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Dr. Justin Dunaway joins Pain Reframed this week! Justin has extensive experience in outpatient orthopedics, not only in the United States, but also in Haiti. Justin and his wife, Dr. Morgan Denny, founded and run the organization STAND Haiti. The STAND Haiti Project establishes permanent access to orthopedic rehabilitative services in the country of Haiti through direct patient care and clinical training of its citizens. Through STAND Haiti, Justin and his team go to Haiti multiple times a year to see patients who have a significantly different relationship with healthcare and different level of resources and education than in the United States. Interestingly, the difference of access to resources and education brings up some fascinating discussion. Jeff, Justin, and Tim share their thoughts on these differences and how having a “blank slate” in treatment and care can actually be beneficial. Justin shares his experience in going through the Therapeutic Pain Specialist Certification program and how it helped him and changed the way he manages pain. The certification was instrumental in teaching Justin ways to take the ideas on pain management and apply it in a framework that works for him and his patients. LINKS: http://www.standhaitiproject.org/ http://evidenceinmotion.com @eimteam

Welcome to our last #STANDSaturday! This has been an exciting 3 month series on a non-profit organization that carries out the dream of serving under-served populations; STAND (Sustainable Therapy and New Development) The Haiti Project. It is a pro bono clinic serving over 900 patients a trip in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. In this series, we have heard from volunteers from each corner of the clinic (Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Neuro, General Medicine, Wound Care). Please be sure to check out their interviews here if you have not already had the chance! What better way to wrap up the series than with the founders of it all; Justin Dunaway, PT, DPT, OCS and Morgan Denny, PT, DPT. They take us through what their May-June trip looked like, their cookies and their crumbles, what new projects they started and how they are making amazing strides towards creating a year round autonomous clinic. Justin and Morgan are an incredible duo and will definitely keep you laughing. And who knows, they might see you on a trip soon! Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: The PT News Project. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.

This episode is a real treat to release as our great colleague, Morgan Denny, PT joins us for an in depth discussion on all the aspects of her passion filled career. Her influence as a teacher, a clinician, a leader, and as a friend has been consistently positive, and its no wonder we feel like we always learn something from her when she shares stories like the ones on this episode. Morgan Denny received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Montana in 2006. She has focused her work in outpatient orthopedic settings, addressing conditions and people of all sorts, both in the United States and around the globe. Morgan believes that it is hard to be happy without first being healthy, and holds a strong belief that all people should have access to the resources they need to lead able-bodied and fulfilling lives. With this in mind, she began traveling to Haiti to provide rehabilitative therapy in 2013, and found passion in addressing the need in this country. While Morgan’s professional life has focused on physical therapy, she is also a strong advocate for implementing sustainable living practices. She spent two years creating a non-profit project called EcoJaunt, whose mission was to travel throughout the United States creating how-to videos that teach sustainable living tactics, which were then presented at schools and community forums, and on the website EcoJaunt.org. Morgan is a conservationist and strives to reuse everything possible in order to decrease unnecessary waste that will pollute the environment. She has seen the importance of this practice worldwide, in travels through India, Nepal, Fiji, and Haiti, where waste clutters the streets and waterways, creating increasing health concerns. Morgan believes this to be a particularly important concept in Haiti, where the waste disposal system is lacking and water is unsafe for consumption. While her treatment focus in Oregon has included orthopedic conditions and sports rehab, Morgan also enjoys working with pediatric and neurological cases abroad. Before becoming a PT, Morgan worked in a variety of settings (camps, clinics, therapeutic riding facilities) with diverse populations including children and adults with disabilities, varying neurological disorders, and children with systemic diseases, such as cancer and cystic fibrosis. Contact Morgan and stay on top of her lectures and blogs at www.standhaitiproject.org and www.ptonice.com 

Have you ever dreamed of taking your Physical Therapy skills to an underserved population and immersing yourself in the culture of the area? Justin Dunaway PT, DPT, OCS and Morgan Denny PT, DPT founded a non-profit organization that carries out this dream. STAND (Sustainable Therapy and New Development) The Haiti Project is a pro bono clinic serving over 900 patients a trip in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. They cover areas such as Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Neuro, adaptive device and prosthetic construction, general medicine and community education panels. Volunteers from across the country travel to join in on this amazing experience only to come home humbled by the resilience and gratitude of the people of Haiti. Listen here for Justin and Morgan’s story and tune in for our weekly STAND series featuring stories from volunteers of each specialty provided by the clinic in order to gain a 360 view. Who knows, you may be able to live out your dream too. Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: PT Views & PT News. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter & Facebook @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.

