Bart McDonald is the owner of Superior Physical Therapy in Idaho. His clinics specialize in diagnostic ultrasound as a means to provide greater insight into diagnosis, treatment plan, and progress. In this episode, we discuss the utility of diagnostic ultrasound and EMG and how you can use that information to determine prognosis and provide more efficacious treatment. Below are some helpful resources!

Resources:

Bart's Personal Email: bartmpt@gmail.com

Instagram: Superior.physical.therapy

Website:Superior Physical Therapy

Mohini Rawat Ultrasound Textbook

What if there was a way to measure how much stiffness you are generating around the spine and correlating that number with how much weight you lift to determine your risk of pain? That's exactly what Sean is researching and the topic of our conversation. Sean is a DPT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT and we cover how he measures spinal stiffness using a Tindeq scale and a modified lifting belt. We discuss his current research, some of his views on low back pain, his approach to assess it, and more. Below are resources to get access to more of Sean's content. Please check it out!

Resources

Instagram: @dr.sean.m.harris

Sean's Website (Various service provided)

Tindeq Scale

Emily Ferree is a Doctor of Phsyical Therapy affiliated with multiple MLB organizations to assist in pitching analysis as well helping multiple players with the Chargers organization. She is also a biomechanist who trained with Christ Powers at USC.

Topics of this conversation include thoughts on both upper and lower quarter biomechanical assessment. Posture, and exercise progression tips to help you understand how to get your athlete back to full performance effectively.

Resources:

- Instagram: ferree.pt.lab

Ray Gorman is the founder of Engage Movement. He specializes in helping providers who want to work with active populations to create cash-based practices that include both in person and online clientele. We discuss Ray's process step by step to make it as easy as possible to understand as well as addressing my most requested questions. Something to know: investing in the future you want will require a lot of frontloaded work and sacrifice, but with effort and guidance, it is achievable. If you are interested in contacting Ray's group or seeing if they could be right for you, follow the links below.

Links:

Instagram: @raygormandpt

Website: Engage Movement

Free Training Courses: Here

Free Business Starter Checklist: Here

What and why do chiropractors do what they do and how is it different than other methods of intervention you may receive? Strat and I cover that question and more in this conversation, including the original theory behind chiropractic care, his personal views, and what some of the current evidence suggests about chiropractic care.

Dr. Stratton Poulson is the owner of Apex Chiropractic in Dallas, Texas, and the founder of Apex Chiropractic Education, an international seminar company that provides in-person and online courses to improve the hands-on skills of students and seasoned clinicians.

Resources:

- Apex Chiropractic

- Instagram: @stratpoulson

- YouTube: Dr. Stratton Poulson

- TikTok: @dr.strattonpoulson

Dr. Jennifer Stone , PT, DPT, OCS, PHS is a current instructor for Evidence in Motion (EIM). The pelvic floor may be the missing link your patient or client needs to finally clear out that persistent low back, SI, or hip pain. The best part is that you don't need to take a bunch of courses or learn how to do internal exams to begin addressing those limitations. Dr. Jennifer Stone demystifies how the pelvic floor can be screened, assessed, and begin to be addressed in orthopedic settings. Obviously, if pelvic floor therapy interests you, you should of course seek out continuing education to gain the highest learning available to help your patients, but there may be strategies you can begin to introduce now that could make a world of difference. Happy to have you!

Resources

- Dr. Stone Bio

- Pelvic Health 1 course $629

With over 15 years of experience, Jared Countess, known as Professor Corrective, is a trainer who specializes in seeing the body as a unified system - not separate and distinct, but an organized and highly connected system. It could be that you or your patients are continuing to have pain because there are dysfunctions found outside the location of pain that are not being addressed. It could be that the area of pain was never the problem to begin with, but rather where the system broke down because of dysfunction elsewhere that overloaded the area that experiences pain. We dig into this and similar ideas in this insightful episode.

Professor Corrective Info:

- Instagram: @prof_corrective

- Founder of Upcoming Wellness @upcoming_wellness

- Website and classes can be found in his instagram bio.

- Jared's course: R.A.S. (Release, Activate, Stretch) found on Instagram

Jared's Favorite Resources:

- Fascial Training: A Whole-System Training Approach by Bill Parisi

-"From Muscle to the Myofascial Unit: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives", Stecco et. al.

People Discussed:

- Bill Hartman

- Vladimir Janda - Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance: The Janda Approach

It can be hard to know the best way to move forward and continue to have real purpose after PT school . In this episode, Mark and I condense what you need to know about fellowships to help you better understand if it may be a good path for you, as well as the types of fellowships available and the importance of pursuing continued education.

Mark Shepherd is a well-known name in physical therapy continuing education. He is a fellowship trained physical therapist and currently serves as the Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy (OMPT) fellowship program director for Bellin College as well as faculty for their DPT program. He is also a top contributor and group expert on the "Mindful Clinicians" therapy group on Facebook (which I think has some excellent content).

Mark's info:

X: @shepdpt

Instagram: @mark_h_shepher

Email: mark.shepherd@bellincollege.edu