Podcasts about ati physical therapy

As an endurance athlete himself, Brandon Engle understands the importance of listening to your body and seeking professional help when the normal pain of running increases. He shares some great tips for preventing injuries - stretching, strength training, cross training, foot strike/proper stride, and importance of correct foot wear for both running and the rest of the day.Engle stresses that while having a good training plan is great, listening to your body and getting ahead of potential injuries is better. Having a coach that can adjust the training plan based on both short term goals and long term goals is critical to avoiding injuries that create long-term breaks in training.Brandon Engle is the Clinical Director for ATI Physical Therapy (www.atipt.com). He has successfully completed several Ironman triathlons, half-Ironmans, and marathons. Brandon holds certifications in Graston Technique, Kinesio Taping, and video gait running analysis, and is also an Ironman Certified Coach, Certified Run Coach, and USA Cycling Coach. Visit ConfidenceThroughHealth.com to find discounts to some of our favorite products.Follow me via All In Health and Wellness on Facebook or Instagram.Find my books on Amazon: No More Sugar Coating: Finding Your Happiness in a Crowded World and Confidence Through Health: Live the Healthy Lifestyle God DesignedProduction credit: Social Media Cowboys

Kelvin talks about his journey from being a practicing physical therapist to getting his MBA and moving into university relations at ATI Physical Therapy. He discusses the different career pathways available at ATI, including clinical, leadership, and non-traditional routes. Kelvin also shares what he's hearing from current PT students about their needs and interests, like managing student debt and desiring mentorship. He emphasizes the importance of listening to employees and creating programs that meet their goals. Kelvin is excited about improvements in technology making documentation and patient care easier for clinicians. His parting advice is to "take care of the little things and the big things take care of themselves."FROM ATIHave you ever thought about where your career in physical therapy could take you?It's not just about the job; it's about making real connections that help patients get better faster.Imagine working somewhere you can grow through mentorship, and get leadership training that matters.Sounds like a place you'd fit right in?Click to find out more about what working with ATI is really like. Let's grow and learn together!

Dr. Stanley Paris has been a pioneering force in the physical therapy profession. In this episode, powered by ATI Physical Therapy, he shares stories from his career including founding the Orthopaedic Academy, being the first physio at the 1960 Olympics, and pushing for specialization in PT. We discuss building a strong foundation for the profession, avoiding burnout, and why he's bullish on the future of PT as musculoskeletal experts.FROM ATIHave you ever thought about where your career in physical therapy could take you?It's not just about the job; it's about making real connections that help patients get better faster.Imagine working somewhere you can grow through mentorship, and get leadership training that matters.Sounds like a place you'd fit right in?Click to find out more about what working with ATI is really like. Let's grow and learn together!

Tamara shares her career journey from clinician to HR leader at ATI Physical Therapy. She discusses what motivated her shift into leadership and people development, how she helps create a culture where clinicians can grow and find meaningful work, and why having former clinicians in leadership roles brings value to the organization. Tamara also provides suggestions on questions candidates should ask in interviews to get a feel for a company's culture.FROM ATIHave you ever thought about where your career in physical therapy could take you?It's not just about the job; it's about making real connections that help patients get better faster.Imagine working somewhere you can grow through mentorship, and get leadership training that matters.Sounds like a place you'd fit right in?Click to find out more about what working with ATI is really like. Let's grow and learn together!

APTA's Drew Contreras has a really interesting vantage point in our profession. With a word like INNOVATION in his job title he pays attention to what's happened, what's happening and what's about to happen.You get the benefit of his insight in this episode LIVE from CSMThanks to ATI Physical Therapy for powering all of our CSM 2024 episodes!See how ATI is paving the way for a brighter future in physical therapy. #Leadership #Innovation #ATIPhysicalTherapyHave you ever thought about where your career in physical therapy could take you?It's not just about the job; it's about making real connections that help patients get better faster.Imagine working somewhere you can grow through mentorship, and get leadership training that matters.Sounds like a place you'd fit right in?Click to find out more about what working with ATI is really like. Let's grow and learn together!

Physical therapists are often an overlooked piece of a long-term healthy lifestyle plan. With injuries being almost unavoidable as we go through life, Ann shares with us why we should be looking at our PT as a key piece of our health tool belt. Whether it's helping overcome chronic muscle, joint, or balance issues or addressing that acute injury we sustained while living life, a physical therapist is vital to helping our body recover quickly. This prevents long term complications.We also discuss how to prepare for activities that involve movements that may not be typical in our daily lives. Dr. Ann Casey is a Multi-site Clinic Director at ATI Physical Therapy, www.atipt.com. Find out more about the All In Running Club at www.allinhealthandwellness.com/all-in-running-clubVisit ConfidenceThroughHealth.com to find discounts to some of our favorite products.Follow me via All In Health and Wellness on Facebook or Instagram.Find my books on Amazon: No More Sugar Coating: Finding Your Happiness in a Crowded World and Confidence Through Health: Live the Healthy Lifestyle God DesignedProduction credit: Social Media Cowboys

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. Bollingbrook-based ATI Physical Therapy has announced the formation of a research arm that’ll focus on musculoskeletal science. ATI is one of the biggest physical therapy providers in the U.S. and has 900 locations in 24 states. The company says the formation […]

Welcome to a special episode of PT Pintcast, where we dive into an enriching conversation from ATI Physical Therapy's LinkedIn Live series, MOVE. In this episode, I, Jimmy McKay, PT, DPT, team up with Dr. Chuck Thigpen, SVP of Clinical Excellence at ATI, for a thought-provoking session that reviews the pivotal moments of 2023 and unveils the exciting prospects for physical therapy in 2024.Key Highlights:Recap of 2023: We take a candid look back at the significant trends, challenges, and successes in physical therapy over the past year.Future Insights for 2024: Dr. Thigpen shares his expert predictions and insights into what the next year holds for the field.Innovative Practices: Discover the latest advancements and innovative practices shaping the future of physical therapy.Audience Interaction: Engaging Q&A session with viewers from the LinkedIn Live event, covering a range of topical questions.LinkedIn live

This week we talk to Tom Denninger, Senior Director of Learning and Development at ATI Physical Therapy about developing leaders!Some of what we talk about:How many organizations still develop leadership WRONGAn organization's responsibility to provide leadership opportunitiesHow pushing people into leadership roles can backfireBrought to you by RaintreeProduced by Connversa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready for an insightful episode as we welcome back Skye Donovan, an esteemed Director, Professor, and Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist. With her extensive background in physical therapy, gross anatomy, and biomedical science, Skye shares her top three tips on making the most of the APTA's Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in Boston this February. Joining her, host Jimmy McKay offers his three expert suggestions for a fulfilling conference experience. Whether you're a seasoned attendee or a first-timer, this episode is packed with valuable advice on navigating one of the largest gatherings in the physical therapy community. Plus, don't miss the exciting opportunity to win an all-expenses-paid trip to CSM, courtesy of ATI Physical Therapy. This conversation promises to enhance your CSM experience and maximize your networking and learning opportunities at this premier event!

