You could brush your teeth for 28 minutes every Sunday, but would you? It may be more efficient to perform this task in one sitting, but rather we do it every day to continue the cycle of taking care of ourselves. It’s a daily task that has compounding benefits to our overall well-being and health.

This same ideology can be applied to nervous system hygiene, keeping our nervous system healthy on a daily basis, so we can manage the highs and lows of our day-to-day lives.  

In this episode, Dr. Burriesci welcomes Jessica Patching-Bunch, JPB, to discuss a missing piece in regulating the autonomic nervous system: nervous system hygiene. JPB explains what nervous system hygiene means, what that can look like, how much time it actually takes out of our daily lives to perform, and the importance of this topic. Dr. Burriesci links how this can impact physical therapy students, clinicians, and our patients when we begin to incorporate the daily task of nervous system hygiene.

In this Episode:

• Breakdown of the autonomic nervous system (ANS)
• The power of breath to tap into ANS control
• Defining nervous system hygiene
• Utilizing nervous system hygiene to regulate the ANS
• The importance of small compounding efforts in our daily practice
• The simple yet complex benefits of breath control

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Come in!!  Rachele is taking us behind the scenes of what it’s like to set-up for sauce (marinara) day. She tells us the adventures of finding a tomato vendor, long hours and walls covered in sauce to make her family’s recipe. She explains the importance of digging through the rotten tomatoes to find the best ones. When you want an outcome, you have to lean into the process. 

 In this episode, Dr. Burriesci defines what stacked breathing is and how to fit it into clinical practice. Just like making sauce, we get to break our current tomatoes down to redefine them. In physical therapy terms, with our patients who have impaired inspiration, we get to break down their current pattern to rebuild something better. She explains how to group exercises with stacked breathing so you get the perfect recipe and best bang for your buck.

In this episode:
- Discus family tradition
- The process of sauce day
- Stacked breathing
- When and how to incorporate stacked breathing into your practice

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The world around us never settles down and while we understand it to be commonplace, our bodies can sense the rising stress. This impacts our breathing and is known to increase respiratory rate. This increase with rate can also increase the upper chest breathing, making us (and our patients!) be less efficient breathers. So what can we as physical therapists do? Teach our patients how to adequately diaphragmatic breath.

In this episode, Dr. Burriesci breaks down the do’s and don’ts of diaphragmatic breathing with patients. She teaches applicable ways to set our patients up for success, long-term, when it comes to properly engaging the diaphragm.  She tweaks the usual cues and explains that our words do matter. These simple changes to our language and understanding the “why” behind the various breathing sequences will impact our patients in a multitude of different ways.

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A, B, C, oh wait, ABG?

In this episode, Dr. Burriesci hosts Briana Drapp of PT Elevation and teaches the ABC’s of Arterial Blood Gases (ABG’s). Dr. Burriesci explains what PaO2, PaCO2, HCO3 and SaO2 means, why we should care and how to extrapolate the information of each of these numbers into real world, clinical information to benefit our patients. She breaks down the numbers into metabolic vs pulmonary and alkalosis vs acidosis by finding who the “problem child” is.

By the end of this episode, you’ll have interpreted multiple examples and have a better understanding of why this matters to you as a clinician. She gives you information in small bites rather than getting lost in the whole alphabet soup.

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Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is a diagnosis that very much resembles coronary artery disease, except the pain occurs in the legs instead of the chest. Treating these patients can be tricky due to the activity limitations they experience.  So how can we make a difference in clinic?

In this episode, Dr.Burriesci breaks down what PAD is. She explains the risk factors, pathophysiology and how physical therapists can best treat this disease. Traditionally, “no pain, no gain” are words that you will never here out of a PTs mouth, but what if this time is different? She explains the why behind the treatment interventions and the potential results our patients will experience.

