The Mechanical Care Forum

In episode 313 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 8. We're joined by Rob Wainner, chief of talent development for Confluent Health. We talk about his professional journey, mentors and choosing or being chosen by a direction. This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care and we hope to do it in a way that...

In episode 312 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 7. We conclude our conversation with Mr. David Vandeput. He shares his thoughts on the problems of describing patient's conditions with anatomical terms, what constitutes a chronic pain patient, clinical guidelines, and more! This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to impro...

In episode 311 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 7. We're joined by Mr. David Vandeput, a physio from Belgium. He's an instructor for the McKenzie Institute, a private practice owner, and contributes to a clinical guidelines panel for low back pain. He shares his professional journey, his views on patient education, and his particular interest in reassurance and motivation...

In episode 310 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 7. We have Professor Jill Cook return for a bit of an update on tendons. She shares what she's been up to over the last two to three years and what's new regarding tendon injury and recovery. Considerations related to patient age, how one tendon's needs differ from others. All that and more! This week on MCF!   We hope to de...

In episode 309 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with season 7. We're re-airing episode 135 . It's part 2 of my interview with Dr. Jill Cook. We continue our conversation on her specialization, tendons. We talk about optimal loading, the low down on isometrics and eccentrics and even some resources to learn more! This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed pro...

In episode 308 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're re-airing episode 134 with Professor Jill Cook of Melbourne, Australia. The topic, to no surprise, is tendons. We hear her professional journey, her continuum model, characteristic presentation and best care related to this popular topic. This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed professio...

In episode 307 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We conclude our conversation with Ms. Chris Anderson. She continues sharing her experience with leading her peers to delivering better care, how she's sharing her skills with referring clinicians, and how she'd do it if she had to start all over. All that and more! This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to th...

In episode 306 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're joined by Ms. Chris Anderson of Minnesota USA. She's a diplomat in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy and senior therapist in a large physical therapy department. She shares her journey, her persistent work to encourage and successfully mentor scores of clinicians over many years and some of how she did it. This week...

In episode 305 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We continue our survey across the globe--from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US and Japan--hearing from a few familiar voices of how their region is dealing with the pandemic, what they're taking this opportunity to accomplish and some sound advice. This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed...

In episode 304 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're joined by 4 colleagues familiar to the podcast as they give us a bit of a state of the community-type update during this COVID19 pandemic. How things are in their location, how it's affected their professional work and what they're taking an opportunity to do to make the most of it. This week on MCF!   We hope to de...

In episode 303 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. It's part two with Mr. Scott Herbowy. He continues sharing observations through his career on misconceptions, keys to effective history taking, proficiency with the physical examination and repeated movement assessment, condition management and patient education. All of that and more! This week on MCF!   We hope to delive...

In episode 302 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're joined by Scott Herbowy. He's an international instructor for the McKenzie Institute and a previous diploma program instructor. He shares a bit of his professional background, early training and exposure to this assessment approach, time spent with Robin, and early lessons learned. This week on MCF!   We hope to del...

In episode 301 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're joined by Aideen Turner of Virtual Physical Therapists. She shares how she developed the idea of a company based on virtual or remotely delivered care and why she was so convinced it was feasible to deliver physical therapy this way. You'll also hear how she persuaded her prospects to consider doing business with he...

In episode 300 of the Mechanical Care Forum--in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic--we're continuing with Season 7. We're highlighting the topic of delivering effective musculoskeletal care through Telehealth. My guest, Stephen Klassen, shares insights on legal and payment considerations, platform and technical options, clinical best practices and more! This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this...

In episode 200 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We conclude our conversation with Dr. Luana Colloca, an international authority on the placebo and nocebo effect. We talk this week on the nocebo effect, some of her research, additional resources and more! This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care...

In episode 298 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're joined by Dr. Luana Colloca. She's a professor, a researcher and an international authority on the placebo effect. She shares a bit on her introduction and focus on this topic, some of her research, and considerations for those of us working with patients in pain. This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content...

In episode 297 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're re-airing episode 151 - my interview from 2017 with Dr. Robert Cialdini, the best-selling author of Influence . He shares about his newer book, Presuasion , what it is, how it affects our influence on others, and more! This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to imp...

In episode 296 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're re-airing episode 150 - my interview with Dr. Robert Cialdini. He's a psychologist, a social behavior researcher, a keynote speaker and a best-selling author. We talk about how to persuade those we're interacting with, the reasons why people say "yes" and how to have more influence. This week on MCF!   We hope to de...

In episode 295 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're wrapping up my conversation with Professor of Psychology Dr. Steven Hayes on our topic of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). We talk about some misconceptions of it, the potential for principles within ACT to combat the opioid dilemma, some practical psychological flexibility exercises you can apply yourself a...

In episode 294 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're joined by Dr. Steven C Hayes. He's a professor of psychology, a researcher, and an author most noted for his expertise in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). We talk about ACT, what it is, the principles it's built on, and how we--as clinicians--can benefit from it too. This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver th...

In episode 293 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We conclude our conversation with professor David Hunter of Sydney Australia. He shares more on the failures of the current common treatment and care. And, he shares what he's an advocate for - a more active approach. Finally he offers helpful resources related to the data on osteoarthritis. This week on MCF!   We hope to...

In episode 292 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 7. We're joined by professor David Hunter of Sydney Australia. He's an international authority on osteoarthritis and a strong proponent of more active and patient-involved approaches to care. He shares a bit on his professional journey including a personal story which influenced his professional direction, some impressive nu...

In episode 291 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing our conversation with Todd Edelson of MontClair Physical Therapy discussing study groups. We'll talk more about topics which have been of interest with Todd's group members, what works best, what hasn't and some resources and motivation for you to begin your own group... This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committ...

In episode 290 of the Mechanical Care Forum, I'm joined by Todd Edelson and we're discussing Study Groups. We talk about how he started doing them, what he's learned along the way, what works and why others should get involved in study groups too. This week on MCF!   We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care and we hope to do it in a way that i...