Podcast – Evidence In Motion

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know. From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way. This week we are connected with Dr. Kevin Wilk, a leading authority in the rehabilitation of sports and orthopedic conditions for the past 37 years. He is currently the associate clinical director for Champion Sports Medicine in Birmingham, AL. He is the Vice President of Clinical Research and Education for Select Medical, director of Rehabilitative Research at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, and adjunct assistant professor in the PT program at Marquette University. He has published over 190 journal articles, 130 book chapters, 10 textbooks, and lectured at over 1200 professional and scientific meetings throughout the world. He has received countless awards including the Ron Peyton Award for career achievement from the sports physical therapy section of the APTA, the James Andrews Award for achievement in the area of baseball science, inducted in the Sports Section Blackburn Hall of Fame, and received a tremendous honor when the Sports Physical Therapy Section of the APTA named the Traveling Fellowship after him. Instagram: @wilk_kevin 

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know. From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way. This week we are connected with David Butler, a physiotherapy graduate of the University of Queensland (1978). He has a graduate diploma in advanced manipulative therapy (1985), a masters degree by research from the University of South Australia (1996) and a doctorate in education from Flinders University (2010). David is a clinician, an international freelance educator, an Adjunct Associate Professor with the University of South Australia and an Honoured Lifetime Member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association. His professional interests focus on the integration of neurobiology into clinical decision making and public and professional education in pain, stress and performance management. Food, wine and fishing are also research interests. Author of numerous book chapters and articles and the texts Mobilisation of the Nervous System (1991), The Sensitive Nervous System (2000), David has also co-authored of Explain Pain (2003, 2nd Edn 2013), The Graded Motor Imagery Handbook (2012) and The Explain Pain Handbook: Protectometer (2015). More Links:  Email: david@djsyt.com

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know. From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way. This week we are connected with Enda King PhD MSc, who combines his roles as a sports physiotherapist, strength and conditioning coach, researcher, and educator through his work with individual athletes and elite teams across a spectrum of sports and disciplines. Currently, he is Head Elite Performance and Development in Aspetar, Doha, Qatar and traveling internationally to work with athletes and professional clubs. He currently lives between Qatar and Ireland with his wife Michelle and their 3 children Eleanor, Ethan and Iarlaith.    More Links:  twitter: @enda_king Website: https://www.enda-king.com/

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know. From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way. This week we are connected with Dr. Larry Benz.  More Links:  Twitter: @physicaltherapy IG: physicaltherapist

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know. From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way. This week we are connected with  More Links:  Website: https://www.juliewiebept.com/ Twitter: @juliewiebept Reference Paper 

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know. From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way. This week we are connected with  More Links:  @ptreviewer

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know. From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way. This week we are connected with Peter O'Sullivan is Professor of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. In addition to his teaching and research, he works in clinical practice as a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2005) at bodylogic.physio in Perth, Australia. He is recognised internationally as a leading clinician, researcher and educator in the management of complex musculoskeletal pain disorders More Links:  Peter O'Sullivan Twitter: @PeteOSullivanPT Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard Link

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know. From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way. This week we are connected with Stephania Bell, a physical therapist, author, on-air and online sports commentator at ESPN where she serves as an American football injury analyst. More Links:  Twitter: @Stephania_ESPN 

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know. From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way. This week we are connected with Dr Shirley A. Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is a renowned teacher, researcher, and clinician. She began teaching in 1961 and spent 54 years educating two generations of physical therapists, and was the first director of the Movement Science Program.

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know. From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way. This week we are connected with Dr. Kelly Starrett is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, author, speaker and CrossFit trainer. His 2013 fitness book, Becoming a Supple Leopard, was featured on The New York Times bestselling sports books list. He is a co-founder, with his wife Juliet Starrett, of the fitness website The Ready State, formerly MobilityWOD. More Links: Website: www.thereadystate.com Instagram:  @thereadystate

Welcome to the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season we're digging ever deeper into the PT industry's biggest movers and shakers. Join us, your co-hosts, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, the authors of Movers & Mentors, as we deep-dive with the big guns – answering the big questions every future and current PT wants to know.   From Confluent Health and Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers & Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking our industry heavyweights for their wisdom, deconstructing influential quotes and learning a thing or two along the way.    This week we are connected with Tim Flynn, PT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT, FAPTA of Colorado In Motion and South College.  More Links: Tim Reynolds – Twitter -@ TimReynoldsDPTMovers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentors Tim Flynn - Twitter - @timothywflynn Confluent Health - Twitter @ConfluentHealth Evidence In Motion – Twitter- @EIMTeam 

Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski. From Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers and Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy. Join us for this special BONUS edition of Practice Leadership where Heidi Jannenga, PT, DPT, ATC co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of WebPt joins to discuss the recent WebPT state of the union report that has on emphasis on technology, new trends in the physical therapy industry & profession today.  Heidi expands on how the state of the rehab therapy survey was started; it began 6 years ago as a way to find more information about the entire physical therapy industry as a whole. As they looked at all the resources there was no information that truly represented the entire industry. They created this survey, and it had a great response and continues too. They get upwards of 7,000 – 8,000 respondents. The respondents are outside of just WebPT members, which are users of their software. Heidi says as WebPT's memberships grow it does become harder to survey anyone who isn't using one of their products, but that they do try to ensure it is a cross section of the PT industry to get a good pulse on what is going on in the industry. Read the entire State of Rehab Therapy here and listen as Larry, Tim and Bryan analyze its findings with Heidi!    More Links: Larry Benz – Twitter - @PhysicalTherapy Tim Reynolds – Twitter -@ TimReynoldsDPT Movers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentors Evidence In Motion – Twitter- @EIMTeam  Additional Research Virtual Reality Training: Pain Neuroscience Education, EIM Course in partnership with BEHAVR The State of Rehab Therapy 2022 Report, WebPT

Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside NEW co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski. From Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers and Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy. This week on the nineth episode of the season Larry Benz, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski are joined by Hunter Hoffman, PhD. He is the Director of the Virtual Reality Research Center at the Human Photonics Lab at the University of Washington Dept of Mechanical Engineering in Seattle and he is affiliate faculty in the University of Washington Depts of Radiology and UW Dept of Psychology. He also collaborates with researchers in UW departments of Radiology, Psychology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Orthopedic and Sports Medicine, and Anesthesiology.   Since 1993, he has developed, Virtual Reality Monitoring World, SpiderWorld (For treating spider phobia), World Trade Center World, an immersive virtual reality simulation of the 9/1 attacks for treating civilian PTSD with VR exposure therapy, SnoWorld, the first VR world designed for treating pain and VR DBT Mindfulness Skills learning World (in collaboration with Marsha M. Linehan et al).  In 1997, Hoffman and clinical researcher David Patterson originated the technique of using immersive virtual reality for pain distraction during painful medical procedures, at Harborview Burn Center in Seattle. Hoffman, Patterson, and Walter Meyer MD have recently conducted joint research using VR distraction to reduce pain in children with unusually large severe burn wound injuries at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Galveston Texas. Hoffman is also collaborating with researchers at the University of Montreal, using VR distraction to reduce the pain of young children (average age 2 years old) during burn wound care. SnowWorld went on a one year exhibit tour at the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Museum of Design Triennial in Manhattan, and the Boston Museum of Contemporary Art. Hoffman was identified by FastCompany.com as one of the Fast 50 people most likely to influence the next 10 years. Dr. Hoffman says he started out using immersive virtual reality in the 1990s and his colleague and him were the first publish using virtual reality as a distraction. A lot of their early research done was with burn patients during physical therapy range of motion exercises. It worked well for reducing the pain of children and adults with severe burns. As the they were recovering from the burns the skin contracts so there are two things happening, the muscles atrophy from not being used and the skin contracts so the range of motion exercise helps maintain the elasticity of the skin also it helps to strengthen the muscles. As a universal problem with physical therapy, all living organisms avoid pain, so it is hard to get people to do things that make them feel pain. The nice thing about virtual reality is it reduces your pain while you are wearing the helmet. Using it as a simple distraction was easier to get people in. Hunter and his team then developed a question to measure success, How much fun did you have during your wound care or physical therapy? The medical community said that was inappropriate but what was found was that the patients fun went from a 0 or 1 to a 7or 8 out of a 10. Some people pushed back and said they must not of understood the question. Hunter says whether they did or not the answer to the question is how much pain  the patient had during their physical therapy, and they are answering that they had fun. It is easier to get someone to do something they remember doing that was fun than painful.   In dealing with persistent pain patients Hunter says virtual reality has a lot of potential for at home patient work because it can be more motivating by being intrinsically interesting.  To get long-term benefits, he sees an opportunity in changing the persons memories by performing movements with less pain. Avatars are being introduced into virtual reality where you do not need anything on your hand and this is good news for patients with chronic pain. Often, chronic pain patients do not like having any equipment on their bodies. If you start getting more effective treatment you are going to start seeing  an increase in retention of physical therapy.    Learn more about the recent and past experiments with thermal pain stimulation Hunter has conducted. The role that phycological influence has in our pain perception, his previous projects, how this technology might be used in a clinic in the future and more! More Links: Larry Benz – Twitter - @PhysicalTherapy Tim Reynolds – Twitter -@ TimReynoldsDPT Movers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentors Evidence In Motion – Twitter- @EIMTeam  Additional Research Virtual Reality Training: Pain Neuroscience Education, EIM Course in partnership with BEHAVR https://www.behavr.com/about-us/ Ad Info: Evidence In Motion is excited to be back in person and back to hands-on learning for the 2022 Align Conference. This year you can join an all-star lineup of speakers in Dallas, Texas, August 26 through the 28. The labs and lectures focus on sharpening the physical, hands-on treatments essential to patient care. Save 5% on registration as a practice Leadership Podcast listener. Visit alignconference.com and use the promo code PRACTICELEADERSHIP at checkout.

Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside NEW co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski. From Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers and Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy.   This week on the eighth episode of the season Larry Benz, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski are joined by Mike Rienold PT, DPT, SCS, ATC, CSCS, C-PS. He is considered a world-renowned leader in the field of physical therapy, sports medicine, fitness, and sports performance. He is a noted author, lecturer, consultant, researcher, and clinician. As a physical therapist, athletic trainer, and certified strength and conditioning specialists, Dr. Reinhold has used his experience in a variety of settings to help restore, optimize, and enhance their performance.  He has most notably worked extensively with a variety of professional athletes from every major sport, with emphasis on the care of throwing injuries in baseball players.     Mike is the co-founder and president of Champion Physical Therapy and Performance, a physical therapy and performance training facility just outside Boston in Waltham, MA, Mike is also currently the Senior Medical Advisor for the Chicago White Sox and the Director of Baseball Performance at Northeastern University, where he has been instrumental in the restructuring and building of the high performance and medical teams.   Mike expands on the many different roles and projects that he has taken on during his career. He attributes the processes that he has put into place to manage projects and complete tasks. Mike has always loved art and music. He does everything on his website himself, the design, some of the coding and design just purely because he says it stimulates his brain differently. He is always trying to do something to grow and learn. Mike says, “Creative comes in a lot of different ways and there are a lot of ways to apply creative abilities. I am in a position where I am more of a mentor based leader than he is a dictator. It isn't about delegating and barking orders, it is about putting people in the right position, giving some baseline systems, and then letting them grow and make things better. When you make that shift mentally, I think it changes the way you approach everything.”   Regarding the next generation of physical therapist hoping to become sports physical therapists Mike recommends reading the 365 degree leader. He says, “ You can always lead from within, you can lead horizontally and vertically.” There are multiple ways to lead within.   On social media Mike says, “If you make too many statements online, I don't want to say you become close minded but maybe you are starting to look at the research to support your past public claims a little bit more than keeping an open mind. As things evolve, you don't want to dig in too deep on an opinion because you run the risk of having a little bias that you (not in a negative way) want to egotistically defend that thought versus I want to keep an open mind. That is a negative about social media, everything is out there for everyone to see, so no one wants to look silly. There are ways to do it, share your journey, I have ton of past students that were doing it right and it is working. In general social media is not bad but It cannot be your primary method of learning new things.”   Listen and learn more about Mike's advice for becoming a sport's physical therapist leader in an outpatient environment, his thoughts on physical therapist specializing early on in their career or waiting, physical therapy burnout & social media.     More Links: Mike Reinold Website American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy Mike Reinold – Twitter @mikereinold Mike Reinold – Instagram - @mikereinold Larry Benz – Twitter - @PhysicalTherapy Tim Reynolds – Twitter -@ TimReynoldsDPT Movers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentors Evidence In Motion – Twitter- @EIMTeam  Additional Research Sports Physical Therapy Residency Sports Physical Therapy Certification Sports Medicine Competencies Sports Across the Ages Emergency Medical Response The Overhead Throwing Athlete   Ad Info: Evidence In Motion is excited to be back in person and back to hands-on learning for the 2022 Align Conference. This year you can join an all-star lineup of speakers in Dallas, Texas, August 26 through the 28. The labs and lectures focus on sharpening the physical, hands-on treatments essential to patient care. Save 5% on registration as a practice Leadership Podcast listener. Visit alignconference.com and use the promo code PRACTICELEADERSHIP at checkout.

Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside NEW co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski. From Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers and Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy. On the sixth episode, Larry Benz, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski are joined by National Association of Black Physical Therapists (NABPT) co-founders Dr. Oluremi Onifade, PT, DPT, M.Ed, CCVT, CCI & Dr. DeAndrea Bullock, PT, DPT, CCI, CDP. Dr. Oluremi Onifade is the current NABPT President, APTA GA DEI Committee Chair, and IDEAL Chief Brand Officer. She was born in Kenya to two immigrant parents from Kenya and Nigeria. The youngest of four moved to the states as a toddler. She attended Spelman College where she development a track to allow her to become a Physical Therapist. At Spelman, After the initial rejection to PT school, Dr. Onifade pursued a Master's of Kinesiology at Auburn University. While at Auburn, she earned a graduate assistant position in which she was an educator at a juvenile detention center for a year. Participating in this program she laid the foundation for future endeavors to educate and recruit people of color into the field of physical therapy. She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2013 from Emory University. After completing training in Neurological specialty in 2014, she went into Home Health in North Georgia. Currently she is in her seventh year treating both orthopedic and neurological cases at an outpatient clinic in Ellenwood, Georgia, where she serves as a minority partner and Clinic Director. In 2016 Dr. Onifade along with Dr. DeAndrea Bullock decided to co-found National Association of Black Physical Therapists (NABPT). Currently they have over 150 members in which the foundation paves the way to increase the numbers of the African Diaspora in the physical therapy field while increasing the knowledge and attendance of the black community for physical therapy. Dr. DeAndrea Bullock is the current NABPT Vice President and a Certified Diversity Professional Assistant Director of Clinical Education for the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Emory University of Medicine. She graduated from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelor of Science degree. She earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Emory University in 2013. Dr. Bullock has been practicing physical therapy for nearly 5 years for Wellstar. She started her career in acute care and inpatient rehab at Kennestone hospital. She then transitioned to Neuro Outpatient. Dr. Bullock now works at Emory University as an Assistant Professor. She enjoys mentorship and service projects and has helped mentor high school female athletes. Dr. Bullock is passionate about exposing resources to underserved communities and underrepresented minorities. Due to her own background, Dr. Bullock recognizes the importance of creating opportunities in different communities. She feels that when given the opportunity, young kids and adults can create the life that they want as opposed to reacting to life as it unfolds. They discussed how they were able to create the NABPT organization and  how physical therapist outside the organization can support the organization. As well as how the physical therapy profession can recruit more students of color to enroll in physical therapy programs, financial barriers surrounding physical therapy programs, mentorship and more.   More Links:National Association of Black Physical Therapists (NABPT) Larry Benz – Twitter - @PhysicalTherapy Tim Reynolds – Twitter -@ TimReynoldsDPTMovers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentors Evidence In Motion – Twitter- @EIMTeam  Additional Research NABPT 2022 Conference June 17-19, 2022 Become a Member with NABPT Start a Local Chapter with NABPT Become a Mentor with NABPT Advanced Principles of Patient-Client Management: Called to Care Online: Business Management Principles for the Rehab Therapist Online: Called to Care     Ad Info: Evidence In Motion is excited to be back in person and back to hands-on learning for the 2022 Align Conference. This year you can join an all-star lineup of speakers in Dallas, Texas, August 26 through the 28. The labs and lectures focus on sharpening the physical, hands-on treatments essential to patient care. Save 5% on registration as a practice Leadership Podcast listener. Visit alignconference.com and use the promo code PRACTICELEADERSHIP at checkout.

Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside NEW co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski. From Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers and Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy. On the sixth episode, Larry Benz, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski are joined by Dr. Karen Litzy, PT, DPT, a licensed physical therapist, international speaker, owner of, “Karen Litzy Physical Therapy.” Through her work as a physical therapist, she has helped thousands of people, including Fortune 500 CEOs, royalty, and celebrities, overcome painful conditions, recover from surgery, and feel stronger than ever before. As the host Healthy Wealthy & Smart, of a top 200 podcast, on Apple Podcasts, she has interviewed influencers in the worlds of health, medicine and entrepreneurship. Based on her years of physical therapy experience Karen's says her advice to clinicians is to, “Learn how to say no and stay open-minded. When I say to say no to things, it is because when I first started in physical therapy, I thought I had to say yes to everything, no matter the cost. You realize over time that saying yes to everything means you have had to say no to other parts of your career or life that could have been important. We are always taking a path, and if you are always saying yes without evaluating whatever the opportunity is, you are saying no to something else.” Karen says we must be realistic when we set expectations with people dealing with chronic pain. So, people don't feel like they must go out to a million people to understand their condition or understand their condition. Listen and learn more about what being a concierge physical therapist is to Karen, how she manages her schedule, having her own podcast and practice as well as her thoughts on post professional continuing education for physical therapists and more!     More Links: Karen Litzy Physical Therapy Website LinkedIn - Karen Litzy, PT, DPT Karen Litzy – Twitter @karenlitzyNYC Dr. Karen Litzy – Instagram - @karenlitzy Larry Benz – Twitter - @PhysicalTherapy Tim Reynolds – Twitter -@ TimReynoldsDPT Movers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentors Evidence In Motion – Twitter- @EIMTeam    Additional ResearchOnline: Therapeutic Neuroscience Education Manual Therapy of the Nervous System Virtual Reality Training: Pain Neuroscience Education Therapeutic Pain Specialist (TPS) Certification Ad Info: Evidence In Motion is excited to be back in person and back to hands-on learning for the 2022 Align Conference. This year you can join an all-star lineup of speakers in Dallas, Texas, August 26 through the 28. The labs and lectures focus on sharpening the physical, hands-on treatments essential to patient care. Save 5% on registration as a practice Leadership Podcast listener. Visit alignconference.com and use the promo code PRACTICELEADERSHIP at checkout.

Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside NEW co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski. From Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers and Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy.   Larry Benz, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski are joined by Dr. Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD, he is co-founder of ISPI – International Spine and Pain Institute (now EIM), Vice-President of Faculty Experience at Evidence In Motion and one of the foremost authorities, innovators and researchers in all things persistent pain.     They discuss how to get younger therapists to desire treating chronic or persistent pain and the need for better mentorship once they are managing a client with persistent pain. They highlight the importance of early exposure to pain science and the amazing things in pain science happening today like the New International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) guidelines that are now CAPD required in physical therapy schools. Now current & incoming physical therapists will have pain science incorporated from the beginning of their careers.          Adriaan discusses the algorithm of 3-3-1 they developed to teach to PT students to get them to understand pain science - The three types of pain, nociceptive, peripheral neuropathic and central pain. We examine them different, treat them different and allocate our resources to treat them different. To treat persistent pain, you need 3 things:  to think different (cognitive), movement & calming the nervous system down. Finally, knowing every case of pain is unique.       Adriaan: “There is nothing more challenging in clinical practice then to change a person's life. To change a person's life where they are going attend a wedding or go to a family reunion or lift a grandchild again, those things matter. I can probably remember a handful of people that I manipulated their neck and they felt better but I almost remember every person along the path that I changed their life. This is very meaningful work.”   Listen for more pain science insights including digital therapeutics, telehealth, VR use in clinics and more.     More Links: Larry Benz – Twitter@PhysicalTherapyTim Reynolds – Twitter -@ TimReynoldsDPTMovers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentorsEvidence In Motion – Twitter- @EIMTeam  Additional Research from Hunter Hoffman, PhD - Virtual Reality  RESEARCH: A comparison of interactive immersive virtual reality and still nature pictures as distraction-based analgesia in burn wound care RESEARCH: Virtual reality hand therapy: A new tool for nonopioid analgesia for acute procedural pain, hand rehabilitation, and VR embodiment therapy for phantom limb pain Ad Info: Evidence In Motion is excited to be back in person and back to hands-on learning for the 2022 Align Conference. This year you can join an all-star lineup of speakers in Dallas, Texas, August 26 through the 28. The labs and lectures focus on sharpening the physical, hands-on treatments essential to patient care. Save 5% on registration as a practice Leadership Podcast listener. Visit alignconference.com and use the promo code PRACTICELEADERSHIP at checkout.

Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside NEW co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski. From Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers and Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy.   On the fourth episode of this season Larry Benz, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski are joined by Sharon Dunn, PT, PhD, Board-Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist who was the American Physical Therapist Association President for two terms from June 2015 through December 2021. She is the dean of the school of Allied Health Professions and a professor of rehabilitation sciences at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. She has been on faculty at LSU Shreveport for more than 20 years, many different positions from chief physical therapist, instructor, program director of the DPT program and director of the Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency, for which she was instrumental in developing and gaining accreditation.   They discuss who Sharon's physical therapy mentors were over the years, being a leader, preparing the next physical therapists' generation, how to get involved in the APTA, leveraging technology & more! Getting Involved Visit APTA Engage On this platform you can volunteer for Micro or Macro Volunteer opportunities. Every section and chapter have committees that needs willing and able participants. Sharon says, locally the best thing you can do is get engaged in your local elected officials' campaigns. More Links:Sharon Dunn - Twitter - @DunnSdunn2Larry Benz – Twitter@PhysicalTherapyTim Reynolds – Twitter -@ TimReynoldsDPTMovers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentorsEvidence In Motion - Twitter@EIMTeam    Ad Info: Evidence In Motion is excited to be back in person and back to hands-on learning for the 2022 Align Conference. This year you can join an all-star lineup of speakers in Dallas, Texas, August 26 through the 28. The labs and lectures focus on sharpening the physical, hands-on treatments essential to patient care. Save 5% on registration as a practice Leadership Podcast listener. Visit alignconference.com and use the promo code PRACTICELEADERSHIP at checkout. 

Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside NEW co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski. From Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers and Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy. On the third episode, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski are joined by Tayo Akinboboye, SPT and Devon R. Morris, SPT. Tayo Akinboboye is currently in a third-year physical therapist student at Ithaca College and Devon R. Morris graduates May 2022 from the Ithaca Collee's accelerated Doctor of Physical Therapy program. They both serve on the APTA Student Assembly Board of Directors. Tayo Akinboboye, SPT is creator of a new student organization, Ithaca College Physical therapy Students of Color (ICPTSOC), which was led by founder Dr. Erhunmwunse. He currently serves on the APTA Student Assembly Board of Directors as the Nominating Committee Chair. Tayo is passionate about bringing change to the profession, and he hopes to inspire young students to pursue a career in physical therapy. Devon R. Morris, SPT will graduate from Ithaca College's accelerated Doctor of Physical Therapy program in May 2022 and will start Emory University's Orthopedic Residency program in August 2022. She currently serves on the APTA Student Assembly Board of Directors as Secretary and DEI Project Committee Liaison, and as the Student Member of the PTJ Editorial Board. Devon is an active member of Ithaca College Physical Therapy Students of Color (ICPTSOC) and hopes to inspire other women of color to pursue leadership positions within the physical therapy profession. They discuss:  -Being on the APTA board and how to get involved   -Challenges the physical therapy profession is facing from the up-and-coming generation - Being a role model in the space, setting the space and opening doors in the physical therapy community -Why and how they both decided to go through a Residency fellowship program for their next educational venture   On residency programs, Tayo wanted to learn how to return athletes back to sport and be able to get into a space where he can communicate with the different professions within a sports medicine team. Along with the structured mentorship part of the Residency.   Devin wanted to have a strong high evidence-based foundation and work with a mentor who would help her refine her clinical reasoning skills and the program to be close to home, for her residency program.   Find out more about Tayo & Devon's residency journey and how they are navigating finding their passions within the physical therapy world.   More Links:Devon R. Morris, SPT– Twitter - @devonrmorris Tao Akinboboye - Twitter - @ Tayo_Akinboboye Larry Benz – Twitter @PhysicalTherapy Tim Reynolds – Twitter -  @ TimReynoldsDPT Movers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentors Evidence In Motion - Twitter @EIMTeam  Ad Info: Evidence In Motion is excited to be back in person and back to hands-on learning for the 2022 Align Conference. This year you can join an all-star lineup of speakers in Dallas, Texas, August 26 through the 28. The labs and lectures focus on sharpening the physical, hands-on treatments essential to patient care. Save 5% on registration as a practice Leadership Podcast listener. Visit alignconference.com and use the promo code PRACTICELEADERSHIP at checkout. 

Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside NEW co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski. From Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast's Movers and Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy.   On the second episode of the Movers & Shakers season, Larry Benz, Tim Reynolds and Bryn Guzski are joined by Julie Fritz, PhD, PT, FAPTA. Julie is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Health at the University of Utah in the United States. Her research has focused on clinical trials and observational studies examining treatments for patients with low back pain and their associated costs, They discuss the evolution of physical therapy and health care research, patient outcomes, digital health and more! More Links: Julie Fritz - @jfritzpt Larry Benz – Twitter @PhysicalTherapy Tim Reynolds – Twitter @ TimReynoldsDPT Movers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentors Evidence In Motion - Twitter: @EIMTeam Ad Info: Evidence In Motion is excited to be back in person and back to hands-on learning for the 2022 Align Conference. This year you can join an all-star lineup of speakers in Dallas, Texas, August 26 through the 28. The labs and lectures focus on sharpening the physical, hands-on treatments essential to patient care. Save 5% on registration as a practice Leadership Podcast listener. Visit alignconference.com and use the promo code PRACTICELEADERSHIP at checkout. 

Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside NEW co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski for a brand-new season of the Practice Leadership Podcast. This season will focus on the Movers and Shakers in the physical therapy industry & will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy.   On the first episode, Larry Benz, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski are joined by Jeff Moore to discuss the excellence and development of the clinic floor. As well as the importance and excitement of getting back to hands-on learning across the country, burnout, finding your passion, promoting physical therapy digitally and more.     Takeaways from Jeff:Jeff says having these four elements dialed in keep us going: 1. Mindfulness Practice 2. Physical Fitness Practice 3. Fueling with high quality nutrients 4. Sleep Practice     Jeff says, “As Physical Therapist we manage symptoms to maximize fitness.”   About Jeff: Dr. Jeff Moore, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT received his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from University of St. Augustine for Health Science and his fellowship training through Evidence In Motion. Clinically Jeff spent the last 12 years working in exclusively in outpatient orthopedics. He launched the Institute of Clinical Excellence in 2012 where he currently serves as CEO and became a faculty member with South College in 2016 where he currently leads musculoskeletal courses in their cohort.     More Links: Jeff Moore – Twitter - @jeffmooredpt Larry Benz – Twitter @PhysicalTherapy Tim Reynolds – Twitter @ TimReynoldsDPT Movers & Mentors – Twitter - @MoversMentors Evidence In Motion - Twitter - @EIMTeam

We wrap up this season of the Practice Leadership podcast after a great year of burning questions with Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski the authors of the book, "Movers and Mentors." This book is a compilation of stories, thoughts, and advice from over 75 leaders in the fields of physical therapy and movement science. Tim is a physical therapist and clinical assistant professor at Ithaca College. The plethora of questions he was asked by his students served as the primary motivation for the book. His colleague Bryan Guzski serves as an orthopaedic residency program director at the University of Rochester medical center. Larry discusses with Tim, and Bryan the important in depth questions they asked researchers in order to compile their book and more!     More Links: @PhysicalTherapy Purchase Book: Movers & Mentors   Bryan Guzski bio Bryan Guzski PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, CSCS is an outpatient orthopaedic physical therapist practicing in Rochester, NY working primarily with patients with spine related issues and persistent pain. Bryan earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Ithaca College in 2014, completed an orthopaedic residency program through Cayuga Medical Center in 2015 and received his Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist certification, and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Simon Business School at the University of Rochester in 2021.    Tim Reynolds bio @TimReynoldsDPT on Twitter Tim Reynolds PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS is an Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Physiology at Ithaca College and a part-time physical therapist practicing at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, NY where he predominately treats patients with spine or lower extremity impairments. Tim earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Ithaca College in 2014 and completed both his orthopaedic residency and spine fellowship through Cayuga Medical Center, and currently helps mentor and teach in both programs.

