Untold Physio Stories

We're all human, even as professionals/clinicians, we have our pet peeves. Listen as Erson and Andrew list theirs, and one in particular that Erson remembers from years ago.

How often do you challenge your patients with heavy lifts? What about if your patient is pediatric? Do you have them lift heavy things? Why wouldn't you?

If an insurance company can find a way to deny a claim, they will. If another carrier should be paying for the claim, it will most likely be denied, forget medical necessity! What happens when a worker's compensation claim patient, gets hit by a motor vehicle while at work? The Worker's comp, motor vehicle insurance by the driver, plus the private insurance of the patient - all the same company!

In this episode, Erson recalls two TMD and Headache patients that just happened to have very chronic and unresolved cases of Bell's Palsy. Facial asymmetry is a big deal for well being as well as the perception of attractiveness. What was the solution?

IASTM in this episode was performed with the EDGE Mobility Tool - check it out as part of the IASTM Toolkit!

Current research for tendinopathies and the trend for loading over passive care like modalities and manual therapy is great. Those of us originally trained in manual therapy often don't get to loading fast enough, or at all in some cases if the patient is pain free. What would you do in this recent case of elbow tendinopathy Erson recounts?

In this podcast, Erson remembers when a fellowship mentee requested he perform a rib thrust manipulation - something he hadn't practiced since manual therapy fellowship 5+ years prior. How'd it go?

Research recommended in the show

Unraveling the Mechanisms of Manual Therapy: Modeling an Approach.

In this episode, Erson talks about a recent case where a fatigued mother of a newborn has TMJ, Headache, and/or central sensitization type complaints. Is it something else?

Listen to one of Andrew's recent cases where he details a recent cervical radiculopathy "success story." What's Erson have to say as a mentor?

In this episode, Erson recaps a recent case from earlier this year plus goes over a very upsetting comment from a completely random bystander at the gym he works at.

In this episode, Dr. Benjamin J Stevens of Somatic Senses recounts his story of how he changed his entire work and lifestyle to recovery from high blood pressure. As a "picture of health" mentally and physically to himself and others who knew him well, it's a great cautionary tale of how stress can affect us.