PT Pro Talk

💭 “We have evidence in the 2021 lumbar clinical practice guidelines that MDT is an effective system in managing chronic low back pain.” - Dr. Ron Schenck

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Ron Schenk PT, PhD, DPT, OCS, Dip MDT, FAAOMPT. Ron Schenk is a Clinical Professor and serves as the musculoskeletal track coordinator in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Tufts University.  He earned his bachelor's and master’s degrees from Ithaca College and his Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo. Dr. Schenk has published over 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has presented 45 professional presentations at national and international conferences. He serves as a clinical mentor for physical therapy residents and fellows in training and as Chair of the Board of Directors of the McKenzie Institute USA. He leads the McKenzie Institute USA Research Task Force. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy and a manuscript reviewer for Physical Therapy Journal, Physiotherapy Canada, and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Practice.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Ron's story and career

▪️ Efforts being made to integrate MDT into the standard of practice in PT and its challenges.

▪️ MDT and Manual Therapy differences and similarities

▪️ Where other approaches are relevant

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Ron's favorite resource of information:

📲 Ron's contact information:

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/MHO_g7bxs3w

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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 

💭 “Education by itself is not powerful to change behavior. It is PNE+ something else. And in therapy is movement. ” - Dr. Adriaan Louw

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Adriaan Louw PT, Ph.D. Adriaan earned his undergraduate, master’s degree, and PhD in physiotherapy from the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an adjunct faculty member at St. Ambrose University and the University of Nevada Las Vegas, teaching pain science. Adriaan has taught throughout the US and internationally for 25 years at numerous national and international manual therapy, pain science, and medical conferences. He has authored and co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles related to spinal disorders and pain science. Adriaan completed his Ph.D. on pain neuroscience education and is the Director of the Therapeutic Neuroscience Research Group – an independent collaborative initiative studying pain neuroscience. Adriaan is a senior faculty, pain science director, and vice president of faculty experience for Evidence in Motion.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Adriaan's story and career

▪️ What PNE is

▪️ Evidence regarding PNE

▪️ The PNE+ movement

▪️ Tips for clinicians

▪️ The future of PNE

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Adriaan's favorite resource of information:

📲 Adriaan's contact information:

Evidence in motion: https://evidenceinmotion.com/people/adriaan-is-adriaan-louw-is-a-senior-faculty-pain-science-director-and-vice-president-of-faculty-experience-for-evidence-in-motion/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/9CISD41SuW0

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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

💭 “ Publishing companies' profit margins are over 36%, which is a greater profit margin than Apple, Google, and Amazon. They make somewhere between $100 billion to $200 billion a year in profits. I don't think they will change their model.” - Dr. Chad Cook

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Chad E. Cook PT, PhD, MBA, FAPTA. Dr. Cook is a clinical researcher, physical therapist, and professional advocate known for his clinical care excellence and service. Chad is a professor at Duke University, where his primary appointment is in the Department of Orthopaedics; he has secondary appointments in the Department of Population Health Sciences and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He is part of over 11 million dollars in external funding and is a prolific researcher with over 340 publications.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Chad's story and career

▪️ The process of publishing a paper

▪️ How much authors have to pay to publish

▪️ How much a publishing company makes

▪️ What predatory journals are 

▪️ The future for publishing

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Chad's favorite resource of information:

📲 Chad's contact information:

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/uUmIYhvU9SI

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📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/

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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 

💭 “ All PTs are cardiopulmonary PTs. All patients have a heart and lungs. We can’t ignore what is happening in someone’s cardiopulmonary system. ” - Dr. Suzanne Greenwalt

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Suzanne Greenwalt PT, DPT, CCS, GCS. Suzanne is a physical therapist with over 20 years of practice in acute care, skilled nursing facilities, and rehabilitation. She is passionate about working with the geriatric population and advocating for their highest level of care. Obtained Geriatric Clinical Specialist and Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Specialist Certifications. Currently the Coordinator for the Geriatric Residency Program and a staff physical therapist for National HealthCare Corporation. Also an Associate Professor at Belmont University and Director of Clinical Education in the School of Physical Therapy, adjunct faculty at A.T. Still University, and Associate Faculty at Western KY University. Creates and presents continuing education courses for rehabilitation professionals interested in the areas of geriatrics, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and most recently, COVID-19. Working towards a Ph.D. in Healthcare Administration and Education to advance a career in healthcare leadership.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Suzanne's story and career

▪️ Why all PT’s are cardiopulmonary PT’s

▪️ The importance of vital sign monitoring 

▪️ Addressing cardiopulmonary comorbidities

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Suzanne's favorite resource of information:

📲 Suzanne's contact information:

 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/bpDFILhmh9A

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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 

💭 “Practice stability in daily living to improve agility at play and enhance mobility for life.” - Louis Stack.

