Podcasts about boston physical therapy

Welcome to the Athlete Blueprint Podcast!...A podcast dedicated to long term athletic development and success!For today's episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing  Steph Allen!Steph has been a practicing physical therapist since 2014 and has been at Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness for the past 4 years.   She specializes in, and absolutely loves ACL rehab in all its shapes and forms and has recently started her own virtual coaching business, ACLResolve.  Which  is designed specifically for individuals who are navigating through an ACL injury. Steph is also the co-founder of CALU, a mentorship and continuing education platform for students and new graduates within the musculoskeletal rehab realm. Steph is passionate about continuing education and demanding a higher standard of care in the musculoskeletal rehab industry. In this episode, Steph and I discuss :our personal and progressional experience with ACL injuries We get Potential psychological impacts of an ACL injuryWe discuss how we as practitioners can empower our ACL athletes We discussed potential reasons for the high rate of ACL re-tears We go over some common ACL rehab mythsAnd of course, we discuss so much more!As you'll find out, this episode is personal for both Steph and I as we both share a lot of experience with ACL injuries…Steph does a great job of sharing her knowledge and passion and we  go in-depth in all things ACL. …I hope you enjoy the show!Here are the links to Steph's info:Instagram Facebook Twitter ACL ResolveBoston PT and Wellness The Level Up Initiative As always, if you have any questions or ideas for future episodes, feel free to contact me:Email: javier@igniteperformance.net InstagramtwitterFacebook

Michael Amato is a physical therapist for Boston Physical Therapy and Wellness, where he focuses on the use of exercise and education, applying principles of strength and conditioning, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy to help individuals of all levels reach their goals in health and fitness.Join us as we sit down to discuss his experience in PT school, the good and the bad of his education, how to treat patients in chronic pain, what exactly is pain, and why he chooses to roast his own coffee beans.Enjoy.Follow Mike:https://www.instagram.com/amato_barbellmedicine/?hl=en

We're joined once again by Steph Allen (first appearance ep. 37). Steph will be speaking about ACL with Wesley Wang (Ep. 61) at the CALU summit. Steph will be addressing communication and psychosocial considerations at the summit. Here's a bit of a taste of what you can expect from Steph, enjoy and see you at the summit!Bio:Steph graduated from the Ithaca College DPT program in 2013, then decided to stay in the Ithaca and complete an orthopedic manual therapy residency at Cayuga Medical Center. At the end of 2014, she embarked on the adventure that is travel PT and worked in NY, CA, NM and CO. Hungry to learn more about strength and conditioning and sports physical therapy, she sought out an amazing opportunity in Boston and is now a senior physical therapist at Boston Physical Therapy and Wellness.Here, she is spearheading community outreach and education in youth sports, specifically in the area of ACL injury risk reduction. She is also the co-founder of The Level Up Initiative, which aims to create a culture shift and positive change in healthcare through mentorship of new graduates and students. Steph is passionate about establishing a higher standard in youth training and movement development so as to shift to a more proactive model vs. reactive. She is determined to see injury rates decline, and to see the profession of physical therapy evolve to where the standard of care is reflective of the best available evidence.If you enjoyed this episode, please consider:1) Subscribing to the show2) Dropping a review on iTunes3) Sharing the episode on social media or with a friend and tag us!Thank you for your support and feedback, it helps us get better and continue to provide you with quality content to becoming the best clinician you can be.Where you can find StephIG: @stephallen.dptIG: @thelevelupinitiativeFB: Steph AllenWebsite: www.thelevelupinitiative.com and www.bostonptwellness.comConnect with usIG: @missingvariablepodMatt IG: @mattmc_dptZach IG: @zachwagnerdptEmail: missingvariablepodcast@gmail.com

Mike Amato is a physical therapist based out of Boston, MA, where he practices at Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness. He also serves as a Pain and Rehab Clinician with Barbell Medicine. His primary focus of care is centered around exercise and education, applying principles of strength and conditioning, psychology and philosophy to help individuals of all levels reach their goals in health and fitness. Through his work, Mike hopes to help reduce the societal burden and change some of the narratives around chronic pain.In today's episode, we cover:How Mike has learned to apply the principles of Strength & Conditioning, Psychology, and Philosophy to create a patient-centered approach to Physical Therapy.Why we need to re-think they way that we talk to our clients about pain and "dysfunction" - why sometimes we're doing more harm than good.The difference between treating the injury, and treating the person -- and why it matters.Additional resources:Follow Mike on InstagramBarbell Medicine PodcastBarbell MedicineLevelUp InitiativeClinical AthleteBeing Wrong by Kathryn Schulz

We're talking with Chris Herbs, Physical Therapist and distance runner from Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness located in Medford and Winchester.  Chris shares his knowledge on preventing overuse injuries while working from home, 4 simple dynamic warmups to get you ready for your run and talks about the 80/20 training method.  Chris is a RRCA certified coach and holds a doctorate in Physical Therapy from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY.   Learn more about Boston PT's Teletherapy options available now:  www.bostonptwellness.com   Sample Dynamic Warm-Up Routine we talk about in this episode:  March: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdUqI89VHXo March with Heel Raise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Hck7d0f3ULeg swings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naW8u72lOzIA Skips and B skips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPzYHi5iKmo

With over 20 years of experience, David has become an area leader in the field of sports medicine, orthopedics, and return to sport rehabilitation. David is President/Owner of Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness, opened in 2015, that specializes in the evaluation and treatment of orthopedic/sports related conditions with an emphasis on post-operative rehabilitation, strength & conditioning, manual therapy, pain education, and sport specific training for people of all ages and all abilities. David is a graduate of Quinnipiac University earning a Bachelor of Health Science in 2000, a Master of Physical Therapy in 2002, as well as becoming board certified as an Athletic Trainer prior to that in 2000. David is certified by The National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Performance Enhancement Specialist and has been recognized by The Titleist Performance Institute as a Certified Golf Fitness Instructor and Level 3 Medical Professional.--------The boss-man himself, Dave Koehn, joins us to wrap up the series on Boston Physical Therapy and Wellness company/clinic culture. We hope you enjoy this episode and go back and give each of these a listen again!If you enjoyed this episode, please consider:1) Subscribing to the show2) Dropping a review on iTunes3) Sharing the episode on social media or with a friend and tag us!Thank you for your support and feedback, it helps us get better and continue to provide you with quality content to becoming the best clinician you can be. Where you can find DaveIG: @BostonptwellnessFB: @bostonptwellnessConnect with usIG: @missingvariablepodMatt IG: @missing.variableZach IG: @zachwagnerdptEmail: missingvariablepodcast@gmail.com

Michael is a physical therapist and the director of clinical education at Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness. He's been practicing in the Boston area for the last 6 years since graduating from Boston University in 2013. His passion is blending his background as a strength coach with modern advancements in pain science in providing individuals with the necessary tools to make a positive change in their pain, function and performance. Education and learning are the main cornerstones of his life and treatment philosophy, always reading and prompting discussions, in order to help patients, clinicians, and himself navigate through life.Mike joins us today to continue the Clinic Culture series with Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness. He provides insight into contextual factors of their clinic as well as his role within the company. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider:1) Subscribing to the show2) Dropping a review on iTunes3) Sharing the episode on social media or with a friend and tag us!Thank you for your support and feedback, it helps us get better and continue to provide you with quality content to becoming the best clinician you can be. Where you can find MikeIG: @michaelvamatoConnect with usIG: @missingvariablepodMatt IG: @missing.variableZach IG: @zachwagnerdptEmail: missingvariablepodcast@gmail.com

Continuing our Boston PT and Wellness clinic culture series, we had Steph Allen on the show to discuss her role with BPTW and her current endeavors with youth athletes! Bio:Steph graduated from the Ithaca College DPT program in 2013, then decided to stay in the Ithaca and complete an orthopedic manual therapy residency at Cayuga Medical Center. At the end of 2014, she embarked on the adventure that is travel PT and worked in NY, CA, NM and CO. Hungry to learn more about strength and conditioning and sports physical therapy, she sought out an amazing opportunity in Boston and is now a senior physical therapist at Boston Physical Therapy and Wellness.Here, she is spearheading community outreach and education in youth sports, specifically in the area of ACL injury risk reduction. She is also the co-founder of The Level Up Initiative, which aims to create a culture shift and positive change in healthcare through mentorship of new graduates and students. Steph is passionate about establishing a higher standard in youth training and movement development so as to shift to a more proactive model vs. reactive. She is determined to see injury rates decline, and to see the profession of physical therapy evolve to where the standard of care is reflective of the best available evidence.If you enjoyed this episode, please consider:1) Subscribing to the show2) Dropping a review on iTunes3) Sharing the episode on social media or with a friend and tag us!Thank you for your support and feedback, it helps us get better and continue to provide you with quality content to becoming the best clinician you can be. Where you can find StephIG: @stephallen.dptIG: @thelevelupinitiativeFB: Steph AllenWebsite: www.thelevelupinitiative.com and www.bostonptwellness.comConnect with us IG: @missingvariablepod Matt IG: @missing.variableZach IG: @zachwagnerdptEmail: missingvariablepodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Stephanie Allen, a Physical Therapist in Boston who has successfully implemented an ACL injury risk reduction program in a high school girls' soccer team. We discuss everything from best methods of implementation, road blocks, and key components of a successful program.   About Stephanie: Steph graduated from the Ithaca College DPT program in 2013, then decided to stick around and complete an orthopedic manual therapy residency at Cayuga Medical Center. At the end of 2014, she embarked on the adventure that is travel PT and worked in NY, CA, NM and CO. Hungry to learn more about strength and conditioning and sports physical therapy, she sought out an amazing opportunity in Boston and is now a senior physical therapist at Boston Physical Therapy and Wellness. Here, she is spearheading community outreach and education in youth sports, specifically in the area of ACL injury risk reduction. She is also the cofounder of The Level Up Initiative, which aims to create a culture shift and positive change in healthcare through mentorship of new graduates and students. Steph is passionate about establishing a higher standard in youth training and movement development so as to shift to a more proactive model vs. reactive. She is determined to see ACL injury rates decline, and to see the profession of physical therapy evolve to where the standard of care is reflective of the best available evidence. Steph loves: cooking, lifting and running, FaceTime with her niece and nephew, reading, black coffee, red wine and dark chocolate   To connect with Dr. Stephanie Allen, follow her on Instagram at @stephallen.dpt

Zak Gabor has been able to successfully create an amazing brand within our industry to help inspire the next generation of physiotherapists. As the Founder of the Level Up Initiative and Director of Culture at Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness, he came on to tell us about his thoughts on branding and how he communicates his important message to his audience! Don't miss this one!

In this episode, I have my good friend and physical therapist Zak Gabor from Boston Physical Therapy and Wellness on the show. We go into detail about how he found his dream job through networking, the power of words within your practice, and mentorship education. Zak Gabor https://www.instagram.com/simplestrengthphysio/?hl=en Andy Fortuna https://www.instagram.com/af_move/?hl=en Thank you for listening!

“Exposing an ACL ligament to estradiol in a petri dish type thing resulted in less collagen synthesis and less, what they call fibroblast proliferation. So it’s basically, both things are going to correlate to less tensile strength.” In this week’s edition of The Podcast I get to sit down and discuss Dr. Steph Allen and discuss ACL injuries in female athletes. After a brief introduction Dr. Allen shares with us the research she has been looking into. These two areas are the neuromuscular training (brain-muscle connection) and hormonal contributions to the risk of injury. This conversation was prompted by a discussion with her colleague about what we have seen with our student athlete’s here. This revolved around twins who had multiple injuries at the same time of the year, and many other female student athlete’s who were injured who’s cycle where at similar parts of their cycle when they were injured. This leads us down a rabbit hole of her discussing literature that she has been diving into that discusses the relationship between specific hormone quantities leading to ligament issues, and what we have seen here with our student athletes. Both of us really hope that this leads coaches to have more in-depth conversations with their athlete’s about their cycles and research into when these injuries occur. As the saying goes, where there’s smoke there’s fire, and there seems to be quite a bit of smoke in this situation. Dr. Allen is putting out awesome content as to what they’re doing at Boston Physical Therapy and Wellness on instagram at @stpehallen.dpt. Make sure to give her a follow! ENJOY THE CONTENT? THEN YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THE STRENGTH COACH NETWORK! You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/ #StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“We are seeing more and more and more how the research is really supportive of the fact that negative language can really perpetuate pain and persistent pain.” After a brief introduction Dr. Zach Gabor dives right into how he’s interrupting the latest work on pain science. Dr. Zach is a big advocate when it comes to understanding how vernacular has a massive impact on the perception of pain. Terms of fragility, as Dr. Gabor refers to them, that are used commonly do, in fact, impact not only if there is pain, but how bad that pain is. Emotional states are the next aspect of pain that he covers, and how the persons state at that moment leads to how “painful” something may be. These idea’s lead him to discussing some strategies and things to think of when we are discussing training and the potential for issues arising with our athletes. This leads us to a discussion of social media and communicating with coaches and athletes when you see trends occurring. The conversation closes with Zach sharing his role in education, and where he see’s that encompassing both (PT and S and C) field. Make sure to follow Dr. Zach on Instagram at: @simplestrengthphysio ENJOY THE CONTENT? THEN YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THE STRENGTH COACH NETWORK! You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/ #StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

