PT Pro Talk

💭” In the musculoskeletal epidemic the more passive care we give, the sicker that patient gets. That is what we have to get away from.” - Aideen Turner

👉🏻 Our guest is Aideen Turner, MPT, Cert. MDT, CEAS, CEO, and founder of Virtual Physical Therapists. Prior to this Aideen spent 30 years as a physical therapist, published researcher, speaker, college lecturer, clinical oversite, and owner of a busy outpatient clinic. With her background in clinical excellence, Aideen saw a need to transform the current path of musculoskeletal care by changing the focus from the treatment to a proper mechanical diagnosis.  Virtual Physical Therapists is focused on Triple Aim: Better Care with Improved Outcomes at a Lower Cost.  This is done by enabling convenient access to the best specialist anytime, anywhere.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Aideen's story and career

▪️ Telehealth before the pandemic hit

▪ Increase of musculoskeletal disorders

▪️ Path to treat MSDs

▪️ How to stop the musculoskeletal epidemic

▪️ The future of telehealth

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Aideen's favorite resource of information:

📲Aideen`s contact information:

Website: https://www.virtualphysicaltherapists.com/

Email: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/H0I1azhowKk

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

📩Email: [email protected]

💭”Exercises reduce the need for a c-section, improve cardiovascular health, and we have a better postpartum recovery.” - Dr. Kelly Ehlert

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Kelly Ehlert, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, CDNT. Kelly graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Belmont University in 2010. She is a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist, and Certified Dry Needling Therapist since 2012. In 2014 became a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, and in the same year she became certified to treat women’s health-related issues and has fallen in love with that niche ever since.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Kelly's story and career

▪️ Importance of prenatal care

▪️ PT role in prenatal and postpartum

▪️ Postpartum recovery program

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Kelly's favorite resource of information:

📲Kelly`s contact information:

Website: https://www.iamprioritypt.com/

Instagram and Facebook: i.m.priority.pt

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/KIbpmZij4b4

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

📩Email: [email protected]

💭”The more bone marrow edema you have, the more risk there is that you are going to develop asymptomatic stress fracture. This is based on doing serial monitoring of asymptomatic bowlers” - Dayle Shackel

👉🏻 Our guest is Dayle Shackel, PT. Dayle works for New Zealand Cricket (NZC) as the Medical Manager and High-Performance physiotherapist where he manages the contracted group of Domestic and International team physiotherapists helps to manage long term injured athletes for contracted players and provides physiotherapy services to NZC teams. Dayle has a special interest in lumbar spine stress fractures related to bowlers in cricket with regard to diagnosis and rehabilitation both conservatively and post-operatively. He has worked alongside Mr. Graeme Inglis and Mr. Rowan Schouten (orthopedic surgeons)  who have been at the forefront of diagnosis and surgical intervention for the management of lumbar stress fractures in NZ including recent research in the use of MRI to review bone marrow edema rates in asymptomatic Domestic fast bowlers in NZ.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Dayle's story and career

▪️ How it is to be in professional cricket as a PT

▪️ Most common injuries in cricket

▪️ Preventing and treating spine stress fracture

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Dayle's favorite resource of information:

📲Dayle`s contact information:

E-mail: [email protected]

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dayle-shackel-48588626/

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

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

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

📩Email: [email protected]

💭“It’s difficult to treat contractile dysfunction because people are not identifying it correctly. “ - Duc Nguyen

👉🏻 Our guest is Duc Nguyen, PT, Dip. MDT. Duc earned his physiotherapy degree at McGill University in 2009. Ever since he has developed an expertise in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal problems, a field he is still very passionate about. Since his graduation, Duc has taken various courses in biomechanics, pain science, and manual therapy, but became especially interested in the “Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy” (MDT) system, in which he obtained his Certification in 2013. From the moment Duc started applying the MDT principles, he has seen a marked acceleration in his patients’ recovery. This motivated him to pursue and obtain the Diploma in MDT in 2016. He continues to work in private practice and sees a variety of spinal and extremity cases.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Duc's story and career

▪️ Classification of extremities

▪️ Most common extremities treated

▪️ How to treat contractile dysfunction

▪️ When a derangement comes from the spine

▪️ How much time to see results in dysfunction

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Duc's favorite resource of information:

1- Mechanical Care Forum Podcast

2-https://mckenzieinstitute.org/

📲Duc`s contact information:

