TheOncoPT Podcast

If you've ever wondered what it's like to own your own oncology physical therapy clinic, Dr. Angela Wicker-Ramos is here as today's special guest to teach us all about it. From her early beginnings in oncology rehab to her now powerhouse oncology rehabilitation clinic in Austin, Texas, she is changing the way patients are treated as whole people before, during, & after cancer treatment.

The APTA Combined Sections Meeting is hands-down my all-time favorite conference so far. This year, we met in Washington, D.C. (& may have even ended the government shut-down b/c PTs can rehab anything apparently), & it was awesome! I brought back some of my favorite take-aways to share with y'all today.

Part B - because there was too much awesome to be contained in one episode with Dr. Schmitz! Today's episode covers more about Dr. Schmitz's presidency of ACSM, transitioning patients from PT to community exercise programs, & her words of wisdom for us.

0:56 President of ACSM

5:27 What's next for Dr. Schmitz

14:22 Transitioning patients out of PT into the community

22:20 Words of advice from Dr. Schmitz

Twitter: @fitaftercancer

Instagram: @fitnessaftercancer

Episode 10's special guest is Dr. Kathryn Schmitz - We had so much fun in our interview that we actually had to split it into TWO episodes!! Today's part A will discuss Dr. Schmitz's early research & creation of the Strength After Breast Cancer Program - stay tuned for next week's episode for more on her presidency at ACSM & work in the Roundtable on Exercise & Cancer Prevention & Control!

I am so excited to bring you Ep. 09 of TheOncoPT Podcast, with Josh Levin, president of LympheDIVAs, as today's special guest. Josh walks us through the inception & growth of LympheDIVAs over the past few years & how this determined dream is serving patients now & will continue to serve for years to come!

Find the Fitter's Aid app at https://lymphedivas.com/fitters-aid-app/

In today's episode, I interview Michael Lazio, MS, the clinical coordinator of the University of Northern Colorado Cancer Rehabilitation Institute. We discuss dosing exercise appropriately for patients, depending on their stage of their cancer journey, plus the great workshops UNCCRI puts on to educate health professionals all about cancer rehab. Their next Level 2 workshop is happening July 22-26, 2019 in Colorado, & you can find more information on the episode webpage!

Welcome to 2019, & thanks for joining me on TheOncoPT Podcast. I'm discussing five things I've learned about OncoPT during my time as a #freshPT in oncology, all of which are good reminders even for the seasoned PTs here.

1:03 OncoPT is almost the same as all other PT

2:46 Think big picture!

6:42 Every body responds to treatment very differently.

9:34 Treat every session like it's the last.

12:13 Nobody knows it all.

It's the day after Christmas, which means I'm headed back to work both in the clinic & at TheOncoPT Podcast! Today's episode introduces "The Big Three" of cancer treatments: surgery, chemotherapy, & radiation therapy.

3:34 Surgery

5:00 Chemotherapy

6:52 Radiation Therapy

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Frannie Westlake, PT, DPT, NCS is my guest today to talk about her work in a HUGE multidisciplinary oncology clinic in the Denver area. We cover her journey from a neuro resident at Pittsburgh all the way to now as a cancer rehabilitation specialist & talk about how Oncology Rehab has grown into the oncology powerhouse it is today. Want to more about Oncology Rehab? Email Frannie at [email protected]. She'll even be at CSM 2019 in DC, so be sure to catch up with her there!

Jan Weiss, PT, DHS, CLT-LANA has created this amazing quality of life outcome measure for lymphedema, & she's here on today's episode to talk about how the LLIS came to be & how to best use it in our practices. She even wants to work with you, so you can email her at [email protected] if you're interested!