PT Pintcast - Physical Therapy

Mike Lebec is a PT professor at Northern Arizona University.

Mike has implemented teaching styles using technology (videos, polls) to engage students as there may be a shift to a hybrid/online DPT education.

Mike is active in promoting physical therapists practicing in the emergency department. He teaches about this topic at NAU and provides valuable resources. Check these out here:

·    https://www.facebook.com/groups/252530905428371/?hc_location=ufi

·   https://www.ptpintcast.com/2019/08/12/pt-in-the-ed-preventing-catastrophe-by-asking-questions-with-naveed-shan/?fbclid=IwAR3FlrfA2hpwoH3E4D79mw70qqDwe1BLfx0b7PLDFDU0PY_CApTd_xjxURM

·   https://www.apta.org/your-practice/practice-models-and-settings/hospitals/emergency-department

Mike performed for us the world premiere of “Six Feet Away” which Mike wrote himself. Listen live on this chat.

PARTING SHOT

1:40 “Dare to be wrong.” – MIKE

Registration is linked on their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CPTALBSB/?hc_location=ufi

Annie

Annie Burke-Doe is a physical therapist and a telehealth expert. She describes the importance and difficulties of using telehealth in this ever-changing environment. 

She mainly works with pediatric patients and discusses the challenges treating this population using telehealth. Annie further goes into what platform she uses to treat telehealth and how she continues to protect patient’s information.

PARTING SHOT

47:57 “If telehealth has been something that you have been afraid of or not, thinking that you can do it, go out there, use all your skills, make it happen, and you’ll be great at it and it will help people in society.” – ANNIE

Alan

Alan Lee serves as the telehealth lead for the APTA Frontiers in Rehabilitation Science and Technology (FiRST) Council and the APTA HPA’s technology SIG Vice Director.

Alan and Jimmy hosted the Technopalooza event at CSM 2020 in Denver. Listen to that CSM LIVE! here: https://www.ptpintcast.com/2020/04/22/technopalooza-live-from-csm-denver/?fbclid=IwAR3FlrfA2hpwoH3E4D79mw70qqDwe1BLfx0b7PLDFDU0PY_CApTd_xjxURM

Alan believes telehealth is a way of practicing that should be permanent in the future by incorporating it into all practices, teaching it in education, and increasing research to determine the effectiveness of telehealth in physical therapy.

QUOTES

39:18 “We need to collaborate with interprofessional telehealth and telemedicine providers to really help society in addressing the societal needs including diversity, equity, and inclusion of those areas that are really underserved.” – ALAN

37:21 “Telehealth is a team sport. It needs all of us.” – ALAN

PARTING SHOT

32:03 “We are professionals of being together in the community. Telehealth is just one component of what we do.” – ALAN

Chris

Chris Reed is the CFO of Agile Physical Therapy in the bay area of California and the chair of the government affairs committee of the CPTA.

With his increased involvement in PT advocacy, Chris emphasizes why physical therapists should understand the “laws of the land.” The FSBPT contains the laws and regulations of practicing telehealth in all 50 states. Check out those here:

·  https://www.fsbpt.org/Free-Resources/Regulatory-Resources/Telehealth-in-Physical-Therapy

· http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Telerehab/article/view/6269

At Agile Physical Therapy, Chris uses outcome measures to track the effectiveness of using telehealth in physical therapy.

PARTING SHOT

6:30 “Telehealth isn’t something to be afraid of. It is a tool that we can use to do the things that we do everyday.” – CHRISTo register for this webinar, check out CPTA: Long Beach South Bay District June 30th 6-8 pm.

Will Humphreys is a physical therapist, entrepreneur, author, and speaker. Will coaches business owners and physical therapists across the country to his knowledge and belief of profitability. If you thought that was all, Will created a medical billing and consulting company called In the Black this past April.

Will tells us about the events he endured to ultimately choose his path in physical therapy and becoming a physical therapist.

Will goes further in how his past has shaped who he is today and describes the entrepreneur’s mindset: learn, endure, and lead. He discusses the difficulty starting his company Rise Rehab back in 2003 but mentions that even though that was the most difficult situation he had to endure, it is possible with work. In 2018, Rise merged with now Empower Physical Therapy.

He gives us a clear understanding on what “profitability unlocks possibility” means and how this benefits the entrepreneur and current physical therapists.

One topic Will coaches about is the 5 Pillars of Profitability:

1.       Reliability and transparency

2.       Consistency

3.       Efficiency

4.       Stability

5.       Predictability

Will has created a YouTube channel to assist business owners, PTs, new graduates, and students on success in our industry. Take a listen here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd9MwDrfXzXbDjnEqRCW8wA

Will describes to us the Core Four (heart, mind, body, spirit) and how he believes working on yourself everyday leads to success.

Daniel Chelette of the PGA Tour Player Performance Center talks:

His work on the PGA tour.