Alan Fredendall // #LeadershipThursday // www.ptonice.com  In today's episode of the PT on ICE Daily Show, ICE COO Alan Fredendall highlights the key principles behind growing & scaling your practice, using McDonald's as an unlikely but successful example. Take a listen to the podcast episode or read the full transcription below. If you're looking to learn more about courses designed to start your own practice, check out our Brick by Brick practice management course or our online physical therapy courses, check out our entire list of continuing education courses for physical therapy including our physical therapy certifications by checking out our website. Don't forget about all of our FREE eBooks, prebuilt workshops, free CEUs, and other physical therapy continuing education on our Resources tab. EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION 00:00 ALAN FREDENDALL Good morning, PT on ICE Daily Show. Happy Thursday morning. Hope your day is off to a great start so far. My name is Alan. Happy to be your host today. Currently, I have the pleasure of serving as Chief Operating Officer. I'm a faculty member in our fitness athlete division. We're here on Leadership Thursday. We talk all things practice, management, ownership, small business, leadership, that sort of thing. Leadership Thursday means it is also Gut Check Thursday. Gut Check Thursday this week is a workout I actually did this past Monday. It is 9, 15, 21 calories on a rowing machine, power snatches with a barbell, 75 pounds for gentlemen, 55 pounds for ladies, and pull ups. Ascending reps game automatically. You should proceed with caution as you get more tired. The reps go up, something we don't like to see too often. Also very redundant in this workout on pulling and grip, right? Pulling on the rower, you have grip on the barbell, and then you have grip and pulling up on the pull-up bar. So it gets redundant, gets really grippy, even with that light barbell. That barbell should be so light you could do all of those rounds unbroken if you really needed to. Maybe one break in the round of 15, maybe one or two breaks in the round of 21. Definitely should be aiming to get that workout done under or around the 10-minute mark. I did that, rested three minutes, and then did 9, 12, 15, rested three minutes, and did 6, 9, 12. I don't recommend doing the extra two rounds. Just stick with the 9, 15, 21. That's plenty of fitness for the day. Courses coming your way from us here at IEFCE. I want to highlight our Extremity Management division led by Lindsay Huey, Mark Gallant, and Cody Gingrich, the newest lead faculty to join the Extremity Management team. You can catch those three out on the road this fall. A couple of different courses coming your way. September 9th and 10th, Mark will be down in Amarillo, Texas. Lindsay will be out in Torrington, Wyoming. The next weekend, September 16th and 17th, Mark will be on the road in Cincinnati, Ohio. The weekend after that, Lindsay will be on the road September 23rd and 24th in Twin Falls, Idaho. The first weekend in October, the 7th and 8th, Lindsay will be up in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and Mark will be in Rochester, Minnesota. November 11th and 12th, Mark will be down in Woodstock, Georgia, which is north of Atlanta, kind of out in the suburbs. The weekend of November 18th and 19th, Mark will again be on the road, this time in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. That's a little bit southeast of Nashville. Cody's first weekend as a lead faculty in the division will be the weekend of December 2nd and 3rd. That'll be out in Newark, California. That's the Bay Area, the Fremont area. And then December 9th and 10th, the last chance to catch extremity management for the year will be in Fort Collins, Colorado with Lindsay. So that's what's coming your way from the extremity division. 03:21 GROWING & SCALING YOUR PRACTICE Today we're going to be talking about hiring from the viewpoint of growing and scaling your practice. And I want to highlight the McDonald's story. So I want to talk about kind of what's always in our mind when we're thinking about growing our team, which is that little voice in the back of our head that says, geez, I hope the person that I hire is mostly like me, right? When we think about growing our team, we're often thinking about how to basically mirror or replicate ourselves. And while that's not 100% possible, that is the goal as we grow and scale. That what we're really talking about when we're bringing new people on the team, we're growing our current practice. We're thinking about maybe even a second location. We're thinking about maintaining our standards of how we run our business, of how we practice physical therapy and preserving our company's culture. So we're going to talk about the who, the what and the how. The who today is going to be McDonald's. Yes, McDonald's, the Golden Arches, the fast food company. The what is going to be talking about how they grow and scale their businesses. And the how is going to be the foundational training that every member of the team has, how that relates to your team as a physical therapist growing your practice and how shared belief systems are really important. So as a company grows, those things tend to get diluted over time. Over multiple generations of leaders and employees, teammates, whatever you want to call the folks who work with you. As we tend to get many generations deep, we noticed a subtle decline in quality and culture of when you first went to the business, when it was a single owner operator, you knew the owner. You knew how things went. You had a relationship with that person. And maybe when you come back to that business, our business in this case being physical therapy, maybe you can't see that provider before. Maybe their schedule is full and they offer to have you see another provider. As the customer is the end user, how do we know that that person is good as the first person? And how do we know that the 10th person is as good as the third person? And so on and so forth. And unfortunately, what we see happen is companies tend to grow, especially as they tend to grow to new locations and maybe even start to franchise. We see that that stuff just gets diluted over and over again until the current business that we are going to no longer resembles the initial encounter with that business. Maybe even to the point that as the customer is the end user, we decide not to give that business our money anymore. So how do we avoid that? How do we avoid the customer coming to that conclusion? 07:26 THE WHO: MCDONALD'S Well, we need to start with the who. We need to start with McDonald's. If you're not familiar with McDonald's, we'll talk about that and we'll talk about how they grew and really the foundations that allow them to grow there. So love or hate them. Everybody has their thought immediately in their mind, their knee-jerk reaction about McDonald's, but they certainly know how to run a business. They know how to deliver a consistent product. That product, at least in my personal opinion, may be quite mediocre. But dang, when you go to McDonald's in Texas or McDonald's in Michigan or McDonald's in Seattle, it doesn't matter. McDonald's in Hong Kong, it is maybe mediocre, but it's consistently mediocre, right? A McDonald's hamburger in Texas tastes the same way as a McDonald's hamburger in New York and the fries are the same and the experience of purchasing from McDonald's is largely the same as well. So they know how to deliver a consistent product and we want to figure out how they do that. They also certainly know how to grow. McDonald's has been in business for 83 years, almost 100 years of continuous business. We've talked here on Leadership Thursday before about how many businesses don't make it to the one-year mark, to the five-year mark, that about the 10-year mark, 75% of all businesses are gone. They have gone out of business before they reach the 10-year mark. So to have been in business almost 100 years continuously is quite impressive. They are the largest restaurant business in human history. They have $24 billion a year in gross revenue. Now that is an amount of money that can be hard to conceptualize. Let me break it down for you. If you haven't heard of ATI Physical Therapy, they are the largest chain of physical therapy clinics in the world. They only grow $600 million a year in annual gross revenue. So any town that is big enough to have a McDonald's, a Walmart, probably also has an ATI Physical Therapy for reference. Nonetheless, McDonald's is almost 40 times larger. They are present in 120 of the 195 countries on the planet, and they are the fourth largest employer in human history. Of the largest employer on the planet currently is Walmart. The second is the Chinese Government Railroad. The third is the Chinese Government Police Service, and the fourth is McDonald's. So of the jobs that you could currently get, you can't go work for the Chinese Government Railroad or police service. You can't just go drop an application and start. We're talking about the second largest American-based employer on the planet. Now if you haven't seen the movie The Founder, I highly recommend you watch that movie. It's one of my most favorite movies. Every time I watch it, I take something away from it. Came out in 2016, and it's really kind of the tale of the start of McDonald's and the growth of McDonald's across the country and eventually the world. 11:27 THE WHAT: SUCCESSFUL GROWTH So that's the what we're going to talk about today. We're going to talk about the franchising of the McDonald's Corporation. Amazing movie. Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch play the McDonald's brothers who formed the first McDonald's out in California many, many, many, many years ago. And Michael Keaton does a great job playing Ray Kroc, the guy who finds the McDonald's brothers and becomes the person that franchises McDonald's into the business that it is today. So the original McDonald's started out in San Bernardino, California. It was a one-location restaurant run by the McDonald's brothers. They had a very systematic way of approaching a business. They practiced and trained and redesigned the restaurant again and again and again to optimize efficiency, to basically make burgers and fries and shakes as fast as possible in the almost pre-drive-through era of you had to drive to McDonald's and walk up to the window and order your food. And they created a wonderful, flourishing business that Ray Kroc stumbled upon. He actually was selling a machine that could make six milkshakes at once. And he was hand delivering it to the McDonald's brothers out in California when he watched just how busy their restaurant was all day long and decided this, these guys are onto something. If we could take this business and multiply it, we could really make a lot of money. So those brothers practiced. They had their employees practice work, right? They trained almost military style of running and operating their business. And they did so with a systematic approach, a fundamental approach to how to cook and serve food in a high quality, yes, but also a consistent and efficient manner. And it was built upon a common foundation of training and also of shared values of we want to deliver a high quality product, but we want to do it efficiently. People don't want to sit and wait 30 minutes for a hamburger. They want to be able to walk up to this window and a couple of minutes, get their food, pay and be on their way. Right. The person that's on lunch break or grabbing a bite to eat after work or before work or whatever, walk up, grab your food, go again in the pre drive through area, definitely the pre door dash era of delivering a high quality product. Very, very fast. So Ray Kroc stumbled upon these guys and started to franchise it. Initially did not go the right way. And I think it's important to know that it did not start off in an amazing way that immediately started cheapening ingredients, started using premixed milkshakes instead of actual milk in the milkshakes and initially started with a model that had really minimal control over new locations and leaders. And early on, and you'll see this if you watch the movie, McDonald's all over the country was completely random and different as far as what you might expect. You might find a McDonald's in Illinois that sold hamburgers and french fries and milkshakes, but you might go to a McDonald's in Wisconsin and find barbecue food. You might go to a McDonald's in St. Louis and find them selling tacos. So they kind of had a rocky start that they got away from their foundations. They no longer kept that regimented training, that regimented shared value systems. But I'll tell you the tale of how they turned it around. One of the cooks that worked at one of the original McDonald's, his name was Fred Turner In 1961, he created a training system called what is now known as Hamburg University of saying, hey, this is getting crazy. Every location that the customer goes to, they might be serving completely different food. There may be a completely different experience. They might be dirty at one location, unbelievably clean at the next, a different food just all over the place with consistency and quality. We have to fix this. And that kind of evolved with Fred Turner working alongside Ray Kroc into forming now what is known as the present day McDonald's, which again, the food may not be the highest quality, it might not taste the best, but darn it, it is consistent. And that is really the values that McDonald's presents today. Consistency and simplicity and uniformity with a goal and a shared belief system of quality, service and cleanliness. So they formed this university back in the 60s, Hamburg University. They now have locations in eight countries. They started in 1961. That guy, Fred Turner, who was just a cook, worked his way up and eventually became the CEO of McDonald's for 20 years and really kind of led the global expansion of McDonald's across the planet onto every street corner in America, into 120 countries across the planet. Down to really specific stuff. He was really insistent that fries had to be cut 0.28 inches thick, that one pound of beef should make exactly 10 1.6 ounce patties, so on and so forth. Consistency, the ability to replicate that business across not only shifts at the same location, but at every location across the town, across the state, across the country and eventually across the planet. So that is the who, that is the what. 13:59 THE HOW: SHARED TRAINING & BELIEFS Now we need to talk about how, how did they get there? Again, they had a rocky start, but how they arrived at where they're at now, again, one of the largest, most successful businesses in the history of our species. How did they get there? They get there these days by being very, very selective that each addition to their team is of similar quality to the rest of the team, that they have a shared belief system and that they all go through the same foundational training of when you are maybe a line cook or fry cook or you work the drive through McDonald's. Yes, you are just an hourly wage employee, but once you are maybe going to get promoted when the regional manager, when the owner decides your management material, you go to Hamburger University. If you are thinking about starting a McDonald's franchise, you also go to Hamburger University. They are very selective in who goes to Hamburger University. Only 1% of the people who apply get accepted. And the goal of Hamburger University is to teach managers and owners how to run a McDonald's to the McDonald's standard. Again, we have that common shared training foundation. We are hiring people with a shared common belief system. We are allowing the business to grow and scale without the end user, the customer being really able to notice any change in quality. McDonald's is doing it right. If you leave your house at 6 a.m. and you have a 12 hour road trip and you grab a coffee from McDonald's and a McMuffin at the start of your journey, if you stop at McDonald's four states away for lunch or dinner, it should feel almost exactly like the McDonald's that you stopped at at the start of your journey right by your house. It should really be no different. And even you have probably done this and if you haven't done this, you are a liar. You have gotten a drink at McDonald's in the morning on a long road trip and you have stopped maybe at multiple McDonald's along your route to get a refill of your drink. And again, if you haven't done that, you are probably lying. A lot of us have done that. So that replicated experience location over location over location. And I think we have a lot to learn from that model. And that model does not start with putting money first. It does not start with putting numbers first. It starts with making sure that we are incredibly selective of who we let join our team. And so that brings me to the how. How do we do that? We do that by being extraordinarily picky with who we let join our team. A lot of people will see your clinic, your business, whatever you are doing, being very successful and they want to invite themselves to come on board the ship. They are happy to stop by and drop off their resume and let you know that they are ready to start a position whenever you are ready to start paying them. And oftentimes we find ourselves as our business, our clinic, our practice is growing. We need people more than we care about exactly who that person is. And we have the mindset of we can train that person later. We can mentor that person later. All that matters is that I have more patients on my schedule than I can see. I have a month long wait list. I have a three month wait list. I have a six month wait list. And that's money I'm not capturing now. So I'm just going to hire that person who walked in the door and threw their resume on my desk. And we can't do that. Not if we want to replicate a really high quality experience, a consistent quality experience for our patients and our clients. Not enough businesses are picky enough at this process of making sure that person has the same beliefs that we do, making sure that we have a common shared foundation of training. Us here, we now only hire students who do a long rotation here or folks who have passed the ICE certification exam. That's where our standard is at now. That tells us that person either we have trained them in our training, our foundation as well, and we find out if they have our common belief systems or not, or we know that is on board already because they have passed such a rigorous certification as the ICE cert. But not enough of us are that picky. 17:23 WHEN GROWTH GOES WRONG And what happens if we don't do that? What happens when growth goes wrong? I want to just share a hypothetical example, speaking of the extremity management division today. Imagine that folks just have maybe even a little bit of a difference in what they believe and what they have been trained to do as physical therapists. And we say, you know what? They're only like 20% different. It doesn't matter. It doesn't really matter at the end of the day. Let's just hire this person anyways, even if they are maybe 20% different than the rest of the folks already on the team. Let's take an example of Lindsay and Mark from our extremity management team. Let's say that Mark believes that the foot, the ankle and foot, has no orthopedic value whatsoever. When he teaches his course, he just kind of glosses over that material and maybe even ends his class early. He ends faster than he planned to, right? Maybe he just kind of flips through the slides, shows a couple techniques, maybe an exercise, and he says, you know what? The ankle is really not that important to the body. Have a great weekend. Thanks for being here. Bye. And we're done at 3.30. Now, as we take that person who is now going to train more people underneath of them, the next person Mark trains is likely going to give even less attention to the ankle and foot. They're going to pass over even more of the fine details. And you can imagine if we take that now several generations deep, three, four, five generations deep, that that next person teaching extremity management may not even teach the ankle and foot, right? They may delete it from their slides entirely. Hey, we don't teach that in this course. Which is not true at all, right? Now we have a consistency problem in the product. What about the other end of the continuum? What if Lindsay believes the opposite? What if she believes the foot is the most important structure in the human body? What if she believes that great toe extension is linked to developing Alzheimer's disease? What if she spends so much time on the ankle and foot when she teaches extremity management that now her classes run until 7 p.m. on Sunday? Again, we have for a different reason, a consistency product, a consistency problem with the product we're delivering. Now again, that same example, as we get multiple generations deep, you could imagine the next person Lindsay trains underneath her maybe believes the foot is even more important and spends even more time on the ankle and foot. And maybe three, four, five generations deep, that person spends all of Sunday talking about the ankle and foot. We don't even talk about the hip and the knee anymore. Everything's about the ankle and the foot. And eventually what we come upon is a divergent offering of the same product. That the consistency of the product is diminished or absent entirely. And we have an entirely splinter product being offered. We're now offering two separate products from the same company, even though up many layers above in the leadership position, we're trying to figure out why the inconsistency is there. And it comes from not having that shared common training foundation and that shared belief system. So who is McDonald's? What is how they have franchised across the planet into one of the most successful businesses And the how is being really particular in who you let on your team and making sure that they already arrive with similar belief systems about how to practice physical therapy in a common training foundation. So many people arrive, new students, new grads with a wide variety of beliefs depending on where they went to school, what continued education courses they may have taken after it really can lead to that divergent offering of product that really creates a consistency and a quality product for your business over time. And again, in our mind is the original owner, the leader of the business. That's something we're trying to avoid at all costs. When we think about hiring new people, we're thinking about how can I essentially copy myself as much as possible so that when people come to see this new person I've hired or this eighth new person I've hired or my new location, how can I be sure that they get the same consistent product that I initially delivered when I started the business and it comes down to that shared common training foundation and that belief system. So that's the first part of this series. I want to take you all through the who, the what and the how. Next time I want to talk about once you have actually found that person, where do we go from there into the nitty gritty of things like operating agreements, things of making sure that our training foundation stays the same as we move through our practice, as we move through time together with these members on our team. I hope this was helpful. I hope you have fun with Gut Check Thursday. I hope you have a wonderful, fantastic Thursday and a great Labor Day weekend. We'll actually see you next week for a little bit of talk on carbohydrates on Fitness Athlete Friday. Have a great Thursday. Have a great weekend. Bye everybody! 21:52 OUTRO Hey, thanks for tuning in to the PT on Ice Daily Show. If you enjoyed this content, head on over to iTunes and leave us a review. Be sure to check us out on Facebook and Instagram at the Institute of Clinical Excellence. If you're interested in getting plugged into more ICE content on a weekly basis while earning CUs from home, check out our virtual ICE online mentorship program at ptonice.com. While you're there, sign up for our Hump Day Hustling newsletter for a free email every Wednesday morning with our top five research articles and social media posts that we think are worth reading. Head over to ptonice.com and scroll to the bottom of the page to sign up.

