Untold Physio Stories

In this episode, Erson gives two of his favorite ways to explain to patients and to clinicians how pain is all about sensitivity and not necessarily about structure or damage. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠⁠Comprehend PT⁠⁠ - Leave Comprehend PT running in the background or record audio when you have time. The AI based SOAP note generator does the rest! No need for accuracy or exact wordin...

Sometimes the hardest thing standing in the way of change is your own success. Listen to Erson and Andrews’s origin stories and what happened when Erson recently debated a successful manual therapist online.  Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠⁠Comprehend PT⁠⁠ - Leave Comprehend PT running in the background or record audio when you have time. The AI based SOAP note generator does the rest! No...

Buffalo NY was just hit with a crazy amount of snow. Erson talked about his experience with Snowvember 2022, shoveling for 7 hours over two days and how he prevented a major onset of low back and neck pain.  Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all new private, non tracking and ad free network for rehab pros! It's free to join, has chat,...

A former patient who loves soft tissue work was having it done for some "wrist tightness." She saw Erson years ago, and kept lamenting she wanted the "Old Erson Back." But was it wrist tightness, or something else? This was definitely a case of active strategies working over passive. What do you think? Have you ever had a former patient come back who subscribes to a treatment o...

In this episode Andrew and Erson discuss a patient who is very focused on her pain. Her evaluation is not straight forward and nothing really stands out for her point tender right lower rib pain. What are your thoughts? Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all new private, non tracking and ad free network for rehab pros! It's free to joi...

In this very special episode of Untold Physio Stories, Erson is joined by his good friend and CashPT expert Dr. Aaron LeBauer of LeBauer Consulting. Aaron tells an early career story and gives some great pro tips on connecting with patients. If you are thinking about starting a Cash PT practice get your free copy of the Cash PT Blueprint here ! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic A...

Inspired by Dr. Bo Babenko's recent podcast episode, Erson tries some light isometric deep cervical flexor neck testing on a patient who is highly irritable. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all new private, non tracking and ad free network for rehab pros! It's free to join, has chat, feed, and all the features of other social ne...

In this episode, Andrew goes over a stressful period in his life and how the stress manifested itself. Bonus pro tip, it's a good differential diagnosis to check for as I have seen it in a few of my patients and a former co-worker. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all new private, non tracking and ad free network for rehab pros! It&#...

In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Bo Babenko from Fit Care Physio Bo talks about a patient who was told she needed her entire cervical spine fused all in one procedure. She actively works on her homestead with animals and as a dog walker. It didn't really sound like multiple fusions were indicated. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E&#...

In this episode, we're joined by special guest all the way from Australia, Darron Goralsky. He goes over a recent case of tongue tie that resulted in dramatic improvements in UQ complaints. Is this something you routinely rule out for UQ and TMJ issues? Let us know in the comments or reach out on social media! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr...

Are you skeptical about products that claim to benefit everything from foot pain all the way up to shoulder tightness? We are! However, using the Barefoot Science insoles helped a recent case of sciatic pain and tingling after a camping trip where Erson was using ill fitting flip flops. Has anything like this ever happened to you? Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Networ...

How do you know the difference between inhibition and weakness when someone tests weak? If any kind of reset automagically and dramatically improves a manual muscle test from a 1/5 to 4/5, it's inhibition. You can't rapidly cause hypertrophy! Listen to this case and let us know what you think. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all...

Ah, youth is wasted on the young, am I right? What Erson thought would be a home run case ended up being difficult for a number of reasons. What would you have done in this case? Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all new private, non tracking and ad free network for rehab pros! It's free to join, has chat, feed, and all the features o...

We've talked about it before and this won't be the last time. For difficult cases it takes a Physio Detective to figure out contributors to the patient's overall ecosystem. Sometimes they're doing things that can really sensitize the system and don't even realize it's out of the ordinary. Have you ever had a similar case? Let us know in the comments or reach out on social m...

Can you have too much recreation and not enough work? Can you be too compliant? Some very diligent people really take the home exercise program to the next level! Erson discusses a case where stress relief added up to some lumbar stress. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all new private, non tracking and ad free network for rehab pros! It...

Even though we often preach about PT negativity and avoiding nocebo during patient visits, it can slip out and happen to the best of us! Listen in as Erson describes how he jinxed a patient and friend about his sprained ankle. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all new private, non tracking and ad free network for rehab pros! It's free...

Ever been given bad advice from a doctor? In this episode, Andrew talks about a very active patient being told basically it's time to settle down and stop working out. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all new private, non tracking and ad free network for rehab pros! It's free to join, has chat, feed, and all the features of other...

In this episode, we're joined by guest Dr. Joseph Salamone who talks about an interesting case who the Emergency Dept failed. The end is kind of unbelievable as well. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all new private, non tracking and ad free network for rehab pros! It's free to join, has chat, feed, and all the features of other...

It's great to challenge your biases. Bias when leading to great outcomes in a shorter time period normally equals experience. However, thinking outside of the box and trying things different can get you results on patients you struggling with. Mentee Dr. Malik Parker goes over a recent case of double derangement syndrome and how he came about the unique directional preference for hips versus l...

Have you ever been corrected or called out by an instructor in front of the class? It's not a great feeling and not a good way to learn. Listen to this story where a course participant gets corrected by the instructor which makes him realize techniques and assessments are probably non-specific. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all ne...

At a recent seminar, a PT told a case of a possible dry needling adverse event. After consultation with a specialist, scans, and better history from the patient, it seems more like a spontaneous or patient caused injury rather than iatrogenic. What do you think? Have you ever heard of anything similar? Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's al...

Andrew and Erson discuss Repeated End Range Loading strategies with fusions. Are they indicated or contra-indicated? Also, Andrew shares his personal story of getting a lumbar fusion and then getting a scan a few years later. You won't believe what they found! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr. E's all new private, non tracking and ad free...

Sometimes you're better off doing things yourself. While Modern Manual Therapy emphasizes self treatment and Erson teaches all kinds of pain modulation techniques, a recent cases needed a little extra push. This got him beyond sharp pain and severe ROM limits to get ready for surgery after a fall and fracture. Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by ⁠The Eclectic Approach Network⁠ - Check out Dr...

Ipsilateral Lumbar Lateral Shifts are a rare occurrence. When truly discogenic, they normally have a poor diagnosis. Erson has lucked out in the past a few times with them, and currently Andrew is treating one. It's more of a case discussion rather than a full story for this episode. Have you ever treated an ipsilateral lumbar lateral shift? Were you successful or not? Let us know! Untold Phys...

When a post op knee patient develops contralateral severe thigh and radiating pain and difficulty WB and walking, it takes some sleuthing and several visits for Erson to figure out exactly what is going on. Have you ever had a patient leave completely better, sometimes for days only to have it recur? In these cases it's often not the treatment or home program, but things the patient is doing t...