The Thinking Practitioner

121: Analyzing Manual Therapy (with Whitney Lowe)


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🎙️ In this episode Whitney discusses a 2024 paper on modern manual therapy teaching and practice. The paper describes traditional manual therapy principles, including clinician-centered assessment, pathoanatomical reasoning, and technique specificity, and their criticisms based on recent research. He then outlines a proposed new framework for manual therapy practice and education. Lowe encourages listeners to read the paper and reflect on how these concepts align with or differ from their current practices, aiming to stimulate critical thinking about the evolution of manual therapy approaches in light of current research and understanding.

Watch the video and get the full transcript of their conversation on Til or Whitney's sites: 

  • Til Luchau’s Advanced-Trainings.com 
  • Whitney Lowe’s Academy of Clinical Massage
  • Key Points in the Podcast

    1. Introduction to the podcast (0:00-0:30)
  • Discussion of a paper titled "A Modern Way to Teach and Practice Manual Therapy" (0:30-3:50)
  • Overview of traditional manual therapy principles (3:50-9:30)
    • Clinician-centered assessment (4:10-6:50)
  • Pathoanatomical reasoning (6:50-11:00)
  • Technique specificity (11:00-16:00)
  • Proposed new framework for manual therapy (16:00-23:00)

    • Safety in the therapeutic alliance (16:30-18:00)
  • Creating a comfortable environment (18:00-19:30)
  • Efficiency in therapy delivery (19:30-21:00)
  • Communication and context (21:00-22:00)
  • Person-centered care (22:00-23:00
  • Implications for teaching and practice (23:00-29:00)

    • Challenges in reframing teaching methods (23:30-25:30)
  • Importance of safety, comfort, and person-centered care (25:30-27:30)
  • Questions for practitioners to consider (27:30-29:00)
  • Resources:

    A Modern Way to Teach and Practice Manual Therapy: https://bit.ly/45tGfHj

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    (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

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