💭”In a PT setting, you can use the poles for gait retraining, to restore movement and build muscle mass, and to improve balance.’’ - Diana Oliver

Our guest, Diana Oliver is a dynamic business professional with an extensive background in marketing, sales and fitness. She has a passion for promoting the many health benefits of Urban Poling, which stems from her personal experience. Diana combined Urban Poling with other positive lifestyle choices to regain a healthy weight and improve her cardiovascular health following two strenuous pregnancies. Her positive recovery has instilled a drive to help change the face of health care in Canada.  In 2012 she became a certified Urban Poling instructor and taught classes in her own Pilates business.  In 2014, she became co-owner of Urban Poling.

📚You will learn about:

🔎 Diana Oliver’s resources of information: 

www.urbanpoling.com

Social Media:

💻LinkedIn: Urban Poling Inc.

🐦 Twitter: @UrbanPolingInc

📸Instagram:  urbanpoling 

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🎥Youtube: Urban Poling

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💭’’There is strong evidence that diet can have a significant effect on inflammation, and we know that inflammation is a key factor in disease.’’ -  Dr. Peter Brukner

Our guest, Dr. Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, D Sc(honoris causa), FACSEP, FASMF, FACSM, FFSEM is a specialist sports and exercise physician who is the founding partner of Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne and a Professor of Sports Medicine at LaTrobe University. A founding Executive Member of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, he served two terms as President and played a key role in establishing sports medicine as a medical specialty in Australia. 

Peter is the co-author of the widely used text book Clinical Sports Medicine, now in its 6th edition, and has been team physician for professional football clubs as well as national athletics, swimming, soccer and men’s hockey teams including Olympic and Commonwealth Games. Peter was the Socceroos Team Doctor at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and subsequently became Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club. He then served as Australian cricket team doctor from 2012-17, and as a consultant to the Melbourne Football Club during their premiership year in 2021. 

Peter is the co-founder of the public health campaign SugarByHalf and is committed to the challenge of improving the nation’s health with improved diet and increased physical activity. His best selling book A Fat Lot of Good was published in 2018. Peter is also the Founder and Chair of Defeat Diabetes, an app- and web-based program, aimed at improving diabetes control through diet. In 2022, Peter was awarded a Doctor of Science honoris causa by La Trobe University and delivered the inaugural Peter Brukner Distinguished Lecture. He was recently awarded the 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Victorian Sport Award.

📚You will learn about:

🔎 Dr. Peter Brukner’s resources of information: 

https://www.defeatdiabetes.com.au/

https://lowcarbdownunder.com.au/events/

 📲 Dr. Peter Brukner’s contact information:

https://www.peterbrukner.com/

Social Media:

💻LinkedIn: Peter Brukner

🐦 Twitter: @DrPeterBrukner

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💭” The 4 sins for MDT clinicians are: not getting to end range, not enough repetitions, not using static loading in the extremities, and changing direction too quickly.” -  Scott Herbowy

Our guest, Scott Herbowy PT, OCS, Dip. MDT is a physical therapist with 40 years of experience in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT), also known as the McKenzie Method. He began training personally with Robin McKenzie in 1984 and continued this direct mentorship until 1992. In 1993, Scott was appointed as a McKenzie Institute instructor and has since taught over 500 continuing education courses in MDT. He has served as senior faculty for the U.S. branch since 2000, where his responsibilities include mentoring new faculty, developing advanced education programs, and presenting at numerous conferences. Scott was also one of the first instructors for the Institute's inaugural stand-alone extremity courses in 2001. In addition, he has contributed to research on the McKenzie Method and helped develop and mentor therapists in the McKenzie Diploma Program, the highest level of training in MDT, for 15 years at the personal request of Robin McKenzie.  Currently, Scott has again returned to private practice and recently achieved recognition of Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) by the American Physical Therapy Association

📚You will learn about:

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https://www.mckenzieinstituteusa.org/faculty.cfm#fac15

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💭” The most powerful way cognitive shifts happen is through behavioral experimentation.” -  Prof. Peter O’Sullivan

Our guest, Professor Peter O’Sullivan Dip Physio, Grad Dip Manip Ther, PhD, FACP is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at the School of Allied Health Sciences at Curtin University and a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist where he holds a 0.5 FTE position. Dr. O’Sullivan is internationally recognised as a leading clinician, researcher and educator in musculoskeletal pain disorders. With his team he has developed a novel management approach for people disabling low back pain – called ‘cognitive functional therapy’. This treatment has demonstrated efficacy in numerous clinical trials, including a recent landmark trial published in The Lancet. With his team he has published more than 350 scientific papers, written numerous book chapters and has been keynote speaker at over 120 national and international conferences. Dr. O’Sullivan also consults at bodylogic.physio where he reviews people with disabling musculoskeletal pain disorders. Dr. O’Sullivan’s passion is to bridge the gap between research and practice – in order to empower researchers, educators and clinicians in the provision of person-centred care to people in pain. 

📚You will learn about:

🔎 Prof. O’Sullivan’s resources of information: 

CFT Training: https://www.restorebackpain.com/

The “future” pain clinician: Competencies needed to provide psychologically informed care by Linton, Steven J.