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The 2nd portion of our interview with Justin & Morgan in which we discuss what STAND: The Haiti Project, international patient and interdisciplinary education, and their recipe for change for DPT and healthcare education.  Bios: Justin Dunaway, PT, DPT, OCS, Cert. SMT, Cert. DN. Dip. Extremity Manipulation. Justin graduated from Youngstown State University DPT program and throughout his career he as served as a PT, Director of Continuing Education, Clinical director, and he served as a member of the executive board of the Arizona physical therapy association. He is also a faculty member for the Institute of Clinical Excellence devoted to developing PT v. 2.0 teaching the total spine thrust manipulation course and the Persistent Pain: Comprehensive course. Morgan Denny, PT, DPT received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Montana in 2006. She has focused her work in outpatient orthopedic settings, addressing conditions and people of all sorts, both in the United States and around the globe. Morgan believes that it is hard to be happy without first being healthy, and holds a strong belief that all people should have access to the resources they need to lead able-bodied and fulfilling lives. With this in mind, she began traveling to Haiti to provide rehabilitative therapy in 2013, and found passion in addressing the need in this country. Institute of Clinical Excellence: ptonice.com/ Total Spine Thrust Manipulation Course: ptonice.com/total-spine-thrust-…nipulation-brochure Persistent Pain: Comprehensive Course: ptonice.com/persistent-pain-management Justin's Twitter Page: twitter.com/DrDunawayDPT Justin's Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/justin.dunaway.5 Morgan's Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/morgan.denny.39 Justin and Morgan are also the founders of STAND: the Haiti project in which they are working to establish permanent access to orthopedic rehabilitative services in Haiti through direct patient care and clinical training of its citizens. Stand Haiti Website: www.standhaitiproject.org/ Stand Haiti Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/STANDHaitiProject/ Stand Haiti Twitter Page: twitter.com/STANDHaiti

We welcome Justin Dunaway and Morgan Denny onto the show today for a discussion regarding thrust manipulation progression strategies to maximize performance along with their insight on the best methods for teaching thrust manipulation and so much more. It was a great discussion with some fantastic takeaways from our guests. Morgan evens discusses rehabing the injured runner.      Bios: Justin Dunaway, PT, DPT, OCS, Cert. SMT, Cert. DN. Dip. Extremity Manipulation. Justin graduated from Youngstown State University DPT program and throughout his career he as served as a PT, Director of Continuing Education, Clinical director, and he served as a member of the executive board of the Arizona physical therapy association. He is also a faculty member for the Institute of Clinical Excellence devoted to developing PT v. 2.0 teaching the total spine thrust manipulation course and the Persistent Pain: Comprehensive course.   Morgan Denny, PT, DPT received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Montana in 2006. She has focused her work in outpatient orthopedic settings, addressing conditions and people of all sorts, both in the United States and around the globe. Morgan believes that it is hard to be happy without first being healthy, and holds a strong belief that all people should have access to the resources they need to lead able-bodied and fulfilling lives. With this in mind, she began traveling to Haiti to provide rehabilitative therapy in 2013, and found passion in addressing the need in this country.       Institute of Clinical Excellence: http://ptonice.com/  Total Spine Thrust Manipulation Course: http://ptonice.com/total-spine-thrust-manipulation-brochure  Persistent Pain: Comprehensive Course: http://ptonice.com/persistent-pain-management  Justin's Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/DrDunawayDPT    Justin's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/justin.dunaway.5   Morgan's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/morgan.denny.39    Justin and Morgan are also the founders of STAND: the Haiti project in which they are working to establish permanent access to orthopedic rehabilitative services in Haiti through direct patient care and clinical training of its citizens.     Stand Haiti Website: http://www.standhaitiproject.org/ Stand Haiti Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/STANDHaitiProject/  Stand Haiti Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/STANDHaiti   

