PT Pintcast - Physical Therapy

We went LIVE to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for a live show with faculty, alumni and students. Part 2 features Kevin Levi-Goerlich and Sam Phillips

Sam Phillips

Sam was born and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia. I played soccer for the majority of my life and collegiately at Longwood University, where I majored in Exercise Science. After graduating from Longwood I worked as a Sports Performance Specialist, with Bon Secours InMotion, for 1 year. I am currently a 3rd year DPT student at UMES and am interested in outpatient orthopedics and pediatric physical therapy.

Kevin Levi-Goerlich

Kevin graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with a Degree in Kinesiology. While there, he raced competitively for the club triathlon team, including qualifying for and finishing the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. He attended and graduated the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where he earned his DPT. While in PT school, his research focused on the use of real-time ultrasound and articular cartilage thickness in the knee. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a USA Triathlon Level I coach working with athletes of all levels; from youth as young as 7 y/o to elite juniors, and age group athletes. Notable coaching results include the USA Triathlon Junior Elite National title (2018) and a top 15 at the ITU Junior Elite World Championships (2018).

We went LIVE to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for a live show with faculty, alumni and students. Part 1 features Kate James, Sarah Oleksak, and Michael Rabel

Kate James

Kate James is a Physical Therapist and Assistant Professor at UMES. Prior to joining the faculty full time in 2016, she worked primarily in the outpatient setting. Her current research interests are working to better understand the relationships between physical characteristics and golf performance in older female golfers and using sRPE to predict injury in runners. She also runs a small, mobile cash-based PT practice, Driven Physiotherapy.

Sarah Oleksak

Sarah Oleksak a practicing physical therapist of ten years, with over eight of those years, focused in a multidisciplinary pediatric outpatient clinic. She is a Pediatric Certified Specialist with extensive experience treating patients who have a variety of orthopedic and neuromuscular diagnoses from birth to age 18 years.

Beyond her primary employment, Dr. Oleksak is active in the community in a variety of ways and strives to represent the benefits of physical therapy for the youngest of patients. She serves on the Program Advisory Committee for the local physical therapist assistant program and she has also provided guest lectures on pediatric patient management for these students. Dr. Oleksak is a Clinic Instructor for physical therapy students completing clinical practicums or full clinical affiliations in the pediatric setting. Recently, she contributed to a soon-to-be-released position statement for the American Academy of Pediatrics on the use of infant carrying devices, alongside world-renowned physicians and researchers. In addition, in 2014, Dr. Oleksak founded and currently serves as the executive director of an international 501c3 non-profit organization that provides ergonomic infant carrying devices to children with disabilities. She is a Certified Babywearing Educator and she is currently developing a pilot study on the use of these infant carrying devices for children with torticollis and plagiocephaly.

Michael Rabel

Michael Rabel is the Department Chair and Program Director for the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.  He possesses a Master’s degree in Physical Therapy and a Doctor of Science degree with a concentration in biomechanics and manual interventions.  He was a Clinical Program Leader and Outpatient Coordinator at HealthSouth Chesapeake Rehabilitation Hospital and the Director of the Rehabilitation Services at McCready Health on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  He became board certified in Orthopedics in 2004 and re-certified in 2014.  He has taken many continuing education courses in order to become certified in vocational rehabilitation, ergonomic assessments, and manual therapeutic interventions (primarily through Michigan State University). He has been a member of the APTA House of Delegates for the Maryland Chapter and continues to serve as a clinical and administrative consultant.

Dr. Clare Ardern is an Australian-trained physiotherapist and senior researcher in sports medicine.

Her research has focused on (i) return to sport after injury (rates, determinants of success, improving the clinical approach) and (ii) how high-caliber meta-research (including systematic reviews, network meta-analyses, and clinical practice guidelines) can help clinicians make quality decisions. Dr. Ardern is Editor-in-Chief elect for Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. Follow Dr. Ardern on Twitter @clare_ardern and @JOSPT

Excited to have Chad Cook on the show talking about his new Medbridge course Research Bootcamp. We talked all things research including how he and two other PTs submitted a FAKE RESEARCH PAPER which stated that the BROUGH SOMEONE BACK FROM THE DEAD WITH A SPINAL MANIPULATION.

Spoiler Alert: It was accepted (into a predatory journal)

Efosa L. Guobadia, Doctor of Physical Therapy, is the Founder of the informational website PT Haven, Co-Founder and Co-Director of PT Day of Service, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Move Together, a 501(c)3 high-impact for-purpose organization dedicated to improving access to quality rehab medicine around the corner and around the world. He received his BS in Kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts in 2007 and his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Scranton in 2010.