Brett Hayes, MSPT, Administrative Director of Sports Medicine at University of Louisville Healthcare, joins our host Larry Benz, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, CEO of Confluent Health to talk about digital health replacing physical therapy. Brett discusses the importance of therapeutic alliance from a physical therapist but not missing out on opportunities to use digital health in your practice. Listen in to hear Larry and Brett ask the important industry questions surrounding digital health and physical therapy: Does direct access work? Digital health? How do I stay relevant in the face of new technology? More Links: @PhysicalTherapy Brett Hayes Brett Hayes bio: Senior Director of Therapy Services with more than 15 years of leadership experience across clinical therapy, treatment innovation, program development, operations management, and cross-functional collaboration within the healthcare field. Innovative, patient-centric professional with a proven track record of developing advanced clinical care and therapy programs that push boundaries and facilitate increased revenue generation and profitability for healthcare organizations.

Jim Glinn, PT, DPT, OCS Emeritus, joins our host Larry Benz, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, CEO of Confluent Health, for this week's episode to talk about the role of telehealth in physical therapy. Jim helped to create Everflex Health, a telehealth tool that provides musculoskeletal education and exercises as well as connecting patients with clinicians when needed. Larry and Jim talk about the challenges of telehealth, including adoption and quality patient care. They also cover the impact of telehealth for the future of the physical therapy profession with behavioral health interventions, the shift away from an intervention mentality and the commoditization of physical therapists. More Links: Everflex Health Movement for Life @PhysicalTherapy

Starting from their own journeys with chronic pain, John Gribbin and Laura Seago with another partner founded Curable, an app created to bring science-backed strategies to people in pain. John and Laura join our host Larry Benz to discuss how Curable is a prime example of a digital therapeutic and works alongside physical therapy to educate people about pain. With the rise of chronic pain, especially during the global pandemic, finding new ways to help people in pain has never been more important. Listen in to hear more about how Curable found a way to reach out and bring therapy to everyone. What are your burning questions about the physical therapy profession? Leave a comment below or email us at podcast@eimpt.com. More Links:  Curable Health Laura Seago John Gribbin Larry Benz

Mike Walker, PT, DSc, OCS, CSCS, FAAOMPT, Chief Academic Officer of EIM and John Childs, PT, PHD, MBA, Co-founder of EIM join our host Larry Benz, to discuss the state of entry-level DPT programs in the US. These three physical therapy educational experts discuss how hybrid, accelerated DPT programs started, where they fit into academia, why they are important for the industry and how they are attracting a whole new crop of students that would not have applied for DPT programs. More Links:  Mike Walker John Childs Larry Benz

On this week's episode, Kory Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD, joins our host Larry Benz, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP to talk staying relevant in your clinic and with your patients in a fast-moving and ever-changing physical therapy profession. For the clinical side, Kory suggests subscribing to research journals, following fellow clinicians on socials, reading books on physical therapy and connecting with clinicians in your community.  Staying relevant with your patients is a bit different and requires you to pay attention to what their goals are, learning to relate your outcomes with the activities they want to return to. To hear more from Kory Zimney on staying relevant in your clinic, listen in to PT Elevated - a clinically focused podcast for physical therapists and other rehab providers. What are your burning questions about the physical therapy profession? Leave a comment below or email us at podcast@eimpt.com. More Links: PT Elevated Podcast Kory Zimney Larry Benz

On this week's episode of Practice Leadership, we are moving onto the next topic in this season of Burning Questions – direct access. Our host Larry Benz, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the President/CEO of Confluent Health, is joined by Justin Moore, PT, DPT, President and CEO of APTA; Kim Mascaro, EVP/CMO of Confluent Health; and David Kulick, Managing Director of The Focus Group. Our three guests bring unique perspectives from across the spectrum of implementation, lobbying, policy, payers and more from their decades of experience. Listen in to hear Larry and our guests discuss the barriers to entry for utilizing direct access, what it takes to actually increase direct access utilization, how direct access affects the overall health care system and more. What are your burning questions about the physical therapy profession? Leave a comment below or email us at podcast@eimpt.com. More Links: Justin Moore David Kulick Kim Mascaro Larry Benz The Focus Group Confluent Health

Welcome to the brand new season of Practice Leadership focused on the burning questions that the physical therapy industry is facing today. On the first episode, Larry Benz is joined by our very own Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD, to discuss digital therapeutics in the physical therapy industry. They define what exactly digital therapeutics is, how digital therapeutics can impact your clinic and how to make digital therapeutics effective. Dr. Louw's favorite ways to utilize digital therapeutics in your practice are mobile apps and virtual reality as follow ups  and homework after physical therapy sessions. What are your burning questions about the physical therapy profession? Leave a comment below or email us at podcast@eimpt.com. More Links: Curable mobile app BehaVR virtual reality @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam

Dr. John Childs joins us for the final episode of Clinical Podcast and talks with Dr. Kory Zimney, the new host of PT Elevated. As Clinical Podcast comes to a close, John passes the reins to Kory as he introduces PT Elevated, an all-new podcast focused on you, the clinician. If you were a fan of Clinical Podcast, you are going to love PT Elevated and look forward to Wednesdays to see what new clinical nugget the hosts and guests have in store for you. You can find PT Elevated wherever you listen to podcasts. Just search "PT Elevated" to start listening to the introduction episode and an episode with our very first guest, the esteemed Tony Delitto, PhD, PT the Dean of School of Health and Rehabilitation Science and Professor of Physical Therapy at University of Pittsburgh. Links: @ZimneyKJ @EIMteam

