PT Pro Talk

💭 "Back pain is one of the prime reasons why the doctors love us being in the Emergency Department" -  Mark Cheel 👉🏻Our guest is Mark Cheel, Dip MDT, APAM. Mark graduated from Latrobe University, Melbourne in 1997 with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy). He currently serves as a Senior Clinician Physiotherapist (Musculoskeletal) at Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia, underta...

💭 " Most of our practices right now are generating between $40 and $80 per enrolled patient per episode . " -  Steven Coen 👉🏻Our guest is Steven Coen. Steven, driven by personal injury and opioid dependence experiences, is the CEO/Cofounder of SaRA Health which he started because while he loved the amazing care he received in the clinic he was frustrated by the lack of continuity betw...

💭 " Studies are being published, and in the long term follow-ups, folks are doing just as well with virtual PT as in-person " -   Dr. Steven Goostree   👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Goostree, PT, DPT, OCS, Cert. MDT, FAAOMPT. Dr. Goostre is a Physical Therapist with 10+ years of experience treating MSK pain. He is a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and Fellow of the American Acade...

💭 "Our job is to give people a positive experience with movement and to challenge them at the edge of their capability by finding the hardest thing they're safe doing." -   Dr. Craig Liebenson 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Craig Liebenson. He is a pioneering figure in healthcare, being the first in California to receive recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) fo...

💭 " The research question is what dictates your study design. If your research question is about interventions, then a randomized controlled trial is the obvious choice. " -   Dr. Stephen May 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Stephen May MA, FCSP, Dip MDT, MSc, PhD. Stephen May trained as a physiotherapist in Leeds, UK, and graduated in 1990; he then worked in the NHS, UK, in musculoskeletal care....

💭 " One of my favorite things about practicing in the emergency department is the concept of practicing at the top of your scope using all the skills and experiences you have to contribute to your patients ." -   Dr. Rebekah Griffith 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Rebekah Griffith PT, DPT, NCS. She is a physical therapist specializing in care in the Emergency Department and ICU settings. Dr. Gri...

💭 " Too often physios see their role in making the decision around return to play rather than bringing their expertise and perspective to help everyone make a better decision." -   Dr. Phil Glasgow 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Phil Glasgow, PT, PhD. Phil has worked with some of the world's best athletes, coaches, sports, and performers. He has extensive experience in high-performance sport...

💭 " If there was trauma, and our patient is not improving with conservative care, experiencing unrelenting pain, and unable to rotate, it's advisable to refer for additional imaging, even if the initial radiographs were negative." -   Dr. Lynn McKinnis 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Lynn N. McKinnis, DPT, PT, OCS. Lynn graduated from St. Louis University in 1981. She is a staff physical ther...

💭 “Behavior change is very complex, and it isn't just a knowledge gap.” -  Dr. Daniel Rhon 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Daniel Rhon, PT, DPT, DSc, Ph. D, OCS, FAAOMPT. Dr. Dan Rhon retired from active federal service as a medical officer in the US Army. He is a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is also the Director of the...

💭 “The role of our advocacy work is really important because it shapes national policy.” -  Laura Keivel and Brian Allen 👉🏻 Our guests are, Laura Keivel and Brian Allen. Laura Keivel joined APTA in 2019 and is the grassroots and political affairs specialist. Prior to joining APTA, she was the advocacy program and events manager at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. At ACS CAN, s...

💭 “The Heavy Slow Resistance Program is most likely to bring about improvements in strength.” - Dr. Peter Malliaras 👉🏻 Our guest, Dr. Peter Malliaras, PT, PhD, is a physical therapist and researcher from Melbourne, Australia focusing on the problem of tendinopathy. He is a Professor at Monash University's Physiotherapy Department and is involved in multiple tendinopathy research projects in...

💭 “If the disc had lost more than 70% of its height, the McKenzie prone press up tended to not vacuum in the disc bulge.” - Dr. Stuart McGill. 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Stuart McGill, PT, PhD. Stuart is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus (after 32 years at the University of Waterloo, Canada) who authored over 240 scientific journal papers, and 4 books and mentored over 40 graduate students during thi...

💭 “When a patient doesn't have imaging results that could support what their complaints are, then we start to create negative stories like why is this happening, why are they here and what do they really want?” - Dr. Alicia Emerson 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Alicia Emerson, PT, DPT, PhD, MS. Alicia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at High Point University (HPU), High...

