By Daniel Seidler, PT, MS
The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.
The TelePT Connections Podcast
Information, Innovation, Insight on Physical Therapy, Telehealth, and the future of healthcare. We meet at the crossroads of healthcare and technology to discuss the future of human health and wellness.
Welcome to this episode of the TelePT Connections Podcast. We went into this episode expecting it to be about the origins of telehealth and telemedicine because our guest was using video visits more than 5 years ago. So we touched on that with Dr Bragg, but you never know where a podcast episode might go. We prepare. We have our set of basic questions. Sometimes though, you have a guest who just leads with their personality and charisma and everything else is secondary. Dr Winifred Bragg is one such guest. She takes a very traditional approach to one-on-one care with her patients and makes every effort to connect with them on a personal level, all for the objective of helping them heal and feel better. She's smart, empathetic and so personable. She's a special doctor. Here's a little background on Dr Bragg...
Winifred Bragg, MD is a nationally recognized speaker, board-certified physician and the CEO of the Spine and Orthopedic Pain Center in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Bragg has appeared in numerous TV and print media programs. She’s been published in Redbook, Woman’s World and Self Magazine and her online articles have had tens of thousands of views.
During this episode we got to speak about:
Dr. Bragg’s first book “KnockOutPain®: Secrets to Maintain a Healthy Back,” was an Amazon Best-Seller. Check it out (link below).
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We had a great conversation with Dr Bragg. I hope you learn a lot from this one and enjoy the episode as much as we did.
Knock Out Pain: Secrets to Maintaining a Healthy Back
She has given workshops at numerous conferences. You can contact her at [email protected] or at her website at www.knockoutpain.com.
Facebook:
Spine and Orthopedic Pain Center
The Bragg Factor
LinkedIn: Winifred Bragg, MD
YouTube: Dr Winifred Bragg
Twitter: @DrWinifredBragg
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Adrian Miranda:
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The TelePT Connections Podcast
Information, Innovation, Insight on Physical Therapy, Telehealth, and the future of healthcare. We meet at the crossroads of healthcare and technology to discuss the future of human health and wellness.
Welcome to this episode of the TelePT Connections Podcast. Thank you for all your comments on LinkedIn, Twitter and your podcast apps. They mean so much to us, so please continue to comment and be sure to subscribe to the podcast.
Our guest this week is David Fried. David is the CEO of Evolv, a medical device manufacturer which uses VR, motion capture technologies, and gaming to treat neuromotor and age-related diseases and conditions. He studied architecture in his native Canada and later in Spain where he practiced for several years before setting up an interactive digital media firm in Bilbao in 2004.
David later joined Virtualware in 2012 to help develop novel VR and AR hardware solutions. He then became Director of Virtualware’s UK office where he got deeply involved with their new product called VirtualRehab (now called EvolvRehab®), a pioneering virtual therapy application designed to improve rehabilitation through gaming.
In 2017, Virtualware founded Evolv with the aim of further developing virtual rehabilitation technologies and expanding the use of its CE certified EvolvRehab® platform for telerehabilitation and prevention. Since then, David has helped expand the use of EvolvRehab® into 20 countries where it has been used by thousands of people of all ages and levels of disability. He recently led Evolv’s entry into the Microsoft Social Entrepreneurship Program.
In this podcast episode we got to talk about:
- The value of repetition and high rep volume following a stroke
- Therapy games, gamification, and VR
- PT/OT practitioner contribution to software development and design
- Payment and reimbursement for rehab assistance tools like AR/VR
- The future of healthcare
David Fried and Evolv are onto something big and their product design is so user friendly because they endlessly gather feedback from practitioners and patients. This approach leads to continuous design improvements, increased engagement, and improved outcomes - and their research confirms it.
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I had a great conversation with David Fried. I hope you learn a lot from this one and enjoy the episode as much as I did.
You can find David Fried here:
email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgfried/
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Twitter: @dseidler
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The TelePT Connections Podcast
Information, Innovation, Insight on Physical Therapy, Telehealth, and the future of healthcare. We meet at the crossroads of healthcare and technology to discuss the future of human health and wellness.
Welcome to this episode of the TelePT Connections Podcast. Thank you for all your comments on LinkedIn, Twitter and your podcast apps. They mean so much to us. Please continue to comment and be sure to subscribe to the podcast.
Our guest this week is Dr. Chuck Thigpen. Chuck is the Senior Director for Practice Innovation and Analytics at ATI, leading the clinical care delivery and analysis from ATI’s Patient Outcomes Registry, with over 2.5 million patients’ outcome measures. He holds adjunct appointments with Duke University Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Physical Therapy, University of South Carolina Department of Physical Therapy, and Clemson University Bioengineering. Chuck completed his PhD in Human Movement Science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2006. He completed a M.S. in Human Movement Science with a concentration in Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy from UNC in May of 2003. He earned his B.S. in Physical Therapy from East Tennessee State University in 1997 where he also played football at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga in 1991-92 before becoming a student athletic trainer through 1995.