The incredibly accomplished Andrew Guccione, PT, PhD, DPT, FAPTA, joins Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health on this week's episode of Practice Leadership to discuss developing self-efficacy and the role self-efficacy will have in the future of the physical therapy profession. Dr. Guccione emphasizes the importance of self-efficacy in achieving good outcomes with patients, using verbal persuasion, and incremental achievement to produce the biological effects that contribute to getting patients back to health. Looking ahead 30 years to the middle of the century, Dr. Guccione predicts that physical therapists will evolve into providers that look at movement as a behavior, pushing physical therapists to become practitioners that integrate and highlight behavioral health in their everyday practice. Dr. Guccione is the 41st Mary McMillan Award Winner, Professor and Chair of Department of Rehabilitation Science at George Mason University. He served 10 years as Senior Vice President, Division of Practice and Research, American Physical Therapy Association. He has over 30 peer-reviewed research projects along with several other awards for impactful research. Links: @PhysicalTherapy Dr. Guccione's LinkedIn Dr. Guccione's "Destiny is Now" speech pdf Dr. Guccione's "Destiny is Now" speech highlights Dr. Guccione's full George Mason University bio

Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, is joined on this episode of Called to Care - Practice Leadership podcast by Brian Gallagher, PT, Founder & President of MEG Business Management. Larry and Brian discuss how to use positive interactions and soft skills like validation and capitalization to be a successful clinician. They also dive into managing your clinicians and support staff by giving tips and tools for recruiting and retaining your employees. Links: Brian Gallagher's LinkedIn MEG Business Management @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam Called to Care Brian Gallagher's Bio: In 1997, Brian founded what became one of Maryland’s largest therapy staffing companies, while at the same time launching a multi-site private practice which resulted in a sale in 2006. Brian re-acquired the practice in 2008 and doubled it before winning “Practice of the Year” in 2011. MEG Business Management began in 2006 as an educational coaching company training owners and their key employees on innovative practice management strategies. Today, MEG has taken another major leap forward by developing a Virtual Training platform for practice owners to now have the tools and training resources to professionally enhance, track and manage employee performance & compliance. When Brian is not coaching or working on the virtual training platform, he can be found giving lectures at the APTA, PPS and CSM Annual Conferences, as well as APTA State Chapters and DPT Schools.

On this week's episode of the Called to Care season of Practice Leadership, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, talks to Daphne Scott, PT, DScPT, MAPP, OCS, FAAOMPT, the Chief Culture Officer and Chief Thrive Officer of Confluent Health. Larry and Daphne discuss the broaden and build theory, giving examples and guidance on how to apply it personally, professionally and clinically to help you become a more mindful and empathetic practitioner. Links: @DaphneScott @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam Waking Up a Leader: Five Relationships of Success - by Daphne Scott List of books by Barbara Frederickson, PhD Positivity: Top-notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection

On this week's episode of the Called to Care season of Practice Leadership, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, connected with Tim Flynn, PT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT, FAPTA of Colorado In Motion. They discuss the science behind the placebo and nocebo affects and how it can affect your practice. Links: Placebo, Nocebo, and Expectations: Leveraging Positive Outcomes Letter to the Editor: A Cautionary Note on Endorsing the Placebo Effect - JOSPT 2013 @timothywflynn @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam

On this week's episode of the Called to Care season of Practice Leadership, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, spoke with Andrew Bennett, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, co-founder of Texas Physical Therapy Specialists about how the patient's experience can be affected by creating positive memory moments using methods supported by the peak-end rule. Links: @Bennettab @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam

On this week's episode, Helen Riess, M.D., the CEO and Chief Scientist for Empathetics, joins host Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health to discuss the power and effectiveness of empathy. This episode spans several topics, including the importance of self-empathy, how theory of mind (ToM) can be applied in your clinical practice, building empathy to be effective in your clinic, her future areas of interests, and how empathy can be facilitated in Telehealth. Helen Riess, M.D. is CEO and Chief Scientific Officer for Empathetic, Inc., and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, part-time. Dr. Riess is a psychiatrist who developed an empathy training that has been rigorously tested in pilot studies and a randomized, controlled trial at Massachusetts General Hospital.  Dr. Riess has devoted her career to teaching and research in the art and science of empathic relationships. She is a core member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations (CREIO). Links: empathetics.com Alan Alda, Helen Riess Urge Pandemic-Era Empathy TEDx Talk: The Power of Empathy The Empathy Effect: Seven Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences @HelenRiessMD @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam

On this week's episode of the Called to Care season of Practice Leadership, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, connected with Rob Wainner, PT, PHD, FAAOMPT, to discuss practicing gratitude in your life and the impact it can have in your clinical practice. The Practice Leadership Podcast is running a brand new season focused on the theme - Called to Care, 10-episodes on different topics that will impact compassionate care in your clinic. Links: Email: rob@goconfluent.com Coach4Leadership @PhysicalTherapy @confluentfamily

The Practice Leadership Podcast is running a brand new season focused on the theme - Called to Care, 10-episodes on different topics that will impact compassionate care in your clinic. For On this week’s Practice Leadership - Called to Care podcast, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, connected with Caroline Miller, MAPP on goal setting. Caroline breaks down where goal setting theory started and how her research is guiding her away from KPIs and OKRs to develop a new goal setting methodology - B.R.I.D.G.E. - brainstorming, relationships, investments, decisions, grit and excellence. B.R.I.D.G.E. involves psychological safety, gender research, positive psychology and neurolinguistics in helping you achieve the goals you set. Listen in to hear how thoughtful goal setting affects you as a health care provider and as a person.   Links: carolinemiller.com @CarolineMCoach Sign up for Caroline Miller's newsletter @physicaltherapy @EIMteam For more advice on goal setting, you can find Called to Care on Amazon.