In this episode, we dive into the key insights from ATI Physical Therapy's recent quarterly investor report. ATI is a prominent publicly traded physical therapy company that is required to disclose financial information each quarter. The performance of their stock depends on whether they beat, meet, or miss projections made by analysts.Head to the link below to participate in our 5 Day Challenge! https://www.physicaltherapybiz.com/challenge www.physicaltherapybiz.com/applyDo you enjoy the podcast? If so, leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and tell a friend to do the same!Are you a member of our free PT Entrepreneur Facebook Group? If not, head to the link below and join the community!https://www.facebook.com/groups/ptentrepreneur/

Tom Denninger, the Senior Director of Learning and Development at ATI Physical Therapy.

we have the pleasure of hosting Sharon Vitti, a Chief Executive Officer with over 30 years of experience in healthcare. Sharon is passionate about expanding access to high-quality and affordable care for more patients. She currently serves as the CEO of ATI Physical Therapy, following her successful tenure as the Senior Vice President at CVS Health and President of MinuteClinic, where she led various aspects of care delivery, business operations, and strategic development.During our conversation, we delve into several compelling topics with Sharon. Firstly, we explore what drew her to healthcare, physical therapy, and ultimately her role at ATI. From her early days as a candy striper to her unwavering passion for working in healthcare, Sharon shares her journey and the factors that shaped her professional path.Accessibility to high-quality and affordable physical therapy care is a prominent theme we discuss. Sharon emphasizes the importance of getting people to think "PT First" for musculoskeletal-related injury care and prevention. We also explore how improving access to care benefits both patients and providers and how the expansion of telehealth plays a vital role in enhancing accessibility.Moreover, we delve into what ATI Physical Therapy is doing to advance the cause of accessibility. Sharon sheds light on initiatives such as making it easier to schedule appointments with providers in their clinics or through telehealth. Additionally, we explore ATI's efforts to improve access to quality care in underserved communities, as well as their plans to expand their telehealth offering.Throughout our conversation, Sharon also addresses her role and responsibilities as one of the few female CEOs in the healthcare industry. She credits her mentors at Brigham and Women's Hospital and CVS, highlighting the significance of their guidance and support. Sharon further discusses the gender disparity in healthcare leadership roles and shares eye-opening statistics from the World Health Organization and Becker's.Join us as we gain insights from Sharon Vitti's impressive background and discover the superpowers she acquired from each role she fulfilled. Prepare to be inspired by her dedication to expanding access to care, and gain a deeper understanding of the importance of accessibility in the healthcare landscape.

This episode features Dr. Chuck Thigpen, Senior Vice President of Clinical Excellence at ATI Physical Therapy & Scott Gregerson, Chief Growth Officer of ATI Physical Therapy. Here, they discuss trends in the physical therapy space and how it has improved over time.

In this podcast episode, we delve into the story behind Clash of the Craniums, an anatomy trivia revolution that has taken the PT student community by storm. Our guest, Matt Condo, associate professor at Western Kentucky University, and podcast host Jimmy McKay, share their journey of merging ideas to create an engaging and fun way for students to study for the National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE).Episode TakeawaysWhere did Clash of the Craniums come from?With over 190K downloads, illustrates the impact of engaging and interactive learning toolsAccess to FREE learning The process of publishing researchThe future of NPTE preparation Parting Shot“Research is not as hard as everyone thinks it is. You can do research.” - Matt CondoArticle: “Podcasting as an Innovative Tool for the National Physical Therapy Exam Preparation” through the Medical Science EducatorCheck out Clash of the Craniums on our Youtube Channel Connect with Matt!TwitterPT Pintcast is brewed by:ATI Physical TherapyGood PTs know that it's important to stay up to date on what's happening in the physical therapy profession. With Best Practices developed from over 2.5 million care episodes, the team at ATI Physical Therapy is doing their part to make sure their clinicians are practicing at the top of their game. Paired with their continuing education, professional development opportunities and vibrant clinic culture, ATI is working hard to ensure all clinicians are not only driving the PT industry forward but also going home happier. Check out www.ATIPT.com for more information. Jackson TherapyProviding awesome adventures in patient care for physical therapists who care about where they're going! Look no further than JacksonTherapy.comMW TherapyAn EMR is to a Physical Therapist as a Hammer is to a Carpenter. You deserve to LOVE USING IT!It's time for something better. It's time for something customizable. That's where MWTherapy comes in, take a demo of their amazing EMR now at MWTherapy.com where switching your EMR is easy!PhysiotecImprove patient outcomes. Improve clinic revenue. Get started with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring with Physiotec.ca. Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Higher Learning The Brooks Institute of Higher Learning is a world class organization on the cutting edge of evidence-informed practice and professional development for rehabilitation professionals. Learn more at BrooksIHL.org. FIRST ROUND Owens Recovery ScienceYour single course for clinicians who want certification in Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation Training and the equipment YOU Need to apply it properly In your clinical practice. Find out where you can get certified NEXT at www.owensrecoveryscience.com. PARTING SHOTThe Academy of Orthopaedic Physical TherapyThe leaders in orthopedic PT are the academy OF orthopedic PT, orthoPT.org now with Current concepts of Orthopedic PT 5th edition.

This episode is a candid conversation on mental health as we speak with Kay Mastrocola, a PT who's breaking the stigma of anxiety through social media memes. Discover how Kay's approach to humor and vulnerability is helping to foster a culture of support and understanding in the physical therapy community.Episode TakeawaysMake mental health part of the conversationWhat it means to be a neurodivergent learnerUnderstanding comedy through the truth Creation of memes as it relates to the classroom, clinic and in between Three QuestionsWhat other meme account do you suggest people follow? @mytherapistsays @acutecarerehabWhat is a valuable resource on today's topics? Forhers.com Why should someone care about this episode? Anxiety and mental health is not talked about enough. Parting Shot“You can be the entire package and be sent to the wrong address. Keep going.” - Kay Mastrocola Connect with Kay and check out her new merch!Instagram Etsy PT Pintcast is brewed by:ATI Physical TherapyGood PTs know that it's important to stay up to date on what's happening in the physical therapy profession. With Best Practices developed from over 2.5 million care episodes, the team at ATI Physical Therapy is doing their part to make sure their clinicians are practicing at the top of their game. Paired with their continuing education, professional development opportunities and vibrant clinic culture, ATI is working hard to ensure all clinicians are not only driving the PT industry forward but also going home happier. Check out www.ATIPT.com for more information. Jackson TherapyProviding awesome adventures in patient care for physical therapists who care about where they're going! Look no further than JacksonTherapy.comMW TherapyAn EMR is to a Physical Therapist as a Hammer is to a Carpenter. You deserve to LOVE USING IT!It's time for something better. It's time for something customizable. That's where MWTherapy comes in, take a demo of their amazing EMR now at MWTherapy.com where switching your EMR is easy!PhysiotecImprove patient outcomes. Improve clinic revenue. Get started with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring with Physiotec.ca. Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Higher Learning The Brooks Institute of Higher Learning is a world class organization on the cutting edge of evidence-informed practice and professional development for rehabilitation professionals. Learn more at BrooksIHL.org. FIRST ROUND Owens Recovery ScienceYour single course for clinicians who want certification in Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation Training and the equipment YOU Need to apply it properly In your clinical practice. Find out where you can get certified NEXT at www.owensrecoveryscience.com. PARTING SHOTThe Academy of Orthopaedic Physical TherapyThe leaders in orthopedic PT are the academy OF orthopedic PT, orthoPT.org now with Current concepts of Orthopedic PT 5th edition.