In 2020, Chuck led the development and implementation of ATI's telehealth solution, ATI Connect. They have seen more than 50k telehealth visits over the last year. Quite an accomplishment.
In this episode we talk about:
- The process of developing, launching and refining a telehealth program at an organization that does 25k visits per day
- Innovative treatment models - what's working and what isn't
- The future of payment for PT and telehealth services
- Emerging technologies and competition in the market for musculoskeletal care
This was one of our favorite interviews so far. At ATI, Chuck is at the heart of a true bellwether of the PT industry. He's extremely informed and he was very candid with us - always a good combo for our podcast.
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We had a great conversation with Chuck. I hope you learn a lot from this episode and enjoy this one as much as we did.
You can find Dr. Chuck Thigpen here:
email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: Chuck Thigpen
Twitter: @chuckthigpen
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LinkedIn: Daniel Seidler
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The TelePT Connections Podcast
Information, Innovation, Insight on Physical Therapy, Telehealth, and the future of healthcare. We meet at the crossroads of healthcare and technology to discuss the future of human health and wellness.
Welcome to this episode of the TelePT Connections Podcast. Thank you for all your comments on LinkedIn, Twitter and your podcast apps. They mean so much to us. Please continue to comment and be sure to subscribe to the podcast.
A cortical homunculus is a distorted representation of the human body, based on a neurological "map" of the areas and proportions of the human brain dedicated to processing motor or sensory functions, for different parts of the body. A cortical homunculus, or "cortex man", illustrates the concept of a representation of the body lying within the brain. Nerve fibres—conducting somatosensory information from all over the body—terminate in various areas of the parietal lobe in the cerebral cortex, forming a representational map of the body.
Every MD, PT, and OT learns about the homunculus in school but very few understand it, apply it, and clearly explain the relevance of the homunculus as well as our good friend and first repeat guest, Dr. David Sofer.
On this week’s episode, Dave gives us a review of the homunculus and how it applies to pain and pain management. Also during this episode, he drops multiple knowledge bombs:
Dave is a wealth of knowledge and he's also very entertaining. That's why we had him back on the podcast.
Dr. David Sofer, DPT is a physical therapist, educator, entrepreneur, patient rights advocate and life-long learner. Clinical practice is his passion, and he loves sharing that with his patients in the office, students at SUNY Downstate PT program and with followers of his arthritis management website www.ArthritisHelp.info.
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Thank you for listening to the PT Connections Podcast.
To learn more about Dr. Dave go to https://www.arthritishelp.info/site/about or email him at [email protected]
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The TelePT Connections Podcast
Information, Innovation, Insight on Physical Therapy, Telehealth, and the future of healthcare. We meet at the crossroads of healthcare and technology to discuss the future of human health and wellness.
Welcome to this episode of the TelePT Connections Podcast. Thank you for all your comments on LinkedIn, Twitter and your podcast apps. They mean so much to us. Please continue to comment and be sure to subscribe to the podcast.
Our special guests this week are 2 women who are changing the game in musculoskeletal care. Stephanie Wakeman is a PT and Megan Doyle is an OT. Together they founded Navigate Pain, a concierge service designed to move pain care “upstream” and empower individuals and companies with the strategies needed to treat pain from a comprehensive, self-management focus.
Stephanie Wakeman, PT DPT cert-APHPT. Stephanie has 25 years of experience working in all areas of physical therapy, most notably in outpatient orthopedics in both private practice and large hospital systems. She started her telehealth career with Physera/Omada and currently is involved in two separate start up digital health companies, OneStep(https://onestep.co/) and Navigate Pain (https://navigateyourpain.com/). She is an active member of Academy of Prevention and Health Promotion Therapies earning a certification in prevention and health promotion (https://www.aphpt.org/). She is also a volunteer in the PTHealth (https://www.pthealthstudy.org/) study which is collaboration to develop a system which detects, interprets, and minimizes the impact of acute distress/illness using existing wearable technology.
Stephanie is active in advocacy for the profession of Physical Therapy and currently is a Delegate for American Physical Therapy Association and a member of Health promotion and wellness council.
