PT Pro Talk

💭 “``For the majority, the pain level did not go down that much, but the negative impact that has on their lives decreased significantly`` - Simon Simonsen

👉🏻Our guest is Simon Simonsen, PT, Dip. MDT and Owner of Vejle Back Clinic. Simon graduated as a Physiotherapist in 1997, in Denmark. His main interest is in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy. He completed his Diploma in MDT in 2004 and became a Faculty Member of the McKenzie Institute Denmark in 2008 and at the McKenzie Institute International in 2010. Simon worked at the largest multidisciplinary pain clinic in Denmark for many years. He used to see approximately 3500 patients per year, performing individual assessments and treatment as well as educating in pain management together with MDs, nurses, psychologists, and social workers. Currently, Simon works at his private clinic in his hometown of Vejle, seeing mainly back-related problems and chronic pain patients.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Simon's story and career

▪️ Chronic pain classification

▪️ MDT and the Chronic pain syndrome

▪️ Areas to incorporate in the chronic pain treatment

▪️ Upcoming MII Masterclass MDT and Chronic pain

▪️ Advice to clinicians wanting to expand their practices

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Simon's favorite resource of information:

📲Simon’s contact information:

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonssimonsen/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VejleRygklinik/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/simon.fys/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/slzEGUmR4fY

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PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: https://systems4pt.com/

💭 “It looks so much like spine. It would have been easy with him to stay with spine for even longer and not take that 5-10 min to look at his shoulder. And then, there is the opposite, where people leave the spine too quickly and miss not fully clearing the spine. There is a grey area that is difficult for even experienced clinicians to manage at times.`` - Audrey Long

👉🏻Our guest is Audrey Long, BScPT, Dip MDT, CPA, Clinical Specialist MSK. Audrey has over 30 years of clinical experience that started with a few years of hospital work, then 8 years in a chronic worker’s comp multidisciplinary program, and many years now in private practice.  She completed her Diploma Program in New Zealand at Robin McKenzie’s Wellington clinic in 1993 and was promoted to Teaching Faculty in 1997.  Since then, she has taught MDT courses to clinicians across Canada and in the past, courses in the US as well.  Always eager for more knowledge and training, in 2013 she completed the Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (MSK) program recognized through the CPA, in addition to another course that allows her to order diagnostic imaging for patients if indicated.  She has a keen interest in clinical research and has published four research papers pertaining to MDT in the lumbar spine.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Audrey's story and career

▪️ Discussion of 3 shoulder cases

▪️ ``Mistakes`` made in each case

▪️ Rationale behind each clinical decision made

▪️ What could have been done differently in each case

▪️ Advice to clinicians wanting to expand their practices

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Audrey's favorite resource of information:

📲Audrey’s contact information:

MDT Website: https://mckenzieinstitute.org/research/research-advisory-committee/about-the-committee/audrey-long

Clinic: https://bonavistaphysio.ca/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-long-45189761/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/LZb4xqgi77c

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📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: https://systems4pt.com/

💭 “Some of the most well-known researchers in spasticity right now have come to conclude that peripheral mechanisms may be mediating the actual symptoms.`` - Annie O’Connor

👉🏻Our guest is Annie O’Connor, PT, OCS, Cert. MDT. She is the Founder and CEO of World of Hurt, LLC a dedicated consulting, teaching, telehealth, and research company for the application of the Pain Mechanism Classification System into clinical practice. In addition, she is a Physical Therapy Manager for AIM Specialty Health Back Pain Guide Program. She is an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist of the American Physical Therapy Association and has a Certification in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy in the McKenzie Method. She teaches nationally and internationally the World of HURT training courses, a six-course training series designed for the interdisciplinary application of the PMCS into clinical practice. She lectures nationally and internationally on pain mechanism classification and intervention, neurodynamic evaluation, and treatment, mechanical diagnosis and therapy of the spine and extremities, kinetic chain evaluation, functional manual therapy, and exercise prescription. She continues to treat orthopedic, and neurological patients, and canines with pain and spasticity to achieve the best life possible through her Chicago-based private practice.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Annie's story and career

▪️ PMCS (pain mechanism classification system)

▪️ MDT in the neurologically impaired person

▪️ Can spasticity and hypertonia be mediated by the peripheral nervous system?

