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💡 In this episode, Dr. Michael Maxwell shares his insights on the importance of identifying the individual mechanisms (structural, physiological, and functional) behind patients' chief complaints. This is a rich conversation about clinical reasoning, integrating approaches, and how to personalize treatment to achieve more consistent results.

💭 “I am trying to define the underlying mechanisms of the patient’s chief complaint symptoms as best as possible and match them with the interventions that fit most closely." - Dr. Michael Maxwell 

👉🏻Dr. Michael Maxwell, DC, BHK is a chiropractor and educator whose mission is to deliver research-backed, practical MSK education. He is Canada’s only Certified Instructor for Michael Shacklock’s Clinical Neurodynamics and a Certified Instructor for Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS).

With over 20 years of experience — from personal training and medical exercise to chiropractic practice — Michael integrates movement-based manual therapy and exercise interventions. He has organized more than 300 continuing education courses across Canada featuring world-renowned clinicians, and he regularly teaches at postgraduate courses and conferences internationally.

This unique combination of clinical experience, extensive training, and exposure to leading educators positions him to offer exceptional continuing education for health professionals.

📚You will learn about: 

• How to screen and funnel patients effectively

• Ways to identify and understand patients’ pain mechanisms

• How to choose techniques and approaches tailored to each individual

• Practical insights from Michael’s 20+ years in movement-based manual therapy and exercise interventions

  
  

🔎 Michael's resources of information:

• Articles

• Youtube Channel 

• Podcast The FARM by Dr. Beau Beard

• Courses 

📲  Michael's contact information:

• Website

• LinkedIn

• IG

• Facebook

• Youtube Channel

  
  

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💭“I decide to use a neurodynamic approach when I can reproduce, during the neurodynamic test, totally or partially, the patient’s original symptoms.” - Dan Pilderwasser

👉🏻Dan G. Pilderwasser, PT, DO (Osteopathy) is a physiotherapist and educator with over 45 years of clinical experience, specializing in neurodynamics and manual therapy. He is a Clinical Neurodynamics Instructor (NDS Australia, Michael Shacklock), a Mulligan Concept Accredited Teacher, and the Director of Physioscience Clinic.

Practicing since 1979, Dan holds a postgraduate qualification in osteopathy (DO), with an extensive background in postural re-education, neurophysiology, and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. He has trained internationally, including courses in Bobath, PNF, nerve mobilization techniques with David Butler, neurodynamics with Michael Shacklock, and peripheral nerve manipulation with Jean-Pierre Barral.

He is also the President of the South American regional MCTA® and has contributed to advancing clinical education in neurodynamics and manual therapy across Latin America.

📚You will learn about: 

• How to differentiate musculoskeletal vs nerve problems

• Recognizing key types of nerve dysfunction

• How our understanding has evolved from a mechanical to neuroimmune perspective

• Practical tips on ULNTs and nerve-mobilization techniques

  
  

🔎 Dan's resources of information:

• Neurodynamic Solutions

• Book: Clinical Neurodynamics by Michael Shacklock

• Book: Bodily Relearning by Benjamin Boyd

• Noigroup

📲  Dan's contact information:

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• Facebook 

• X

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#ClinicalNeurodynamics #Nervemobilization #neuropathicpain #Neuraldysfunctions #Entrapmentneuropathies

💡 New on PT Pro Talk: Dr. Karim Khan discusses what’s new in clinical sports medicine over the past 20 years - discover the latest evidence-based updates, from shared decision-making and patient education to tendon management and pain science - information every modern clinician needs!

💭What I'm excited about this edition is that we have way more evidence for the benefits of exercise — subtext the benefit of physiotherapy — than we did in earlier editions.” - Dr. Karim Khan

👉🏻Dr. Karim Khan is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician and Professor of Sports Medicine at the University of British Columbia (Canada), with experience working with Olympic, professional, and ballet athletes. He has contributed extensively to research on tendon injuries and bone health, and is the co-author of the classic textbook Clinical Sports Medicine. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, was a social media pioneer in sports medicine, and is the Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis.

