The Thinking Practitioner

Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau give a crash course on frozen shoulder/adhesive capsulitis, discussing recent research and comparing their respective views and strategies. Download the free handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests, and join them at the upcoming Shoulder Jam event via Whitney or Til’s sign-up link.   Episode topics include:  Types, terms, stages, and debates  Who gets it, why, and what makes it stiff?  What can we do about it, from biomechanical and biopsychosocial perspectives?  Get the handout or get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites!  Resources and references discussed in this episode:  Download the handout for full references and more  Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com   Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com  Sponsor Offers:  The Shoulder Jam event, via Til or Whitney‘s links   Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com.  About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us   (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.) 

Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe share their ideas, strategies, techniques, and tests for better results with the most common type of shoulder condition, subacromial pain syndrome (SAPS) and its myriad presentations, including rotator cuff pain, etc. Download the handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests from http://a-t.tv/ttp-saps/ Episode topics include: Shoulder Impingement Syndrome: SIS or SAPS? Rotator cuff syndrome, labrum injuries, adhesive capsulitis, and more Biomechanical and biopsychosocial perspectives and approaches Get the handout or get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources and references discussed in this episode: Download the handout for full references and more Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com  Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com  Sponsor Offers:  The Shoulder Jam event, via Til or Whitney‘s links  Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking. Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com. About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us  (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Whitney Lowe talks with Robin Anderson about her new role as president of the Massage Therapy Foundation and how research plays an important role in our field. They also dive deep into some issues around curriculum design and the crucial importance of developing solid educational programs to ensure the future success of our field.   Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources and references discussed in this episode:  Massage Therapy Foundation massagetherapyprofessor.com Sponsor Offers:  Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com.  About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us  (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe share their top resources for information and inspiration, both professionally and personally, letting us in on everything from their favorite podcasts, playlists, books, and apps, to how they recharge and find meaning in their work and in their lives.  Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources and references discussed in this episode:  Mendeley   Zotero   PubMed   Sci-hub (note this URL often changes)   Concast (Conor Collins)  2 Massage Therapists and & Microphone (Canadian perspective)  Clinical Edge/Physio Edge (David Pope)   Physio Matters (Jack Chew)  Gait Guys   Google Scholar   ResearchGate   Wiggins: Understanding by Design  Christensen: Innovators’ Dilemma   Jarvis: A Company of One   Greg Lehman: Reconciling Biomechanics (online version)   Pat Metheny Group   Micheal Hedges   Indian Classical Music for Studying   Til Luchau on Spotify   Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com  Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com   Sponsor Offers:  Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com.  About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us  (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Whitney Lowe and Til Luchau share trivia, tips, tests, and techniques for working with thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), including some cool self-care methods for you and your clients. Find out why TOS is “one of the most controversial topics in musculoskeletal medicine,” and how Til and Whitney actually work with TOS symptoms in practice. Download the handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests from http://a-t.tv/ttp-tos/ Get the handout or get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources and references discussed in this episode: Download the handout for full references etc.: http://a-t.tv/ttp-tos/ Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com  Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com  Sponsor Offers:  Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com.  Episode image from an 3D tomography image by Hellerhoff (public domain image). About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us  (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Clinician and educator Drew Freedman talks about navigating many challenges of managing a busy clinic in the heart of Boston. The clinic was severely impacted by the Boston Marathon bombing and then again this past year during the Covid challenge. We discuss how to face adversity and how to continue looking forward and not let these challenges drag you down.  Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites!  Resources and references discussed in this episode: Boston Bodyworker site: bostonbodyworker.com/ Learn 2 Tape: learn2tape.com/ Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com  Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com  Sponsor Offers:  Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com.  About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us  (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Art Riggs was one of the first Certified Rolfers[tm] to publish a book about "advanced" techniques. His textbook (Deep Tissue Massage) was adopted by massage therapy programs worldwide, and as a result, his teaching and style has influenced tens of thousands massage and manual therapists in the decades since. Art talks with Til Luchau about his work, aging, self-care, and more.  Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites!   Resources and references discussed in this episode:  Art Riggs’ site: deeptissuemassagemanual.com  Art Riggs’ videos and DVDs on Til’s site: a-t.tv/art-riggs Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com  Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com  Sponsor Offers:  Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com.  About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us  (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

What are cervicogenic headaches? Are they even a thing, and if so, why are they particularly amenable to manual therapy and massage? Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe discuss these questions, and share some self-care tips for you and your clients. Download the handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests from http://a-t.tv/ttp-cgh/  Episode topics include:  What kinds of headaches CAN manual therapy help with?  What’s the controversy around cervicogenic headaches?  What kinds of self-care help?  Get the handout: a-t.tv/ttp-cgh/ or get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites!  Resources and references discussed in this episode:  Toby Hall, Kathy Briffa & Diana Hopper (2008) Clinical Evaluation of Cervicogenic Headache: A Clinical Perspective, Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 16:2, 73-80, DOI: 10.1179/106698108790818422  Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com  Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com  Sponsor Offers:  Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com.  About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us  (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

What makes taking care of ourselves so hard? Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe dissect the difficulties, and share their favorite excuses for not putting their own care first.  Episode topics include:  The five key self-care behaviors;  The date we’re most likely to give up on our resolutions;  Getting “internal bipartisanship” around your own self-care initiatives.  Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites!  Resources and references discussed in this episode:  Stress in America™ report on caregivers’ self-care  Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com  Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com  Sponsor Offers:  Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com.  About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us  (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe review highlights and take-aways from the star-studded first season of their acclaimed podcast (yea, right).  Most-Downloaded:  03 Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Causes, Controversies, and Considerations  15 Robert Schleip: Talking to Fascia, Changing the Brain, 20 Years Later  07 Scoliosis and Manual Therapy  11 Stretching the Tissues, or the Truth?  12 The Cytokine Storm of COVID-19  First Season, by Episode:  01,02 The Back Story, Pt. 1, Pt 2  03 Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Causes, Controversies, and Considerations  04,08 Key Challenges Facing Our Field, Pt. 1, Pt 2  05 Documentation and Electronic Health Records (with Diana Thompson)  06 Tendons and Tendinopathies  07 Scoliosis and Manual Therapy  09 What the Heck is Descending Modulation?  10 When Does the Tissue Matter?  11 Stretching the Tissues, or the Truth?  12 The Cytokine Storm of COVID-19  13 Inflammation: Hands-On  14 Do We Keep Doing This?  15 Robert Schleip: Talking to Fascia, Changing the Brain, 20 Years Later  16 Benny Vaughn: Black Lives Matter.  17 Who Charts our Path?  18 Ann Blair Kennedy and Kemi Balogun: Project COPE  19 What About Risk? (cohost: Ruth Werner)  20 A Pain in the Neck: Cervical Challenges and Strategies  21 My Aching (Upper) Back: Thoracic Spine Pain  22 Gil Hedley: Fascia, Fuzz and Furor  23 Do Expectations Shape Results? Mark Bishop  24 Plantar Foot Pain Crash Course  25 Psoas Work: Is it Safe? Is it Necessary?  26 Zoga: Movement for Manual Therapists (with Wojtek Cackowski)  27 The Little Man in Your Brain: The Homunculus  28 Advanced Credentialing and Massage as Healthcare (with Cal Cates)  Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites!  Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com  Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com  Sponsor Offers:  Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com.  About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us  (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)