▪️ Are musculoskeletal therapists suited to treat neurological patients?

▪️ Advice to clinicians wanting to expand their practices

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Annie's favorite resource of information:

1-Melissa C. Kolski; Annie O'Connor. A World of Hurt: A Guide to Classifying Pain. 2015.

📲Annie’s contact information:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://worldofhurt2.com/

Social Media:@worldofhurt2

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/YUsHNFoeue0

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📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: https://systems4pt.com/

💭 “Most of the time, the real estate you purchased is now worth more than the actual business you have built over a 10-15 year period. Rather than just selling your practice, you sell your practice and the real estate and you have made more money. `` - Winston Parks

👉🏻Our guest is Winston Warren Parks. Winston received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville where he focused on Finance & Logistics. He received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Memphis with a focus on Finance. Winston is the President of Winston Warren, a Nashville-based real estate company focused on providing development, brokerage, analytics, and investment services. He is experienced in the development of single-tenant net lease properties, site selection, market and trade area analysis, lease negotiation and purchase contracts, acquisition, disposition, entitlements, and helping companies expand into new markets and/or states. Winston earned the coveted Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation from the CCIM Institute in 2019. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Nashville chapter and he volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Winston's story and career

▪️ What PTs need to know about commercial real estate

▪️ What PTs should look for when deciding on a new location

▪️ Buying vs leasing

▪️ Advice to clinicians wanting to expand their practices

▪️ Growing wealth with your PT practice

📲Winston’s contact information:

Website: https://winstonwarren.com/

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/winstonwparks/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/a5ycBjL7pnk

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📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: https://systems4pt.com/

💭 “ Increase the overall survivorship of these kids instead of just focusing on their survival, it’s not just about they are still here but what is the quality of their being here.`` - Dr. Amanda Gentz Curry

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Amanda Gentz Curry, PT, DPT. Dr. Curry earned her doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2011 and has worked in the acute care setting since graduation. Working first with adults in a large urban hospital in Memphis, TN she swore she would never work in pediatrics until an opportunity in 2017 led her to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. There she started the early mobility program in the PICU with her fellow rehab and critical care team members. She passed her Oncology Specialty Certification exam in 2021 and continues her work in the acute care setting. Since 2020 she has dove more into the world of somatics and the mind-body connection, bringing these modalities to her patients as they traverse their cancer journey. She is a wife and mother and in her spare time likes being outdoors, traveling, working out, and learning about anything that interests her.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Amanda's story and career

▪️ Incidence of childhood and pediatric cancer and survivorship

▪️ Treatment in the USA vs other countries

▪️ CA and treatment related impairments

▪️ PT role in acute and chronic CA related impairments

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Amanda's favorite resource of information:

📲Amanda’s contact information:

Facebook: Amanda Gentz Curry

IG: @thesomaticdpt

E-mail: [email protected]

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

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📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: https://systems4pt.com/

💭 “I told a lot more people than I thought I would ever tell to stay in bed, you know normally our role is to get people out of bed, get them moving, and just get them back to it, but for some of these folks mean rolling over was desaturating folks into the fifties and sixties and so it was a struggle just to get them back to 80s and 90s with their oxygen.” - Dr. Kathleen Antares

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Kathleen Antares, PT, DPT, an accidental veteran entrepreneur, who exited the womb with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck and has been living life on the edge ever since! She joined the army at the age of 31, became a doctor at the age of 39, and now at the age of 52, she is in the infancy of entrepreneurship. She has navigated life with the motto, "live the happy", and everything she does moves her toward her mission to serve the greater good. She currently lives in St. Petersburg, FL, and her company is called Motion Craft Therapy...because the art of movement is one worth mastering! 

