PT Pro Talk

💭” If we don't reorient that seesaw our nervous system will continue to throw muscles into overdrive and make postural compensations in an effort to continue the SNS response.” - Beth Genday

👉🏻 Our guest is Beth Genday PT, MHS. Beth has been a practicing PT for 34 years.  Though she has practiced in a variety of settings, her area of focus is the effect of trauma and stress on pain and the musculoskeletal system.  She has her BS in Nutrition and Physical Therapy and a Masters in Orthopedic Physical Therapy.  Beth is currently working on research projects regarding the role of the PT in pelvic pain clinics. She also teaches and reviews courses for the APTA and enjoys teaching opportunities and education and does much Pro Bono work in this area.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Beth's story and career

▪️ Differences and similarities between stress and trauma

▪️ How pain and stress/trauma are connected

▪️ How an elevated SNS affects MSK performance

▪️ How to improve an elevated SNS

▪️ Opioid addiction

▪️ Creating a team support system for patients and PTs

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Beth's favorite resource of information:

1- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. De Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. 2014

2- Pubmed matched search with trauma and pain

3- Podcasts

4- facebook groups about trauma and pain

5-Mary Massery’s LINKED: Breathing and Postural Control - LIVE WEBINAR

📲Beth's contact information:

Website: https://abetterwayphysicaltherapy.com/

email: [email protected]

Facebook: A Better Way PT

Instagram: AbetterwayPT

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/43GD0ppxCqs 

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💭” People supposedly screen the spine when they have an extremity patient, but it doesn't seem to be any data to tell people, is it a frequent thing? A rare thing? What is the prevalence like? ” - Richard Rosedale

👉🏻 Our guest is Richard Rosedale PT, Dip MDT. Richard graduated from Guy’s Hospital School of Physiotherapy (London, UK) in 1992. After emigrating to Canada, he completed his Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) in 1997. Richard worked in orthopedics and Occupational Health at London Health Sciences Centre, Canada from 1993 till 2018. Richard has been active in research since 2007 and has authored or co-authored over twenty articles and letters to the editor, primarily exploring the clinical utility of MDT. He has also co-authored various book chapters. Since 2003 Richard has been a member of the McKenzie Institute teaching faculty and teaches healthcare professionals throughout Canada and Internationally. In 2005 Richard was appointed to the Institute’s International Education Council. He has led numerous educational projects, including the development of online learning courses and live-course educational materials which are used for teaching in over 40 countries throughout the world. Richard was the recipient of the McKenzie Institute's 2014 Bronze Lady Award for his outstanding contributions over many years to both MDT research and MDT education. In 2018 Richard was appointed as the International Director of Education and the Diploma Coordinator for the McKenzie Institute International.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Richard's story and career

▪️ EXPOSS study and its findings

▪️ The importance of screening the spine

▪️ Indicators of extremity pain of spinal source

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Richard's favorite resource of information:

1- regularly check main journals

2- twitter

📲Richard's contact information:

[email protected]

https://www.mckenzieinstitutecanada.org/faculty.cfm#fac130

Mckenzie institute Reference List:

https://mckenzieinstitute.org/clinicians/research-and-resources/reference-list/

Richard`s papers of Extremity Pain of Spinal Source:

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/_DLsabNvTf8

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💭” A large number of family medicine docs appreciate that they don't have good training and they really don't know what they are doing in MSK and spine cases, and they are open to hearing things.” - Dr. Ronald Donelson

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Ronald Donelson, MD, MS, Dip MDT. Dr. Donelson is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specialized in and researched diagnostics and non-operative spine care for more than 30 years. He earned a Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy in 1990 and a Master of Science Degree in 1999. He founded SelfCare First in 2004 with a mission to globally improve the quality and cost of care for individuals seeking help for painful low back, neck, and all other musculoskeletal disorders. He has published numerous spinal research studies, chapters, and review articles; presented over one hundred research papers, conference workshops, courses, and symposia in more than 15 countries. He has published three books and a DVD.  He has been an Advisory Editor with the journal Spine for many years and a frequent reviewer with other journals. He is a member of low back and neck pain clinical guideline panels with the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the North American Spine Society and a Sr. member of both the North American Spine Society and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine.

