💭” Becoming board certified means a lot for the community, patients and physicians, there is a certain level of prestige, you`ve met a very high standard . ” - Dr. Robert Medcalf 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Robert Medcalf PT, DPT, OCS, Dip. MDT. Robert is a 1986 honors graduate of Georgia State University with a BS in Physical Therapy. After advanced studies in New Zealand, he became a Diplomaed in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy in 1991 and was subsequently appointed to Teaching Faculty for The McK...
Jan 20, 2022•53 min
💭” The person sitting in front of you actually knows more about their problem than anybody, so it's a pretty good idea to listen to them. ” - Dr. Todd Edelson 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Todd A. Edelson, PT, DPT, Dip. MDT. Todd has been a practicing physical therapist since 1981, and a member of the McKenzie Institute USA or International faculty since 1999, where he currently serves as a Diploma Mentor. Edelson is known for his effective and efficient emphasis on health, wellness, and fitness educat...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 58
💭” 20% of patients dropout within the first three visits, 70% don't finish their full course of care and the bigger your practice gets the higher the dropout rate is. ” - Vikram Sethuraman 👉🏻 Our guest is Vikram Sethuraman, Founder & CEO of PT Wired, the only 100% custom-branded mobile app service for physical therapy practices. PT Wired is a patient engagement solution that helps physical therapy clinics prevent patient dropout, improve brand engagement, and boost internal marketing. Tod...
Dec 28, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 57
💭” If you are considering going to DPT school, and you are currently an undergrad, I would strongly recommend the cheapest way to get there.” - Dr. Scott Feil 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Scott Feil is a physical therapist, a professor, and most recently an Amazon best-selling author. F Scott is also a business coach and mentor despite starting his journey as an English major before landing as a Physical Therapist. He is one of three co-hosts of the Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast which ai...
Dec 16, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 56
💭” If you are giving them advice to help them lose weight, because they have bilateral knee arthritis, and we know that losing weight is going to help reduce their pain, perfect!” - Dr. Stefan Zavalin 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Stefan Zavalin, DPT. Stefan has a passion for movement and health. After a few years working in the physical therapy world, Dr. Zavalin started a consulting business, loves to move, to help office workers reduce sitting time. The vision: change the American work culture to he...
Dec 07, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 55
💭” Something you really need to understand is the why behind why you are leaving patient care and then marry it with the why of what you want to do next ” - Dr. Meredith Castin 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Meredith Castin, PT, DPT. Meredith is the owner and founder of The Non-Clinical PT, the #1 resource for physical, occupational, and speech therapy professionals launching non-clinical careers in healthcare. Her mission is to help therapists and assistants find renewed joy in their careers by support...
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 54
💭” Essentially a weight-bearing restrictive type enlargement of the sensory cutaneous nerves in the foot, with burning, lancing, pressure type of pain, sometimes radiating pain into the toes of the foot.” - Dr. Michael Post 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Michael Post, PT, DPT, Dip.MDT, FAAOMPT. Michael graduated from Ithaca College in 2013. He has obtained diploma status in the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy, and Fellowship status of the American Academy of Manual and Manipulative T...
Nov 16, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 53
💭” The Schroth method is a classification, it’s used to help identify patients that have a risk of curve progression.” - Andrew Merget 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Andrew Merget PT, DPT, SST, OCS, Dip. MDT. Andrew earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2011 from the University of Scranton, PA. Only Diplomate for the Mckenzie Institute International located in Jacksonville, FL. In 2013, Andrew became one of the first 50 therapists certified in the Schroth Method for conservative management of scolios...
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 52
💭” They set their websites very similar, they try to upsell you further and further. ” - Matt Huey 👉🏻 Our guest is Matt Huey PT, Dip. MDT, FAAOMPT. Matt is a graduate of California State University, Northridge’s physical therapy program. He completed his certification in MDT in 2013 and the diploma in MDT in 2018. Matt became a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists in 2020. Throughout his career, he has run clinics in several states and recently started his o...
Oct 26, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 51
💭” Midline or across the back, bilateral complaints tend to be lumbar, and if it is unilateral then there may be some further consideration for the SIJ or hip problem.” - Gary Dykes 👉🏻 Our guest is Gary Dykes, PT, OCS, Dip. MDT. Gary is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia. He became Certified in MDT in 2001 and attained Diploma status in September 2003. Gary was appointed to Probationary Teaching Faculty for The McKenzie Institute in 2005 and promoted to Senior Faculty in 2014. Gary ...