📚What will you learn: 

▪️ Kathleen's story and career 

▪️ Roles of a PT in a COVID ICU 

▪️ Differences between respiratory therapists and PTs 

▪️ Daily routine in COVID ICU 

▪️ Conscious proning and best position for pt`s oxygenation 

▪️ Experience working in such a stressful time 

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers 

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 

🔎Kathleen's favorite resource of information: 

1- Hardwiring Excellence: Purpose, Worthwhile Work, Making a Difference. Quint Studer. 2004 

2-Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth. Gabriel Weinberg  and Justin Mares. 2015 

3-Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine. Mike Michalowicz. 2017 

📲Kathleen’s contact information: 

Facebook: Katie Antares and Motion Craft Therapy 

E-mail: [email protected]

 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/UreK5Tjz4Y4 

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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 the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: https://systems4pt.com/

💭 “GOATA is mechanically changing how we move. When you start moving the wrong way, we literary tear our bodies up over time.” - Lee Poston

👉🏻 Our guest is Lee Poston PT, Dip. MDT, C.S.C.S, Practicing GOATA Coach and Co-owner of Therapeutic Associates of Maui. Lee has been a PT for 28 years. He has worked in acute care, and sports medicine clinics, and was a traveling PT for about 3 years. He took his first MDT course in 1999 and his world was flipped upside down. He became a McKenzie Diplomat in 2009. He was also a CrossFit Box owner and experienced a knee injury that lead him over the years to GOATA. After recoding and feeling the difference, he has worked on increasing his knowledge/skills and has implemented them into his PT practice. Lee feels GOATA is the perfect complement to the genius that is MDT. Lee believes, like Robin McKenzie, Coach Jose “Gil” Boesch is a genius as he was able to search and recognize the correct movement pattern and prevent himself from a lumbar fusion due to repeated disc herniations at 3 levels in his late 20’s and early 30’s.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Lee's story and career

▪️ How to combine GOATA and MDT

▪️ How to change a patient's behavior

▪️ Recurrence rate using GOATA

▪️ Importance of landing and leaving the ground

▪️ Best way to mechanically move

▪️ Identifying the worst of all-time movers

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Lee's favorite resource of information:

1- Mckenzie books

2 - Does it matter which exercise? A randomized control trial of exercise for low back pain - Audrey Long

3- Instagram: @gls_training; @red_pill.rick; @lynngrimmpt

📲Lee’s contact information:

Website: www.therapymaui.com

E-mail: [email protected]

IG: @island_goata

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/HvksmSC1aVk

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📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: https://systems4pt.com/

💭 ”We can't fix people, elective surgery is not fixing people, it is most likely very expensive placebo procedures.” - Jeremy Lewis

👉🏻 Our guest is Jeremy Lewis, Ph.D., FCSP, a consultant physiotherapist, professor of musculoskeletal research (University of Limerick, Ireland, and Qatar University, Qatar), sonographer, and independent prescriber. He was born in New Zealand and trained in Australia. He works in the UK National Health Service and has been awarded a Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Fellowship, the highest award the CSP can offer. He has been acknowledged as an eminent clinician in his profession (UK Department of Health National AHP Clinical Expert Database). Jeremy has taught over 500 international workshops in over 45 countries and territories on this favorite clinical subject, the shoulder. Jeremy works both clinically and in the academic world and has more than 150 research publications. He also writes about “The medicalization of normality in musculoskeletal practice” He has also co-authored a paper entitled: Is it time to reframe how we care for people with non-traumatic musculoskeletal pain? Since its publication in 2018, it has been downloaded 136K times, and it is available for open access.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Jeremy's story and career

▪️ Can we fix MSK problems?

▪️ Expectations about MSK pain

▪️ Active vs passive care

▪️ High value vs low-value approaches

▪️ Suggestions for rehab community

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Jeremy's favorite resource of information:

1-https://world.physio/congress/previous-congresses

Jeremy`s papers:

1-Jeremy S. Lewis; Chad E. Cook; Tammy C. Hoffmann; Peter O'Sullivan.The Elephant in the Room: Too Much Medicine in Musculoskeletal Practice. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. 2019.

2-Lewis, J.; O’Sullivan, P. Is it time to reframe how we care for people with non-traumatic musculoskeletal pain? British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018.

3-Lewis, J.; An Open Letter to You, a Unique Individual Living with Shoulder Pain. Isr Med Assoc J. 2022.