Dr. Donelson`s book and DVD:

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Ronald's story and career

▪️ MSK training in medical school

▪️ Why MDT is not widely known in the PCP world

▪️ How to increase the MDT exposure for patients

▪️ Create a team-based approach coordinating PCPs and MDTs

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

🔎Ronald's favorite resource of information:

1- Mckenzie books and courses

2-Mckenzie clinicians published texts

3-Podcasts

📲Ronald's contact information:

Email:[email protected]

Website: https://selfcarefirst.com/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/X2cwSFenpgw

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💭” The more training you get, the better you are, the less money you make in the fee for service model.” - Brent Cunning

👉🏻 Our guest is Brent Cunning, Advanced Practice PT, Cert. MDT. Brent is an advanced practice physical therapist with a special focus on low back pain diagnosis, treatment, and triage. He trained with orthopaedic spine surgeons, neurosurgeons, interventional radiologists, pain specialists, and rheumatologists learning to interpret spine MRIs, CTs, and radiographs. He triaged over 2500 low back pain cases over 3 years for the spine and neurosurgeons in London, Ontario, Canada determining appropriateness for exercise-based care, imaging, injection, medication, or surgical intervention. He helped transition this program to virtual delivery at the onset of COVID using MDT to maintain assessment and treatment quality. Brent left this role in 2021 and is now involved full-time in DisruptionMSK, a project he has been building since 2017. DisruptionMSK is an education platform designed to help MDT providers build profitable virtual care practices, create awareness of MDT among individuals with MSK pain and primary care providers through mass digital marketing, create an online collaborative network of like-minded MDT entrepreneurs, build value-based collaborations between MDT clinicians and primary care providers, and ultimately get a repeated exam on the front-end of every orthopaedic assessment across disciplines, across the world.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Brent's story and career

▪️ MDT clinicians getting financially penalized

▪️ Business model for MDT clinic owners

▪️ Fee for Service Model vs Case Rate

▪️ How consumer behavior is changing

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Brent's favorite resource of information:

1- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder: 3. 2014. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

2- Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life.2018. Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

3- Marcus Aurelius - Meditations

📲Brent's contact information:

https://disruptionmsk.com/

Facebook and Linked In: @BrentCunning

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:

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💭” The goal of the company was to take the MDT model and have a way to standardize clinicians and measure outcomes consistently to perform quality assurance in clinicians. ” - Dr. Scott W. Eiselt and Nick Belles

👉🏻 Our guests are Dr. Scott W. Eiselt PT, DPT, Dip.MDT and Nick Belles BSBS.

Scott attended Marquette University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical science. He went on to attend graduate school at Marquette, earning a Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2006. In 2012, Scott completed post-graduate training in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy® (MDT) through the McKenzie Institute International® and was awarded a Diploma in MDT. In 2012, he joined Integrated Musculoskeletal Care™ (IMC).  Scott is currently the VP of Clinical Operations with IMC, along with that he serves as a clinician, Grand Round Tutor, and a clinical trainer for primary care providers.

Nick Belles is the Vice President of Operations for Integrated Musculoskeletal Care (IMC). In this role, he oversees the operations for IMC on the non-clinical side. Nick has been with IMC for the past 6 years and provides assistance in a variety of roles including account management, account implementation, data analytics, product development, and business development. Before IMC, Nick worked for a management consulting firm named Central IQ and is a graduate of Florida State University with a double major in Biology and Science Teaching.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Scott and Nick's story and career

▪️ IMC’s business model

▪️ The difference from IMC business model to regular PT models

▪️ Traning and quality assurance of the clinicians

▪️ Clinical process

▪️ How IMC integrates technology into treatment practices

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Scott and Nick's favorite resource of information:

1- Peers and colleagues

2- Training modules/web-based platform (IMC)

3- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't: 1. Jim Collins. 2001

4-The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds. Michael Lewis. 20164

5-Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Ron Chernow. 2004.

