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💭 “If you had someone with achilles tendinopathy you would want to start early on calf raises but you would not give that exercise to someone with peritendinitis because that is their provocative load. ” - Dr. Ebonie Rio. 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Ebonie Rio, PT, Ph.D. Ebonie is a Sports Physiotherapist and the Senior Clinical Research Fellow at The Australian Ballet. She also works at the Victorian Institute of Sport, co-chairs the Research Council, and consults broadly on complex injuries including with multiple AFL and AFLW clubs, Rugby, Soccer, and Basketball. Her extensive clinical experience includes working with prestigious events like the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. Ebonie has a Ph.D. in tendon pain, a Master's in Sports Phys, and a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy and Applied Science. Her research work has won several awards, including the Victorian Fresh Scientist of the Year 2015, ASICS SMA Best New Investigator 2004, 2013 & 2014 in Clinical Sports Medicine, and the Professor Mollie Holman medal for the best thesis of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Monash University 2015, among others. Ebonie is one of the top tendinopathy researchers globally and has a Research Gate score of >95% of all academics. She is ranked fourth worldwide for 'tendinopathy' researchers by ExpertScape. 📚You will learn about: ▪️ Ebonie's story and career ▪️ Achilles, patellar, hamstring, and gluteal tendinopathy ▪️ Differential diagnoses of LE tendinopathies ▪️ Treatment of tendinopathy in the LE ▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Ebonie's favorite resource of information: Infographics https://www.latrobe.edu.au/sport-and-exercise-medicine Podcasts 📲 Ebonie's contact information: LinkedIn: Ebonie Rio  🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/u8iQ5S-eaCc 👉Here is the link for the quick survey: ⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform⁠    🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://ptprotalkpodcast.mykajabi.com/ 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks 📩Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like:  Systems 4PT: bit.ly/systems4pt and  Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n 

💭 “There is no core muscle you can strengthen to such a degree that will keep your spine in the S curvature. People strengthen their core but yet they slouch” - Dr. Yoav Suprun. 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Yoav Suprun, DPT, OCS, Dip. MDT, CSCS. Dr. Yoav is a TEDx speaker and has been practicing physical therapy since 2003 after graduating from NYU. He is a senior faculty member at the McKenzie Institute USA branch. He is also the Founder and CEO of "SoBe Spine," a concierge physical therapy clinic located in Miami Beach, Florida. Dr. Yoav has been featured in multiple media outlets for his work discussing the McKenzie Method, including CBS, NBC, Huffington Post, Dr. Oz, and Shape magazine, among others. In addition to his clinical work, he lectures nationally and internationally on the topics of prevention and self-treatment for common neck, back, and extremity pain. 📚You will learn about: ▪️ Yoav's story and career ▪️ Back pain myths (core strengthening & no pain no gain) ▪️ What are McKenzie flexion exercises & when to use them ▪️ How to maintain a derangement reduction ▪️ The importance of implementing functional fitness  ▪️ How to age with elegant posture   📲 Yoav's contact information: LinkedIn: Yoav Suprun Instagram: DrYOAV Twitter: @AskDrYoav 🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/FnHdOCZ0iSI 👉Here is the link for the quick survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform  🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://ptprotalkpodcast.mykajabi.com/ 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks 📩Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like Systems 4PT: bit.ly/systems4pt and  Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n 