Oct 14, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 50
💭” To quote the founder: “ GOATA is a simple way to have endurance durable, connective tissues security, and explosive fluid movement, and the movement was discovered by watching super athletes and babies.”.” - Lynn Grimm 👉🏻 Our guest is Lynn Grimm, PT, Dip. MDT, GOATA coach and owner of Grimm Physical Therapy. Lynn has been practicing physical therapy for over 35 years and has worked in many teaching hospitals including Tulane Medical Center, Touro Infirmary, and Charity Hospital where she s...
Oct 05, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 48
💭” If we could create an ideal world people who see patients when they are first injured would have some concept of how the body works per MDT .” - Dr. Laura Mannering 👉🏻 Dr. Laura Mannering DPT, OCS, Cert MDT specializes in orthopedic physical therapy using the MDT approach. She started her solo practice in 2016 in order to provide orthopedic care in the most ethical, reliable, and efficient manner. Having completed the MDT diploma training, she is awaiting the postponed final exam. She sees...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 2 min
💭”The NEUBIE turns off the sympathetic, inhibitory muscle tone, and you are able to utilize the muscles, nerves that are actually wanting to work. You stimulate everything around it to not overprotect.” - Jason Waz 👉🏻 Our guest is Jason Waz, PT, practice owner in Tampa, the Director of Physical Therapy for Neufit and the founder of NeuPT Technologies (2017) . Jason leads NeuPTtech (leading PT technology expert and distributor of the NEUBIE device) and helps physical therapy owners add a massi...
Sep 14, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 47
💭” The first step is, get really clear who your ideal patient is. Once you are clear on that, then you know who to reach out to, who has influence over that person.” - Jamey Schrier 👉🏻 Our guest is Jamey Schrier, PT, former private practice owner and CEO of Practice Freedom U. He is the author of The Practice Freedom Method: The Practice Owner’s Guide to Work Less, Earn More, and Live Your Passion. Jamey is on a mission to help private practice owners grow their businesses by working less, ea...
Sep 02, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 46
💭” PTs and OTs hold the key to how to set the reset button in the human body and teach the body the mechanics of how it was originally designed to work and then through repetitions cause the body to readapt. THAT IS A GREAT HUMAN MIRACLE.” - Rob Allen 👉🏻 Our guest is Rob Allen, a former newspaper reporter, and editor, and RangeMaster® owner. Rob Allen has been researching, designing, and distributing shoulder therapy tools since 1997. Over the years, the company has helped more than 1 million...
Aug 24, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 45
💭” For most athletes I see, #1 classification is derangement, the next most common would probably be contractile dysfunction (a higher proportion than normal population) and then others would be trauma, structurally compromised, serious pathology/fracture.” - Greg Lynch 👉🏻 Our guest is Greg Lynch, DipPhty, DipMT, DipMDT, PGCertRehab, MNZCP (Manip Thpy). Greg graduated from the Otago School of Physiotherapy in 1991. He completed the Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (Dip MDT) in 1994...
Aug 12, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 44
💭” Sales is basically just a conversation, where one person has a problem and the other has the solution. The person who has the solution has to communicate effectively and efficiently.” - Dr. David Kittle 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. David Kittle, DPT. Dave graduated from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Previously, Dave founded UPosture.com and Vinitial app (secure, HIPAA texting). Then, founded Concierge Pain Relief - Home Physical Therapy, which is the top rate home therapy company ...
Aug 03, 2021•1 hr 2 min
💭” In a cervicogenic headache, the source is always the upper cervical. But, you may have a contribution from the lower cervical, changing the behavior of the upper cervical.” - Pepe Guillart 👉🏻 Our guest is Pepe Guillart, PT. Pepe graduated from the School of Physiotherapy of Valencia (Spain) in 1992. From 1992 to 1995, Pepe worked with a professional women’s basketball team. In 1995, he established his own practice in Valencia, which he owns until this day, seeing mainly musculoskeletal pat...
Aug 02, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 42
💭” There is supporting evidence using MDT in the pelvic population. People are aware that spine issues can refer to pain in the pelvic area but there is not a good way so far to rule out the spine efficiently.” - Di Wu 👉🏻 Our guest is Di Wu, PT, cert. MDT, MSc(A), MMed, BMedSc, and Director of the V-Active clinic where he provides services for a wide diversity of health conditions, including musculoskeletal disorders, male pelvic-related issues, vestibular problems, chronic disease management...
Jul 13, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 41
💭 ” Get a coach, find a group that puts you in situations where you are going to have to challenge your thought processes, your understandings, and your preconceived ideas, as to what it takes to be a successful practice owner. ” - Brian Gallagher 👉🏻 Our guest is Brian Gallagher PT, President & Founder of MEG Business Management. In 1997, Brian founded one of Maryland’s largest therapy staffing companies, while at the same time launching a multi-site private practice which resulted in a s...
