We went live at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting in New Orleans Louisana.  We talked to Kyle Covington of Duke Physical Therapy and Julie Wiebe about her interactions with @Crossfit on twitter.

Kyle Covington

Dr. Covington is a neurologic physical therapist and 2004 graduate of the DPT program. He joined the faculty in 2007. After completing his Ph.D. in Educational Research and Policy Analysis at North Carolina State University, he now serves as the DPT program’s director of assessment and evaluation. Dr. Covington's experience as a neurologic PT is utilized in the classroom during our foundational examination and neurologic practice management coursework.

Dr. Covington's research interests include professional curricular formation and assessment, collaborative student learning, and professional development of physical therapists.

Kyle currently is serving as the CSM program I gotta committee chair for APTA’s Education Section, is a member of the APTA Special Committee to review House documents and is President of the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association

We talked about

-One of the founding program directors for Duke’s faculty development residency. This is the only accredited residency by ABPTRFE that devoted to helping young professionals interested in an academic career learn how to teach and be successful on a PT faculty!!  (And we’d love to promote it to a national audience)

Julie Wiebe

Julie Wiebe, PT has over twenty years of clinical experience in both Sports Medicine and Women’s Health. Following her passion to revolutionize the way women recover from pregnancy and return to high levels of fitness, she has pioneered an integrative approach to promote women’s health in and through fitness.

Her Diaphragm/Pelvic Floor Piston Science concepts have been successfully incorporated by rehab practitioners and fitness professionals into a variety of populations. A published author, Julie is a sought after speaker to provide continuing education and lectures internationally at clinics, academic institutions, conferences and professional organizations.

Julie maintains a clinical practice in Los Angeles and shares her approach for post pregnancy and pelvic health recovery and return to fitness with women worldwide through online courses.

When not trying to change the world one pelvic floor at a time, Julie is happy to focus on her first passions: being a mom to the Z’s (Zoe and Zack), and wife to David.

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