The Clinical Mastermind Podcast

Dan Pringle, PT goes into heavy detail about why he believes understanding the role of the neck should be your first step in treating shoulder problems. Over the course of this live Zoom mentorship session, he discusses the muscular, fascial, biomechanical, neurological, and vascular relationships between the neck and the shoulder. The final half is a Q&A that touches on case studies, traumatic neck injuries, scapular pain, and the role of proprioception in shoulder rehab.

Dan Pringle, PT, runs a group Zoom session centred around the functional anatomy of the hip flexors and the anterior hip. He does a deep dive into the relevant and often overlooked structures in the area using an anatomy app, providing context to the relationship between iliopsoas and the lower back. Finally, Dan discusses many other contributors to hip pain then answers specific questions about runners and competitive dancers, and how to prioritize important elements of the patient's history with the clinical exam. For a video version of this podcast, visit youtube.com/dpringl for more.

Dan Pringle, PT has an in-depth conversation with a new grad physiotherapist who has just started his career and is looking for guidance to ensure he gets off on the right foot. Dan shares his own physio origin story, highlights the valuable courses he's taken and lessons he's learned, and lays out the fundamental principles of successful clinical development. Finally, he uses a case study to demonstrate higher level clinical reasoning and how to dive deeper into the contributing factors to pain and movement problems.

Dan Pringle, PT has a thoughtful conversation with Canadian professional squash player Mike McCue about his journey to becoming a professional athlete and what separated him from others during his developmental years. Mike shares insight into the challenges he overcame, the tough decisions he's made, and the preparation needed to play an unforgiving sport at the highest level.

Dan Pringle, PT sits down with physio colleague Brendan Power to explore Brendan's journey to become a physiotherapist and his early experiences in the profession. They touch on his "misguided ambition", the frustrations of a new practitioner, the pivotal moments in his career, and the direction in which the profession is headed.

Dan Pringle, PT outlines the unique but complimentary roles of Neurofunctional Acupuncture and Exercise in his management of pain and movement problems. He discusses the differences between an access problem and a deployment problem, when to prioritize one approach versus the other, and how those considerations change when working with professional or elite athletes.

Dan Pringle, PT walks us through a complex case study of an experienced runner with lower back pain with help from his colleague Joseph Di Fonzo. Together they discuss how to navigate the patient's extensive injury history, the impact of lost adaptability in a runner, and how to select relevant, objective treatment targets. 

Dan Pringle, PT pulls important clinical themes from several case studies during one of his Clinical Mastermind Mentorship sessions. He and his mentee discuss the mechanisms of injury of a basketball player's knee pain and one sided lower back pain in a runner, all while considering the incredible value of finding ways to learn useful information from your patients that are actually improving with treatment.

Dan Pringle, PT catches up with chiropractor Matt McGrath, who has been the lead therapist for Madison Keys, one of the best tennis players in the world. Matt tells his story about how he ended up where he is now, highlights the skills needed to work with world class athletes, and how he helps Madison navigate the physical demands of a gruelling WTA schedule.

Dan Pringle, PT sits down with strength coach Damien Allen to have a conversation about Damien's significant injury history as a young athlete and how it shaped his career and goals. Having suffered through ankle injuries, severe knee pain, and avulsion fractures of both knees, Damien shares his perspectives on what he and those around him could have done differently to protect a young, high performance athlete from chronic injury.

Dan Pringle, PT helps a mentee from the Clinical Mastermind Mentorship Program navigate the time crunch he feels due to short treatment times at his clinic. Dan provides a series of highly practical strategies to improve the efficiency of your assessment and treatment approach, how to immediately demonstrate value to different types of patients, and how to bring up the treatment length discussion with clinic directors and owners.

Dan Pringle, PT and Joseph Di Fonzo, PT chat about the relevance and functional anatomy of one of the most forgotten muscles of the lower body. Dan highlights the observations from his dissection of Sartorius, including its fascial connections with every muscle group of the lower body and the concepts he learned that can be extrapolated other parts of the body. He also touches on when he looks at Sartorius in his assessments and how the anterior and medial thigh play a role in pain and movement problems of the lower extremity.

Dan Pringle, PT and Joseph Di Fonzo, PT discuss Dan's revelations from his detailed dissection of the patella and the implications on the management of pain and movement dysfunction in the area. They explore the role of the skin, retinacula and IT Band in patellar mobility problems, the innervation by the saphenous nerve, and how this new knowledge impacts treatment of patellar knee pain.

Dan Pringle, PT guides one of his mentees from the Clinical Mastermind Mentorship Program through a case study that presents like Piriformis Syndrome. Following a thorough description of the case, Dan provides specific advice to contextualize some unusual symptoms, identifies areas of improvement in the assessment approach, and provides some actionable advice on how to manage the patient going forwards.

Dan Pringle, PT sits down with colleague Joseph Di Fonzo, PT to reminisce on former MLB player Troy Tulowitzki's time with the Toronto Blue Jays and how surgery for his heel pain derailed the latter part of his career. They discuss some important principles relating to the management of heel pain, the physiology of heel spurs, the dangers of surgery for heel pain, and the challenges of judging pro athlete injury management through media reports.