📲Prof. O’Sullivan’s contact information:

Email: [email protected] 

Social Media:

📸 Instagram: peteosullivanpt

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💻LinkedIn: Peter O'Sullivan

🐦Twitter: @PeteOSullivanPT

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💭” If you have patellofemoral pain for longer than a few months, you're probably going to have hip muscle weakness.” -  Dr. Christian Barton

Our guest, Dr. Christian Barton PT, PHD, A/Prof is an Associate Professor at La Trobe University, primarily focused on knee pain, osteoarthritis, and tendinopathy injury management and prevention, including running non-running related injuries. He leads GLA:D Australia, which aims to improve access to appropriate exercise and education for all Australians with osteoarthritis; and TREK, a project aimed at improving access to knowledge of evidence-based treatments. Dr. Christian is an expert in the management of difficult-to-treat, long-term injuries. He has a particular interest in osteoarthritis, tendinopathy, knee (including patellofemoral pain), and running-related injuries. Dr. Christian’s main focus is providing individual advice, education, and care to empower people to manage otherwise unresolved injuries and pain, and exercise solutions to help regain their capacity to participate in activities important to them (recreation, sport, occupation, etc.). 

📚You will learn about:

🔎 Dr. Christian’s resources of information: 

https://mykneecap.trekeducation.org/

https://trekeducation.org/

https://nemex.trekeducation.org/

📲 Dr. Christian’s contact information:

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: ⁠https://complete.clinic/⁠ 

Twitter: @DrChrisBarton

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💭” I learned a lot by working with strength coaches, and coming from a therapy background, I understood how to combine both approaches.” -  Michael Hope

Our guest, Michael Hope PT, Dip, MDT graduated with a degree in physical therapy from the University of Pittsburgh in 1991.  He obtained his undergraduate degree in exercise physiology from West Virginia University in 1988. Michael started working for Summit Physical Therapy in 1995.  He then became a co-owner of Summit Physical Therapy in 2002. Michael became certified in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy in 1991. Additionally, he is a McKenzie Diplomate. Michael has taken many continuing education courses in orthopedics, sports rehabilitation, and surgical rehabilitation.  Michael specializes in treating challenging patients that have shoulder, knee, or spine conditions that have previously failed to progress in physical therapy. Michael trained college and professional football players in performance enhancement skills (including West Virginia Mountaineers, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Steelers).  He has treated high school, college, and professional athletes from all over the world. Outside of work, Michael enjoys running and spending time with his family.

📚You will learn about:

📲 Michael’s contact information:

Website: https://www.summitphysicaltherapy.net/

Office Phone: 315-303-4212

Social Media:

📸 Instagram: summit.pt

 📱 Facebook: Summit Physical Therapy LLC

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💭”The key here is not education; the key is learning. So, we need to get better at instilling learning.” -  Prof. Lorimer Moseley

Our guest, Prof. Lorimer Moseley DSc PhD FACP is is a Bradley Distinguished Professor in Clinical Neuroscience, Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy and CEO of the not-for-profit Pain Revolution. His main interests are persistent pain and other protective feelings and how to best convey modern scientific understanding of chronic pain and similar conditions to consumers, the general public, and health professionals, in a way that is ‘sticky’ and improves outcomes. He has authored over 400 scientific articles and eight books. His foundational discoveries around ‘how pain works’, communication of those discoveries to diverse audiences, and integration of modern pain science into clinical practice, have been recognised by honours in 15 countries, as well as world peak bodies in several fields. His research has transformed practice in chronic pain care internationally, including UK’s National Health Service, USA’s Veterans’ Affairs and European pain management clinical standards. In 2020, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia, that country’s second highest civilian honour, for ‘distinguished service, to humanity at large, in the fields of pain and its management, science communication, education and physiotherapy.’ Lorimer lives and works on Kaurna Land in Adelaide, South Australia.

📚You will learn about:

🔎 Lorimer’s resources of information: 

Paper: Teaching Patients About Pain: The Emergence of Pain Science Education, its Learning Frameworks and Delivery Strategies

Courses: Transform Your Approach To Pain Science

His books:

Explain Pain by Butler, David S., Moseley, G. Lorimer (2003)

Painful Yarns: Metaphors and Stories to Help Understand the Biology of Pain Paperback by G. Lorimer Moseley

The Graded Motor Imagery Handbook Spiral-bound – June 19, 2012 by David Butler, G. Lorimer Moseley, Timothy B. Beams

Pain and Perception: A Closer Look at Why We Hurt Paperback by G. Lorimer Moseley

📲 Lorimer’s contact information:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.painrevolution.org/

Lorimer papers: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lorimer-Moseley

Clinical Trials: https://www.petalcollaboration.org/

Social Media:

📸 Instagram: @painrevolution

📱Facebook: @painrevolutionride

💻LinkedIn: Pain Revolution

🐦 X: @PainRevolution

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💭”Headache, neck pain, and orofacial symptoms can be a manifestation of vascular problems.” -  Alan Taylor

