PT Pro Talk

💭 “ If a state neither explicitly allows nor explicitly prohibits imaging referral, and they are in fact, silent, the ability to talk about it gets even more restricted.” - Dr. Lance Mabry

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Lance M. Mabry, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT. Lance is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at High Point University in North Carolina where he teaches diagnostic imaging and physical therapy primary care. He is a board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists. Prior to his appointment at High Point University, Dr. Mabry retired from the U.S. Air Force after serving in both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.  Dr. Mabry has over 30 published peer-reviewed articles focusing primarily on diagnostic imaging in physical therapy.  He serves as the Federal Affairs Liaison for the American Physical Therapy Association of North Carolina, where he regularly engages elected officials on current physical therapy legislative initiatives. 

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Lance's story and career

▪️ Clinical Utilization of Diagnostic Imaging by PTs

▪️ The three scope of practice levels

▪️ Expansion of PT jurisdictional scope to include imaging referral

▪️ How to Advance the PT Profession through the APTA and PTs' Efforts

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ Tips on how to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Lance's favorite resource of information:

📲 Lance's contact information:

Website: https://www.redefinehealthed.com/lancemabry/

LinkedIn: Lance Mabry

University: https://www.highpoint.edu/physicaltherapy/dr-lance-mabry/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/O2i-SSVGtKw

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👉🏻 Our guest is Katie O'Bright, PT, DPT.  Dr. O’Bright is a board-certified orthopedic Doctor of Physical Therapy, who graduated from Temple University in 2014. Upon graduation, she served in the United States Army as a Captain & physical therapist, primarily working in a multidisciplinary Soldier Centered Medical Home. She furthered her education in the Military Musculoskeletal Residency in 2017, at which point she obtained her OCS. After serving, she was the lead physical therapist at the University of Oklahoma’s Stephenson Cancer Center. In this team-based clinical setting, she enhanced her skills working with individuals with complex needs. Katie moved on to another multidisciplinary primary care practice in Pittsburgh before starting her own cash-based practice. She is a passionate educator who serves as adjunct faculty in several DPT programs. She is also the owner of Redefine Health Education, a continuing education company that focuses on enhancing the primary care and MSK imaging skills of physical therapists. 

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Katie's story and career

▪️ What it means to be a Primary Care Physical Therapist.

▪️ The difference between Direct Access and Primary Care PT

▪️ How to be a Primary Care PT under the insurance model

▪️ Transforming PT Primary Care professional into a standard of care

▪️ What changes need to happen for PTs to work in a first-contact team-base care setting.

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ Tips on how to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Katie's favorite resource of information:

📲 Katie's contact information:

Website: https://www.redefinehealthed.com/

Email: [email protected]  

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/4RZ-E3g9fiA

 👉Here is the link for the quick survey: ⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform⁠ 

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🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks

📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: Systems 4PT and Fitterfirst

💭 “If I'm going to be looking at the back, one of the first things I like to do is a myotome exam. I find myotomes to be the most sensitive.” - Dr. Nick Rainey

👉🏻 Our guest is Nick Rainey, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, CCTT. Nick Rainey is board certified in orthopaedic physical therapy and a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic and Manual Physical Therapists. He has also earned the credential of Certified Cervical and Temporomandibular Therapist (CCTT) by the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial & Cervical Therapeutics and is pelvic health certified through Evidence in Motion. He teaches in the anatomy lab at Tufts University in Phoenix, AZ. He also lectures and teaches virtually and in-person. He is the founder of Rainey Pain & Performance, Sierra Vista Headache and TMJ Specialists, Access Therapy, and Champion Speech and Language Pathology, private practices in Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA. He enjoys mentoring residents, fellows-in-training, and students in his clinic where he treats primarily orthopaedic and pain conditions. His clinic’s vision is to “Progress the profession one provider at a time”.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Nick's story and career

▪️ How to differentiate if the peripheral pain originates from a spinal source

▪️ What to look for in the subjective and objective exams to differentiate between extremity and spinal pain.

▪️ How to determine the relevance of back pain

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ Tips on how to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Nick's favorite resource of information:

📲 Nick's contact information:

Website: https://www.raineypainandperformance.com/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/JflZAh7BFlI

 👉Here is the link for the quick survey: ⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform⁠ 

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🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks

📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: Systems 4PT and Fitterfirst

💭 “The military service was really nice because it allowed physical therapists to act as musculoskeletal gatekeepers.” - Dr. Troy McGill.

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Troy E. McGill, PT, PhD., SCS, Dip MDT. Troy is the Director of Therapy Services for Orthopedic Physicians Alaska.  He is a retired USAF Lt Col, who completed his Masters's in Physical Therapy from Wichita State University and his Ph.D. from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. McGill has published numerous articles on Direct Access and increased practice privileges for physical therapists.  He has also contributed to multiple studies supporting mechanical diagnosis and therapy of patient assessment.  Dr. McGill has been married going on 30 years to his wife Marci; they have three boys who all live close. Troy enjoys outdoor activities and spending time with his Labrador Retrievers.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Troy's story and career

▪️ Differences between PTs practicing in the military and in the private sector.