Email: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/wqs0lQ-9o-o

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

📩Email: [email protected]

💭”Nerve mobilization aims to precisely locate problem spots where the nerves travel through the body and through gentle sliding, rolling, and gliding directly on the nerve, pain and tension is relieved.” - Dr. Steve Kravitz

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Steve Kravitz, PT, DPT, CST. Steve is a physical therapist certified in craniosacral therapy and myofascial release and nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork. He uses a combined approach of physical therapy and advanced manual therapies drawn from the osteopathic philosophy. Steve has been in private practice since 1998 and has advanced certifications in over 10 therapeutic disciplines including training in CranioSacral Therapy, Myofascial Release & Trigger Point Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Nerve Mobilization, Lymphatic Drainage, and Spine Physical Therapy. Steve has completed extensive training from pioneers in the field of manual therapy such as Dr. John Upledger, Jean-Pierre Barral, Dr. Bruno Chikly, Gregg Johnson, and Dr. Sharon Weiselfish-Giammatteo. Additionally, Steve is a lab assistant at the Upledger Institute for CranioSacral Therapy, Lymphatic Drainage, and Somato Emotional Release, as well as a lab assistant at the Barral Institute for Visceral Manipulation and Nerve Mobilization.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Steves's story and career

▪️ What is nerve mobilization

▪️ Who can benefit from nerve mobilization

▪️ How to combine techniques

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Steve's favorite resource of information:

📲Steve`s contact information:

Website:https://www.stevekravitz.com/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/imEaH-Zzhus

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

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

📩Email: [email protected]

💭”It’s surprising how many medicare patients did not want to come into the clinic, they REALLY want to do telehealth during the PANDEMIC.” -David Grigsby

👉🏻 Our guest is David Grigsby, PT, Cert. MDT. David graduated in 2002 from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In August 2006, he achieved Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) credentialing with the McKenzie Institute, an international institute specializing in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal spine and extremity disorders. Since October 2007, he has owned and provided care at MidSouth Orthopaedic Rehabilitation. He has provided telehealth visits for 10 years. David is actively involved with the Practice-Based Evidence Research Network which has published 8 studies on the assessment and treatment of low back and neck pain. Their papers have been published in the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT), the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy (JMMT), and more recently in Physiotherapy Research International. Winner of the John Medeiros Award in 2010 from JMMT for the paper with the most impact, and the D. L. Hart International Research Award in 2016 from Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ David's story and career

▪️ Can PT be done virtually?

▪️ Population mindset changes during the pandemic hit

▪️ How to market telehealth for the general public

▪️ Types of patients who seek telehealth

▪️ Insurance payment and reimbursement for telehealth

▪️ Important things that PTs need to be aware of when starting telehealth

▪️ McKenzie and telehealth

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎David's favorite resource of information:

📲David`s contact information:

Website:https://midsouthorthopaedic.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PTDavidG

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/midsouthortho/

Email: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/atTtaNF3Plo

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

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

📩Email: [email protected]

💭” The CST is the PERFECT tool to add to concussion recovery, but it’s not the ONLY tool to use.” -Melinda Roland

👉🏻 Our guest is Melinda Roland M.A., P.T., L.Ac., O.M.D., Dipl-Ac, CST-D. She holds a B.A. in Human and Experimental Psychology from UCSB with Highest Honors, an M.A. in Physical Therapy from Stanford U. with Highest Honors, and a doctorate in Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture, with Highest Honors. In addition, she has studied extensively with the internationally known homeopath, Ananda Zaren. Mentored by Dr. John Upledger, Melinda has taught internationally for The Upledger Institute since 1988 and has been in private practice since 1977.  A research director and team leader for The Upledger Foundation-Ricky Williams Foundation Concussion Studies, she treated ex NFL players with documented concussion history using Craniosacral Therapy and Visceral Manipulation. The results were significant and published in the Journal of Medical Acupuncture, associated with Harvard University, in 2017.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Melinda's story and career

▪️ CST in concussion recovery

▪️ Concussion pilot program treating ex- NFL players with CST

▪️ Acupuncture and oriental medicine

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Melinda's favorite resource of information:

📲Melinda`s contact information:

Website: https://www.integraltherapies.com/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/xx6ylVjWrWY

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

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

📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalk

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

📩Email: [email protected]