📚You will learn about: 

• Insights from the 6th edition of Clinical Sports Medicine and what’s new compared to previous editions.

• Key lessons Dr. Karim Khan learned while writing the book.

• Practical perspectives on tendinopathy treatments, including PRP and cortisone injections.

• Recommended resources and tools for clinicians.

  
  

🔎 Karim's resources of information:

• JOSPT insights

• BJSM podcast - Dr. Brooke Patterson and Dr. Erin Macri

• Karim’s Website

📲  Karim's contact information:

• Site

• Linkedin

• X

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#ClinicalSportsMedicine #SportsPhysicalTherapy #TendonRehabilitation #PainScience #SportsMedicine #PTCommunity

💭 “You can’t try to motivate this person if he doesn’t see the point. The first thing is always a therapeutic alliance." - Guillaume Deville

👉🏻Guillaume graduated in Physiotherapy from Bordeaux (France) in 2005 and began his career working with a professional football club. Since 2007, he has specialized in musculoskeletal conditions in private practice, now focusing exclusively on shoulder pathologies. He holds an MSc in Physiotherapy and Education from the University of Brighton (UK), where he researched home exercise prescription, shared decision-making, and reflective practice. As a trainer, Guillaume teaches Motivational Interviewing, Reflective Clinical Practice, and the course “Motivating Patients to Do Their Home Exercises.” He also hosts the “Evidence Based Physio Podcast” in French and co-founded l’Agence EBP, a continuing education organization for healthcare professionals.

📚You will learn about: 

• What motivational interviewing is for physiotherapists

• Using the three core pillars: tool, spirit, and task

• Applying the Stages of Change Model in patient conversations

• Quick, practical MI techniques to start using immediately

  
  

🔎 Guillaume Deville's resources of information:

• Book: Motivational Interviewing

• Website: motivationalinterviewing.org  

• Courses

  
  

📲  Guillaume Deville's contact information:

• X: https://x.com/g_deville_kine

• IG: https://www.instagram.com/guillaume.deville.kine/

• Evidence-Based Physio Podcast

  
  

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#MotivationalInterviewing #PersonalGrowth #BehaviorChange #EmpowermentTools #MindsetShift #PositiveChange #GrowthMindset

💭 “We validated an algorithm that is able to detect centralization and directional preference in patients with spinal pain, based on the software." - Dr. Jean-Philippe Deneuville

👉🏻Dr. Jean-Philippe Deneuville is a French physiotherapist specializing in musculoskeletal disorders. He holds an International MDT Diploma, a Master’s in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy from the University of Dundee, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Bioengineering. A McKenzie Institute faculty member since 2017, he has taught over 100 courses worldwide. His research focuses on intervertebral disc disorders and spinal pain, working closely with the PRISMATICS team to develop new diagnostic and treatment technologies. He currently balances clinical practice, teaching, and research.

📚You will learn about: 

• Key findings from studies on disc behavior under load and the dynamic disc model

• Insights from quantitative MRI research on nucleus pulposus changes with sagittal bending and radial fissures

• A new numerical algorithm developed to detect centralization and directional preference

• The use of digital body charts and controlled discography in assessing spinal pain, and more

  
  

🔎Jean-Philippe's resources of information:

• Quantitative MRI to Characterize the Nucleus Pulposus Morphological and Biomechanical Variation According to Sagittal Bending Load and Radial Fissure, an ex vivo Ovine Specimen Proof-of-Concept Study - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2021)

• The Added Value of Digital Body Chart Pain Surface Assessment as an Objective Biomarker: Multicohort Study - Journal of Medical Internet Research (2025)

• Dynamic behavior of the nucleus pulposus within the intervertebral disc loading: a systematic review and meta-analysis exploring the concept of dynamic disc model - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2025)

• Development of a numerical algorithm to detect centralization phenomenon and directional preference among spinal pain patients : a reliability and validity study - Journal of Medical Internet Research (2024)