Welcome back for Episode 12 of the Fitness Pollenator Podcast. On this episode, I have on my first repeat guest, Matt Ibrahim. I had Matt about a year ago for Episode 4. If you haven’t listened to that one yet, do it!Matt is the founder of Movement Resilience (formerly Mobility 101), which has a specific mission of helping people build resilient movement and resilient strength to continue doing what they love most: move.He's a part of the sports medicine team at Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness, where he serves as a strength & conditioning coach and physio rehab coach. This July, he will receive his license in massage therapy. He's also a provider for ClinicalAthlete through founder, Quinn Henoch, which is a team of healthcare professionals bridging the gap from rehab to performance for athletes.Over the course of the episode, we talk shop on the following points:Matt's rebrand from Mobility 101 to Movement ResilienceFinishing up massage school, along with how he plans to use his new skillsThe importance of speaking to the client and not other fitness professionalsThe screening process and what happens if there's pain"Corrective exercise"Breathing (see this video)And more!We also addressed several questions from the audience, includingThe best way to gain flexibility after being stuck in bed for a year and being a new amputeeBig spoon, little spoon, and movement variabilityBeer and curls (this discussion point was a little flat, as neither of us are heavy drinkers)Listen to the entire episode on iTunes or click here:https://googledrive.com/host/0BweoQIuhXZAqcVpYLWRPVWJiOUU/ep12mattibrahim.mp3For more from Matt and Movement Resilience, head over to his website, movementresilience.com, and like him on social media:Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube

Matthew Ibrahim is a strength and conditioning coach, physical therapy rehabilitation coach, massage therapy student, and speaker. He is the founder of Movement Resilience (formerly Mobility 101), which has a specific mission of helping people build resilient movement and resilient strength to continue doing what they love most: move.From high performance professional athletes in the NFL, NHL, and NBA, to competitive powerlifters, to collegiate athletes in NCAA Division I, II and III sports, he has developed highly effective strength and conditioning, sports performance, regeneration, and injury-prevention programs that are specifically individualized. His work has been featured on ThePTDC.com, BreakingMuscle.com, and ReebokONE.com, among many other influential platforms in the fitness and rehab communities. Considering himself a lifelong learner and student of human movement and performance, he is part of the sports medicine team at Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness where his role as a strength and conditioning coach is enhanced through working directly alongside physical therapists and athletic trainers. Additionally, he will become a licensed massage therapist by July 2016, to provide soft tissue and sports massage therapy to help athletes recover faster in between competition.In his free time, Matthew focuses on powerlifting, kettlebell training, reading, and writing. Check out Matthew's article we mentioned during Strength Doc Podcast: http://drjohnrusin.com/8-prehab-rehab-exercises-that-belong-in-every-training-program-part/ Matthew S. Ibrahim, BS, PES, USAW, FMS, LMTs Owner - Movement Resilience Website - www.Mobility-101.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MovementResilience/?ref=hl Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/movementresilience/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/moveresilience YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkU4ohyN8VMn8UhJ8aeZFAQ/videos