Manual Therapy Forum

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For this interview, we have the pleasure of speaking with Jim Meadows BScPT, MCPA, FCAMT.  The following is a biography that can be found on his website:

Jim was chair of the Canadian Orthopedic Division‘s Education and Specialization Committees for 12 years and a past Examiner and Instructor with the Canadian Orthopedic Division. Jim is a co-founder and a Senior Faculty Member and Senior Examiner with the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy (NAIOMT). He is a past faculty member of the University of Alberta and current adjunct faculty at the Texas Women’s University, Andrews University, the Massachusetts Institute of Health Sciences, and the University of Maryland at Baltimore. He also visits and lectures at the University of Pittsburgh. He has presented at National and International Conferences on Manual Therapy and has published in numerous journals. His video series Manual Therapy and textbook Orthopedic Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy are sold throughout North America.

You won’t want to miss this interview as Jim is willing to share his opinions regarding many topics in a fearless manner.  Some of the things we discussed are:  the importance of reflection and how vital it is for clinician development; which area of physical therapy is the MOST unique (and possibly most important) to our profession; how and why manipulation is effective (despite what research might suggest); thoughts on chiropractors and physical therapists; and a more simple way to make anatomy and clinical instruction more effective in entry-level programs.

If you would like to learn more about Jim or find out where he is teaching next, you can check out his websites:  www.swodeam.com, www.impact-fellowship.com, and www.creekside-physio.ca.

Enjoy!

Matt

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Welcome back!  In our next interview, we speak with Gregg Johnson.  He is co-founder and co-owner of the Institute of Physical Art (IPA) with his wife, Vicky Johnson PT, FFFMT, FAAOMPT.  Gregg is also one my main mentors as I have completed some of my manual therapy training with the IPA’s curriculum in residency, but also because I got to spend a year with him as a mentor during my fellowship with the IPA.  As well as the years since, as an instructor for several IPA continuing education courses.  Below is his biography as seen on the Institute of Physical Art’s website:

Co-Founder Functional Manual Therapy®

Gregory S. Johnson, PT, FFFMT, FAAOMPT, graduated from the University of Southern California in 1971 and completed a one year residency program at Kaiser Vallejo under Maggie Knott.  He remained as senior faculty for six years.  Mr. Johnson is best known for his identification of the need for Physical Therapists to integrate treatment of the facial system into manual therapy and the development of the first Soft Tissue Mobilization course for Physical Therapists in 1980.  In addition, Mr. Johnson utilized his extensive background in PNF to adapt standard manual therapy techniques of Joint Mobilization and develop the dynamic techniques of Functional MobilizationTM and Resistance Enhanced Manipulation (REM) techniques for joints, soft tissues, and neurovascular restrictions.  Mr. Johnson has trained or directed the training of over 40,000 therapists in the USA and internationally.  Gregory Johnson is the co-founder and President of the Institute of Physical Art, the co-developer of the Functional Manual Therapy® approach to patient care, and the Director of an APTA credentialed AAOMPT Fellowship program in Functional Manual Therapy®.  He has published multiple chapters and articles on Soft Tissue Mobilization, PNF and the Orthopedic Patient, Functional MobilizationTM, and Functional Test for the Lumbar Patient and is currently involved in several research projects on Functional Manual Therapy®.

Enjoy this interview as you get to experience wisdom and insight from a truly unique figure in the world of manual therapy.  From my time with Gregg over the past six to seven years, I’ve heard many stories.  Plenty of our conversations have been in a personal setting while together teaching (or during my fellowship) where it was just the two of us.  I can honestly say there are stories in this interview that I had not heard before!  Oh, and I added a little bit of intro music to this interview [other interviews will have the same thing from now on]  

Cheers,

Matt

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Welcome back to our interview series!  For this one, we speak with Bill O’Grady, a veteran (in more ways than one) within the world of physical therapy and manual therapy.

Bill earned his Bachelor of Science in physical therapy from California State University, Long Beach during 1972; his master’s from the University of Southern California during 1977; and his doctorate at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in Florida during 2001. He completed three-year fellowship in manual therapy with the North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy during 1995.