How he got the opportunity

What they do there as a team

Related concepts of professional development, professional growth and navigate early career challenges and an early PT professional

Components of the role played as a PT in professional golf

Be guided by your passions and your interests when establishing short term and long-term career goals

Career paths are subject to change and don't typically stick to the script you originally put together

I Believe in the Gray with Steve Anderson

Kyle Covington, PT, DPT, PhD is a professor at Duke University in their PT program and he's the Vice-Speaker of the House for the APTA Board of Directors. Each year delegates from around the country come together for the House of Delegates to help shape the profession of Physical Therapy.

What happens there, might not be something that you hang on every word of. Fortunately for us we have Kyle Covington to breakdown the big happenings at this years house of delegates.

We coverDuke University's "House of Dukelegates" programHow the APTA's House of Delegates structure and functionWhat his role as Vice-Speaker entails

From the 2020 House of Delegates we coverTelehealth ChargeAPTA Behavioral & Mental Health PositionAPTA's Transparency of Accredited Physical Therapy Education ProgramsAPTA Standards of Practice changesWhy you should care about APTA and the House of DelegatesHow you can get more involved

https://www.apta.org/PTinMotion/News/2020/6/10/HouseRecap/

Due to circumstances of COVID-19, APTA NEXT transformed our beloved NEXT conference virtual. At PT Pintcast, we decided to kick things off with a NEXT Virtual Happy Hour. 

Matt Tuttle is the Lead Sports Scientists and Physical Therapist of the Denver Nuggets.

Matt discusses how the Nuggets have adjusted since the beginning of COVID-19.

He released an article in BJSM “How to Fix Problems of Exercise Prescription in the NBA: Challenges & Tips to Move Forward: https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2020/05/05/how-to-fix-the-problems-of-exercise-prescription-in-the-nba-challenges-and-tips-to-move-forward/?fbclid=IwAR2UVIGsoLZiJV64YlFix44qTO23d1sgZ_D1tvBqm-R-ObJ0dlYKsJTeup4

One main point noted from this article was neuromuscular skeletal care takes longer than the preseason duration length. He discusses the importance of loading appropriately while preventing future injury.

Matt gives his definition of micro dosing exercise and how it has benefited NBA players throughout the season.

PARTING SHOT

“We need to be better as a population about acceptance and equality. Working together and loving each other as humans.” – MATT 

https://www.ptpintcast.com/2019/11/11/inside-the-life-of-an-nba-physical-therapist-with-matt-tuttle/

https://www.ptpintcast.com/2020/04/21/csm-live-with-matt-tuttle-jason-steere-and-krystyna-holland/

Due to circumstances of COVID-19, APTA NEXT transformed our beloved NEXT conference virtual. At PT Pintcast, we decided to kick things off with a NEXT Virtual Happy Hour. 

Tara Jo Manal

Tara Jo Manal is the director of clinical services and Residency training at the University of Delaware and the director of the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (AOPT). She is here to talk about her APTA NEXT 2017 Maley Lecture – Strike While the Iron is Hot. Check it out here: https://www.apta.org/NEXT/2017/MaleyLecture/?fbclid=IwAR0vo93fi0MpxezYDlFkvtabTmJ0bOwXaO4cBhyDRCv2fN0bNwT-_zk2eWo

Tara believes that not only from her lecture but even due to COVID the therapy profession has transformed and adjusted for the better in clinical practice.

If you are interested in furthering your physical therapy career in orthopedics, check out the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy here: https://www.orthopt.org/

Tara gives us the rundown of all educational material that AOPT provides for physical therapists interested in pursuing the OCS. Look out for future opportunities to win these materials!

Tara ends with visualizing in 3 years our profession finding our spot in all settings and continuing to provide telehealth to patients.

PARTING SHOT

47:28 “Be thinking how you are creating your communities. Recognizing what we have learned and what’s so important about community while we’ve been separated from one another.” – TARA

We talk with #FreshPT Andy Seraphin who has worked with youth soccer community program club AC Fairhill.

AC Fairhill is a youth soccer club that provides opportunity to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status PTs can play a major role in improving the health and well being in communities of color Andy shows us how and why.

Andy is currently running a fundraiser to purchase new equipment, uniforms, and fund transportation.

Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ac-fairhill-a-campaign-for-youth-prosperity?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet

Due to circumstances of COVID-19, APTA NEXT transformed our beloved NEXT conference virtual. At PT Pintcast, we decided to kick things off with a NEXT Virtual Happy Hour. 

Skye and Megan

Skye Donovan and Megan Brown were our third guests on the happy hour. Skye Donovan was elected APTA board of director at APTA House of Delegates. Check that out here: http://www.apta.org/PTinMotion/News/2020/6/1/Elections/?fbclid=IwAR315xPj12RqfQeD1OQYiCOE8dqa0uIiMGNi4QQ60oH6QWmV6H3UkvB1hBA

The ladies first rave about “The Last Dance” and how it is on their must watch documentaries. They further discuss their own fab 5. They identify these people as the ones who challenge you and let you be your authentic self.

Megan is a business owner and Skye is a professor at Marymount University. They both discussed the difficulties of adapting their lives virtually. 

PARTING SHOT

(Going virtual) “It taught me to just apologize frequently and to show your human side and be transparent.” – SKYE