If you're looking for ways to reach more clients and grow your healthcare or fitness business, Youtube might just be your answer. Meet Joe Orbaczekski, a physical therapist turned Youtube sensation. He provides expert tips on how to succeed on Youtube as a healthcare or fitness professional and take your practice to the next level. Episode TakeawaysWhat you need to get started on YoutubeCreate multiple mini-assets of yourselfUnderstanding your audience/avatar Can you hack the Youtube algorithm Most important aspects to learn/know about Youtube Three QuestionsWho is someone the audience should be watching on Youtube? VIDIQWhat should the audience take a look at if they want a deeper dive into Youtube? Think Media on Youtube, Youtube Secrets by Sean Cannell Why should someone care about getting on Youtube? You have the greatest potential to reach the most peopleParting Shot“Create time leveraged mini-assets that continue to bring business into your business. Youtube is the place to be.” - Joe OrbaczewskiConnect with Joe!Instagram LinkedInPure Drive Physio & Performance Check out Joe's Youtube and Video Editing TipsPT Pintcast is brewed by:ATI Physical TherapyGood PTs know that it's important to stay up to date on what's happening in the physical therapy profession. With Best Practices developed from over 2.5 million care episodes, the team at ATI Physical Therapy is doing their part to make sure their clinicians are practicing at the top of their game. Paired with their continuing education, professional development opportunities and vibrant clinic culture, ATI is working hard to ensure all clinicians are not only driving the PT industry forward but also going home happier. Check out www.ATIPT.com for more information. Jackson TherapyProviding awesome adventures in patient care for physical therapists who care about where they're going! Look no further than JacksonTherapy.comMW TherapyAn EMR is to a Physical Therapist as a Hammer is to a Carpenter. You deserve to LOVE USING IT!It's time for something better. It's time for something customizable. That's where MWTherapy comes in, take a demo of their amazing EMR now at MWTherapy.com where switching your EMR is easy!PhysiotecImprove patient outcomes. Improve clinic revenue. Get started with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring with Physiotec.ca. Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Higher Learning The Brooks Institute of Higher Learning is a world class organization on the cutting edge of evidence-informed practice and professional development for rehabilitation professionals. Learn more at BrooksIHL.org. FIRST ROUND Owens Recovery ScienceYour single course for clinicians who want certification in Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation Training and the equipment YOU Need to apply it properly In your clinical practice. Find out where you can get certified NEXT at www.owensrecoveryscience.com. PARTING SHOTThe Academy of Orthopaedic Physical TherapyThe leaders in orthopedic PT are the academy OF orthopedic PT, orthoPT.org now with Current concepts of Orthopedic PT 5th edition.

Tara Tobias owns a cash-based neurologic physical therapy practice called Rehab HQ. She developed a Youtube Channel as a second business providing online tools to help people regain their mobility and independence. Her channel has over 100K subscribers with over 9 million views. Episode TakeawaysThe benefits of “the system” on your clinical skills and your time with patients Join Facebook groups related to conditions you treatBe the person who has the answer to a person's questionsCreate video content for patient treatment and education If you are interested in creating online content, the biggest goal is to create, post and keep the post live, do not deleteEmbarrassment is the biggest motivator  Three QuestionsWho is someone the audience should learn more about? Miles Beckler, Marques Brownlee What is something the audience should do to begin their own side hustle practice? Post a video of your patient education when it is fresh in your head. You communicate with your patients, you can communicate to an audience Why should physical therapists and physical therapist assistants care about creating content? There are people who may be losing trust in the health system and people are now online. Be the voice of their finding. Parting Shot“Don't complain. Reframe.” - Tara Tobias Connect with Tara!TwitterInstagramWebsiteYoutube PT Pintcast is brewed by:ATI Physical TherapyGood PTs know that it's important to stay up to date on what's happening in the physical therapy profession. With Best Practices developed from over 2.5 million care episodes, the team at ATI Physical Therapy is doing their part to make sure their clinicians are practicing at the top of their game. Paired with their continuing education, professional development opportunities and vibrant clinic culture, ATI is working hard to ensure all clinicians are not only driving the PT industry forward but also going home happier. Check out www.ATIPT.com for more information. Jackson TherapyProviding awesome adventures in patient care for physical therapists who care about where they're going! Look no further than JacksonTherapy.comMW TherapyAn EMR is to a Physical Therapist as a Hammer is to a Carpenter. You deserve to LOVE USING IT!It's time for something better. It's time for something customizable. That's where MWTherapy comes in, take a demo of their amazing EMR now at MWTherapy.com where switching your EMR is easy!PhysiotecImprove patient outcomes. Improve clinic revenue. Get started with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring with Physiotec.ca. Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Higher Learning The Brooks Institute of Higher Learning is a world class organization on the cutting edge of evidence-informed practice and professional development for rehabilitation professionals. Learn more at BrooksIHL.org. FIRST ROUND Owens Recovery ScienceYour single course for clinicians who want certification in Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation Training and the equipment YOU Need to apply it properly In your clinical practice. Find out where you can get certified NEXT at www.owensrecoveryscience.com. PARTING SHOTThe Academy of Orthopaedic Physical TherapyThe leaders in orthopedic PT are the academy OF orthopedic PT, orthoPT.org now with Current concepts of Orthopedic PT 5th edition.

Bailey Lanser is the physical therapist and athletic trainer for the Wisconsin Badgers. She completed her Sports Residency at the Cleveland Clinic developing a passion for interprofessional collaborative care and building genuine relationships with treating athletes. She is here to discuss how to quantify athlete load across different levels of care. Episode TakeawaysQuantifying load across different levels of care such as team coaches, strength coaches, physical therapy and athletic training Different communication models and strategies between all parties Using high tech approaches to monitor load in athletesDetermining the primary load for each stages Three Questions Who would your NIL Deal brand be with? Chick-Fil-AWhat is great practice music? 2007-2017 hits on Spotify What advice would you give to aspiring DPT students to work at the collegiate sport level? The greatest experience with working with others outside of physical therapy. Parting Shot“Work with the people around you. People in long term rehab have load coming at them from all different angles. Communicate with the people that you work with. Try to find a way to quantify things and standardize them.” - Bailey Lanser Connect with Bailey!Twitter PT Pintcast is brewed by:ATI Physical TherapyGood PTs know that it's important to stay up to date on what's happening in the physical therapy profession. With Best Practices developed from over 2.5 million care episodes, the team at ATI Physical Therapy is doing their part to make sure their clinicians are practicing at the top of their game. Paired with their continuing education, professional development opportunities and vibrant clinic culture, ATI is working hard to ensure all clinicians are not only driving the PT industry forward but also going home happier. Check out www.ATIPT.com for more information. Jackson TherapyProviding awesome adventures in patient care for physical therapists who care about where they're going! Look no further than JacksonTherapy.comMW TherapyAn EMR is to a Physical Therapist as a Hammer is to a Carpenter. You deserve to LOVE USING IT!It's time for something better. It's time for something customizable. That's where MWTherapy comes in, take a demo of their amazing EMR now at MWTherapy.com where switching your EMR is easy!PhysiotecImprove patient outcomes. Improve clinic revenue. Get started with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring with Physiotec.ca. Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Higher Learning The Brooks Institute of Higher Learning is a world class organization on the cutting edge of evidence-informed practice and professional development for rehabilitation professionals. Learn more at BrooksIHL.org. FIRST ROUND Owens Recovery ScienceYour single course for clinicians who want certification in Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation Training and the equipment YOU Need to apply it properly In your clinical practice. Find out where you can get certified NEXT at www.owensrecoveryscience.com. PARTING SHOTThe Academy of Orthopaedic Physical TherapyThe leaders in orthopedic PT are the academy OF orthopedic PT, orthoPT.org now with Current concepts of Orthopedic PT 5th edition.

David Meyer is a physical therapist and former MLB rehabilitation and medical coordinator. He is the author of his book Injured to Elite and host of the Beyond Zero Podcast. He has developed a mental approach to rehabilitation raising awareness to the mental side after injury. Episode TakeawaysPick your title that represents you, your work and your passionThe philosophy of Ikigai and living your purpose Use an online digital space to create an additional source of revenue You are allowed to help people that are outside of your lane Align your message to who you are reachingThe Four Levels of Value Look into becoming a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) Check out his book Injured to Elite and the Injured to Elite Academy If you want to apply to a sports position, check out TeamWorks.comParting Shot“You have something unique about you. You are not just a physical therapist. If you have an inkling to do something, go and do it.” - David MeyerConnect with David!TwitterInstagramWebsitePT Pintcast is brewed by:ATI Physical TherapyGood PTs know that it's important to stay up to date on what's happening in the physical therapy profession. With Best Practices developed from over 2.5 million care episodes, the team at ATI Physical Therapy is doing their part to make sure their clinicians are practicing at the top of their game. Paired with their continuing education, professional development opportunities and vibrant clinic culture, ATI is working hard to ensure all clinicians are not only driving the PT industry forward but also going home happier. Check out www.ATIPT.com for more information. Jackson TherapyProviding awesome adventures in patient care for physical therapists who care about where they're going! Look no further than JacksonTherapy.comMW TherapyAn EMR is to a Physical Therapist as a Hammer is to a Carpenter. You deserve to LOVE USING IT!It's time for something better. It's time for something customizable. That's where MWTherapy comes in, take a demo of their amazing EMR now at MWTherapy.com where switching your EMR is easy!PhysiotecImprove patient outcomes. Improve clinic revenue. Get started with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring with Physiotec.ca. Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Higher Learning The Brooks Institute of Higher Learning is a world class organization on the cutting edge of evidence-informed practice and professional development for rehabilitation professionals. Learn more at BrooksIHL.org. FIRST ROUND Owens Recovery ScienceYour single course for clinicians who want certification in Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation Training and the equipment YOU Need to apply it properly In your clinical practice. Find out where you can get certified NEXT at www.owensrecoveryscience.com. PARTING SHOTThe Academy of Orthopaedic Physical TherapyThe leaders in orthopedic PT are the academy OF orthopedic PT, orthoPT.org now with Current concepts of Orthopedic PT 5th edition.

ATI Physical TherapyGood PTs know that it's important to stay up to date on what's happening in their profession.With best practices from over 2.5 million care episodes, the team at ATI Physical Therapy is doing its part to make sure their clinicians are practicing at the top of their game.ATI is working hard to ensure their clinicians are driving the PT profession forward and going home happier.www.ATIPT.com Jackson TherapyProviding awesome adventures in patient care for physical therapists who care about where they're going! Look no further than JacksonTherapy.comMW TherapyAn EMR is to a Physical Therapist as a Hammer is to a Carpenter. You deserve to LOVE USING IT!It's time for something better. It's time for something customizable. That's where MWTherapy comes in, take a demo of their amazing EMR now at MWTherapy.com where switching your EMR is easy!PhysiotecImprove patient outcomes. Improve clinic revenue. Get started with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring with Physiotec.ca. Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Higher Learning The Brooks Institute of Higher Learning is a world-class organization on the cutting edge of evidence-informed practice and professional development for rehabilitation professionals. Learn more at BrooksIHL.org. FIRST ROUND Owens Recovery ScienceYour single course for clinicians who want certification in Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation Training and the equipment YOU Need to apply it properly In your clinical practice. Find out where you can get certified NEXT at www.owensrecoveryscience.com. PARTING SHOTThe Academy of Orthopaedic Physical TherapyThe leaders in orthopedic PT are the academy OF Orthopedic PT, orthoPT.org now with Current concepts of Orthopedic PT 5th edition.