In This Episode:

• Break down the pathophysiology of PAD
• Risk factors of PAD
• Diagnostic Testing
• Education 
• Treatment interventions for this patient population
• Progression of disease
• Prevention of progression

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Have you ever wondered why exercising in the heat feels so much harder? This week on Talking All Things Cardiopulm, we're going to tackle this burning question. 

With rising temperatures and high humidity, it’s important to understand the body’s response, in order to make informed decisions about our time outdoors and more importantly, exercising in the heat of the day. 

In this episode, Dr. Burriesci breaks down the body's physiological response to high heat and some important environmental considerations.  She describes the response of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems to the body's compensations and what this looks like compounded with comorbidities, such as COPD and heart failure.  She also navigates through the signs of heat-related illnesses such as heat exhaustion, heat injury, and heat stroke, you'll learn how to recognize these conditions and what to do if you or someone else experiences them. Lastly, she gives tips and tricks for mitigating the overwhelming heat, while maintaining safety with exercise.

In This Episode:

• Break down of thermoregulation
• Body’s Compensation to High Heat
• Cardiovascular & pulmonary response 
• Ability to acclimate to high temps
• Tips for exercising outdoors in the summer months
• Considerations with patients with comorbidities

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If you’re in healthcare, you understand the range of healthcare literacy among our patients. However, healthcare literacy is not the entire story. The experience of actually being in a healthcare facility accounts for a large portion of a person’s healthcare perspective. 

Could you imagine entering a facility expecting to discuss your concerns and be heard? But instead, you are met with an impersonal environment where your worries are downplayed. Or if no one took the time to explain what procedures you would be undergoing that day? It’s a truly terrifying experience, yet many people have these exact interactions.

 In this episode, Dr. Burriesci recounts her personal experience with an appointment and describes what it felt like being on the other side of the table.  She explains the importance of basic communication and its impact on patient care. Our words can enhance the patient experience, calm the nervous system, and improves patient outcomes. Healthcare can be a fast-paced, scary experience, but we can help guide the process and take the fear out of the experience.  We can either add to the ever-surmounting anxiety or we can change the entire trajectory for the better by taking an extra moment to lessen the anxiety for our patients and bring the human aspect back into our approach.

In this episode:

• Discuss a current personal experience in healthcare
• The basics of communication
• Importance of identifying yourself
• Help calm the nervous system with an explanation of the plan
• Build trust and rapport.
• Tips to prep for your next appt.

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In this episode, Dr. Burriesci discusses the frustrations with student affiliations.  With the help of Webster and the Oxford Dictionary, she breaks down the definition of a student and an intern.  She dives into the purpose of clinical affiliations and what they should represent. She explains why facilities should prioritize a systematic approach to student experiences and perhaps even form a dedicated committee to prevent reinventing the wheel each and every time and to make a purposeful learning experience for the student.

In this episode:

-       Discuss the role of a CI

-       Levels of supervision for students on clinical affiliations

-       The over-emphasis of  “caseload” 

-       Arbitrary differences between “full caseload” between facilities & potentially employees

-       Mentoring students to make good clinical decisions

-       Teaching efficiency by observation and sharing skills

-       Importance of constructive feedback 

-       Importance of receiving feedback and being willing to learn


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In this Episode:
- Benefits of Jane
- How I use Jane
- How to show skill in your documentation
- Documenting exam findings
- Articulating your assessment

Interested in Jane?
Jane, is an all-in-one practice management software with helpful features to power your practice.  Head to jane.app/burriesci to book a personalized demo.  Don't forget, you can use the code CARDIOPULM1MO at the time of sign-up for a 1-month grace period applied to your new account

Join my main newsletter:  https://allthingscardiopulm.ck.page/9bb2730421

Want to sign up for a mentoring call with Dr. Burriesci? Sign up here: https://www.allthingscardiopulm.com/mentoring

Find me on:

IG: @all_things_cardiopulm
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Website: www.allthingscardiopulm.com
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Linked-In: Rachele Burriesci
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Join my main newsletter:  https://allthingscardiopulm.ck.page/9bb2730421

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