Dr. Morgan Zaranec (E-mail, LinkedIn) & Dr. Katlin Millin Daignault (E-mail) are interviewed by Dr. Leanna Blanchard on their 2023 AAOMPT breakout session, “Cancer: Not Always a Contraindication to Manual Therapy.” This discussion will be interesting for any practitioner looking to improve their understanding and comfort level with treating patients with cancer.  Here are some references mentioned in this episode and in this issue area: Yao 2021 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Caraceni 2019 Cancer Pain Assessment and Classification Hiu 2014 A Personalized Approach to Assessin ..read more

Dr. Christine Kasprisin (E-mail, LinkedIn) & Dr. Jason Silvernail (E-mail, Website, Instagram, TikTok, X) are interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci (Instagram, X, Website) on their 2023 AAOMPT breakout session, “Social Media: Meaningful Engagement for Beginners and Experts.” This interview will be interesting for the practitioner looking to engage in social media in a safe, productive, and impactful way that betters both our patients and our profession. Here is the reference mentioned in the interview: Social Media Utilization Survey. Find out more about the Foundation ..read more

Dr. Gerard Farrell (E-mail, X) is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer on his recent manuscript, "Autonomic nervous system and endocrine system response to upper and lower cervical spine mobilization in healthy male adults: a randomized crossover trial." This paper was published in the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy. This interview will be interesting for the practitioner looking to improve their understanding of a normal vs dysfunctional stress response in the body and the potential impact of cervical spine manual therapy.  Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic ..read more

Dr. Abigail Wilson (E-mail) is interviewed by Tony Varela on her recent manuscript, "Pain Phenotyping and investigation of outcomes in physical therapy: An exploratory study in patients with low back pain." This interview will be of interest to clinicians specializing in chronic pain, as well as, those caring for patients experiencing persistent lower back pain. Dr. Wilson's work on phenotyping, psychophysical testing, and conditioned pain modulation contributes to the evolution of pain management.    Here are is the other manuscript mentioned in the interview:  1) A psychophysi ..read more

Dr. Rob Sillevis (E-mail, X) is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer on his 2023 AAOMPT award winning poster titled, “The Effect of Spinal Manipulation Audible Pop on Brain Wave Activity.” This episode will be interesting for all those that teach and perform spinal manipulations. Here is the 2011 article mentioned in the interview.  Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links: Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundation Academy website: www.aao ..read more

Dr. Carly Seethaler (E-mail, X) & Dr. Ryan Vickers (E-mail, Website) are interviewed by AAOMPT Pelvic Floor SIG president Dr. Helene Bengtsson on their 2023 AAOMPT Conference Break Out Session titled, “Managing Pain Perception through Expectancy Violations and Attention Alterations.” This episode would be interesting for all clinicians to spark curiosity in the therapeutic power of how the process of expectation setting with our patients can lead to improved patient subjective pain reports and self-perceived functional status. Here is the 2017 article referenced in the interview.  Fin ..read more

Dr. Nick Helton (E-mail, LinkedIn, Instagram) is interviewed by Dr. Leanna Blanchard on his award winning poster from this year’s 2023 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Non-Thrust Joint Manipulation to the Upper Cervical Spine for the Management of Balance Impairments in a Patient with Cervicogenic Dizziness: A Case Report.” This episode would be interesting for clinicians who enjoy working through the clinical reasoning and successful implementation of manual therapy to a complex patient case.    Here are the references mentioned in the interview: -How to Diagnose Cervicogen ..read more

Dr. Patricia Nelson is interviewed by former AAOMPT Pelvic Floor SIG President Dr. Kelli Wilson about the AAOMPT Pelvic Floor SIG and their recently published clinical Commentary, “Managing Pelvic Floor Functional Roles of Stability and Respiration: Part of the Job for All Physical Therapists.” Here are a few resources discussed in the episode: AAOMPT Pelvic Health Decision Tree, Coccygeal Movement Test, MARM (Manual Assessment of Respiratory Motion) tool, High Low Breathing Tool.  Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and t ..read more

Dr. Shanon Fronek (e-mail, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter) is interviewed by AAOMPT Sports Sig President Dr. Margaux Lojacono about her current role with the Seattle Mariners as a rehab and return to play specialist. This episode will be interesting for practitioners looking to work in professional sports. Dr. Fronek discusses not only her experience in the professional baseball and basketball setting, but also, how she prepared and put herself in a position of success to obtain these roles.  Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOM ..read more

Dr.Phil Sizer (e-mail, LinkedIn) is interviewed by Skip Gill about managing chronic pain and strategies to connect with and treat patients.  Dr. Sizer also gives us an overview of how research innovations become reality and what types of resources are available. This episode contains information that will be interesting for clinicians, educators, and research who want to learn more about chronic pain management and how to navigate the research innovation process. The book Dr. Sizer mentions during this interview is:  Mechanisms and Management of Pain for the  Phy ..read more