Chuck Thigpen is the Senior Vice President of Clinical Excellence overseeing clinical care delivery at ATI Physical Therapy as well as being involved in delivery of specialty services, incubator projects and research. ATI will join us this year's APTA Combined Sections Meeting event Party With A Purpose to transform society by raising money to support 3 organizations - One More Wave, APTA Geriatrics Fund and the ATI Foundation. Episode TakeawaysATI committed to quality and elevating practiceOptimizing patient outcomesHighlighting CSM sessions on youth sportsParty with a Purpose - Stop by the ATI Booth to win a Hyperice product Parting Shot“Stop knowing and let's do to start doing what we know.” - Chuck Thigpen Connect with Chuck and ATI!Twitter: @chucktigpen @ATIPTInstagram: @atiptAre you attending CSM? Purchase a ticket to the first ever Party With A Purpose hosted by APTA Geriatrics, APTA Academy of Leadership and Innovation and ATI Foundation Do you want to be part of PT Pintcast Book Club? Join the PT Pintcast Happy Hour Facebook Group for more information.PT Pintcast is brewed by:Practice Freedom UFor PT Owners who want to Treat Less, Earn More, and create the business you've always dreamed of. Take the Practice Quiz now to see where you stack up. Visit practicefreedomu.com.Jackson TherapyProviding awesome adventures in patient care for physical therapists who care about where they're going! Look no further than JacksonTherapy.comMW TherapyAn EMR is to a Physical Therapist as a Hammer is to a Carpenter. You deserve to LOVE USING IT!It's time for something better. It's time for something customizable. That's where MWTherapy comes in, take a demo of their amazing EMR now at MWTherapy.com where switching your EMR is easy!Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Higher Learning The Brooks Institute of Higher Learning is a world class organization on the cutting edge of evidence-informed practice and professional development for rehabilitation professionals. Learn more at BrooksIHL.org. FIRST ROUND Owens Recovery ScienceYour single course for clinicians who want certification in Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation Training and the equipment YOU Need to apply it properly In your clinical practice. Find out where you can get certified NEXT at www.owensrecoveryscience.com. PARTING SHOTThe Academy of Orthopaedic Physical TherapyThe leaders in orthopedic PT are the academy OF orthopedic PT, orthoPT.org now with Current concepts of Orthopedic PT 5th edition.

Clinician, serial entrepreneur & mentor to many Fred L. Shinn, MS, PT joins the show.  Fred Shinn is a seasoned leader with unique business acumen in the health & wellness space.  In addition to possessing a Master's Degree in Athletic Training from Ohio University, Fred Shinn is a Physical Therapy graduate from the University of Indianapolis. With nearly 4 decades of local, national & international experience in Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Fred's clinical interests include manual therapy, Pilates, ortho-biologics & regenerative medicine.  His approach is an integrated one blending ageless holistic truths with the biologic & technology advancements of today.  An entertaining and gifted lecturer, he has written three complete continuing education programs and has presented CME programs coast-to-coast on topics related to shoulder dysfunction, care of the lumbar spine, hip & SIJ along with a revealing Pilates training manual for therapists.Having built a robust chain of Physical Therapy and Sports Rehab clinics, uniquely operating with full service, 24-hour fitness centers, day spa and Pilates studios, he transitioned his business to ATI Physical Therapy in 2014 via a private equity roll-up.  These facilities offered a strong manual therapy influence operating under the influence of inflammation theory in order to address orthopedic and neurologic rehab in light of the emerging epidemic of metabolic syndrome and auto-immune disease .  The focus of Fred's professional interests includes: leadership, clinical operations, team building and clinical education, all the while providing insight and guidance in entrepreneurship & business development.via:  https://www.breathestrong.info/about

Ashleigh Jones is wrapping up her third year with DePauw Athletics, where she joined in August of 2019 as the Assistant Director of Athletics Communications. Prior to joining the Tigers, she was the lead operations coordinator and assistant coach for Pink Elite Basketball from 2014 to 2019 while also working with ATI Physical Therapy. With Pink Elite, she helped coach one of eight teams to state qualifiers and her expansive marketing insight helped lead the program to a sponsorship from Adidas in summer of 2019. Her background in sports information includes working as a graduate assistant at North Central College (IL) in 2017-18 and as an athletic event staff member, which included events such as the Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. Ashleigh joins 2021-22 CoSIDA Intern Brandon Jones to talk about her experience as a Black woman and a young professional in athletics communications on this episode of Through My Lens.

Mr. Bates spent over 19 years with ATI Physical Therapy, starting in the original clinic as a Physical Therapist and progressing to COO and eventually CEO. Bates' leadership was instrumental and a driving force as ATI scaled from the original clinic to over 800 locations at the time of his exit from the business.Most recently, Mr. Bates has served as a board member for several businesses including Southern Vet Partners (a Shore Capital Partners animal hospital platform. Bates joined the board in 2014 when SVP had 2 locations and has scaled to over 300), and Salt Dental Collective, a thriving dental support organization. Bates has recently joined Golden Bear Therapy Partners as Lead Independent Board Director.  Additionally, Bates is the founder of RESET Telluride, a luxury wellness retreat concept (ResetTelluride.com).

#39: Justin Games ATC, SCAT, is the athletic trainer for the Furman University Paladin men's basketball and tennis teams.Prior to coming to Furman in 2014, Games served as an outreach athletic trainer for ATI Physical Therapy in Chicago, Ill., for three years, providing athletic training coverage for the athletic teams of Harper College.  He has additional experience as a Clinical Instructor and supervised athletic training students while at West Virginia and at Harper College.  Also, Games served an additional internship with the Tennessee Titans in the National Football League. Has additional training in manual treatment techniques of Graston, and biomechanical analysis of upper extremity movement patterns.  Games earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Miami University in 2009 and completed his Master's degree and Athletic Trainer Residency from West Virginia in 2011. In the show Justin touches on a variety of topics within health, leadership, & excellence. Enjoy the show!

eXp World Holdings (EXPI) CEO Glenn Sanford tells us why real estate agents are flocking to virtual selling. OPP (other people's problems) is the bain of UPS (UPS)? ATI Physical Therapy (ATIP) collapses after a messy quarter just weeks after their SPAC IPO. Why did the Tesla (TSLA) earnings call feel so weird? *cough* Elon Musk *cough*. The Drill Down with Cory Johnson offers a daily look at the business stories behind stocks on the move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ATI Physical Therapy (ATIP) provides physical therapy services. They have close to 200 clinics in the Chicago area. Labeed Diab, CEO of ATI Physical Therapy, discusses how it went public via SPAC merger as well as what is next for the company and growth opportunities. Tune in to find out more.

A healthier society for less cost? Value-based health care aims to achieve just that by focusing on what matters to patients. Dr Chuck Thigpen from ATI Physical Therapy unpacks value in musculoskeletal care, the rehabilitation clinician’s role in delivering best care, and why you need to be a good team player.

Homebuyers are going to great lengths to make their offers stand out in a red-hot real estate market. Reporter Dennis Rodkin joins host Amy Guth with more. Plus: United grounds Boeing 777s after engine failure, Developer plans more than 1,000 apartments in West Loop, ATI Physical Therapy plans to go public, retailer Foxtrot Market raises $42 million from investors including Joe Mansueto and former a Whole Foods' executive.

Join us in congratulating Dr. Richard Berger, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Hip & Knee Replacement Specialist for Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, for performing over 10,000 joint replacement surgeries! Our interview with him discusses how operations have changed over the past 20 years and the positive impacts it has had on the recovery of patients.Interview with Chris Stout, Vice President of Research and Data Analytics at ATI Physical Therapy, regarding how the use of artificial intelligence affects treatment and outcomes of patients who undergo physical therapy.Ask the Doctor segment: Dr. Cole answers questions from listeners about patellofemoral knee replacement surgery, why arthritis is seen more in the winter, treating arthritis, and Vitamin D deficiency.

Peter Braun, Athletic Trainer for ATI Physical Therapy, discusses skiing and his article on its antiaging effects. He gives advice on how to develop as a skier as well as how to adjust to the different seasons of skiing.Interview with Dave Heidloff, Manager of Sports Performance at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, about the new Sports Performance facility in Oak Brook, Illinois. Services offered include functional sports assessment, sensor and video-based biomechanical analysis of body movement, blood flow restriction training, and standard sports assessment.Ask the Doctor segment: Dr. Bush-Joseph from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush answers questions about Tennis-Elbow treatment and when muscle soreness should be evaluated.

This Podcast Segment features Dr. Chuck Thigpin from ATI Physical Therapy discusses with Dr. Cole and Steve, how High School athletes should prepare and trainContinue readingThe post How should HS Athletes Prepare & Train for Adjustment to their sports seasons? appeared first on Sports Medicine Weekly.

Taylor is currently an Upper Extremity Fellow with ATI Physical Therapy. He graduated with his Bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. He completed a sports physical therapy residency with Fairview Health Services last year and dove straight into the fellowship program. His clinical interests include shoulder and elbow rehabilitation, return to throwing programs, sports rehabilitation and performance, and knee injuries. Outside of work, Taylor enjoys watching any and all sports, reading, and hiking with his wife and dog.Athletes With Asthma Course Link:https://boldbaseperformance.thinkific.com/courses/athleteswithasthma

In this episode, I'm joined by Brett Holland, Physical Therapist, co-founder of 5ToolSport and Clinic Director of ATI Physical Therapy in Frisco. Brett's story was fascinating to listen to. We talked about his journey to becoming a physical therapist after suffering an unfortunate injury in professional baseball while playing with the San Diego Padres, his plans for 5ToolSport, common misconceptions in baseball in regards to rehab and training, the alarming increase in adolescent baseball players, and the possible effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on athletes. What I enjoyed most about speaking with Brett was hearing his passion in his craft with every spoken word and answer. Hope you guys enjoy it! You can find Brett on instagram here and be sure to give 5toolSport a follow if you're interested in learning more. As always please share this episode with your friends, drop a rating/review and follow me on instagram here. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-halo-effect-podcast/support

Steve talks with Brett Windsor, PT, MPA, PhD about growing up in Australia and his professional journey. Brett is the current CEO of NAIOMT and also holds the position of National Director of Clinical Excellence at ATI Physical Therapy based in Bolingbrook, IL.For more information on NAIOMT and to register for upcoming courses visit naiomt.com. Music:Carpe Diem by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3478-carpe-diemLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

During these difficult times, many athletic trainers are finding themselves struggling financially or in situation where their financial situation may change quickly in the next few months.  Maybe you've lost your job. Maybe your hours have been cut. Maybe you are concerned about your own health or your family member's health.  We need to make some difficult yet purposeful decisions centered around money management and planning.  The cATalyzing Podcat is bringing you audio in this episode from a talk that Matthew Shade, M.Ed, LAT, ATC gave last summer centered around identifying your financial planning personality and behaviors, how to build a budget, and how to plan for short-, mid-, and long-term goals to avoid pitfalls. Matt showcases his emotions during this talk, as he hopes that his story inspires you to have hope for your future in the event that things are unexpectedly tough for you right now.  Matt Shade, M.Ed, LAT, ATC graduated from West Chester University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training, then served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer while completing his Master Degree of Education at The College of New Jersey in 2006. Matt's career has consisted of working in the interscholastic setting as a Certified Athletic Trainer at New Hope Solebury High School, Delaware County Christian School and Gwynedd Mercy College. He also worked in the office setting as a physician extender before advancing into administrative roles as a sports medicine supervisor with ATI Physical Therapy and athletic director at Girard College and William Tennent High School. Throughout his career path, Matt developed a passion for educating and mentoring athletic trainers. This passion lead to him pursuing a career path as Financial Representative with Northwestern Mutual in 2018. Since this audio was recorded in 2019, Matt has expanded his financial planning practice and now operates his business through Independence Planning Group. With the support of his wife, Staci, Matt enjoys spending his free time watching and coaching his sons, Jacob and Jonathan, in their sports. Want to reach Matt? matthew.shade@ipgroup.info *The audio from Matt's presentation re-purposed for this podcast is property of RWJBarnabas Health* --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catalyzing-podcast/message

Dr. Thomas Denninger of ATI Physical Therapy is interviewed by Kevin L. MacPherson regarding a presentation he gave at the 2019 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Pragmatic Application of Practice Guidelines in the Clinic: Programming High Value Care at a National Scale.”