👉🏻 Our guest is Louis J. Stack a renowned athlete, entrepreneur, the founder, and the president of Fitter International Inc. a brand that has been ‘Leading the World to Better Balance’ since 1985. He started his career as a member of the Canadian National Speed Skiing Team from 1991 to 1995. Stack has been recognized with several awards, including the Calgary Small Business of the Year in 2002 and the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2016 for the Canada Prairie Region. His brand Fitterfirst is recognized worldwide for suppling premium professional and personal products to help people recover from and prevent injury in sport and daily living. Stack promotes the concept of S.A.M., emphasizing the importance of Stability, Agility, and Mobility for a balanced and healthy lifestyle. He is also a devoted family man and has been volunteering for Parks/Rinks since 1997.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Louis's Story and Career

▪️ The development of balance training tools over the years for:

·  Injury prevention

·  athletics

·  family fitness

·  active office

▪️ How PTs can use the products in different ways to help rehab patients

▪️ How to age gracefully

🔎Louis's favorite resource of information:

📲 Louis's contact information:

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

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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 

💭 “If you had someone with achilles tendinopathy you would want to start early on calf raises but you would not give that exercise to someone with peritendinitis because that is their provocative load. ” - Dr. Ebonie Rio.

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Ebonie Rio, PT, Ph.D. Ebonie is a Sports Physiotherapist and the Senior Clinical Research Fellow at The Australian Ballet. She also works at the Victorian Institute of Sport, co-chairs the Research Council, and consults broadly on complex injuries including with multiple AFL and AFLW clubs, Rugby, Soccer, and Basketball. Her extensive clinical experience includes working with prestigious events like the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. Ebonie has a Ph.D. in tendon pain, a Master's in Sports Phys, and a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy and Applied Science. Her research work has won several awards, including the Victorian Fresh Scientist of the Year 2015, ASICS SMA Best New Investigator 2004, 2013 & 2014 in Clinical Sports Medicine, and the Professor Mollie Holman medal for the best thesis of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Monash University 2015, among others. Ebonie is one of the top tendinopathy researchers globally and has a Research Gate score of >95% of all academics. She is ranked fourth worldwide for 'tendinopathy' researchers by ExpertScape.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Ebonie's story and career

▪️ Achilles, patellar, hamstring, and gluteal tendinopathy

▪️ Differential diagnoses of LE tendinopathies

▪️ Treatment of tendinopathy in the LE

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Ebonie's favorite resource of information:

📲 Ebonie's contact information:

 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/u8iQ5S-eaCc

🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://ptprotalkpodcast.mykajabi.com/

📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/

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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 

💭 “There is no core muscle you can strengthen to such a degree that will keep your spine in the S curvature. People strengthen their core but yet they slouch” - Dr. Yoav Suprun.

📚You will learn about:

▪️ Yoav's story and career

▪️ Back pain myths (core strengthening & no pain no gain)

▪️ What are McKenzie flexion exercises & when to use them

▪️ How to maintain a derangement reduction

▪️ The importance of implementing functional fitness 

▪️ How to age with elegant posture

📲 Yoav's contact information:

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/FnHdOCZ0iSI

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

🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://ptprotalkpodcast.mykajabi.com/

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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 

💭 “The diploma program helped me get to the root of the matter quickly and with experience you get better at it. You can be really busy and give the patients what they need.” - Dr. Dana Greene

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

💭 “We would expect that immediately after the isometrics there was at least a drop by half of their pain.” - Jill Cook

👉🏻 Our guest is Professor Jill Cook, PT, Ph.D.  She is an Emeritus Professor in musculoskeletal health at the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre at La Trobe University in Melbourne Australia. Jill’s research areas include sports medicine and tendon injury. After completing her Ph.D. in 2000, she investigated tendon pathology, treatment options, and risk factors for tendon injury. Jill currently supplements her research by conducting a specialist tendon practice and by lecturing and presenting workshops both in Australia and overseas. 

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Jill's story and career

▪️ Tendinopathy mechanism of injury

▪️ Different stages of tendinopathy

▪️ Tendinopathy pathology development

▪️ What to look for in the assessment

▪️ Differential diagnosis and treatment for tendinopathy 

🔎Jill's favorite resource of information:

📲 Jill's contact information:

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

 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/CO8G5mq4qrQ

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

📩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:

💭 “When the afference is affected, it can affect head and eye movement control and posture stability because the brain is not getting all the information correctly.” - Dr. Julia Treleaven

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Julia Treleaven Ph.D. BPhty. Julia is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Queensland. She has been researching whiplash and neck pain since 2000 and in 2004 completed her Ph.D. focusing on the neck's influence on sensorimotor control.  She has continued her research in this area, and now is also looking at the role of neck dysfunction in those with headache, dizziness, and post-concussion due to concomitant whiplash-type injury. She has over 120 publications in this area, has written several book chapters, and is an author of the recent book “Management of neck disorders- an evidence-based approach”.  Julia works part-time as a physiotherapist in a private practice managing patients such as those with headaches, whiplash, cervicogenic dizziness, and post-concussion syndrome. Julia has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences and workshops in the area of neck pain, whiplash, headache, concussion, and dizziness.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Julia's story and career

▪️ What sensorimotor disturbances in the neck are and how they happen

▪️  How to assess and manage sensorimotor disturbances

▪️  The importance of adding sensorimotor training to a conventional neck treatment

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

📲 Julia's contact information:

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

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/2TaXh8-0_KY

🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://www.ptprotalk.com/

📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/

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

📩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: