PT Pro Talk

💭 ”What if we challenge students, staff, clinicians in the PT profession around the corner and around the world to do an act of service on the same day, wherever they were. And share the moments had and connections made online and on social media, what became the #ptdos.” - Dr. Efosa Guobadia 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Efosa L. Guobadia, PT, DPT. Efosa is the Founder of the integrated wellness company FFITT Health; Founder and CEO of Move Together, a for purpose organization dedicated to improving access to quality rehab medicine around the corner and around the world; Co-Founder of the initiative Global PT Day of Service, which has spanned over 80 countries since its inception in 2015; and Founder of the informational website PT Haven. In 2017, he contributed a chapter on sustainability and the closing afterword for the book ‘Why Global Health Matters”, edited by Dr. Chris E. Stout, and with a foreword by Nobel Laureate Jody Williams. He received his BS in Kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts in 2007 and his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Scranton in 2010. He is the recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Young Alumni Award given by the University of Massachusetts/Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences. He is a 2018 American Physical Therapy Association Social Impact Award Recipient.  He is currently based out of Guatemala City, Guatemala. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Efosa's story and career ▪️ PT Day of Service ▪️ Projects offered ▪️ How to participate ▪️ What is Move Together ▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Efosa's favorite resource of information: 1- Engage and follow different people on LinkedIn 2- Sign up for different newsletters: Business:https://thehustle.co/ https://www.morningbrew.com/daily Healthcare: Fitt insider: https://insider.fitt.co/ Dr. Chris Stout - Tools for change - Newsletter 3-Podcasts: https://peterattiamd.com/podcast/ http://www.alifeinfull.org/podcast.html ? https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/ 4-Book: Dale, C. How to Win Friends and Influence People. 1998 5-Move Together youtube link: https://youtu.be/T-X_R38jlCw 📲Efosa’s contact information: https://www.movetogether.org/ http://ptdayofservice.com/ 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/N6xKa0DZKWc 🎙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

💭 ”Know your audience and know how you can help them. Think of it from how can I serve you before you think of how can I make money.” - Chanda Jothen 👉🏻 Our guest is Chanda Jothen, PT. Chanda is a physical therapist who has taken her talents out of the clinic and online. She currently runs the website Pink Oatmeal, with a mission to make gross motor and fine motor skills fun. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and three kids. When she is not working you can find her driving kids to sports, watching kids sports, cleaning up after kids, and if she has time, sipping a good margarita by the pool. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Chanda's story and career ▪️ How to start an online business ▪️ How to develop it and grow it ▪️ How to monetize an online business ▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Chanda's favorite resource of information: 1. Mastermind group 2. Podcasts - Story Brand 📲Chanda’s contact information: Website:https://www.pinkoatmeal.com/ https://therapyblogging101.com/ 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/4_Rwbw3Q-XI 🎙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

💭” It does not matter what the circumstance is, it is how I think about the circumstance that will ultimately dictate the reality, the results that I create in my life.” - TaVona Denise 👉🏻 Our guest is TaVona Denise, DPT. TaVona is A former physical therapist, master certified coach, and business mentor, TaVona is the creator of Launch Therapy™️, a process that helps coaches launch their group programs with ease so that they can bring in their favorite clients consistently without suffering from launch burnout or hating the process. She helps coaches redesign their business so they can actually have the lifestyle and impact they started the business for.  TaVona is the author of Unstoppable Success: How to Finally Create the Body, Business and Lifestyle You Want and the voice behind the podcasts, Breaking Protocol and Coaching & Conversations. When she is not handling business, you can find her singing karaoke or enjoying the white sands and beautiful blue waters of Mexico which she currently calls home. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ TaVona's story and career ▪️ Difference between PRN and independent contractor ▪️ Importance of mindset ▪️ How to change perspectives ▪️ When to hire a coach ▪️ Shifting one`s mindset from employee to entrepreneur ▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎TaVona's favorite resource of information: 1.https://thelifecoachschool.com/podcast/ 2. https://www.tavonadenise.com/breaking-protocol-podcast/ 📲TaVona’s contact information: Website: https://www.tavonadenise.com/breaking-protocol-podcast/ Instagram: @tavonadenise 🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/6Es3VTMCnpI 🎙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

💭``The things that happened to us as children, affect our mental and physical health later. I realized that I could help people as much as I wanted to with manual therapy and exercises and yet they would never get better because their pain was from a different source. ``- Dr. Janet Delong 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Janet Delong PT, DPT, MHS, LSW, Cert MDT. Janet is a physical therapist, a licensed social worker/mental health therapist, and is a Nationally Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach. She works as a Training Specialist and Community Liaison for Prevention Insights at Indiana University. She also owns Delong Wellness, LLC and is an adjunct professor for IU and Ivy Tech. Janet has a passion for working with people who deal with persistent pain, who have experienced trauma, who have issues around mental health and substance use, and/or who are oppressed in some way. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, the American Physical Therapy Association, the National Association of Social Workers, and is a budget coach at Habitat for Humanity. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Janet's story and career ▪️ The impact of coaching in communicating with patients ▪️ What is motivational interviewing ▪️ Trauma and persistent pain ▪️ Creating a safe space for patients ▪️ Adverse childhood experiences ▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Jenet's favorite resource of information: 1- Lorimer Moseley and Adriaan Louw 2-Stephen Porges. The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation. 2011. 3-Bessel van der Kolk. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. 2015. 📲Jenet's contact information: Website:https://www.delongwellness.com/ 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/yXxoRSz5gOI 🎙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

💭” We tend to think of the opioid crisis being an outpatient orthopedic-only issue but is something that stands all aspects of our practices and all aspects of our society.” - Dr. Steven Kinney 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Steve Kinney PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, FiT. Dr. Kinney earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Columbia University. He completed extensive training in Neuro-Developmental Treatment, becoming certified in Recovering Function. He helped develop APTA Indiana’s Pain Special Interest Group and is the current chair. Steven has practiced in outpatient, subacute rehab, home health, inpatient rehab, and acute care hospital settings with diverse patient populations. He currently works in outpatient and acute care hospital settings. He is also a lab instructor and guest lecturer at Indiana State University. He has taught and developed continuing education courses for physical therapists and other healthcare professionals at the state and national levels. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Steven's story and career ▪️ Definition of opioid use disorder ▪️ How to identify an opioid use disorder ▪️ The relationship between persistent pain and OUD ▪️ PT's role in the prevention and treatment of OUD ▪️ Preventive strategies for different stages/pathways of OUD ▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Steven's favorite resource of information: 1- Todd E Davenport. et al. Navigating the Intersection Between Persistent Pain and the Opioid Crisis: Population Health Perspectives for Physical Therapy - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32115638/. 2020 2- APTA white paper - "Beyond Opioids: How Physical Therapy Can Transform Pain Management to Improve Health": https://www.apta.org/contentassets/b9421650038941469c75d06a0a191069/beyond-opioids-white-paper.pdf 3- Jake Magel, PT, PhD, DSc- opioids research 4-Quinones, Sam. The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth. 2021 5- Naloxone virtual course: https://reg.link/event-registrations/registration/?eventID=43EF444D-B677-ACF4-0955CB0467D16F0E 📲Steven's contact information: Email: stevengkinney@gmail.com Twitter: @Steven_KinneyPT LinkedIn @StevenKinneyPT - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenkinneypt/ Instagram @StevenKinneyPT 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/Tdezad0zesw 🎙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

💭” If we don't reorient that seesaw our nervous system will continue to throw muscles into overdrive and make postural compensations in an effort to continue the SNS response.” - Beth Genday 👉🏻 Our guest is Beth Genday PT, MHS. Beth has been a practicing PT for 34 years.  Though she has practiced in a variety of settings, her area of focus is the effect of trauma and stress on pain and the musculoskeletal system.  She has her BS in Nutrition and Physical Therapy and a Masters in Orthopedic Physical Therapy.  Beth is currently working on research projects regarding the role of the PT in pelvic pain clinics. She also teaches and reviews courses for the APTA and enjoys teaching opportunities and education and does much Pro Bono work in this area. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Beth's story and career ▪️ Differences and similarities between stress and trauma ▪️ How pain and stress/trauma are connected ▪️ How an elevated SNS affects MSK performance ▪️ How to improve an elevated SNS ▪️ Opioid addiction ▪️ Creating a team support system for patients and PTs ▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Beth's favorite resource of information: 1- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. De Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. 2014 2- Pubmed matched search with trauma and pain 3- Podcasts 4- facebook groups about trauma and pain 5-Mary Massery’s LINKED: Breathing and Postural Control - LIVE WEBINAR 📲Beth's contact information: Website: https://abetterwayphysicaltherapy.com/ email: bgenday@att.net Facebook: A Better Way PT Instagram: AbetterwayPT 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/43GD0ppxCqs  🎙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

💭” People supposedly screen the spine when they have an extremity patient, but it doesn't seem to be any data to tell people, is it a frequent thing? A rare thing? What is the prevalence like? ” - Richard Rosedale 👉🏻 Our guest is Richard Rosedale PT, Dip MDT. Richard graduated from Guy’s Hospital School of Physiotherapy (London, UK) in 1992. After emigrating to Canada, he completed his Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) in 1997. Richard worked in orthopedics and Occupational Health at London Health Sciences Centre, Canada from 1993 till 2018. Richard has been active in research since 2007 and has authored or co-authored over twenty articles and letters to the editor, primarily exploring the clinical utility of MDT. He has also co-authored various book chapters. Since 2003 Richard has been a member of the McKenzie Institute teaching faculty and teaches healthcare professionals throughout Canada and Internationally. In 2005 Richard was appointed to the Institute’s International Education Council. He has led numerous educational projects, including the development of online learning courses and live-course educational materials which are used for teaching in over 40 countries throughout the world. Richard was the recipient of the McKenzie Institute's 2014 Bronze Lady Award for his outstanding contributions over many years to both MDT research and MDT education. In 2018 Richard was appointed as the International Director of Education and the Diploma Coordinator for the McKenzie Institute International.   📚What will you learn: ▪️ Richard's story and career ▪️ EXPOSS study and its findings ▪️ The importance of screening the spine ▪️ Indicators of extremity pain of spinal source ▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Richard's favorite resource of information: 1- regularly check main journals 2- twitter 📲Richard's contact information: education@mckenzieinstitute.org https://www.mckenzieinstitutecanada.org/faculty.cfm#fac130 Mckenzie institute Reference List: https://mckenzieinstitute.org/clinicians/research-and-resources/reference-list/ Richard`s papers of Extremity Pain of Spinal Source: A study exploring the prevalence of Extremity Pain of Spinal Source (EXPOSS) - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31476129/ Exploring indicators of extremity pain of spinal source as identified by Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT): a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35076353/ 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/_DLsabNvTf8 🎙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

💭” A large number of family medicine docs appreciate that they don't have good training and they really don't know what they are doing in MSK and spine cases, and they are open to hearing things.” - Dr. Ronald Donelson 👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Ronald Donelson, MD, MS, Dip MDT. Dr. Donelson is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specialized in and researched diagnostics and non-operative spine care for more than 30 years. He earned a Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy in 1990 and a Master of Science Degree in 1999. He founded SelfCare First in 2004 with a mission to globally improve the quality and cost of care for individuals seeking help for painful low back, neck, and all other musculoskeletal disorders. He has published numerous spinal research studies, chapters, and review articles; presented over one hundred research papers, conference workshops, courses, and symposia in more than 15 countries. He has published three books and a DVD.  He has been an Advisory Editor with the journal Spine for many years and a frequent reviewer with other journals. He is a member of low back and neck pain clinical guideline panels with the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the North American Spine Society and a Sr. member of both the North American Spine Society and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Dr. Donelson`s book and DVD: “Rapidly Reversible Low Back Pain: An Evidence-Based Pathway to Widespread Recoveries and Cost Saving” “Solving the Mystery: The Key to Rapid Recoveries for Most Back and Neck Pain” “Rapid Recoveries Without Surgery For Back, Neck, and Painful Joints: The Power of a Precise Diagnosis” DVD: “The Best Treatment Begins With a Precise Diagnosis” 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Ronald's story and career ▪️ MSK training in medical school ▪️ Why MDT is not widely known in the PCP world ▪️ How to increase the MDT exposure for patients ▪️ Create a team-based approach coordinating PCPs and MDTs ▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers 🔎Ronald's favorite resource of information: 1- Mckenzie books and courses 2-Mckenzie clinicians published texts 3-Podcasts 📲Ronald's contact information: Email:donelson@selfcarefirst.com Website: https://selfcarefirst.com/ 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/X2cwSFenpgw 🎙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

💭” The more training you get, the better you are, the less money you make in the fee for service model.” - Brent Cunning 👉🏻 Our guest is Brent Cunning, Advanced Practice PT, Cert. MDT. Brent is an advanced practice physical therapist with a special focus on low back pain diagnosis, treatment, and triage. He trained with orthopaedic spine surgeons, neurosurgeons, interventional radiologists, pain specialists, and rheumatologists learning to interpret spine MRIs, CTs, and radiographs. He triaged over 2500 low back pain cases over 3 years for the spine and neurosurgeons in London, Ontario, Canada determining appropriateness for exercise-based care, imaging, injection, medication, or surgical intervention. He helped transition this program to virtual delivery at the onset of COVID using MDT to maintain assessment and treatment quality. Brent left this role in 2021 and is now involved full-time in DisruptionMSK, a project he has been building since 2017. DisruptionMSK is an education platform designed to help MDT providers build profitable virtual care practices, create awareness of MDT among individuals with MSK pain and primary care providers through mass digital marketing, create an online collaborative network of like-minded MDT entrepreneurs, build value-based collaborations between MDT clinicians and primary care providers, and ultimately get a repeated exam on the front-end of every orthopaedic assessment across disciplines, across the world. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Brent's story and career ▪️ MDT clinicians getting financially penalized ▪️ Business model for MDT clinic owners ▪️ Fee for Service Model vs Case Rate ▪️ How consumer behavior is changing ▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Brent's favorite resource of information: 1- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder: 3. 2014. Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2- Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life.2018. Nassim Nicholas Taleb. 3- Marcus Aurelius - Meditations 📲Brent's contact information: https://disruptionmsk.com/ Facebook and Linked In: @BrentCunning 🎥Link to interview on Youtube: 🎙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

💭” The goal of the company was to take the MDT model and have a way to standardize clinicians and measure outcomes consistently to perform quality assurance in clinicians. ” - Dr. Scott W. Eiselt and Nick Belles 👉🏻 Our guests are Dr. Scott W. Eiselt PT, DPT, Dip.MDT and Nick Belles BSBS. Scott attended Marquette University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical science. He went on to attend graduate school at Marquette, earning a Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2006. In 2012, Scott completed post-graduate training in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy® (MDT) through the McKenzie Institute International® and was awarded a Diploma in MDT. In 2012, he joined Integrated Musculoskeletal Care™ (IMC).  Scott is currently the VP of Clinical Operations with IMC, along with that he serves as a clinician, Grand Round Tutor, and a clinical trainer for primary care providers. Nick Belles is the Vice President of Operations for Integrated Musculoskeletal Care (IMC). In this role, he oversees the operations for IMC on the non-clinical side. Nick has been with IMC for the past 6 years and provides assistance in a variety of roles including account management, account implementation, data analytics, product development, and business development. Before IMC, Nick worked for a management consulting firm named Central IQ and is a graduate of Florida State University with a double major in Biology and Science Teaching. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Scott and Nick's story and career ▪️ IMC’s business model ▪️ The difference from IMC business model to regular PT models ▪️ Traning and quality assurance of the clinicians ▪️ Clinical process ▪️ How IMC integrates technology into treatment practices ▪️ Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Scott and Nick's favorite resource of information: 1- Peers and colleagues 2- Training modules/web-based platform (IMC) 3- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't: 1. Jim Collins. 2001 4-The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds. Michael Lewis. 20164 5-Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Ron Chernow. 2004. 📲Scott and Nick's contact information: Email: Nick: nick.belles@imcpt.com Scott: scott.eiselt@imcpt.com IMC website: www.imcpt.com IMC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IMCheadquarters/ IMC LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/integrated-mechanical-care-inc- 🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/dgBVc0mz81A 🎙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