📲Scott and Nick's contact information:

Email: Nick: [email protected]

Scott: [email protected]

IMC website: www.imcpt.com

IMC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IMCheadquarters/

IMC LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/integrated-mechanical-care-inc-

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/dgBVc0mz81A

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💭” First and foremost we have to come together as an industry, despite our specialties, to call us around a common message that is easily understood by the general public ” - Dr. Heidi Jannenga

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Heidi Jannenga, PT, DPT, ATC. Heidi is the co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of WebPT, a nine-time Inc. 5000 honoree and the market-leading software solution for outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapists. As a member of the board and senior management team, Heidi advises on WebPT’s product vision, company culture, branding efforts, and internal operations, while advocating for the rehab therapy profession on a national and international scale. WebPT is the fastest-growing physical therapy software in the country, employing over 600 people and serving more than 90,000 therapy professionals at more than 20,000 clinics. Prior to co-founding WebPT, Heidi practiced as a physical therapist for more than 15 years. She held multiple clinic leadership roles including clinic director of one of the largest sports medicine clinics in the country. Heidi is an APTA member and also recently launched Rizing Tide, which is a foundation dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusiveness in the physical therapy workforce. Rizing Tide provides scholarships to PT, PTA students, and PT residents to advance diversity and inclusiveness in the physical therapy workforce and inspire better—and more accessible—patient care.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Heidi's story and career

▪️ Top trends impacting rehab therapy

▪️ The PT brand problem

▪️ Business resiliency and future growth

▪️ Burnout affecting the industry

▪️ State of diversity in PT

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Heidi's favorite resource of information:

1.WebPT blog: https://www.webpt.com/blog/

1.Brene Brown

2.Patrick Lencioni 

Link for WebPT survey:  webpt.com/2022-industry-survey

📲Heidi’s contact information:

Instagram:

@heidi_jannenga

Twitter: @HeidiJannenga

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

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/FyXPN4UYY4U

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

📩Email: [email protected]

💭” PCPs decide for roughly 70% of where people start their MSK care. In over half of medical schools there is very little to no formal MSK training.” - Dr. Mark Miller

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Mark Miller - Doctor of PT, Dip. MDT CCO. Miller graduated from the University of Toronto in 1987 and co-developed the McKenzie Institute International’s North American clinical residency program. Miller has been a clinical practitioner for 34 years and is a widely recognized health industry pioneer, clinical educator and concierge practitioner focused on breakthroughs and best practices in musculoskeletal triage, health care, and self-care. His institutional clients have included market-leading corporations as well as standard setters in clinical quality. He currently serves on the faculty of the McKenzie Institute International and U.S.A. and has taught over 330 continuing education courses to physicians, chiropractors, physical therapists, and others with an emphasis in MDT. With unsurpassed expertise in the assessment, treatment, and resolution of musculoskeletal disorders, Miller has been productizing and syndicating musculoskeletal care strategies for over two decades with the goal of maximizing the health and socioeconomic improvements of individuals, organizations, and communities in the U.S. and abroad. Miller is a trusted consultant to group health, workers’ compensation, and disability insurers and program directors. He regularly keynotes and speaks at major conferences in the U.S. and abroad. Miller also serves as Co-Founder and Vice President of Clinical Operations for Integrated Musculoskeletal Care (IMC), a global leader in musculoskeletal outcomes optimization.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Mark's story and career

▪️ Healthcare delivery today

▪️ Problems of the MSK health care delivery

▪️ Solutions to MSK health care delivery

▪️ The future of MSK care

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Mark's favorite resource of information:

1. Continue clinical outcomes that IMC collects

2. McKenzie Textbooks

📲Mark’s contact information:

Email: [email protected] 

IMC website: https://www.imcpt.com/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-mark-miller-b3332691/

IMC Twitter: https://twitter.com/IMCheadquarters

IMC LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/integrated-mechanical-care-inc-/

IMC Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/IMCheadquarters/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/B2UCQe4aDPk