Jul 01, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 40
💭 ”I think if we can get congress to add PTs, OTs, SLPs as permanent telehealth providers is going to help us with other insurances that maybe are still hanging out there.” - Rick Gawenda 👉🏻 Our guest is Rick Gawenda, PT. He is a licensed physical therapist with 30 years of experience and currently serves as the founder and President of Gawenda Seminars & Consulting, Inc. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, i...
Jun 22, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 39
💭 ”In a lumbar derangement, you get the footwork cleaned up, get the feet straight, put the weight on the outside edges of your feet and the PAIN is less and the derangement reduces faster.” - Dr. Scott Holmes 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Scott Holmes PT, DPT, Cert MDT, GOATA (Greatest of All Time Athletes/Actions) credentialed. Scott is the sole owner of Holmes Physical Therapy and practices in Milan, TN, as well as utilizing telehealth services. Much of his training in MDT was while he worked for In...
Jun 10, 2021•37 min
💭 ”When you analyze research and clinical guidelines, they don't give us straightforward directions on how to detect or rule out the influence of MSDs in the majority of the neuro population.” - Santiago Argüello 👉🏻 Our guest is Santiago Gómez Argüello. BPhty, Cert MDT, CMP. He is a research professor at La Matanza National University and Maimonides University. Santiago is a member of the editorial committee of the Argentinian Journal of Respiratory & Physical Therapy, and a member of the...
Jun 01, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 37
💭 ” In the musculoskeletal epidemic the more passive care we give, the sicker that patient gets. That is what we have to get away from.” - Aideen Turner 👉🏻 Our guest is Aideen Turner, MPT, Cert. MDT, CEAS, CEO, and founder of Virtual Physical Therapists. Prior to this Aideen spent 30 years as a physical therapist, published researcher, speaker, college lecturer, clinical oversite, and owner of a busy outpatient clinic. With her background in clinical excellence, Aideen saw a need to transform...
May 20, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 36
💭 ”Exercises reduce the need for a c-section, improve cardiovascular health, and we have a better postpartum recovery.” - Dr . Kelly Ehlert 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Kelly Ehlert, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, CDNT. Kelly graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Belmont University in 2010. She is a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist, and Certified Dry Needling Therapist since 2012. In 2014 became a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist through the American Board of Physical Therapy S...
May 11, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 35
💭 ”The more bone marrow edema you have, the more risk there is that you are going to develop asymptomatic stress fracture. This is based on doing serial monitoring of asymptomatic bowlers” - Dayle Shackel 👉🏻 Our guest is Dayle Shackel, PT. Dayle works for New Zealand Cricket (NZC) as the Medical Manager and High-Performance physiotherapist where he manages the contracted group of Domestic and International team physiotherapists helps to manage long term injured athletes for contracted players...
Apr 30, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 34
💭“It’s difficult to treat contractile dysfunction because people are not identifying it correctly. “ - Duc Nguyen 👉🏻 Our guest is Duc Nguyen, PT, Dip. MDT. Duc earned his physiotherapy degree at McGill University in 2009. Ever since he has developed an expertise in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal problems, a field he is still very passionate about. Since his graduation, Duc has taken various courses in biomechanics, pain science, and manual therapy, but became especially inter...
Apr 20, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 33
💭” Nerve mobilization aims to precisely locate problem spots where the nerves travel through the body and through gentle sliding, rolling, and gliding directly on the nerve, pain and tension is relieved.” - Dr. Steve Kravitz 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Steve Kravitz, PT, DPT, CST. Steve is a physical therapist certified in craniosacral therapy and myofascial release and nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork. He uses a combined approach of physical therapy and advanced manual therap...
Apr 10, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 32
💭 ”It’s surprising how many medicare patients did not want to come into the clinic, they REALLY want to do telehealth during the PANDEMIC.” - David Grigsby 👉🏻 Our guest is David Grigsby, PT, Cert. MDT. David graduated in 2002 from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In August 2006, he achieved Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) credentialing with the McKenzie Institute, an international institute specializing in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal spine and extr...
Mar 30, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 31
💭 ” The CST is the PERFECT tool to add to concussion recovery, but it’s not the ONLY tool to use.” - Melinda Roland 👉🏻 Our guest is Melinda Roland M.A., P.T., L.Ac., O.M.D., Dipl-Ac, CST-D. She holds a B.A. in Human and Experimental Psychology from UCSB with Highest Honors, an M.A. in Physical Therapy from Stanford U. with Highest Honors, and a doctorate in Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture, with Highest Honors. In addition, she has studied extensively with the internationally known homeopath...
Mar 18, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 30