Dr. Thomas Denninger (e-mail, Twitter) of ATI Physical Therapy and Evidence-in-Motion is interviewed by Kevin L. MacPherson regarding a presentation that he gave at the 2019 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Pragmatic Application of Practice Guidelines in the Clinic: Programming High Value Care at a National Scale.” This episode contains information that should be interesting for practitioners that want to learn how a large physiotherapy corporation approaches clinical practice improvements. Find out more about the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists at the following links:Academy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=enPodcast e-mail: aaomptpodcast@gmail.comPodcast website: https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm

Podcast with Ellen Shanley, PHD, PT, OCS of ATI Physical Therapy joining Steve and Dr. Cole to discuss a recent study conducted at ATI onContinue readingThe post ATI's Ellen Shanley on the association of lower extremity musculoskeletal injury with concussion appeared first on Sports Medicine Weekly.

A certified athletic trainer who also doubles as a financial planner. You don't find those too often! Matt Shade, M.Ed., LAT, ATC is that guy. Time to be inspired by a story and once again get reflective. On this episode, host Ryan Stevens has a conversation with Matt where they talk everything from financial challenges athletic trainers face at various stages of their life and tips for seeking promotions to advice for managing your budget at your school or workplace.  Matt graduated from West Chester University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training. He then served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer while completing his Master Degree of Education at The College of New Jersey in 2006. Matt's career has consisted of working in the interscholastic setting as a Certified Athletic Trainer at New Hope Solebury High School, Delaware County Christian School and Gwynedd Mercy College. He also worked in the office setting as a physician extender before advancing into administrative roles as a sports medicine supervisor with ATI Physical Therapy and athletic director at Girard College and William Tennent High School. Throughout his career path, Matt developed a passion for educating and mentoring athletic trainers. This passion lead to him pursuing a career path as Financial Representative with Northwestern Mutual in 2018. With the support of his wife, Staci, Matt enjoys spending his free time watching and coaching his sons, Jacob and Jonathan, in their sports. Connect with Matt on facebook and LinkedIn, visit his webpage www.mathewshade.nm.com or reach him via email Matthew.shade@nm.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catalyzing-podcast/message