Bill has served on the board of directors of the orthopedic section for the American Physical Therapy Association, chaired the orthopedic specialty council and was an original item writer for the specialty exam. He was chairman of the board of examiners for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT).

Dr. O’Grady has received many honors for his contributions to the profession including the John McMennell Service Award from AAOMPT, the Paris Distinguished Service Award from the Orthopedic Section, the Lucy Blair Service award, and the Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association. Dr. O’Grady retired from the U.S. Army in 2002 as a full colonel after 38 years of service. He was the first “Life Fellow” of the AAOMPT, and is a diplomat of the American Academy of Pain Management.

Currently, Bill teaches as adjunct faculty with the University of Nevada – Las Vegas (UNLV) DPT program.  In recent years, he also teaches occasionally with Professor Laurie Hartman DO, PhD.

As you can read, Bill is well versed within the world of manual therapy and has much wisdom to share.  Take a listen to our interview with him and comment below!

Cheers!

Matt

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Our latest interview is with Professor Laurie Hartman.  Laurie is Associate Professor of Osteopathic Technique at the British School of Osteopathy, and has been teaching osteopathic and manipulative technique and manual therapy since 1964. He has taught and lectured in 17 different countries with osteopaths, physiotherapists, medical manipulative groups and chiropractors.  Laurie has also authored the book “Handbook of Osteopathic Technique”, one of the best books on manipulation that you could find.

In this interview, we get to learn how Laurie decided to become an osteopath and enrolled in the BSO at a very young age!  In addition, Laurie discusses his earliest mentors and how he got into teaching.  Laurie also brings to light his approach and thoughts regarding manipulative techniques (plus advice he would give to any and all practitioners of manipulation).

If you would like to learn more about Laurie, please visit his website at http://www.lauriehartman.co.uk.  On his website, you will find his book and DVD series regarding the techniques that he teaches.  As much as I had recommended Erl Pettman’s book on manipulation, I would equally recommend this one (as well as the DVDs since they detail every technique in the book)!  And yes, I do own Laurie’s book/DVDs as well.

Hopefully, you will enjoy this interview as much as I enjoyed it!  Please, leave any comments or questions you may have below!

Cheers!

Matt

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Welcome to our second interview!  This time, we speak with Erl Pettman.  Erl is a former senior lecturer and chief examiner for the Orthopaedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA).  He is also a co-founder of the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy (NAIOMT), for which he still serves as senior instructor and chief examiner.  In addition, Erl is an instructor for the post-professional Doctor of Science in Physical Therapy Program (DSc) at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

During our interview, we learned of Erl’s influences from a young person to pursue physiotherapy as a profession and how he got involved into manual therapy.  Erl is a passionate individual for his profession, not just for treating patients, but for instructing other therapists as well.  If you have not had an opportunity to learn from him, please consider as he has a wealth of knowledge not often seen in manual therapy.  His approach to manual therapy is one that consistently uses biomechanical principles and functional anatomy to create the safest techniques of mobilization/manipulation, while being gentle and highly effective.

If you would like to learn more about Erl, please visit his website at http://www.erlpettman.com.  On there, you will find a book that he has written on manipulation (DVD included).  If you haven’t come across this book yet, check it out!  I would highly recommend purchasing one to have in your clinical library (I do).  Also, you could find out where he is teaching next on http://www.naiomt.com.

I hope you enjoy this interview.  As always, please reply if you have any comments or questions!

Cheers,

Matt

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Our initial interview is with Bruce Franke.  He is owner of Desert Palms Physical Therapy /Movement Studio/Institute in Tucson, AZ.  Bruce teaches and mentors orthopedic manual physical therapy as well, both locally and internationally.  There are a number of good pearls for professional development in this interview that I hope all clinicians (veteran and novice) will enjoy.  Of note, the website he mentions toward the end of the interview is http://www.myptdoc.com.  I believe I repeated the wrong address (also this site is not operational as of the time of this post).

Enjoy!