💭 “Instead of just getting nociceptive information from that body part, you're getting other sensory information. You're changing the input to change the output.” - Luke Bongiorno 👉🏻 Our guest is Luke Bongiorno, PT, MCMT. Luke acquired the directorship of Noigroup in March 2021 from the founders David Butler and Juliet Gore. His physiotherapy journey began with a degree from The Univers...

💭 “ We only give antibiotics to a very small, very specific group of patients, and we have a success rate of 92%. ” - Dr. Hanne Albert 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Hanne Albert, PT, MPH, PhD. She has worked as a full-time researcher since 2000, initially as an Associate Professor at the Back Research Center in Ringe and Middelfart, University of Southern Denmark. Since 2013, she has been the medical dir...

💭 “ Based on the sensitivity of the vertebrobasilar insufficiency test, we cannot recommend it anymore.” - Dr. Nathan Hutting 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Nathan Hutting, an associate professor at the HAN University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. He also works as a physiotherapist in a private practice. He is a board member of the association VvAA, the business services provider for professiona...

💭 “ One of the things we do in the military is train people to be better leaders. We build leaders.” - Dr. Jason Silvernail 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Jason Silvernail DPT, DSc. Jason earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Scranton, and his Doctor of Science degree from Baylor University. He is board-certified in Orthopedic Physical Therapy and is a Certified Strength and...

💭 “ If a state neither explicitly allows nor explicitly prohibits imaging referral, and they are in fact, silent, the ability to talk about it gets even more restricted .” - Dr. Lance Mabry 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Lance M. Mabry, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT. Lance is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at High Point University in North Carolina where he teaches diagnostic imaging...

💭 “ Primary care means you are taking that whole health perspective. All systems, not just orthopedic musculoskeletal. You're taking everything into consideration when you are evaluating and managing these patients . ” - Dr. Katie O'Bright 👉🏻 Our guest is Katie O'Bright, PT, DPT.  Dr. O’Bright is a board-certified orthopedic Doctor of Physical Therapy, who graduated from Temple Univ...

💭 “ If I'm going to be looking at the back, one of the first things I like to do is a myotome exam. I find myotomes to be the most sensitive.” - Dr. Nick Rainey 👉🏻 Our guest is Nick Rainey, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, CCTT. Nick Rainey is board certified in orthopaedic physical therapy and a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic and Manual Physical Therapists. He has also earned the cred...

💭 “ The military service was really nice because it allowed physical therapists to act as musculoskeletal gatekeepers.” - Dr. Troy McGill. 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Troy E. McGill, PT, PhD., SCS, Dip MDT. Troy is the Director of Therapy Services for Orthopedic Physicians Alaska.  He is a retired USAF Lt Col, who completed his Masters's in Physical Therapy from Wichita State University and his Ph....

💭 “ When inflammation is dominating the condition, we are going to set up the tissue with an environment for healing and recovery.’’ - Kristi Maguire 👉🏻 Our guest is Kristi Maguire, PT, OCS, Dip. MDT. Kristi graduated from Bowling Green State University and the Medical College of Ohio with a BS in Physical Therapy in 1997. She began her journey towards MDT Certification in 2000 and became Certi...

💭 “ We are now doing a cervical intervention and demonstrating desensitization in the trigeminocervical complex. It is widely accepted that sensitization of the brain stem, the trigeminocervical complex, is the underlying disorder and is crucial in migraine, cluster headache, and tension headache.” - Dr. Dean Watson. 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Dean Watson, PT, MS, Ph. D. Dean graduated in 1976 with Di...

💭 “ You must first be able to decrease the nociceptive information to the trigemino-cervical complex and then to the upper central nervous system region.” - Dr. Matteo Castaldo 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Matteo Castaldo, PT, MSc, Ph. D. Matteo, is a physical therapist, researcher, and educator, focusing on primary headaches and chronic pain. After graduating Physical Therapist in 2007, he took differe...

💭 “Aerobic exercise is good in some conditions that present with neuropathic pain.” - Dr. Eva Sierra-Silvestre 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Eva Sierra-Silvestre PT, PhD. Eva is a postdoctoral researcher in the Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Lab supervised by A/Prof Annina Schmid. She holds a dual Ph. D. from Griffith University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2022). Previously, she worked as...