▪️ Benefits we might see in how healthcare is dispensed if the military model was applied to the private sector.

▪️ The experience of practicing as a PT in a deployed location.

▪️ Current state of the PT profession concerning direct access skills and capabilities.

▪️ Additional duties PTs should have to be proficient in seeing patients through direct access.

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ Tips on how to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Troy's favorite resource of information:

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/ewyqaNEf9NA

 👉Here is the link for the quick survey: ⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform⁠ 

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🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks

📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: 

Systems 4PT and Fitterfirst

💭 “When inflammation is dominating the condition, we are going to set up the tissue with an environment for healing and recovery.’’ - Kristi Maguire

👉🏻 Our guest is Kristi Maguire, PT, OCS, Dip. MDT. Kristi graduated from Bowling Green State University and the Medical College of Ohio with a BS in Physical Therapy in 1997. She began her journey towards MDT Certification in 2000 and became Certified in 2001. In 2003 she was Diplomaed in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy. Kristi was appointed to Teaching Faculty for The McKenzie Institute in January 2005. She began teaching the Parts A and B courses in December 2009 and was promoted to teaching all four core MDT courses in December 2015. Kristi is proud to serve as an on-site Clinical Mentor for her co-workers. She also presents MDT to fellow employees several times per year and hosts monthly presentations specialized for Physicians and Nurse Practitioners. Kristi has actively served on the MDT World Press Editorial Committee since its inception in 2012. In addition to her teaching and mentoring duties, Kristi has assisted in data collection for studies completed by some of the foremost MDT researchers, including, but not limited to, Audrey Long, Stephen May, Richard Rosedale, and Carol Dionne. Kristi is currently in active practice with Integrated Mechanical Care of South Carolina.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Kristi's story and career

▪️ What Mechanically Unresponsive Radicular Syndrome (MUR) is

▪️ Centralization and its relation to the type of disc lesion  

▪️ Probability of spontaneous regression for a herniated disc

▪️ How to manage patients with MURs.

▪️ Effectiveness of Epidural Steroid Injections (ESIs) followed by Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) 

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ Tips on how to become successful in Physical TherapY

🔎Kristie's favorite resource of information:

📲 Kristie's contact information:

Email: [email protected], [email protected]. 

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/xOeH0pE6Ly4

 👉Here is the link for the quick survey: ⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform⁠ 

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PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: 

Systems 4PT: bit.ly/systems4pt and Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n 

💭 “We are now doing a cervical intervention and demonstrating desensitization in the trigeminocervical complex. It is widely accepted that sensitization of the brain stem, the trigeminocervical complex, is the underlying disorder and is crucial in migraine, cluster headache, and tension headache.” - Dr. Dean Watson.

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Dean Watson, PT, MS, Ph.D. Dean graduated in 1976 with Dip Tech Physio, subsequently with a Graduate Diploma in Advanced Manipulative Therapy (Hons), Master Manipulative Therapy (University of South Australia), culminating with a Ph.D. in 2017 from Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. Dean’s Ph.D. investigated the potential role of cervical afferents in migraine, which for the first time demonstrated a manual cervical intervention (Reproduction and Resolution of typical head pain – a fundamental tenet of the Watson Headache® Approach) de-sensitised the trigemino cervical complex, the underlying disorder in migraine. Since 1990, Dean has treated headache and migraine conditions exclusively, accumulating over 40000 hours of clinical experience with over 10000 patients. From this experience, the Watson Headache® Approach has evolved. Dean has taught and presented internationally on numerous occasions since 1997, the Approach having been introduced to over 4000 practitioners in 25 countries. Dean has published in Cephalalgia and Headache, and has authored several book chapters. He remains an active clinician, researcher, educationalist, and author. Dean is currently an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of South Australia..

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Dean's story and career

▪️ Primary and secondary headaches and their presentations

▪️ How to Identify red flag associate with headaches 

▪️ The role of cervical afferents in headaches and migraines

▪️ The Watson Headache approach

▪️ How to desensitize a sensitized brainstem 

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ Tips on how to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Dean's favorite resource of information:

📲 Dean's contact information:

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZW4w-jBjyGQ

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🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks

📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: Systems 4PT and Fitterfirst

💭 “You must first be able to decrease the nociceptive information to the trigemino-cervical complex and then to the upper central nervous system region.” - Dr. Matteo Castaldo