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LIVE from the WCPT Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, I welcome Efosa Guobadia on the show to discuss entrepreneurship in physical therapy.  Efosa L. Guobadia, PT, DPT, is the founder of the integrated wellness company FFITT Health; President and CEO of Move Together, a 501(c)3 for purpose organization dedicated to improving access to quality rehab medicine around the corner and around the world; Co-Founder of the initiative Global PT Day of Service, which has spanned 60 countries since its inception; Founder of the informational website PT Haven; and also developed and led the international volunteer program ATI MissionWorks for ATI Physical Therapy. In this episode, we discuss: -Efosa’s entrepreneurship in underserved communities -How to approach roadblocks and tackle them head on -Three qualities of inspiring leaders in the entrepreneurial space -Exciting ways you can get involved with service through PT Day of Service -And so much more!   Resources: Move Together Website @efosaguobadia @ptdayofservice @ffitthealth Move Together Instagram PT Day of Service Website  PT Haven Website efosa@movetogether.org   For more information on Efosa: Efosa L. Guobadia, PT, DPT, is the founder of the integrated wellness company FFITT Health; President and CEO of Move Together, a 501(c)3 for purpose organization dedicated to improving access to quality rehab medicine around the corner and around the world; Co-Founder of the initiative Global PT Day of Service, which has spanned 60 countries since its inception; Founder of the informational website PT Haven; and also developed and led the international volunteer program ATI MissionWorks for ATI Physical Therapy. In 2017, he contributed a chapter on sustainability as well as the closing afterword for the book ‘Why Global Health Matters”, edited by Dr. Chris E. Stout, and with a foreword by Nobel Laureate Jody Williams. He received his BS in Kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts in 2007 and his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Scranton in 2010. He is recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Young Alumni Award given by the University of Massachusetts/Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences and is a 2018 American Physical Therapy Association Social Impact Award Recipient.  He is currently based out of Guatemala City, Guatemala.   Read the full transcript below: Karen Litzy:                   00:00                Hey everybody, I'm coming to you live from the WCPT conference in Geneva, Switzerland. And I have the distinct pleasure of sitting next to Dr Efosa Guobadia who is a physical therapist from the United States now based in Guatemala. And he has also the cofounder of PT Day of service and move together, which we will talk about during this interview. But first, what I'd really love to talk about Efosa is you were on a panel today about entrepreneurship and physio therapy. So can you give us the highlights? Efosa Guobadia:            00:34                Yes. Well, Karen Litzy is such a high pleasure to share time with you. The only time I get a chance to hang out with you, you put a smile on my face. I love the energy and all that. So yes, the panel is about entrepreneurship. So one of the things that I certainly talk about, I said entrepreneurship is a mindset, you know, it's about bringing the vision and the vision of your heart and the idea in your mind into actuation, you know? And with that being said what I also said, I think everybody has, it has the potentiality and the capacity to be entrepreneurial or you sometimes talk about product market fit or passion market fit and where does your passion, your idea slash your product meet the market. You know, and I think that's also very important. A friend of mine recently we're having a concept about what's an entrepreneur? He says an entrepreneur is the intersection of your idea, fundamental value and the wants, desires, desires and the understanding of the client and consumer. And that sweet spot is so important. If it's just about your ideas, you may be a starving artist, you know, but if it's a too much about the client, you know, you may be selling out a little bit. So find that great amalgam and that sweet spot and I think that's very important. Karen Litzy:                   01:37                Yeah. Thank you for bringing that up. I think that's great. I usually tell people when they're like, not sure if this idea can actually turn into a business. And I'll always tell people like, make a list. Like, what are you good at? What are you really passionate about? And what would someone be willing to pay you for? And if you can find that sweet spot, and again, it's like you just said, it's your passion where it intersects with what the consumer needs or what the consumer doesn't know they need yet. And that's where entrepreneurism really comes into, I think, a great place for the person. So let's talk about what you're doing as an entrepreneur. Efosa Guobadia:            02:16                I love that so much. And I agree. To piggyback on what you just said, Karen, it's about fundamental value. And I think this is true in any industry. So whatever this thing, this fundamental value, your product service, after a person comes into contact with it, are they better off? And then well, we can talk about marketing or this or that, but that should be the first thing that you curate. So that's very foundational. I'm living a pretty interesting existence right now Karen Litzy so this past November in 2018, I actually decided to move to Guatemala and now I'm doing two different things. So I feel a part of my bandwidth is for the global health sector. You know co founding, you know I lead the organization move together and our mission there is to increase access to quality rehab medicine around the corner and around the world. Efosa Guobadia:            02:56                I've been going to Guatemala now for the last seven years I've been doing this global health work for the last seven years. I moved together under that umbrella. We've been doing some pretty interesting work there for the last three years of amazing partners on the ground and amazing participants and volunteers that have joined us from the US and other places around the world. We help to build the development of rehab clinics in underserved communities. And the keyword there, this is the keystone where there's the operization, the local PTs and students on the ground. They run these clinics that we co set up throughout the year and on the ideas that it thrives uder them and we are glad to say it has been so. And then we have other programs under them, the nonprofit move together, PT day of service, which you mentioned, we have a program called that pro bono incubator and that's US based in which we dispense funds to pro bono projects in clinics in the US over the last two years we just spent $20,000 to a 11 different projects and a mentorship and resource to many more than that as well. Efosa Guobadia:            03:53                So that's been pretty fun. So that's one part of my existence. The other part of my existence is entrepreneurial. This past I officially opened this March, but I did some ramp up work to it this past march. I opened up a clinic in Guatemala City and it looks at three verticals. It looks at mobility, which is Rehab. And I do some movement analysis with the movement three d camera. We do look at nutrition. I'm hiring some nutritionists to look at because nutrition is important for a few reasons, right? For pain. It's relationship with inflammation and with energy and a certainly with weight management, weight management is predicated on nutrition. I think above all cardio and then lean muscle mass. So it's looking at it through that portal has been important. And the third vertical has been mindset that, you know, a routine and breathing and sleeping and all that good stuff. So creating a team that helps me do those things in an ecosystem systematic way has been fun. You know, the early part of it has been mobility and people have been responding so very well to it in Guatemala. They're telling me now I can't leave, but you know, some of my clients and it's been fun. Karen Litzy:                   04:56                Awesome. And now, you know, your version of entrepreneurship is let's say different than maybe some traditional entrepreneurship where you're setting up shop in a very developed country and it's certainly different than what I do as an entrepreneur. I think from a practical standpoint, different, but I think from a fundamental standpoint and where our mindsets are and what we're trying to do for our clientele, it's pretty similar. Would you agree? Efosa Guobadia:            05:23                A hundred percent fundamental value around the world. Its fundamental value in each industry needs to know their fundamental value. Let's say for us, our fundamental values as healers is help people move better so they can live better. That exists and is needed anywhere in the world. So again, know fundamental value, build the architecture and fit it to the market into the behavior and the knowledge and the awareness of your customers or customers to be and that's how you make it make sense wherever you go. Karen Litzy:                   05:47                And for maybe listeners out there who would like to replicate what you're doing in an underserved area or in an underserved country, what were some of the biggest roadblocks you experienced in the beginning that you would like to advise people on? Maybe how to avoid or at least how to minimize? Efosa Guobadia:            06:07                Oh, interesting. I think it's so important to identify roadblocks and barriers. I sometimes say this with my clients now you need to know the dragon and sort of delineate the dragon so you could slay it. You know, so it's the transcend another general thought. Anytime Challenging things happen. I cheer this in the panel as well. It's information, you know, it's that when a situation happens, good or maybe not good to the way you want it to happen, it's situation. What's good about situations, it leads to solutions. So once you figure out how to handle something, now you have this tool of this extra solution. Now you can play defense and prevent that from happening again. Or if it does happen, you can handle a quicker, and actually turn it into a good, et Cetera, et cetera. So that mindset, that paradigm shift, the mindset. Efosa Guobadia:            06:50                If you're an entrepreneur of how do you engage with things that don't necessarily happen the way that you want to have it on the, for me and some of my experiences, every country has its own things. And one thing is you go through the legal process is setting up your business. What I just had to learn is a little bit different from the US so tagging in this is a truth for all entrepreneurs and all projects, you know, identify and tag and the right people who could best help you with what you need to do. And then that saves time and that maximize your efficiency as well as your effectiveness. Karen Litzy:                   07:18                Yeah. So when you kind of hit those roadblocks, I love the way of reframing it as not a, Oh my gosh, I'm so stupid. Or how did I not see this coming? Oh great, now I'm sunk and I'm going to go sulk into a corner. But instead you're saying to reframe it as, well, here's this roadblock, but guess what? Now we have a system in place to avoid this from happening again. So being very intentional about how you're thinking of roadblocks or I don't want to say failures or things like that in your business, but being intentional so it doesn't happen again, and then you can go out and help others do the same. Efosa Guobadia:            07:54                You said that perfectly. Nothing to add to that. Karen Litzy:                   07:55                Okay. All right. So let's talk a little bit more about entrepreneurship, specifically leadership. So if you're an entrepreneur, you're a leader, right? You're either leading yourself, you're leading others. So what do you feel like are qualities of, let's say leadership within the entrepreneurial space? Efosa Guobadia:            08:15                Yeah, I can say a few of both. They overlap and they're interrelated like you're saying. But on the leadership front, I think, there's three things that are important. You know, maybe I'll break it down to three C’s. So one C is courage, the second c is compassion, and the third C is credibility. So I'm gonna explain what I mean by those. But first of all, with those three things, you start with yourself. You need to serve yourself. You need to lead yourself first, before you can think about leading people. So on the coverage piece that then set on your heart or the things that you believe in, do you pursue them or do you stand up for them? And the micro moments and the macro moments. And it's like a muscle you have to cultivate and you’ve got to work it out. You know? Efosa Guobadia:            08:51                So expressing when things are more macro and big and where things are really intense. You've had this muscle, I'm going to be strong, I'm going to be courageous. I'm going to be dictated and guided by what I see is right and righteous. So courage is important. The other part is credibility. Again, starting with yourself. Do you do the things that you set that you intend to do we get the to do list. Have you written out 20 things consistently for the last month. I've only got three things done. You're telling your conscious and your subconscious, you can't trust what you write down. So start there. Create credibility and trust with yourself and then it’s metaphysical it transmits to your team, you know, you can't really have credibility with others without having credibility with yourself. And then caring and compassion. You know, one of the most important words in my life, caring, you know, caring about yourself, being compassionate about yourself. Efosa Guobadia:            09:33                To be able to do that with your team. You need to be able to do it yourself. There's one politician and I heard say it as a couple of years ago, the best thing a leader could do for his team, his or her team is to care about them. You know how you do that by actually caring about them, you know, so actually care about yourself to take care by yourself, actually care about your team, to care about your team, on the entrepreneurial realm. A lot overlaps with say consider our focus decision making capabilities. And I will also say reasoning, you know, able to multidimensional think a lot of entrepreneurism is problem solving and thinking ahead and thinking what's coming down the pike. So that's the critical reason. A lot of the decision making, whether you've got to make quick decisions or deep decisions. Efosa Guobadia:            10:14                What's your prototype, what’s your paradigm, how do you handle that? How do you stay calm under pressure? Maybe that goes to a curse a little bit. And then in focus, you read all the greats, you know, whether it was old school philosophy or current CEO's, one of the most important things that they talk about is the ability to focus on your task at hand and to chop wood on your task at hand as their old quote. I forget who said it now, the way you do anything is the way you do everything. So for me to close on this, I enjoy doing dishes. I don't do it that much, but when I do dishes, I'm locked in. I've tried to clean it as best as I can and I know that it's going to transmit to my clinical treating and my leadership or building your footing. So those would be some thoughts there. Karen Litzy:                   10:56                Yeah. And I loved the compassion I had a woman on a couple of weeks ago who talked about having compassion for yourself and forgiveness for yourself and how can you even make a decision if you can't even give yourself compassion? So, those qualities of leadership, courage, caring and compassion, and credibility. Yeah. So if you can't give that to yourself, then how can you give it to your business and be a successful entrepreneur? And courage by the way, this year was my word of the year on my vision board. So when you said that, I perked up and said, oh, courage. Yes. So that's something that I'm working with and I've been in business for a while. So I think another thing for everyone out there who's an entrepreneur or wants to be an entrepreneur is it's not like, oh, I have courage one day and then that's it. It is for ever, you are forever working on it. At least that's my view. Efosa Guobadia:            11:56                I agree. Excuse me. I agree. It's a muscle and it's not this goal to achieve and that you're good at. It's an attention and intention really has to do a behavior and courage and you’ve got to be smiling in this world. It's so much about courage is a call to adventure. What is it in your heart, what do you feel pulled to and are you willing to answer that call and say, heed that call. Even if it's a small step, even if it's a big step, even as a small step that leads a big step. If you do, if you heed the call, if you go for it, if you stand up for the things that you believe in, you will live a life in full. You know? And it’ss be a certainly an interesting one. Karen Litzy:                   12:32                Wonderful. I have nothing to add to that. Now before we went live you were talking about how it's such an exciting time in physical therapy and we're here at WCPT with 4,500 people from around the world. And I have to say it is exciting. So what is your version of now is an exciting time for physical therapy? Efosa Guobadia:            12:51                It's a combination of things. You know, there's so many exciting and interesting people doing exciting and interesting things you with your cash based practice you with this podcast. So many other people. The prehab guys, you know, I don't even know those guys, but I admire them from Afar, how they're growing, how they're fitting something in the market, how they're influencing and inspiring clinicians and clients have like so many others. So many exciting people doing exciting things. So that's one variable too with technology. You know, technology is allowing us to do a multiplication of things that we couldn't do six months ago, 12 months ago, and then certainly two, three, four, five years ago. So understanding where the tech is now or where the tech might go, it's a variable that leads to a multiplication. And then the consumer that, you know, they're more intentional with where they spend their time or where they spend their dollars, how they engage with health and health care and all that good stuff. Efosa Guobadia:            13:39                So they're becoming more of a partner. That's how I treat my clients and my consumer, my patients as a collaborator in the journey. So you play with those different variables of technology ideas of different people, a consumer that's wanting to be healthier and then wanting to be fit. And intentional in that healthiness in that fitness, we're at this place really where anything is possible and everything can change. And I think in the next 10 years Karen the next 10 years, we're going to see an evolution slash revolution of efforts and actuations within our profession. And certainly the other step is how we collaborate with other verticals and other industries and other professions as well because not just about what we could do alone by what we could do is by what we could do together. Karen Litzy:                   14:21                And on that, that is just the perfect segway because the next thing I want to talk about is move together and PT day of service. So let's give a plug to both of these, well move together, the parent organization of PT day of service. So let's talk about that a little bit so that the listeners know what the heck you're doing. Efosa Guobadia:            14:42                Yeah, sounds good. So move together is a 501©3 that I cofounded in 2016. And the way we define mission is that we measure everything that we do and say by. So the mission for the organization is to increase access to quality rehab medicine around the corner around the world and access being the keystone word and the keystone structure cause with access that we've seen in some of the places that we've been to, the place doesn't exist for people to go to or the place does exist. They don't have the means to go there of it does exist. They have the means that placement, I have the things that that community member that community needs. So it was a multidimensional challenge, so it needs a multidimensional approach. So that's been pretty exciting. Efosa Guobadia:            15:18                I smell inside and out every time I think about our vision first. But the way we defined vision, vision is Simon Sinek talks about this a lot. Do you need to be able to see it? You know, that's why we call it a vision. And then when I think about it, I think about it as a guiding light or the northern star that's shining the way forward. I also think about it as the horizon. There's always going to be necessary distance between your horizon. That's the definition of horizon and so it becomes this pursuit and then you're pursuing the doing of good and doing and what your vision is, which I'll share in a moment, but also how you enjoy the journey. You're able to turn around and look at the shore, see how far along you've gone and also set up beacons and objectives along the way to measure your progress. Efosa Guobadia:            15:58                Our vision for the organization is a clinic in every community and a sense of community in every clinic, a clinic in every community speaks to the horizontality of where we want to go, the geographical breadth of where I want to go. Community in every clinic speaks of punctuating depth and the verticality of what we do and the places that we do go. So a clinic in every community and community in every clinic. And that really drives what we do. We have three pillars in our organization, one that looks at increasing the quality and quantity of clinics. We do that. We have a program, PBI in the US and other clinic development program around the world or work with municipalities and mayors. And, and our community leaders to build development operationalized clinics. We have a second pillar called empower local clinicians. You know, not just a going and leaving going and leaving something behind and power and local capacity. Efosa Guobadia:            16:42                Mike Landry talks about that term about local capacity. So most of our projects abroad we usually teach, you know, and learn and do labs things of that nature and we partner with other kinds of organizations to start doing it more in an architectural way for sustainable change. And then the third pillar, which ties into PT day of service is catalyzing servant leadership. What we've seen about our profession, certainly beyond our profession, PTs and PTAs and students, they like to serve we are a  profession of heart and compassion. You know, so many people have been doing so many good things already, but for many people they don't know where to start, you know, so how can we create this junction of Bi directionality where people can be fulfilled while fulfilling other's? We see path for academic leadership and association leadership and corporate leadership and those are great. Efosa Guobadia:            17:25                It was very important for us as an organisation. Josh and I, we talk about this a good amount is creating a path for servant leadership. You know, so we have two programs right now in that pillar program. We're very excited about anybody listening that is interested in our mission and vision. This would be a good portal to join, call the catalyst club and it’s all family for the organization. It's a critical mass to volunteer team that's going to help us fulfill the vision and pursue the vision. And then of course we have PT Day of service. Just an amazing program, really driven by amazing, amazing team which Karen, we love you so much for being on our team since really the beginning and then amazing people around the world participate in a PT day of service when we challenged students, clinicians to do an act of service on the same day and around the world. Efosa Guobadia:            18:07                Year one we had 28 countries participate. Year two we had 42 countries participate. Year three we had 55 in year four we have 56 give or take, we're in year five which the big year for us and we're very excited and we’re looking to grow not just for the sake of numbers but to grow in the sake of service and showing that service can grow at the end of the day. What that program is about PT Day of service. It's about local service for a global effect and a global impact in your backyard in multiple places. Karen Litzy:                   18:35                Yeah. So this year it's October 13th and if you want more information you can go to PTDayofservice.com or move together.org Karen Litzy:                   19:01                And we'll have all of the links to everything, under this podcast at podcast.Healthywealthysmart.com. So one link can take you everywhere. So Efosa before we finish, I have one last question. I cannot wait to hear your answer. I'm like super psyched about this as a question I ask everyone and it's knowing where you are now in your life and your career, what advice would you give to yourself as a new Grad fresh out of the University of Scranton, right? Efosa Guobadia:            19:27                So were you saying I'm having a conversation with a 24 year old, Efosa that guy was interesting. I wish I could have a conversation with that guy. So what I will say, I'm actually gonna say, he's gonna be interesting. So are you asking me to look back and what advice I would give that person will be to actually look ahead. So there's an exercise that I do sometimes called futuristic retrospection. I came with this term several years ago. And what the exercise you actually do is visualize yourself as an older person and this is similar to other activities but futuristic retrospection, it goes to visualize yourself as an older person. So 24 year old me is talking to 90 year old me, maybe I'm hanging out in pajamas, you know, and a cat is just doing whatever I'm doing. Efosa Guobadia:            20:10                And in that conversation I would tell my 24 year old self do this. In that conversation, ask your older version of yourself, what do you wish you did? What do you wish you did at 24, 25, as soon as you graduated, what do you wish you did? Where do you wish you were at? Who do you wish you where? et Cetera, et cetera. And then, certainly you have to extrapolate what you think that answer might be. And then whatever that answer is, you've got to let it guide you. You know, there's an article I read at slate a couple of years ago that said, when we think about an older version of ourselves, the same part of our brain lights up as if we're thinking about a stranger, at least in the Western world, right? When we think about an older version of ourself, the same part of our brain lights up as we're thinking about a stranger. Efosa Guobadia:            20:47                So this exercise allows you to get feedback and thoughts from your subconscious. The person who really knows you the best, and it's pretty powerful. Jeff Bezos, he utilizes something similar called the regret minimization framework. You know, think about an older version of yourself and what then do you think you regret not doing, you know, and then to make sure you do that. And then the other thing at least the character Togo has this quote, we're presented with insurmountable opportunities. So there's a never ended amount of opportunities in the world, you know. So with that being said, it becomes about being essential with your time. You know, people going to ask you to do things, you know, which is good, which is fun. And the better you are at things hopefully the more that you’re going to get asked. The honor is the ask, you don't have to say yes sir. So be essential about what you're doing so there’s this balance of knowing your measures, knowing your markers. Know you're vision and let that guy that didn't create or the things you accept and you multiply that by being adventurous as well. You know, trying things, finding that sweet spot will allow you to maximize yourself. Your time. 24 year old, they feel similar. Karen Litzy:                   21:54                Wonderful Advice. Thank you so much. Where can people find you if they want to ask you questions or find out more about you? Where are you on social media and all that kind of fun stuff? Efosa Guobadia:            22:03                All my handles on social media or my first name followed by my last name, @EfosaGuobadia.  I do a lot of mentorship talks with folks that are certainly a lot of folks, new professional folks, students and all that good stuff. I take much joy in that and is very conversational. A lot of the answers are within you and I guide you to some thoughts. So somebody is interested in that, shoot me an email and we'll find a time in the schedules, they can shoot me an email address. That's my first name, efosa@movetogether.org and you know, so whether it's email or whether we do a 30 or 45 minute talk, that's one of the ways I enjoy serving. So, be intentional reaching out cause I mean that. Karen Litzy:                   22:46                Well, and for all those of you listening, take advantage of that because to have Efosa mentor you or just talk to you about anything, you will walk away knowing more and feeling I don't know better about yourself somehow. I don't know how that's even possible, but that's the sense that you get after speaking with him, you're going to walk away with value. So take advantage of that. So folks, so thanks so much for coming on and taking time out of WCPT. Efosa Guobadia:            23:15                Karen, thanks so much. I think this may be the third time between Josh and I are hanging out with you, we have so much love for you, I thank you so awesome. Thank you for this, another way for you to serve this information. Karen Litzy:                   23:26                Thank you. And everyone, thanks so much for listening. 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Dr. Chris Stout, Vice President of Research and Data Analytics with ATI Physical Therapy discusses how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing health care. Dr. Stout,Continue reading