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📩Email: [email protected]

💭” Becoming board certified means a lot for the community, patients and physicians, there is a certain level of prestige, you`ve met a very high standard.” - Dr. Robert Medcalf

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Robert Medcalf PT, DPT, OCS, Dip. MDT. Robert is a 1986 honors graduate of Georgia State University with a BS in Physical Therapy. After advanced studies in New Zealand, he became a Diplomaed in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy in 1991 and was subsequently appointed to Teaching Faculty for The McKenzie Institute in August 1991. Robert was promoted to Senior Faculty in 1998.  He became a Board Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) in 2018. In addition to his regular teaching responsibilities, Robert serves as a Clinical Mentor for other Teaching Faculty. He has taught numerous courses on the McKenzie Approach to physicians and physical therapists throughout the United States and internationally. Robert currently performs duties as the Vice-Chair of the McKenzie Institute USA Board of Directors and also serves on the Executive Committee. Robert is the Director of Spine Rehabilitation with Resurgens Orthopaedics in Atlanta, GA. Robert has been a member of the American Physical Therapy Association since 1984.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Robert's story and career

▪️ OCS Board Certification process

▪️ Pros and cons of MDT practitioners becoming OCS

▪️ Challenges of the process

▪️ How the certification changed his practice

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Robert's favorite resource of information:

📲Robert’s contact information:

Website: https://www.resurgens.com/spine/rehabilitation

Email: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/lfrX_DU_Wz4

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

📩Email: [email protected]

💭” The person sitting in front of you actually knows more about their problem than anybody, so it's a pretty good idea to listen to them.” - Dr. Todd Edelson

👉🏻  Our guest is Dr. Todd A. Edelson, PT, DPT, Dip. MDT. Todd has been a practicing physical therapist since 1981, and a member of the McKenzie Institute USA or International faculty since 1999, where he currently serves as a Diploma Mentor. Edelson is known for his effective and efficient emphasis on health, wellness, and fitness education, whether with patients, referring physicians, students, or the public. His degrees are in Botany & Bacteriology (B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University), Immunology (M.S., Montclair State College), Physical Therapy (Cert., University of Pennsylvania and DPT, Massachusetts General Institute of Health Professions), and he holds the Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy from the McKenzie Institute International. He has treated more than 15,000 patients and has guided more than thirty McKenzie Institute Diploma holders through the clinical portion of their studies. Edelson is a resident of Montclair, New Jersey, USA and owns private physical therapy practices, both Certified McKenzie Clinics, in Northern New Jersey and New York City.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Todd's story and career

▪️ Importance of communication in everyday practice

▪️ Aspects of effective communication

▪️ How to be an active listener

▪️ Specific words to use with patients, students, and referral sources

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Todd's favorite resource of information:

📲Todd’s contact information:

Website: https://www.montclairphysicaltherapy.com/index.html

Email: [email protected]

Clinics: 388 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove, NJ. 07009

35A East 35th Street Suite 206, New York, NY 10016

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/bwZV1qLjqnc

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💭” 20% of patients dropout within the first three visits, 70% don't finish their full course of care and the bigger your practice gets the higher the dropout rate is.” - Vikram Sethuraman

👉🏻 Our guest is Vikram Sethuraman, Founder & CEO of PT Wired, the only 100% custom-branded mobile app service for physical therapy practices. PT Wired is a patient engagement solution that helps physical therapy clinics prevent patient dropout, improve brand engagement, and boost internal marketing. Today, PT Wired powers over 200 physical therapy practices as the first highest-rated Physical Therapy Software company on Capterra, winning 2020 awards for Best Value and Best Ease of Use.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Vikram's story and career

▪️ Primary factors leading to dropout

▪️ How to prevent patient dropout

▪️ Financial impact of dropout and retaining patients

▪️ Exercise adherence in PT

▪️ Effective HEP prescription

🔎Vikram's favorite resource of information:

📲Vikram’s contact information:

Website: https://www.ptwired.com/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/pt7Y_taO4O4

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

📩Email: [email protected]