Email: [email protected]
Linkedin: Stephanie Wakeman
Twitter: @stephanieDeShan
Megan Doyle, MS, OTR/L, FPS, Cert-APHPT
Megan graduated from Marquette University with a BS in Exercise Science and a Psychology Minor in 2010, then obtained a MS in Occupational Therapy from Indiana University in 2012. In her initial years as an occupational therapist, she worked in a multitude of settings focused on adult populations, but always felt drawn to mental and behavioral health, wellness, and pain management. This led to Megan obtaining certification as a Therapeutic Pain Specialist through ISPI/EIM in 2017, which she followed by achieving Fellowship in Pain Sciences in 2020. In addition, she has certification as an Applied Prevention Health Promotion Therapist. Megan provides routine consultation to both individuals and groups regarding treatment for both acute and persistent pain from a holistic, person-centered perspective as well as presenting annually at both local and national conferences as well as teaching courses on pain and wellness topics to both healthcare and within the community. She became a co-founder of Navigate Pain, LLC in 2021 to move pain care “upstream” and empower individuals and companies with the strategies they need to treat pain from a comprehensive, self-management focus.
Links:
LinkedIn: Megan Doyle
Instagram: meganosgooddoyle81112
E-mail: [email protected]
Navigate Pain is changing the game by intervening with individuals who are at-risk for long-term musculoskeletal conditions by getting to them before their cases become chronic, avoiding multiple complications before they have a chance to manifest.
We had a great conversation about this process and how they plan to interrupt the current system of that's overly dependent on the treating practitioner. Patients should be in control of their own health and Navigate Pain provides them with the tools to do that. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please leave your comments.
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Daniel Seidler:
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The Future of Physical Therapy is HERE - TelaPT
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The TelePT Connections Podcast
Information, Innovation, Insight on Physical Therapy, Telehealth, and the future of healthcare. We meet at the crossroads of healthcare and technology to discuss the future of human health and wellness.
Welcome to this episode of the TelePT Connections Podcast. Thank you for all your comments on LinkedIn, Twitter and your podcast apps. They mean so much to us. Please continue to comment and be sure to subscribe to the podcast.
This week on the podcast our special guest is Lydia Zeller, the CEO of Kiio, a provider of digital musculoskeletal solutions sold B2B to health insurers and large employers. In addition to her extensive finance, operations, and product experience, Lydia has a long track record of driving innovation in musculoskeletal care. She conceived and spearheaded Kiio’s efforts to bring its digital MSK therapeutic to market, signed the company’s first clients, and initiated the independent, third-party clinical and financial outcomes studies that have proven Kiio significantly improves pain, function and quality of life while reducing opioid prescriptions, aggressive treatments and total health plan spend. Lydia is passionate about providing effective, individualized, convenient care that delivers high-value at lower costs and delights member users. In this episode, we got to speak with Lydia about:
- The digitization of healthcare and the security of collected data
- Pivoting your strategy to meet the market
- Effectively providing musculoskeletal interventions at scale
- AI triage and patient engagement
As always, please leave your comments on LinkedIn, subscribe to the podcast and share it with friends and colleagues. We had a fascinating conversation and really enjoyed Lydia sharing her ideas and challenging some traditional beliefs in Physical Therapy. I hope you enjoy it too.
You can find Lydia Zeller here:
Linkedin: Lydia Zeller
Website: www.kiio.com
Prodcut Overview: https://vimeo.com/444986531
Adrian Miranda:
Twitter: @adrianmpt
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianmpt/
Daniel Seidler:
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielseidler/
The Future of Physical Therapy is HERE - TelaPT
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The TelePT Connections Podcast
Information, Innovation, Insight on Physical Therapy, Telehealth, and the future of healthcare. We meet at the crossroads of healthcare and technology to discuss the future of human health and wellness.
Welcome to this episode of the TelePT Connections Podcast. Thank you for all your comments on LinkedIn, Twitter and your podcast apps. They mean so much to us. Please continue to comment and be sure to subscribe to the podcast.
Emil Berengut, PT, DPT, MSW, is the Director of Physical Therapy at the NYU Student Health Center. He has over 25 years of experience in healthcare. He received his Master’s in Social Work from the University of Maryland and a doctorate in Physical Therapy from NYU, following which he was the first graduate of the orthopedic physical therapy residency program at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Berengut is a board-certified physical therapist and an adjunct lecturer at the NYU Program of Physical Therapy. He is a published author, having contributed to two textbooks on cancer rehabilitation and peer-reviewed articles. He has presented at the Combined Sections Meeting of the APTA, at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the MSKCC Rehabilitation Symposium. A lifelong learner he is completing his Master’s in Health Administration at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service. His interests are innovative digital solutions to improve population health and address social determinants of health.
During this episode we discussed:
- Lessons learned from 16-months of strictly telehealth practice
- Physical Therapy's role in population health
- How to affect individual behavior through motivational interviewing
- The value of Strength and conditioning education as part of a DPT curriculum
I really enjoyed my conversation with Emil. I hope you do too.