💭 “The diploma program helped me get to the root of the matter quickly and with experience you get better at it. You can be really busy and give the patients what they need.” - Dr. Dana Greene 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Dana T. Greene, PT, OCS, Dip. MDT. Dana received his BS in Physical Therapy from The State University of New York at Buffalo in 1986. He became a Diplomaed in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy in 1990. In 1992, Dana was appointed to Teaching Faculty for The McKenzie Institute. In 1998, Dana presented both Part A and Part C in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In 2000, he collaborated with Robin McKenzie to present the inaugural Part A course in Beijing, China. He has served on and been Chairman of the McKenzie Institute USA Board of Directors. He has also served as the Chairman of the Americas Region MDT Conferences held in Orlando, FL and Tucson, AZ. Dana has served in a mentorship role for other McKenzie Institute Faculty and currently mentors Probationary Faculty. Dana owns and practices at Summit Physical Therapy in Syracuse, NY. He is married with two children, Dana III and Alison. He is also an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association.  📚You will learn about: ▪️ Dana's story and career ▪️ Private Practice and MDT ▪️ Recommendations for those who want to own a clinic ▪️ Dana’s business model and referral sources ▪️ How to teach and sell a HEP to a patient ▪️ Back pain outcomes  ▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Dana's favorite resource of information: Robin McKenzie Textbooks Rosedale R, Rastogi R, Kidd J, Lynch G, Supp G, Robbins SM. A study exploring the prevalence of Extremity Pain of Spinal Source (EXPOSS). J Man Manip Ther. 2020 https://www.mckenzieinstituteusa.org/research-reference-list.cfm   📲 Dana's contact information: Facebook: Summit Physical Therapy LLC Instagram: Summit.PT  👉Here is the link for the quick survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform  🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/9Grhsimu7Sk   🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://www.ptprotalk.com/ 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariHannaParks 📩Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like:  Systems 4PT: bit.ly/systems4pt and Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1ty

💭 “We would expect that immediately after the isometrics there was at least a drop by half of their pain.” - Jill Cook 👉🏻 Our guest is Professor Jill Cook, PT, Ph.D.  She is an Emeritus Professor in musculoskeletal health at the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre at La Trobe University in Melbourne Australia. Jill’s research areas include sports medicine and tendon injury. After completing her Ph.D. in 2000, she investigated tendon pathology, treatment options, and risk factors for tendon injury. Jill currently supplements her research by conducting a specialist tendon practice and by lecturing and presenting workshops both in Australia and overseas.  📚What will you learn: ▪️ Jill's story and career ▪️ Tendinopathy mechanism of injury ▪️ Different stages of tendinopathy ▪️ Tendinopathy pathology development ▪️ What to look for in the assessment ▪️ Differential diagnosis and treatment for tendinopathy  🔎Jill's favorite resource of information: https://www.lasselempainen.fi/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FC_BARCELONA_TENDON_GUIDE_2021-web.pdf 📲 Jill's contact information: Twitter: @ProfJillCook 👉Here is the link for the quick survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform  🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/CO8G5mq4qrQ   🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://www.ptprotalk.com/ 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 📩Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like:  Systems 4PT: bit.ly/systems4pt and Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n

💭 “When the afference is affected, it can affect head and eye movement control and posture stability because the brain is not getting all the information correctly.” - Dr. Julia Treleaven 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Julia Treleaven Ph.D. BPhty. Julia is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Queensland. She has been researching whiplash and neck pain since 2000 and in 2004 completed her Ph.D. focusing on the neck's influence on sensorimotor control.  She has continued her research in this area, and now is also looking at the role of neck dysfunction in those with headache, dizziness, and post-concussion due to concomitant whiplash-type injury. She has over 120 publications in this area, has written several book chapters, and is an author of the recent book “Management of neck disorders- an evidence-based approach”.  Julia works part-time as a physiotherapist in a private practice managing patients such as those with headaches, whiplash, cervicogenic dizziness, and post-concussion syndrome. Julia has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences and workshops in the area of neck pain, whiplash, headache, concussion, and dizziness. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Julia's story and career ▪️ What sensorimotor disturbances in the neck are and how they happen ▪️  How to assess and manage sensorimotor disturbances ▪️  The importance of adding sensorimotor training to a conventional neck treatment ▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 📲 Julia's contact information: Research profile: https://shrs.uq.edu.au/profile/109/julia-treleaven Twitter: @JuliaTreleaven 👉Here is the link for the quick survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/2TaXh8-0_KY 🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://www.ptprotalk.com/ 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 📩Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: Systems 4PT: bit.ly/systems4pt and Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n

👉Here is the link for the quick survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzFmypv6QRZaRz7bnwA7Tq4aPwUSnKtGIdRVvDw1c6n3CmQg/viewform 💭 “You can have all the right biomechanical diagnoses, exercises, posture correction… but if the patient does not have the capacity to follow up on that, then you are getting nowhere.” - Charlotte Krog 👉🏻 Our guest is Charlotte Krog, PT. Dip. MDT, Specialist in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Master of Positive Psychology (MoPP). Charlotte graduated as a physiotherapist in 1994 and completed her Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy (Dip. MDT) in 1997. She has been part of the Danish McKenzie Institute since 2001 and was acknowledged as a specialist in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in 2005 by the Danish Physiotherapy Association. In 2007 she was appointed Faculty of the Danish McKenzie Institute. In 2015, she finished her master’s degree in Positive Psychology at Aarhus University in Denmark, where she bridged the biomedical with the humanistic paradigm and framework of understanding with the aim of ensuring a holistic approach – giving the patient a voice by using formative assessment of measuring pain, function, wellbeing, management and alliance in daily practice. She works as a specialist musculoskeletal clinical physiotherapist in private practice dealing with complex conditions, and has a special interest in long term/ persistent pain and malfunctioning. She has participated as a speaker in several national and international conferences; research projects; describing guidelines for the Danish Ministry of Health regarding cervical dischearniation, participating in designing a formal education in DK, becoming a professional mentor for health personal among a lot of other things. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Charlotte's story and career ▪️ Biopsychosocial alliance measurement by formative assessment ▪️ A way to combine pain and function measurement with well being and alliance. ▪️ How to use measurements to adjust treatment plan ▪️ What to do when the patient is not progressing as expected ▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Charlotte's favorite resource of information: https://ppc.sas.upenn.edu/ https://www.myoutcomes.com/blog-feed Musculoskeletal therapy research Conferences https://www.myoutcomes.com/outcome-rating-scale 📲 Charlotte's contact information: mail@charlottekrog.dk 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/Vy9Ttpu08a8 🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://www.ptprotalk.com/ 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 📩Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: Systems 4PT: https://systems4pt.com/ and Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n

💭 “If you have something as highly prevalent as this, even in the chronic population, that has the potential for such a good prognosis and can guide your management strategies, you would be foolish to ignore it.” - Dr. Stephen May 👉🏻 Our guest is Stephen May, MA, FCSP, Dip MDT, MSc, Ph.D. Stephen May trained as a physiotherapist in Leeds, UK, and graduated in 1990; he then worked in the NHS, UK, in musculoskeletal care. In 2002 he became a senior lecturer and then Reader at Sheffield Hallam University teaching research issues and musculoskeletal care, and supervising many MSc and Ph.D. students. He has written textbooks with Robin McKenzie detailing Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy in the Extremities (2000), Lumbar spine (2003), and Cervical spine (2006), chapters in textbooks, and articles in scientific journals; with over 100 publications in total. He has served on several national and international committees relating to guideline development and the McKenzie institute and has peer-reviewed numerous international physical therapy and musculoskeletal journals. In 2006 he was awarded a Fellowship by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy for contributions to the profession. He has more or less retired since 2019. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Stephen's story and career ▪️ Definition of centralization and directional preference ▪️ What evidence says about centralization ▪️ Centralization in acute, sub-acute, and chronic spine pain ▪️ Low Back Pain Clinical Practice Guidelines ▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Stephen's favorite resource of information: Stephen May, Nils Runge, Alessandro Aina. Centralization and directional preference: An updated systematic review with synthesis of previous evidence. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, Volume 38, 2018, Pages 53-62. Aina A, May S, Clare H. The centralization phenomenon of spinal symptoms--a systematic review. Man Ther. 2004 May S, Aina A. Centralization and directional preference: a systematic review. Man Ther. 2012 Chris Littlewood, Stephen May. Understanding Physiotherapy Research. 2014 David L. Streiner , Geoffrey R. Norman. PDQ Epidemiology, 2009. 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/LMJOXishAqs 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 📩Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: Systems 4PT: http://bit.ly/3tPCQAU and Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n

