Episodes
Dec. 31, 2021
The State Of DPT Education
DPT education can become a very spirited discussion.Students are at times heard complaining about what they are being taught.Faculty members are fighting to maintain the balance between getting students ready to pass boards …
Dec. 24, 2021
Interview With Across The Continuum
Listen in this week as Mark interviews Joe Camoratto and CJ DePalma. They will discuss their Across the Continuum Program and how they have been able to help clinicians become comfortable with exercise programming in the r…
Dec. 17, 2021
Specificity In Spinal Manipulation Part 2
Last week Jarod and Mark discussed a systematic review on specificity of spinal manipulation.The review showed we didn't have any data to support specific manipulation techniquesSo what does this mean for our practice?Is spe…
Dec. 10, 2021
**Research Review** Specificity In Spinal Manipulation
A recent systematic review has been published in Scientific Reports titled - The importance of selecting the correct site to apply spinal manipulation when treating spinal pain: Myth or reality? A systematic reviewAs many of…
Dec. 3, 2021
Three Things You Don't Need To Succeed As A New Grad
Coming off of last week's episode on keys to success as a new grad we thought we would go in the opposite direction.What are three things you DON'T need to succeed as a new grad.Listen as Jarod and Mark reflect on things the…
Nov. 26, 2021
Three Keys To Success As A New Grad
We have been fortunate to have a lot of conversations with new graduates who are early in their career.We have been able to hear their struggles in our coaching and mentoring program.It has caused Jarod and Mark to reflect o…
Nov. 19, 2021
How to Deal with Clinicians Who Do Not Practice Like You
We had someone pose a question that we get A LOT!How do I handle practicing with a clinician who is practicing in dated practice patterns?So how do we go about that relationship?What has worked and not worked for Jarod and M…
Nov. 12, 2021
The Three Best Exercises You Can Do
Jarod reposted an Instagram post from 4-5 years ago on the three best exercises you can doWhat are the characteristics of these exercises?How do these apply to the unique people we see in pain?Does exercise need to be hypers…
Nov. 5, 2021
Explaining Arthritis Vs Arthropathy
Patients regularly report their pain is due to arthritisDr. Google is often no help for patients in getting a current view on what their imaging means.What is the difference between arthropathy and arthritis?How can this dis…
Oct. 29, 2021
Stop Chasing Shiny Exercises
Jarod had the following post on Twitter.You can prescribe the same exact exercise 100 different ways, with 100 different doses, 100 different intensities, and 100 different rationales for 100 different patients. We don’t nee…
Oct. 22, 2021
Is DPT School A History Lesson?
A regular complaint we see on social media comes from DPT students frustrated with what they are being taught in their DPT programsJarod and Mark both teach in DPT programs so they have been able to see both sides of this is…
Oct. 15, 2021
Navigating The Manual Therapy Pendulum
We have been talking to a lot of clinicians lately and a common theme seems to be emerging?People are frustrated. Social media per usual feeds you a dichotomy that is devoid of any nuance.Young clinicians are disenfranchise…
Oct. 8, 2021
Rethinking Joint Mobilization
Joint mobilizations are a large part of our manual therapy training in schoolWe learn the convex concave rule and arthrokinematics in detailBut does it matter?Do we need to be specific?What are the mechanisms behind an effec…
Oct. 1, 2021
Is That Really Shoulder Pain?
We have all been there.A person we are working with comes in with primary complaints of pain in the shoulder regionWe jump on the primary hypothesis of it being a primary shoulder related issue.Six visits later nothing is ch…
Sept. 24, 2021
Covid Fatigue
We are living in unprecedented times that have not likely been similarly witness since the last major pandemic of the Spanish FluCovid has taken a toll on us all. Tragically, many of us have experienced terrible loss in our …
Sept. 17, 2021
Is Stretching Worthless??
What we all were taught about stretching and what science is saying about stretching are two different thingsPer usual social media tends to create a false dichotomy of you should never or you should always stretch.What abou…
June 3, 2021
Lumbar Stenosis
Lumbar stenosis is a common imaging finding we often see in clinic.Is it always clinically relevant?How do we test this clinically?We must be careful to treat people and not images.Listen in this week as Mark and Jarod share…
May 28, 2021
What is a Clinical Process?
The first 8+ years of Mark's career was spent moving back and forth to new tools to add to the toolboxHis clinical process was to throw the kitchen sink at patients and hope for the best.If people improved or worsened he had…
May 20, 2021
Coaching And Mentoring Experiences: An Interview With Howard Yan
We have been having a blast with our first clinician enrolled in our Complete Clinician Supercharged Program. We have had a lot of questions about the structure and experiences in the program.We figured who best to tell you…
May 20, 2021
Coaching And Mentoring Experiences: An Interview With Kyle Yuro
We have been having a blast with our first clinician enrolled in our Complete Clinician Supercharged Program. We have had a lot of questions about the structure and experiences in the program.We figured who best to tell you…
May 13, 2021
Do "Unmotivated Patients" Really Exist??
Recently we had someone ask us how we get patient buy-in when the person appears unmotivated.Is someone truly unmotivated or are we missing something?How do we structure encounters and treatment programs to maximize the chan…
May 6, 2021
Dosing Exercise For Osteoarthritis
There has been a great movement to better understand and apply exercise patients.Strength and conditioning principles are important to understand when we are dosing exercise to meet the specific performance goals of our pati…
April 30, 2021
Utilization of Technicians in the Clinic
We get asked a lot about the utilization of techs in the clinic.Is this a bad thing?What's the best way to deliver high-value care while incorporating the use of technicians into care?Tune in to this week's episode of the Mo…
April 22, 2021
Prescribing Exercise Across the Continuum
I think we can all agree that we were not prepared well to prescribe exercise in schoolWe often are so focused on getting people to "discharge" we miss a huge opportunity to have a bigger impact on a person's healthHow many …