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Matteo Castaldo, PT, MSc, Ph.D. Matteo, is a physical therapist, researcher, and educator, focusing on primary headaches and chronic pain. After graduating Physical Therapist in 2007, he took different manual therapy courses, then a Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience, and finally obtained a PhD in Biomedical Sciences at Aalborg University (Denmark). Now he works part-time as a clinician treating primary headache patients, and part-time as a researcher focussing on migraine mechanism, profiling, musculoskeletal and somatosensory assessment. He is actively participating in the most important national and international congress on pain and headache, where he presents his work's results. Finally, he is involved in education, teaching different postgraduate courses for PTs on headache management.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Matteo's story and career

▪️ The difference between primary and secondary headache

▪️ How tension-type headaches differ from migrainea

▪️ Mechanisms involved in headache physiology 

▪️ The role of the Trigeminocervical complex in headaches

▪️ The role of Musculoskeletal dysfunctions in headache management

▪️ How to assess and treat migraines 

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ Tips on how to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Matteo's favorite resource of information:

📲 Matteo's contact information:

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/hkg9vB31808

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💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk

🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks

📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like:  Systems 4PT: bit.ly/systems4pt and Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n 

💭 “Aerobic exercise is good in some conditions that present with neuropathic pain.” - Dr. Eva Sierra-Silvestre

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Eva Sierra-Silvestre PT, PhD. Eva is a postdoctoral researcher in the Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Lab supervised by A/Prof Annina Schmid. She holds a dual Ph.D. from Griffith University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2022). Previously, she worked as a clinical physiotherapist and lecturer. Her research interests focus on understanding the mechanisms behind neuropathies and pain to improve clinical outcomes. Eva’s current project aims to contribute to the understanding the mechanisms of action of neurodynamic exercises. The study focuses on patients with carpal tunnel syndrome as a model of a focal peripheral injury. The results will provide valuable insights into targeting neurodynamic exercises for specific patient populations.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Eva's story and career

▪️ How to differentiate between different types of pain

▪️ How to diagnose neuropathy

▪️ Diabetes-related peripheral neuropathic pain

▪️ Managing painful and painless diabetic neuropathies

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ Tips on how to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Eva's favorite resource of information:

📲 Eva's contact information:

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/DMBOK8CzLEI

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💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk

🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks

📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: 

Systems 4PT: bit.ly/systems4pt and Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n

💭 “Our growth has always been very strategic, based on relationships, whether they are internal or external.” - Kelly Ziegler

👉🏻 Our guest is Kelly Ziegler, MS, CSCS. Kelly has been with STAR Physical Therapy since its inception in 1997 as a founding partner. A graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology, his emphasis with STAR has been with industrial rehabilitation and performance training during his clinic days, with more than 20 years of experience with workers’ compensation patients performing functional capacity evaluations, return-to-work programs, ergonomic analysis, and industrial education. The non-clinical roles have included company growth and development, clinic operations, and operational mentorship. He is a former linebacker and team captain for the Tennessee Volunteers football team, which included the 1985 SEC Championship and 1986 Sugar Bowl win over the University of Miami. He has remained active in athletics by working with high school and youth sports teams in Robertson County, TN, where he resides. 

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Kelly's story and career

▪️ The growth of STAR and challenges faced over the years

▪️ Dealing with insurance reimbursement

▪️ Hiring PTs

▪️ Overcoming competition in the field

▪️ Insights into the future of PT business.

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ Tips on how to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Kelly's favorite resource of information:

📲 Kelly's contact information:

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rajsfcN5Ctc

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💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk

🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks

📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: Systems 4PT: bit.ly/systems4pt and Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n 

💭 “It is an overuse condition. Progressive loading is the most important treatment to restore the functionality of the tendon. However, unless we address the factors that caused the overload in the first place when they go back to the sport, there is a high chance of recurrence.” - Dr. Rodrigo Scattone Silva

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Rodrigo Scattone Silva, PT, Ph.D. Rodrigo is specialized in Sports Physical Therapy and is an Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN, Brazil), where he lectures undergraduate and graduate-level courses. He also supervises Master’s Degree and Ph.D. students at UFRN, where he leads the Brazilian Tendinopathy and Sports Injuries Research Group. Dr. Scattone Silva earned his PhD in Physical Therapy from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar, Brazil) having conducted part of his PhD studies at the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra, Australia) under the supervision of Prof. Craig Purdam. He was also a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Physical Therapy of the University of Delaware (Newark, USA) under the supervision of Prof. Karin Silbernagel. The main focus of his research is the prevention and rehabilitation of Patellar and Achilles Tendon disorders. 

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Rodrigo's story and career

▪️ The relationship between hip muscle weakness and tendinopathies

▪️  How ankle dorsiflexion restriction can result in overload on the patellar tendon

▪️ The relationship of trunk positioning during jump landings with overloading the patellar tendon

▪️ How weakness in the LE and trunk can contribute to the development of UE tendinopathies

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ Tips on how to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Rodrigo's favorite resource of information:

📲 Rodrigo's contact information:

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/n_g8Yj47c5I

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💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk

🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks

📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like:  Systems 4PT: bit.ly/systems4pt and  Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n