Today we are getting after it with a couple of jersey guys. Physical Therapists by trade and sports therapists by passion, Mike St. George and Ryan Stahl. We will be diving headfirst into sports medicine rehabilitation, return to play protocols, and bridging the gap a little more efficiently with The DorsaVi, movement analysis software that is now being utilized at Ivy Rehab.

Mike St. George has his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of the Sciences located in the heart of West Philly. Mike is the Clinic Director at Ivy Rehab in Warminster, Pennsylvania. Mike has 10+ years of experience with areas of expertise in sports performance, return to sport, runners, endurance athletes, and hand injuries. He is trained in the Functional Movement Systems Philosophy including the FMS or Functional Movement Screening, SFMA or Selective Functional Movement Assessment, and FCS or Functional Capacity Screening. He has authored several articles Endurlite.com is the Co-Host of “The Coach Hos Podcast” and is a competitive Spartan Race athlete himself.

Ryan Stahl earned his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Arcadia University just outside of Philly in Glenside PA. He underwent residency training and achieved his Board Specialization in Orthopedics in 2020. He has been published in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy for Return to Sport Protocol following Nonoperative Ulnar Collateral ligament Tear in Fighting Athletes, and in The Journal of Scientific Research for Nutrition Considerations in Enhancing Patient Outcomes. He currently serves as Sports Performance Director for the Ivy Rehab Network, and currently treats in Cherry Hill New Jersey.

4:00 How Mike St George and Ryan Stahl got into Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine

6:00 The coursework Mike St George and Ryan Stahl took that best directed their skillset towards sports medicine.

8:00 Why continuing education is so important for all psychical therapists.

11:00 How their access to online courses and an abundance of resources has changed Mike and Ryan’s approach to treating and assessing athletes.

12:45 The benefits of doing an orthopedics residency according to Ryan Stahl.

16:40 During assessments and treatments, you need to be looking at the whole body. Always look above and below the joint.

21:00 The misconception that PT is just being assigned some exercises. The exercises are a prescription to fix a specific problem.

21:15 When you’re assessing you have to determine what’s going on with the person and what their movement patterns and functionality is.

40:30 What is the DorsaVi? The DorsaVI is a wearable sensor technology that allows PTs to quantify data that was previously only qualitative and that allows PTs to know if their program is working.

42:30 How testing with the DorsaVi is different or better than traditional testing. It gets rid of eye testing and lets PTs know what is really working.

Full Show Notes Available on https://www.onqperformancetherapy.com/episodes

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