons are why she wanted to work in a psychiatric facility, what it's like to work there and what types of patients does she sees, how she deals or approach patients in this setting, what challenges...

Asst. Prof Donald Manlapaz, PTRP, PT, PhD, is the chair of the Physical therapy department of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences at University of Santo Tomas. Asst Prof Manlapaz ( dgmanlapaz@ust.edu.ph ) finished his Doctor of Philosophy in Physiotherapy from University of Otago, New Zealand, and his Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in Physical Therapy from the University of Santo Tomas....

Dr. Zeena Hernandez received her Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy in St. Paul University Philippines & Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Utica College NY. Zeena has 6 years of clinical experience in different physical therapy settings. Currently, she specializes in treating orthopedic cases, functional fitness athletes and Olympic weightlifters. She is the owner and operator of Good...

Joice Carrera is an SEO Content Specialist. Joice is a movement specialist-turned-writer, an educator, a baker wannabe, a frustrated makeup artist, a passionate lover, and a striving but hopeful mother. She is fascinated by human anatomy, the depth of the ocean, and the sunset, among many other things. As an SEO content specialist, she helps business start-ups, bloggers, and affiliate marketers go...

I had the pleasure of answering some questions from freshie first year physical therapy students of the University of Santo Tomas as part of their class. We talked about specializations, patient populations, practice settings, and this podcast. Here's our conversation.

[ENGLISH] Mary June Nocete, PT is a Certified Lymphedema Therapist and Certified Comprehensive Oncology Rehabilitation Expert. In this episode, we talked about Oncologic Physical Therapy - difference in treating patients with cancer and cancer-related symptoms, considerations in treatment plan for these patients, motivating or cueing to promote patient participation. We also touched on chronic pai...

[TAGALOG] Cherissa Punongbayan is a physiotherapist currently based in Perth, Western Australia. She graduated from San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation Inc. and is the administrator of the Facebook group Physical Solutions Overseas Qualified Physiotherapist Support Group, a support group from physiotherapists/physical therapists who are undergoing the process of obtaining their Australian regi...

Today I talked to Maria Cauilan Aguila, PT, DPT. She is a practice owner and Doctor of Physical Therapy in Life in Motion Physical Therapy, a community outpatient orthopedic facility in Jersey City, NJ; certified in Applied Prevention and Health Promotion Therapies, an Adjunct Instructor for the Doctorate Program in Physical Therapy at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences in Newark, New Jersey;...

Dr. Ben Aguila, PT, DPT is is the Practice Owner of Life In Motion PT clinic located in Jersey City, New Jersey for the last ten years, serves as a Charter Board Trustee and immediate past President of the FUTURE Foundation, a nonprofit organization for global PT advocacies. He's The recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Alumni Award for Career Achievement from the FEUNRMF Institute of Medicine, an Ad...

Ma. Sheen Ceñidoza, PTRP is a community-based physical therapist from the Philippines. As the head of their municipality's community-based rehabilitation program, she currently engages in clinical, administrative, educational and research endeavors with the patients, community leaders, non-government organizations and universities in the Philippines. She is a member and one of the resource persons...

Joseph Barrera, PT, DPT is the founder of Theranimation, an educational animation company. He is an Adjunct Faculty in the University of Maryland, a 5-yr continuing education instructor in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, a content creator, a 3D animator, and a full-time outpatient Physical Therapist at Beebe Healthcare for 11 years. In this episode, we talked about Theranimation an...