Dr. Chris Stout, Vice President of Research and Data Analytics with ATI Physical Therapy discusses how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing health care. Dr. Stout, is also on the faculty at the University of Illinois, Chicago – College of Medicine. … Continue reading →

In segment 1, we talk about disruption. Disruption is dangerous because most often it comes from outside the industry (think Uber and Netflix). We show you how you can become the next disruptor and make sure that your competition doesn't beat you there (including the competition you never saw coming)! About the guest: Mike Maddock is the founder of an internationally recognized innovation consultancy, Maddock Douglas, which has been engaged by more than 25 percent of the Fortune 100. He has written three books about innovation, which have been rated No. 1 on Amazon. His latest book is called “Plan D: Lessons from the World's Most Successful Disruptors”.In segment 2, the topic is franchising. A lot of unsuspecting future franchise owners think that everything they need to be successful is in the owner's manual of the franchise. Nothing could be farther from the truth. We talk about what you need to know about running a franchise before you decide to buy one. About the guest: Christy Wilson Delk is a business professor at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, as well as a contributing franchise industry writer. She is the author of the book “Adventures in Franchise Ownership”.In segment 3, we talk to an entrepreneur about his experience with creating and selling a very niche product. How do you get it produced and, more importantly, how do you get people to buy it, especially if it's in a new category or niche product? About the guest: Jordan Barnett is the founder of Kapow Meggings, an online only retailer of men's leggings. In segment 4, we introduce you to an in-venue marketing platform that combines the TV in any brick and mortar business location with your smartphone and social media to drive engagement with the company. About the guest: Adam Hirsen is the CEO and co-founder of UPshow, the consumer engagement platform that's changing the way businesses think about in-venue marketing. Launched in 2015, UPshow's plug-and-play technology transforms a venue's TVs into engaging and promotional experiences. UPshow has gone from helping local small businesses to large national brands such as Hooters, Buffalo Wild Wings, Crunch Fitness, and ATI Physical Therapy.Sponsored by Nextiva, Corporate Direct and LinkedIn

Dr. Charles Bush-Joseph from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and Steve Kashul talk with Peter Braun MS, LAT, ATC, ITAT from ATI Physical Therapy. This discussion focusesContinue reading

Dr. Charles Bush-Joseph from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and Steve Kashul talk with Peter Braun MS, LAT, ATC, ITAT from ATI Physical Therapy. This discussion focuses on how snow skiing can keep you young and what make skiing a unique type of … Continue reading →

Long awaited and hotly debated, the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rules have been on the minds of healthcare shareholders since late July, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed rules for both. Tucked into the MPFS were the controversial revisions to the regulations governing evaluation and management (E&M) services.For an in-depth analysis of both the MPFS and the OPPS newly released final rules, Monitor Monday has brought together a pair of industry experts for this edition of the broadcast: Duane Abbey, president of Abbey and Abbey Consultants, and Sean M. Weiss, partner and vice president of compliance for DoctorsManagement.The broadcast rundown also will include:OIG Report: In a recent study, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported that Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) overturned 75 percent of their own prior authorization and claim denials from 2014 to 2016. Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, a partner in the Potomac Law Group, provides details on this latest developments.Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser with Fredrikson & Byron will report on another example of a potentially troublesome issue that could pose a risk to your facility.TPE: Targeted probe-and-educate (TPE) audits are taking place in a variety of settings, from physical therapy providers to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), including acute-care facilities. Reporting on TPE audits is Cindy Griffith, director of compliance and audits for ATI Physical Therapy.Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 Physician Advisory Services, makes his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.

Dr. Gregory Nicholson from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and Steve Kashul talk with Jaime Ginsberg, DPT from ATI Physical Therapy about marathon training and recovery. Jaime is a 2 time Ironman Triathlon Finisher and has run in 15 marathons. She … Continue reading →

Steve and Dr. Cole talk with Danielle Debulgado from ATI Physical Therapy about the benefits of aquatic therapy. Thanks to advancements in technologies and accessibility, a lesser-publicized therapy, known as aquatic therapy, is steadily becoming a highly endorsed secondary option for … Continue reading →

Dr. Brian Cole & Steve Kashul discuss how predictive analytics and machine learning are changing the face of health care with Dr. Chris Stout, Vice President, Department of Clinical Research and Data Analytics for ATI Physical Therapy. Dr. Stout, PsyD, … Continue reading →

Air Date: 4/18/18 | Writers: Mark D. Gomez, MD; Tiffany E.R. Gomez | Host: Mark D. Gomez, MD Follow Me on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toyourhealthdrg/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toyourhealthdrg/ | Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToYourHealthDrG TO YOUR HEALTH WITH DR. G™Building Trust. Delivering Truth.An MDG Wellness LLC Production© 2018 MDG Wellness LLC. All Rights Reserved Episode Guests:Dr. Frank Vaught Jr., DC | Founding Partner of Evoke Chiropractic  Seanna O’Malley, DPT OCS | Physical Therapist & Clinic Director, ATI Physical Therapy | Yoga Instructor at Core Power Yoga NapervilleTodd Fink, CADC | Counselor, Artist and Speaker with Linden Oaks Medical Group and The Giving Tree Band Katie O’Donnell, LCSW, CADC | Licensed Clinical Social Worker from Linden Oaks Medical Group 

It’s Monday, April 2nd, and here are some headlines impacting PT this week. First off, the Health Policy and Administration section of the APTA is looking for nominations to their board of directors. ATI Physical Therapy was victim to a data breach putting patient info at risk, the Office of the Inspector General warns of hundreds of millions in potentially improper reimbursements by CMS for Physical Therapy, Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield work to reduce the number of opioid prescriptions, and we have state updates from Illinois and West Virginia. Finally, Rachel Jermann sits down with Joe Farrell, first president of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists. Talus Media News is a subsidiary of Talus Media: PT Views & PT News. You can find all interviews mentioned in this newscast on our sister channel, Talus Media Talks. Check us out on Twitter & Facebook @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.

I had the pleasure of spending time with two of my favorite people, Dylan Bates and Matt Smith, recently as not only podcast guests, but we christened the first Facebook Live version of the Living a Life in Full show. Dylan is the CEO of ATI Physical Therapy, the largest, single brand physical therapy/sports medicine/rehabilitation company in the world with clinics coast to coast. Matt is the Senior Vice President of Growth and Development for ATI’s Western Region and they both are embarking on a two-pronged challenge: 1) Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain on the African continent/one of the “Seven Summits” and 2) They are using this challenge as a fund and awareness raiser for the ATI Foundation, with a $1M donation target! The ATI Foundation works to make a day-to-day impact on the lives of children with physical impairments and their families. The Foundation works under the leadership of Terry Williams, Vice President and Executive Director, to meet various needs, such as providing financial assistance for medical expenses, purchasing medical equipment not covered by insurance, donating adaptive bicycles for recreation and therapy, funding therapeutic horseback riding lessons, or covering travel and lodging expenses for families requiring out-of-state care. They coined the term “Klimb4Kids” as the campaign’s call to action. Matt and Dylan came up with this sizable double challenge by way of Matt’s tradition to have especially unique birthdays on the ones that are “5s” and “10s.” No donated funds will be going toward expenses related to participation in the climb. In this episode, we do a deep dive into their origin stories, why Kilimanjaro, their training, their passions and the very special children and families the ATI Foundation works with. We also discuss healthcare, leadership, teamwork, and their vision for making a difference. Kilimanjaro is no easy feat. As noted it is one of the “Seven Summits” as well as the tallest mountain on the entirety of the African continent. I climbed it in 1992 and during our expedition, a skilled French expedition team member fell sick with Acute Mountain Sickness and needed to be emergency evacuated 2000 feet below the summit. So we wish Dylan and Matt all the best with their expedition and applaud their humanitarian ethos. They are two great gentlemen living their lives in full, and to the benefit of others.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Brett Windsor is our guest for this interview. Talk about a great guy with a lot of knowledge and wisdom to share. It's likely no coincidence he is the CEO of the North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (NAIOMT) and Director of Clinical Excellence for ATI Physical Therapy. Listen in and pick up on a lot of great things from Brett. Also exciting, this is the first post that I'm announcing we are now listed on iTunes and Stitcher as a podcast! Another great way to access content from our blog. Follow the links on this post and be able to listen to this stuff in an easier way!

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.

Featuring many interesting and informative guest authorities covering a broad range of sports injury and fitness topics. Speakers include nationally recognized authorities in the field of sports medicine, surgeons, coaches and trainers. Focusing on the most recent and relevant injuries affecting the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.