Our guest, Alan Taylor MSc, MLACP, MCSP is a Physiotherapist and a full-time lecturer at the University of Nottingham and Associate lecturer at MMU and Hertford Universities. He co-convenes the ‘Musculoskeletal Disorders & Diseases’ module and the ‘Advanced Practice Physiotherapy’ Masters module. His Master’s degree was in Sports injury and Therapy and investigated blood flow problems in elite athletes. Alan has more than 20 years in teaching postgraduate clinical courses for Altered Haemodynamics and Manual Therapy, Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency, Cervical Arterial Dysfunction (CAD), and Sports Medicine; - all topics related to altered haemodynamics and clinical reasoning. He is and expert witness in the field of medical negligence related to altered haemodynamics and CAD. Alan is Author of over 30 peer-reviewed articles (primarily CAD / haemodynamics/Sports injury); 6 book chapters (Haemodynamics / CAD / Clinical Reasoning / Manual Therapy). Primary research in haemodynamics and sports medicine; Member of literature review programme in CAD commissioned by the MACP. 

📚You will learn about:

🔎 Alan’s resources of information: 

Grieve's Modern Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, 5th Edition

Twitter/X - new papers get quoted there

Vascular surgeons papers

 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alan-Taylor-18/research

Taylor, A, J. and Kerry R. (2005), Neck pain and headache as a result internal carotid artery dissection; Implications for clinicians. Manual Therapy

Vascular flow limitations affecting the cervico-cranial region: Understanding ischaemia by Taylor, A, J.

📲 Alan’s contact information:

Email: [email protected]

Blog: https://alteredhaemodynamics.blogspot.com/

Social Media:

📸 Instagram: alan_taylor_physio

💻LinkedIn: Alan Taylor

🐦 X: @TaylorAlanJ

🎥 YouTube: @alantaylor1608

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💭"It's very difficult to be part of international processes, to develop evidence-based practice, and to find enough information to grow as a specialist.” -  Dr. Yury Zhidchenko

Our guest, Dr. Yury Zhidchenko, is a physician and physical therapist with over 20 years of experience. He graduated from St. Petersburg State Medical University in 2000. After completing his medical degree, Yury pursued a Clinical Residency in Family Medicine and Neurology at St. Petersburg and he then worked as an Emergency Room neurologist at St. Petersburg St. Elizabeth Hospital.

From 2005 to 2007, Yury specialized in neurorehabilitation and played a key role in developing the Kinesis Rehabilitation Center, focusing on stroke patients. In 2007, he was invited by the Swiss Association of Paraplegia to discuss the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) in spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

Between 2007 and 2023, Yury conducted over 8,500 home physical therapy sessions for patients with severe central nervous system lesions. From 2017 to 2019, Yury participated in the international SOCRE project, studying and working in Finland, the Netherlands, and Belgium to develop social rehabilitation approaches in Russia. Since December 2022, he has been residing in Serbia. 

📚You will learn about:

🔎 Yury’s resources of information: 

physiotherapyexercises.com

The End of Physiotherapy by David Nicholls https://www.amazon.com/End-Physiotherapy-David-Nicholls/dp/0367224518

Physiotherapy Otherwise by David Nicholls (free pdf): https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/tuwhera-open-monographs/catalog/book/8

Living Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management (evolutionarising tree of EB recommendations) informme.org.au

📲 Yuri’s contact information:

Email: [email protected]

WhatsApp/Telegram: +7 921 994 44 83

Website: https://yuryzhidchenko.ru/

Social Media:

📸 Instagram: yuryzhidchenko

💻LinkedIn: Yury Zhidchenko

🎥 YouTube: @yuryzhidchenko

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💭” The Movement System Impairment is your blueprint or the reason for using certain tools, and traditional PT is the skill of having all those tools.” -  Dr. Jamey Gordon

Our guest Dr. Jamey Gordon PT, DPT, ATC, CSCS is a doctor of physical therapy, certified athletic trainer, and certified strength and conditioning coach.  He serves as the Team Rehab Westfield Clinic Director as well as the Director of Athlete Development and oversees all rehabilitation, speed, strength and agility training, and skill development activities at ProX.  In addition to his duties at Team Rehab and ProX, Jamey also serves as a fellowship mentor and clinical instructor for the Physical Therapy program at Washington University in St. Louis, his alma mater for both his Masters and Doctoral degrees.

Jamey has over 20 years of clinical and teaching experience in sports medicine, sports performance and academic teaching.  He has worked with professional athletes in the MLB, NFL, NBA, and Olympic levels as well as thousands of youth, high school, collegiate, and recreational athletes.  He served on the medical staff of the 18u USA Baseball National Team from 2008 to 2014, during which time he contributed to the Gold medal run in the PanAm’s in 2014 as the Head Athletic Trainer.  

📚You will learn about:

🔎 Jamey’s resources of information: 

Washington University School of Medicine Physical Therapy https://pt.wustl.edu/

📲 Jamey’s contact information:

Email: [email protected]

Reference “PTProTalk”

Social Media:

🐦Twitter @ TeamRehabProX

📸 Instagram: drgordonpt

💻LinkedIn: Jamey Gordon

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