💭” We shouldn’t only focus on what we think is happening with our exercise specifically, we should also think about the positive side effects this all has.” -Georg Supp

👉🏻 Our guest is Georg Supp, PT, Dip. MDT. Georg graduated as a physical therapist in 1992. Since 1997 he has run the rehabilitation center PULZ in Freiburg in Germany. He received the Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy from The McKenzie Institute International in 1999. Georg is co-author of many German textbooks and he also has published articles, comments, and letters in several peer-reviewed journals. He is an international instructor of the McKenzie Institute International and vice president of the German McKenzie branch. Georg is the secretary of the International MDT Research Foundation (IMDTRF) and founder of IMDTRF Germany. He’s also a member of the Education Council of the McKenzie Institute International. Currently, Georg is conducting research on spinal / extremity differentiation (EXPOSS), patient-therapist communication, and return to activity for spinal patients. In 2018 Georg received the ‘Stone of the Wise’ from the German PT Association Physio Deutschland to honor his dedication to the profession

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Georg's story and career

▪️ About his study: Do patients remember what therapists say?

▪️ Directional preference

▪️ The overuse of the word mechanical

▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Georg's favorite resource of information:

📲Georg`s contact information:

📩Email: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Axp1vdx-vGY

🎙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]

💭”Be CURIOUS, Robin McKenzie was a very curious clinician, a lot of our scientists and researchers out there share the same quality: CURIOSITY.” -  Dr. Cora Aytona.

👉🏻 Our guest is Cora Aytona, DPT, OCS, Dip. MDT, FAAOMPT graduated from the University of the Philippines with a BS in Physical Therapy in 1993 and completed her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at the University of Saint Augustine in Florida in 2008. She has been utilizing the principles of MDT evaluation and treatment since 1998, becoming Certified in 2000 and Diplomaed in 2002. She successfully achieved Fellowship in Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy in 2015. Cora was appointed Teaching Faculty for The McKenzie Institute in 2006 and promoted to Senior Faculty in 2015. She was also appointed to the McKenzie Institute USA Board of Directors in July 2019. Cora is a Clinical Mentor for DPT students in her area as well as an active contributor to MDT research. Her article, Rapid Resolution of Chronic Shoulder Pain: A Case Series, was published in The Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy (JMMT) in 2013.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Cora's story and career

▪️ Patient education using MDT

▪️ How to improve patient compliance

▪️ The key elements to improve patient self-management skills

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Cora's favorite resource of information:

         B)https://www.jospt.org/

    3. Podcasts

    4. Keep an open mind

📲Cora`s contact information:

📩Email: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/kpdwJLUrX24

🎙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]

💭”Have a system that you are passionate about and want to help people recover from the pain and get back to their lives.” -  Dr. Mark Laslett.

👉🏻 Our Guest is Dr. Mark Laslett, Ph.D., NZRPS, FNZCP, Dip.MT, Dip.MDT. In 1971 Mark graduated from The New Zealand School of Physiotherapy. In 1976 He attained the Diploma in Manipulative Therapy from The New Zealand Manipulative Therapists Association (Dip. MT) in 1976, the Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy from the McKenzie Institute International in 1991, and graduated as Ph.D. in 2005 in Sweden through the Department of Medicine of Linköping University. Dr. Laslett practiced in a musculoskeletal clinic between 1971-2001 in Auckland and continuously practiced in Christchurch from 2006 till nowadays. He is a former instructor for the New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapists Association (NZMPA), Auckland University of Technology (AUT), and an international instructor for the McKenzie Institute International (he ceased teaching for the McKenzie Institute in 1998). Mark continues in part-time specialist musculoskeletal practice. In 2015 he co-founded “Southern Musculoskeletal Seminars” with Dr. Angela Cadogan, which provides structured online education courses for clinicians on musculoskeletal diagnostics and pain science. Mark has over 40 publications, many of which relate to the diagnosis and management of low back pain.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Mark's story and career

▪️ Diagnosis of the lumbopelvic spine

▪️ Classification of the lumbopelvic spine

▪️ Management of acute and chronic pain

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Mark's favorite resource of information:

📲Mark`s contact information:

🐦Twitter:

@marklaslett_NZ

@SMS_Courses

📱Facebook:

southern MSK seminars

📸Instagram:

Musculoskeletal.courses

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

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

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

📩Email: [email protected]