The Mechanical Care Forum

In episode 363 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 10. We continue with more talk on dry needling. This week we're joined by Dr. Ron Schenk, a professor at Tufts University and published researcher on the topic as well. He shares his thoughts and his reactions to episode #362's guests' comments as well as his own perspective. This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this conte...

In episode 362 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 10. We're moving on to the topic of dry needling in physical therapy. Dr. Joseph Donnelly, the current president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, joins us to share some of this modality's history, his understanding of its physiological effect, the evidence, its appropriateness and more! This week on M...

In episode 361 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 10. We're wrapping up our discussion on the topic of Physios in Primary Care. We're joined by Mr. Brian Sorensen, a physiotherapist in Aalborg, Denmark; and we chat about episodes  #358 , #359 , and #360 - our reactions as well as our similar and different opinions on this topic. This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this c...

In episode 360 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 10. We're talking with Dr. Lena Bornhoft, a physiotherapist and PhD in Gothenburg, Sweden. The topic: PTs in primary care. We discuss what led her in this direction, what factors influence the use of physio in primary care, her research findings and more! This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed p...

In episode 359 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 10. We're continuing our discussion in this mini-series on the topic of PTs in primary care providers. This week with Dr. Troy McGill, a director of rehab in Alaska and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force. We talk about what should be required for a PT to function as a primary care provider, the pros and cons, if h...

In episode 358 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 10. We're shifting our focus and talking about physical therapists as a primary care providers with Lieutenant Colonel John Miller. He's the Chief of Specialty Services at Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Centers at Fort Meade, in Maryland, USA. We talk about his experience before, when he didn't have one and now when he does have...

In episode 357 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 10. We're wrapping up our discussion of the non-contact injury with another listener's reaction. This time with Gary Dykes, a senior instructor for the MIUSA shares his perspective on the past few episodes and some additional proposal of where these faulty patterns may be coming from and how he wonders if, and suggests, we m...

In episode 356 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 10. We're joined by Lynn Grimm and Lee Poston, two listeners who have agreed to share their thoughts about the previous two episodes with Dr. Tim Hewett and Gary Scheffler. They give their takeaways and experience as they've begun to apply slow motion video assessment and movement interpretation. This week on MCF!   We hope...

In episode 355 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 10. We have Gary Scheffler, a sports performance coach with his company Goata Locomotion Systems in New Orleans USA, and Lynn Grimm, a PT and diplomat in MDT. We're continuing to talk about the non-contact injury - the mechanism, risk factors, treatment and prevention. We look at some slow-motion video and hear Gary's opinio...

In episode 354 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're beginning season 10. We're joined by Dr. Tim Hewett, a basic scientist and researcher who's spent 30 years looking at non-contact injuries. We talk about the mechanisms causing ACL tears, injury reduction programs, reconstruction - should it be done, if so which graft-type is best, and when to return to sport. All this and more! This week on MCF!...

In episode 353 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We continue our conversation with Charlotte Krog, wrapping up about the value of a mechanical exam with patients with anxiety and depression. She shares another patient case, resources she'd recommend, and advice if you want to serve this group too. All that and more! This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to...

In episode 352 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We're joined by Charlotte Krog and focus on the value of a mechanical exam with a patient with anxiety and depression. Why she sought post-graduate education into positive psychology, what she's learned and how it applies to assessing and treating patients with musculoskeletal conditions, her observations of keys to succe...

In episode 351 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We continue our conversation with Mr. Greg Lynch and Dr. Josh Kidd. Both have been and continue to work with a wide range of athletes. They share more patient examples, some additional resources which they'd recommend, and keys to developing a successful portion of business with athletes. This week on MCF!   We hope to de...

In episode 350 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. With Greg Lynch and Dr. Josh Kidd, we're talking about the value of a mechanical exam with the athlete. How they're the same or different than the non-athlete. How to address their specific common expectations and plenty more! This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to i...

In episode 349 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We're continuing our focus on the value of a mechanical exam within the musculoskeletal disorder patient with Mr. Kevin Jones. We hear a couple of familiar-sounding patients and how he believes they illustrate some of these principles, how to make inroads with bringing medical practitioners along to appreciate a mechanica...

In episode 348 of season 9, we're continuing with season 9. We turn our focus on the value of a mechanical exam within the musculoskeletal disorder patient with Mr. Kevin Jones. We talk about his work within the primary care setting as a musculoskeletal specialist triaging appropriate patients and how this brings so much efficiency and improvement in inpatient care. That and plenty more! This week...

In episode 347 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We're continuing our discussion with Dr. Joe Ihm, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab. He shares a global initiative called exercise in medicine, his take on a multidiscipline team approach to care, distilling down what it means to educate patients properly from a mechanical an...

In episode 346 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We're joined by Dr. Joe Ihm, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab. He shares his take on the value of a mechanical exam within physical medicine and rehab, how he applies it and shares mechanical pain principles to educate his patients, and much more! This week on MCF!   We hope...

In episode 345 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We're continuing our conversation on the value of a mechanical exam with dizziness and balance patients with Ms. Bridget Sholljegerdes. She shares a couple of patient examples, more insights on effectively assessing and treating these patients, and gives advice as to how she'd suggest someone like you do the same. This we...

In episode 344 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We're shifting our conversation once again this season to dizziness and balance with Ms. Bridget Sholljegerdes. She shares how she found herself working with this patient population, the primary mechanisms she understands these symptoms to be coming from, some patterns of what effectively resolves these symptoms, and more...

In episode 343 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We're continuing our conversation with Hugh Murray on the topic of the value of a mechanical exam with functional capacity exams and pre-placement screenings. He shares more on how he conducts them and gives advice as to how he'd suggest you do the same. This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed...

In episode 342 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We're talking with Hugh Murray about the value of a mechanical exam with functional capacity exams and pre-placement screenings. He shares how he conducts them, where these patients come from, and how we can effectively provide this service with added value because of his mechanical training. This week on MCF!   We hope t...

In episode 341 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We conclude our conversation with Melissa Watson and Allison Wickes, two therapists who appreciate the value of a mechanical exam with the neurological patient. They share another patient case, what tools they use and some patterns they've seen as successful with this population of patients. This and plenty more! This wee...

In episode 340 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We're joined by Melissa Watson and Allison Wickes. Melissa is a physical therapist in a day rehab setting and Alli is an occupational therapist in inpatient care and both are working regularly with patients with neurological conditions. They share principles they're using with the neuro patient, keys for success, a patien...

In episode 339 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 9. We're completing our conversation on the value of a mechanical exam with the injured worker with Dr. Steve Heffner. He shares more on his observations over multiple decades working with this group of patients on what creates effective care, speaking to Human Resources or safety directors on how we can help, and more! This...