4-Lewis JS, Stokes EK, Gojanovic B, Gellatly P, Mbada C, Sharma S, Diener I, O'Sullivan P. Reframing how we care for people with persistent non-traumatic musculoskeletal pain. Suggestions for the rehabilitation community. Physiotherapy. 2021.

📲Jeremy’s contact information:

website: https://drjeremylewis.com/

Twitter: @JeremyLewisPT

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/H9knhyG_gDw

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📩Email: [email protected]

💭 ”She no longer fits the clinical prediction rule for hip OA after just forty repetitions of hip extension.” - Dr. Lindsay Carlton

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Lindsay Carlton, ATC, DPT, Dip. MDT. Lindsay graduated from Sage College with her Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2015 after completing her B.S. in Athletic Training and B.A. in Health Sciences in 2012 at Castleton State University. She has been an Athletic Trainer at the High School, Junior USA Olympic, and Collegiate levels. She completed her MDT-specialty clinical rotation, under the advisement of Joseph R. Maccio, in 2015 and has remained on staff full-time since then, also becoming certified in the McKenzie Method in 2015 and completed her Diploma residency program in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy through McKenzie Institute International in 2022. She is the recipient of the 2017 Ron Bybee Scholarship Award which was utilized to help her pursue this higher-level training in the McKenzie Method. She is the lead author of 3 peer-reviewed MDT publications and has co-authored 2 additional MDT works. She has presented 7 posters at International McKenzie Conferences and is actively involved in presentations and workshops for local Nurse Practitioners and patients. She has also coordinated over 25 McKenzie post-graduate courses for other local physical therapists.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Lindsay's story and career

▪️ Management of hip OA utilizing MDT

▪️ MDT evaluation and classification

▪️ Ability of MDT to rapidly change special test results, functional deficits, and CPR criteria.

▪️ Diagnostic accuracy of the CPR (clinical prediction rules) for symptomatic hip OA.

🔎Lindsay's favorite resource of information:

1- https://mckenzieinstitute.org/clinicians/research-and-resources

2-Lindsay Carlton, Joseph R. Maccio, Joseph G. Maccio & Colin McGowan. The application of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy on Hip Osteoarthritis: A case report. Physiother Theory Pract. 2020.

📲Linday’s contact information:

E-mail: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/LPczRLJRCQ0

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📩Email: [email protected]

PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: https://systems4pt.com/

💭 ”All four of the patients did have a pathoanatomical diagnosis, but all of them were actually mechanical derangements that did not match their medical diagnosis.” - Dr. Lindsay Carlton

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Lindsay Carlton, ATC, DPT, Dip. MDT. Lindsay graduated from Sage College with her Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2015 after completing her B.S. in Athletic Training and B.A in Health Sciences in 2012 at Castleton State University. She has been an Athletic Trainer at the High School, Junior USA Olympic, and Collegiate level. She completed her MDT-specialty clinical rotation, under the advisement of Joseph R. Maccio, in 2015 and has remained on staff full-time since then, also becoming certified in the McKenzie Method in 2015 and completed her Diploma residency program in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy through McKenzie Institute International in 2022. She is the recipient of the 2017 Ron Bybee Scholarship Award which was utilized to help her pursue this higher-level training in the McKenzie Method. She is the lead author of 3 peer-reviewed MDT publications, and has co-authored 2 additional MDT works. She had presented 7 posters at International McKenzie Conferences and is actively involved in presentations and workshops for local Nurse Practitioners and patients. She has also coordinated over 25 McKenzie post-graduate courses for other local physical therapists.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Lindsay's story and career

▪️ The application of MDT to the ankle-foot complex

▪️ MDT evaluation, classification, and management of four patients

▪️ Loading Strategies

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Linsay's favorite resource of information:

1- https://mckenzieinstitute.org/clinicians/research-and-resources

2-Lindsay Carlton, Joseph R. Maccio, Joseph G. Maccio, Andrew Braga,

Elizabeth Tomanio & Anastasia Belikov. The application of Mechanical Diagnosis and therapy to the ankle-foot complex: a case series, Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. 2018

📲Linday’s contact information:

E-mail: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/l0SiGaB6mas

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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 the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: https://systems4pt.com/