In this episode, Liz and Tim speak with Dr. Heidi Jannenga PT, DPT, ATC, physical therapist and co-founder of WebPT, regarding the difficult topic of inequity in health care for people of color. We discuss the problems of implicit bias, systemic racism, and the 90% problem in the PT profession. Heidi also provides some small ways we can all work to improve.   Links: Justice In June Why We Cannot—And Do Not—Serve Our Patients Equally Bridging the PT Diversity Gap Connect with Heidi via LinkedIn Some books regarding these topics: The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander) So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo) How to be an Antiracist (Ibram X Kendi) Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson) White Fragility (Robin DiAngelo)

Join John Childs and Mark Shepherd as they talk with Matt Condon, Founder and CEO of Bardavon Health Innovations, a company that connect employers with injured workers to providers, providing data-driven outcomes for workers' compensation. The discussion covers how Bardavon is changing how employers choose their health care providers to why fee for performance is important for healthier patients. Links: Bardavon Health Innovations Matthew Condon @EIMteam @childsjd @ShepDPT

Join John Childs as he talks with Justin Burke and Matt Hernandez from Texas Physical Therapy Specialists to discuss how their clinics have evolved throughout the health pandemic. From opening a brand new clinic right before the shutdown to running a busy clinic with 7 providers, you can see the journey of how two clinics from opposite ends of the spectrum were able to step back and manage their clinics, compassionately and decisively. Links: @JMBurke04 Matt Hernandez  @childsjd @EIMteam

On this week's episode of Clinical Podcast, Mark is joined by Bobby Esbrandt, PT, DPT, CSCS, PES, USAW, CERT. DN, co-owner and founder of Impact Sports Physical Therapy to discuss treating hamstring strains. Bobby uses his clinical expertise with elite athletes to talk through using more than just your typical exercises to help athletes return to sport.   Links impactsportspt.com @DrBobbyE @ShepDPT @eimteam  

Dr. Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, CEO of Confluent Health, presents the second part of his post-Covid physical therapy predictions. Recap, Part 1 - listen to Part 1 of this podcast series Conferences and education will/should change to a hybrid model that allows lecture learning to happen online, reducing the amount of onsite contact There will be regulatory impacts that will cause higher costs to the clinic There will be regulatory impacts that will cause higher costs to the clinic PT staffing models are going to change with the better understanding of labor costs The financial acumen of the average physical therapy practice is going to need to increase to stay competitive Part 2 Physical Therapy has to be a part of the health care disparity solution via optimization Doubling down on non-clinical factors, like therapeutic alliance, empathy, compassion Refocusing on chronic pain pandemic Integration of behavioral health into physical therapy Physical therapy patients need to feel confidently safe at the clinic The role of physical therapists in public health Links: @physicaltherapy @EIMteam

On this week's Practice Leadership podcast, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, has compiled his new list of post-Covid predictions for the physical therapy profession. Post-Covid Predictions: Conferences and education will/should change to a hybrid model that allows learning to happen online, reducing the amount of onsite contact There will be regulatory impacts that will cause higher costs to the clinic Integration of delivery systems, like Telehealth, to augment but not replace physical therapy PT staffing models are going to change with the better understanding of labor costs The financial acumen of the average physical therapy practice is going to need to increase to stay competitive Links: @physicaltherapy @EIMteam   Listen to part 2 of this podcast series here.

On this brand new episode of Practice Leadership podcast, Larry is joined by Daphne Scott, Chief Culture Officer of Confluent Health. They discuss how Confluent Health and its clinics have dealt with the economic slow down in relation to the Coronavirus, how to plan and strategize opening back up your clinics, what challenges clinic leaders will face and much more. Links: Download Full Transcript @DaphneScott @physicaltherapy @EIMteam

On this brand new episode of Practice Leadership podcast, Larry is joined by Daphne Scott, Chief Culture Officer of Confluent Health. They discuss how Confluent Health and its clinics have dealt with the economic slow down in relation to the Coronavirus, how to plan and strategize opening back up your clinics, what challenges clinic leaders will face and much more. Links: Download Full Transcript @DaphneScott @physicaltherapy @EIMteam

On this week's episode of Clinical Podcast, John and Mark are joined by Dr. Matthew Tuttle, the Lead Sport Scientist and Physical Therapist for the NBA's Denver Nuggets. He uses his expertise in elite sports to discuss where the research stands on injury prevention strategies, what the challenges are in acquiring that data across sports and much more. Listen in and leave a comment if you want to join the conversation. Links: @DocTuttleDPT @childsjd @ShepDPT @eimteam

On this week's episode of Clinical Podcast, John and Mark are joined by Dr. Matthew Tuttle, the Lead Sport Scientist and Physical Therapist for the NBA's Denver Nuggets. He uses his expertise in elite sports to discuss where the research stands on injury prevention strategies, what the challenges are in acquiring that data across sports and much more. Listen in and leave a comment if you want to join the conversation. Links: @DocTuttleDPT @childsjd @ShepDPT @eimteam

Jenna Thacker, OTD, OTR/L joins Mark to discuss carpal tunnel, hand therapy in general and OTs and PTs working alongside one another. Listen in to get her tips on screening and treating patients with carpal tunnel. Links: @shepDPT Jenna Thacker @EIMTeam APTA's Clinical Practice Guidelines

Jenna Thacker, OTD, OTR/L joins Mark to discuss carpal tunnel, hand therapy in general and OTs and PTs working alongside one another. Listen in to get her tips on screening and treating patients with carpal tunnel. Links: @shepDPT Jenna Thacker @EIMTeam APTA's Clinical Practice Guidelines

Katie Siengsukon, PT, PhD, joins Mark and John on this week's episode of Clinical Podcast to discuss the importance of sleep in your patients' health and how their lives could be affecting the type of sleep they are able to get. Katie provides helpful ways to determine not only if your patient is getting the right amount and type of sleep, but if they are even able to do so. Links: @KatieSleepPT @shepDPT @childsjd @EIMTeam