  
  

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• Email: [email protected]

• LinkedIn

  
  

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💭 " We have pretty good evidence for groin pain prevention using the Copenhagen adduction exercise in pre-season and during the season." - Dr. Andrea Mosler

Our guest, Andrea Mosler, is a Specialist Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist and Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University and is currently working on injury prevention in football, hip/groin pain, and women in sport research projects. Her PhD, completed in 2018, investigated the risk factors for hip and groin pain in professional football players and was conducted while working at Aspetar, Qatar. Andrea previously worked for 18 years at the Australian Institute of Sport as a Senior Sports Physiotherapist and has been an Australian team physiotherapist at many sporting events including the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics Games and the 1998 Commonwealth Games. She is Deputy Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Associate Editor of the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport and continues to practice clinically in conjunction with her research work.

📚You will learn about: 

▪️ How groin pain is classified and how common it is among athletes

▪️ Key causes of groin pain, how to assess them, and differential diagnoses

▪️ Practical insights on imaging, evidence-based treatment, and rehab strategies for athletes, and more

🔎Andrea's resources of information:

• Hip assessment by Andreas Serner and Andrea Mosler at Aspetar YouTube Video 

• Barcelona Tendon Guide

• Barcelona Muscle Injury Guide

• Physio Network

• Learn Physio Groin Pain Masterclass

• Podcasts

📲 Andrea’s contact information:

·    ResearchGate Profile

·    Google Scholar Citations

·    La Trobe University Publications

·     Linkedin: Andrea Mosler  

·     X: @AndreaBMosler

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💭” Toes in extension is the position to train the foot in because it's functional - that's where we produce force.’’ - Liz Bayley

Our guest Liz Bayley MSc, MCSP, HCPC, is a specialist dance physio with ‘Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance’ in London and was the head physio on Disney’s ‘The Lion King’, from 2021-2024 in London’s West End. Outside of dance, she has worked with Middlesbrough Football club, players from the UAE Pro League, and the National Basketball Association in the USA. Liz teaches international courses on the foot and ankle, and dance specific physiotherapy. In January 2025, she was a speaker at Sports Kongres in Copenhagen, talking about hypermobility and injury prevention in dancers. She wrote the section on ‘Posterior Ankle Impingement’ for the new edition of ‘Clinical Sports Medicine’, which will be released in 2026. Liz works with professional dancers in London, in shows such as ‘Mary Poppins’, ‘Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake’, and ‘Back to the Future’. She manages injuries in dancers around the world via telehealth, including European Ballet companies and world champion Irish Dancers, returning them to competition level. 

📚You will learn about:

• Common foot and ankle injuries by region 

• Key tips for subjective and objective assessment

• Treatment strategies

• Rehab mistakes to avoid, dancer-specific insights, and more

🔎 Liz Bayley’s resources of information: 

• Social media, podcasts

• IADMS Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, The BMJ, and JOSPT

• Reliability testing of foot and ankle strength specific to Ballet using the ForceFrame and DynaMo by I. Thotawatta, A. Azevedo, S. Mayes, S. Bryce, E. Rio

📲 Liz Bayley’s contact information: 

Website: https://lizbayleyphysio.com/

🐦X: @lizbayleyphysio

💻LinkedIn: Liz Bayley

📸Instagram: liz_bayley_physio

✉️[email protected] 

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💭”The NeckCare system is a medical device that streams head movement data and is intended to evaluate the functional performance of the cervical spine. ’’ - Dr. Jóna Ólafsdóttir

Our guest Dr. Jóna Marín Ólafsdóttir, Ph.D, is Chief Research Officer at NeckCare, a medical technology company developing innovative solutions for the clinical assessment and rehabilitation of cervical spine disorders. At the intersection of engineering, biomechanics, and healthcare, her team is driving advancements in data-driven rehabilitation approaches that empower clinicians to make faster, smarter decisions and deliver more personalized care.