You can find Emil Berengut here:
Linkedin: Emil Berengut
Twitter: @emilberengut
email: [email protected]
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Twitter: @dseidler
LinkedIn: Daniel Seidler
The Future of Physical Therapy is HERE - TelaPT
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The TelePT Connections Podcast
Information, Innovation, Insight on Physical Therapy, Telehealth, and the future of healthcare. Your hosts, Daniel Seidler and Adrian Miranda have lots to say, and they also love learning from others. Guests include PTs, healthcare business leaders, healthcare tech innovators, fitness freaks, policy wonks, and investors. We meet at the crossroads of healthcare and technology to discuss the future of human health and wellness.
Welcome to this episode of the TelePT Connections Podcast. Thank you for all your comments on LinkedIn, Twitter and your podcast apps. They mean so much to us. Please continue to comment and be sure to subscribe to the podcast.
This week, Daniel Seidler and Adrian Miranda are joined by David Dansereau. David has practically written the book on how to successfully navigate an unconventional career in Physical Therapy. He's been in corporate health research, private practice, remote and mobile consulting, digital therapeutic product development, sports performance, and more.
Most notably, in 2006, at age 39, David had a stroke. That life altering experience has guided his life and career since. At the time, he utilized existing telehealth tools to access worldwide experts throughout his self-guided recovery. The experience has fueled his passion for digital-first healthcare technology adoption and using sensors and biofeedback to help give patients more control over their own health and recovery.
David's story is epic and inspirational and his credits are extensive. He also is the most prepared guest we've had so far. We get into several of our wheelhouse topics and more:
Throughout the conversation, I kept thinking to myself, "David Dansereau is one impressive dude." I'm pretty sure you'll be impressed too.
You can find David Dansereau here:
Web: SmartMovesPT.com (consulting)
Web: https://www.enable4us.com (post-stroke support)
Twitter: @PTcoach
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddansereau/
He also has the Know Stroke Podcast https://knowstrokepodcast.buzzsprout.com and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-stroke-podcast/id1566242676
Adrian Miranda:
Twitter: @adrianmpt
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianmpt/
Daniel Seidler
Twitter: @dseidler
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielseidler/
The Future of Physical Therapy is HERE - TelaPT
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Welcome to this episode of the TelePT Connections Podcast. This week Adrian and I are joined by none other than our good friend Mark Milligan.
Dr. Mark Milligan, is a board certified, fellowship trained, orthopedic manual therapist who specializes in the intelligent prevention and treatment of all human conditions. He is a passionate change-agent, founding Revolution Human Physical Therapy and Education, a mobile physical therapy and micro-education company based in Austin, Texas. He created Anywhere Healthcare, an all-inclusive telehealth platform in 2017 and he is the Director of Physical Therapy for Vori Health, the new virtual and in-person musculoskeletal healthcare company on a mission to empower humanity to lead a healthier life. Mark also is passionate about population health and governmental affairs and is an active member of the APTA, AAOMPT, the TPTA, and he educates and engages on those topics internationally.
No one knows more about TelehealthPT than Mark Milligan. If you’re not yet convinced that PT can effectively be delivered remotely, I encourage you to listen to this episode of the podcast and then decide. We had a great conversation with Mark. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Mark Milligan, DPT - [email protected]
You can find Adrian and Dan here.....
Twitter: @adrianmpt
Twitter: @dseidler
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianmpt/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielseidler/
The Future of Physical Therapy is HERE - TelaPT
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Chris Gellert is the CEO of Pinnacle Training & Consulting Systems. Chris has 20 years of clinical experience as a PT, a Personal Trainer and a Certified Professional Coach.
He holds an Advanced Master’s degree in orthopedics & sports physical therapy, a Master’s degree in physical therapy and a BS in Marketing. He is an experienced international presenter, writer, and consultant.
Chris has created 17 home study courses on human movement and three live seminars for personal trainers and physical therapy assistants. He developed the advanced Certificate in Post Rehab Program, which is comprised of 10 home study courses, a live seminar, 50+ videos, articles, webinars and a mentoring system. Chris's latest course is called "Creating your Side Hustle: What PTs Didn't Learn in School." We talk about side hustles, avoiding burnout and of course the future of the PT profession.
Please remember to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, itunes, Google Podcasts, etc. We're everywhere now and leave your comments wherever your subscribe - they mean so much to us and they let other folks know to listen to the podcast. I hope you enjoy this episode with my guest Chris Gellert.
Learn more about Chris at https://www.ptcsconsulting.com
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The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.