💭 “I use cupping for local tissue effect, try to improve viscoelasticity, and fluid dynamics, build rapport, and improve confidence and their ability to move.”. - Dr. Christopher DaPrato 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Christopher DaPrato, DPT, SCS, CSCS, MFDc. Dr. DaPrato obtained his Master’s degree in physical therapy from CSULB and his clinical doctorate in physical therapy from Temple University. DaPrato was an Associate Professor appointed in the PT and Orthopedics departments, & works primarily with the sports orthopedic population. He currently is a team PT for Div. 1 athletes at Cal and works extensively with their track and field, football, and soccer teams. DaPrato has been teaching CE courses over the last several years in the areas of athlete return to play, specialty concepts related to the LE, endurance athlete management, and unique manual therapy applications for injuries & athletes. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Christopher's story and career ▪️ Fascial system/structure and its response to injury ▪️ What research says about Cupping Therapy ▪️ Difference between myofascial decompression and cupping ▪️ The effects of cups with movement on the MSK system ▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Christopher's favorite resource of information: Carla Stecco. Functional Atlas of the Human Fascial System. 2015. Antonio Stecco Chaudhry, H.; Schleip, R.; et al.Three-dimensional mathematical model for deformation of human fasciae in manual therapy. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2008 📲 Christopher's contact information: IG:@cuptherapy @thestrengththerapist Website: https://www.cuptherapy.com/ 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/P4Ip9J40_0o 🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://www.ptprotalk.com/ 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 📩Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: Systems 4PT: http://bit.ly/3tPCQAU and Fitterfirst: https://bit.ly/fitter1n https://bit.ly/fitter1n

💭 “People with neck pain have an imbalance between the layers of the muscles. The deep muscles get weaker first ”. - Gwendolen Jull 👉🏻 Our guest is Gwendolen Jull AO, MPhty, Ph.D., FACP.  Gwen Jull is an Emeritus Professor in Physiotherapy at The University of Queensland, Australia. She is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist and a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists. Her career has combined teaching, research, and clinical practice. Her research has been concerned with the diagnosis and management of idiopathic neck pain, headache, and whiplash-associated disorders and quantifying the dysfunction in the cervical motor system. Gwen has taught nationally and internationally and has published over 350 articles, 40 book chapters as well as three textbooks, the most recent being the 2019 text ‘Management of neck pain disorders: A research-informed approach Elsevier, UK’. Gwen is also the co-editor of the international journal, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Gwen's story and career ▪️ Idiopathic neck pain and its symptoms ▪️ Gwen`s research on neck impairments ▪️ Assessment and management of neck pain ▪️ How to prevent a recurrence ▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Gwendolen's favorite resource of information: Jull, G. Falla, D.; Treleaven, J.; O'Leary, S.;  Lewis, J. Management of Neck Pain Disorders: a research-informed approach. 2018. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/ https://pedro.org.au/ Google Scholar, Pubmed. 📲 Gwendolen's contact information: https://shrs.uq.edu.au/profile/97/gwendolen-jull 🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/w2hxJt3sAPk 🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://www.ptprotalk.com/ 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 📩Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: http://bit.ly/3tPCQAU

💭 “MDT has great potential to be used as a biopsychosocial assessment and management tool”. - Thanos Kontos 👉🏻 Our guest is Thanos Kontos PT, MSc (Pain), Dip MDT.  Thanos graduated as a physiotherapist in 2012, in Greece. He completed the Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy (Dip MDT), in 2019 and started his master's degree in pain sciences, at the University of Athens in Greece. He became a faculty member of the McKenzie Institute at the end of 2022. He works as a specialist musculoskeletal clinical physiotherapist in private practice, dealing with the diagnosis and management of complex conditions, and has a special interest in chronic/persistent musculoskeletal pain. He has participated as a speaker and as a member of the scientific and organizational committee in scientific meetings and conferences and since 2015 he has been a scientific associate of the McKenzie Institute Hellas-Cyprus. He is a member of the Hellenic Society of Algology. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Thanos's story and career ▪️ Evidence-practice gap in the biopsychosocial model ▪️  How MDT fits in the biopsychosocial framework ▪️ The drivers of pain and disability ▪️ The cornerstones of an MDT biopsychosocial approach ▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Thanos's favorite resource of information: Interact with other clinicians Social media Google Scholar notifications Read books/literature from other specialties/sciences 📲 Thanos's contact information: Social Media: Thanos Kontos Email: tha.kontos@gmail.com 🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/1w4mZykZpog 🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://www.ptprotalk.com/ 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 📩Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: http://bit.ly/3tPCQAU