With a Ph.D. in biomechanics and degrees in mechanical engineering and mechatronics, Jóna’s expertise spans human movement analysis, modeling and simulation of neuromuscular responses, wearable sensors for clinical applications, and digital health innovation. At NeckCare, she is on a mission to advance the adoption of technology and quantitative methods in neck rehabilitation, helping clinicians and patients achieve better neck health outcomes.

📚You will learn about:

• How NeckCare is revolutionizing neck assessment through real-time data and sensor technology, measuring ROM, joint position error, and sensorimotor control.

• How clinicians apply these insights in treatment and research.

• How NeckCare helps clinicians overcome tech challenges and boost patient motivation, and much more.

  
  

🔎 Dr. Jóna Ólafsdóttir’s resources of information: 

• Dr. Julia Treleaven’s work

• Professor Gwendolen Jull’s research

• Professor Deborah Falla BPhty(Hons), PhD

• Management of Neck Pain Disorders: a research informed approach - by Gwendolen Jull, Deborah Falla, Julia Treleaven, Shaun O'Leary

• Dr. John J. Leddy - University of Buffalo

• Kelly Cheever 

• Julie Hides

📲 Dr. Jóna Ólafsdóttir’s contact information: 

Website: https://neckcare.com/

🐦X: @Neckcare

💻LinkedIn: NeckCare

📱Facebook: NeckCare

📸Instagram: neckcare_official

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💭” Sciatica is a very good example of a subgroup of people with chronic back pain for which there isn’t any - or at least not reliable - evidence to guide a clinical decision regarding pain medicine.’’ - Dr. Giovanni Ferreira

Our guest Dr. Giovanni Ferreira BAppSc (Phty), PhD, is a Senior research fellow at The Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District and The University of Sydney. Giovanni’s research investigates the effectiveness of innovative pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions and new models of care to improve outcomes for people with musculoskeletal pain. In 2022, NewsCorp Australia recognised Dr Ferreira as one of Australia’s top 20 medical researchers under 40. Dr Ferreira holds leadership positions in the Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC), the Australia & New Zealand Low Back Pain Research Network (ANZBAC) as Co-Chair of the ECR committee and leader of the stratified (personalised) medicine theme, and Sydney Health Partner’s Musculoskeletal Clinical Academic Group. 

📚You will learn about:

• The effectiveness and recommended use of pain medications for chronic low back pain. 

• Research gaps and challenges in treating sciatica with medications. 

• The potential of precision medicine and biomarkers to improve treatment. 

• Current research and future directions in personalized pain management.  

🔎 Dr. Giovanni Ferreira’s resources of information: 

WHO guideline for non-surgical management of chronic primary low back pain in adults in primary and community care settings

Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng59/chapter/Recommendations-for-research

📲 Dr. Giovanni Ferreira’s contact information: 

Email: [email protected] 

🐦X: @giovanni_ef

💻LinkedIn: Giovanni Ferreira

Email: [email protected]

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💭”I became one of the founding partners in a private equity group, and we grew to 100 clinics in 15 states.’’ - Amit Gaglani

Our guest Amit Gaglani PT, OCS, is a physical therapist turned healthcare entrepreneur and business coach. After scaling his own practice to 100 locations across 15 states and achieving a successful private equity exit, he now helps other healthcare practice owners grow, optimize operations, and build high-value businesses. As founder of AG Management Consulting, Amit brings real-world experience and strategic insight to help clinicians become confident CEOs.

📚You will learn about:

• His business journey 

• Key business metrics PT owners should track 

• Marketing tips for small clinics to stand out 

• Building systems and structure to support growth, and more 

  
  

🔎 Dr Amit Gaglani’s resources of information: 

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter

E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber

📲 Dr Amit Gaglani’s contact information: 

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.agmgmtinc.com

🐦X: @agmgmtinc

📱Facebook: AG Management Consultancy Inc. 

💻LinkedIn: Amit Gaglani PT, OCS 

📸Instagram: @aag_110

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