Waves

Physiotherapists say that they are the movement system experts across the lifespan, but what about the very end of life? What if the patient has a terminal diagnosis? Do we have a place there?

Dr. Chris Wilson has strong opinions (and evidence!) on the topic.

APTA Oncology

World Health Organization statement on palliative care

www.facit.org

Morgan Andrade is a 3rd year DPT student at Oakland University and the first winner of APTA Michigan's DEI Student Award. He serves as the Health and Wellness Advocate for Transcend the Binary, a non-profit serving the transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse community throughout Michigan. He has guest lectured for various programs across Michigan, such as Wayne State University's physician assistant program, on providing trans inclusive healthcare. In his free time he enjoys jiu jitsu, boxing, and hiking with his wonderful wife and two pups.

Many PT and PTA students are exposed to pro bono work while in the clinic, but few have an opportunity to continue that work as a licensed clinician. Dr. Kari Ayoob, co-founder of The Movement Network, tells us how she is helping to build a network of physios across the country to provide care to underinsured and underserved populations.

Phillips Neighborhood Clinic

UCLA Mobile Clinic

Midnight Mission

USC PT Multicultural Leadership Alliance

California Physical Therapy Association

Steve Leppard is a physiotherapist and co-founder of the Solstice Foundation, a non-profit that provides money for people to do good in their communities. Their scholarships and awards include the Solstice Scholarship, awarded to DPT students at University of Michigan-Flint, Western Michigan University, and Grand Valley State University, and the Vaughn Philanthropy Award, given to clinicians who want to lift others up in the profession and in their community. Leppard tells us about how he got started on this journey, about some of the past winners of the scholarships, and how it all got started in a canoe.

So far, this podcast has been a completely American-centric endeavor but today we change that. Alistair Beverley, Bsc. Hons., MCSP, ACPPLD, HCPC is a physiotherapist in Yorkshire, England, and may be better known online as the LD Physio. Through his own personal experience and passion, he has carved out a niche of working with the LD/ID (Learning Disability/Intellectual Disability) population in the UK, his work with Team GB in the Special Olympics, and uses his social media presence to educate other clinicians and the public, all the while drinking a cup of delicious Yorkshire Tea.

The LD Physio on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.

Music by Mark Joesting and Andy Wicks.

Do you feel like you can't keep up with the research? No time to pore over articles?

Do you wonder what the pelvic floor is all about? Did you even know you had one? Did you know the high correlation between constipation and low back pain? Would you feel comfortable talking to your patient about sex? And why is Australia doing so many cool things (except for the deadly animals)?

Luke Hollomon is a DPT student at Virginia Commonwealth University and the founder of PT Crab, a very insightful weekly newsletter to boil down the latest research into easily digestible chunks. He 's also passionate about pelvic floor health and hopes that it will become something we're all comfortable talking about, since we all have pelvic floors.

The Pelvic Health Podcast with Lori Forner

If you think physical therapy is just three sets of ten reps, walking a patient to the bathroom, or a lifetime of polos and khakis, I would like to introduce you to Dr. Megan Mitchell. She would like to tell you about emergency preparedness, which includes, but is not limited to, chemical weapons, wildfires, motor vehicle accidents, and hurricanes.

The tweet that started it all.

The Center for Domestic Preparedness

World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

Some highlights of the 2022 APTA Michigan Research Day and Fall Conference, held at Boyne Mountain Resort. Special thanks to all of the students, faculty, and clinicians who spoke with us and shared their hard work and new knowledge with the rest of us. 

On top of the rigors of completing a DPT degree, Megan Hare, 2nd year student at Oakland University, has decided that running for a national office sounds like fun! We interviewed her to talk about her candidacy for delegate on the APTA Student Board of Directors, and what inspired her to pursue leadership roles as a student.

Dr. Nick Hoopes is a physical therapist in northeast Ohio. He works in a rural setting, sees many patients with what some would consider poorly-reimbursing insurance payers, and is dedicated to his community. We had the privilege of talking with him shortly before the birth of his second child. For your consideration, Dr. Nick Hoopes.