Dr. Justin Dunaway joins Pain Reframed this week!  Justin has extensive experience in outpatient orthopedics, not only in the United States, but also in Haiti.  Justin and his wife, Dr. Morgan Denny, founded and run the organization STAND Haiti.  The STAND Haiti Project establishes permanent access to orthopedic rehabilitative services in the country of Haiti through direct patient care and clinical training of its citizens. Through STAND Haiti, Justin and his team go to Haiti multiple times a year to see patients who have a significantly different relationship with healthcare and different level of resources and education than in the United States.  Interestingly, the difference of access to resources and education brings up some fascinating discussion.  Jeff, Justin, and Tim share their thoughts on these differences and how having a “blank slate” in treatment and care can actually be beneficial. Justin shares his experience in going through the ISPI Pain Certification program and how it helped him and changed the way he manages pain.  The ISPI Pain Certification Program was instrumental in teaching Justin ways to take the ideas on pain management and apply it in a framework that works for him and his patients. LINKS: http://www.standhaitiproject.org/ http://evidenceinmotion.com http://ispinstitute.com @eimteam

On today’s episode of the podcast, Sarah Ecker PT, DPT, PRPC joins me to discuss the STAND (Sustainable Therapy And New Development) Haiti Project which is a nonprofit organization working to provide continual, orthopedic care to Haitian communities most in need. Sarah is a physical therapist specializing in pelvic health and has been traveling the country as a "Travel Therapist," working in some of the United States’ most impoverished communities. Sarah is STAND's Director of Pelvic Health and is continuing to help further the mission of STAND and ensure that women in Haiti have improved access to pelvic health and education. In this episode, we discuss: - What is the STAND Haiti Project and how you can get involved -How Sarah’s pelvic health specialty led to surprising insights while volunteering in Haiti -How language and cultural barriers impact your treatment -Advice for physical therapy volunteers traveling abroad -And so much more!   While volunteering in Haiti, Sarah began to realize that her pelvic health training was in need for this female population. She states, “Are the infections prevalent and common there? Sure, but also with chronic infection comes chronic tissue changes. We were definitely seeing a lot of prolapse, general pelvic floor dysfunction, different tissue changes, and incontinence. Things that are very common ailments I've seen in patients in the States. Just no one has ever really examined these women before. There is really very little, if any, gynecologist care or care surrounding pregnancy.”   After breaking through the language and cultural barriers, Sarah discovered that many Haitian women were not being treated for common pelvic health issues. She then set out to lead a team to focus specifically on pelvic health treatment. Sarah believes, “This is a population we can do something about. Once we started having that conversation and digging a little deeper with the women we were seeing that were in child bearing ages, it was really coming to the surface that they think this is normal, and this is okay, and this is something they have to live with.”   Empowering the Haitian women by educating them on pelvic health dysfunction was important to reaffirm their experiences. Sarah discovered, “I think this was a game changer when I said, ‘We see patients like this all the time in the United States. I treat these patients all the time. These are normal symptoms that happen with different life changes and experiences as a woman going through pregnancy and childbirth.’ Just to see the look on their faces when their like, ‘Oh, this is not just me. This is not my fault that I have these problems.’”   Once cultural barriers are broken and patient-therapist trust is built, educating patients can lead to breakthroughs. She stresses, “The most powerful, impactful thing you can do is to just start the conversation. It has to start with you because you’re the clinician and you have the information regardless of whether you have trepidation around even breaching the topic in cultures that stigmatize sex or pelvic health or embarrassing issues more than we do in our native countries… it's really just educating, disseminating the information, letting people know these are common problems and it’s not their fault and most importantly you can do something about it. That's the message that translates through any culture and any population.”   For more information about Sarah: Sarah Ecker, PT, DPT, PRPC received her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from New York University in 2011 after working for several years in the science, medicine, and technology department of a publishing company in the New York City area. She fell in love with pelvic health early on in her physical therapy career and worked in the NYC area at a specialized practice during which time she received her Pelvic Rehabilitation Practitioner Certificate from the Herman and Wallace Institute. For the last few years, Sarah has been traveling the country as a "Travel Therapist," working in some of our nation's most impoverished communities in just about every setting imaginable. Last year, Sarah discovered STAND: The Haiti Project, volunteered for 2 weeks in May, and instantly fell in love with the project, the people of Haiti, and the amazing co-founders of the organization, Morgan Denny and Justin Dunaway. Sarah is committed to continuing to help further the mission of STAND, and as STAND's Director of Pelvic Health will help to ensure that women in Haiti have improved access to pelvic health and education. When Sarah is not working and traveling, she enjoys- well... traveling, cycling, anything that gets her outdoors, playing guitar, spending time with family, and home-brewing delicious craft beer.   For more information on STAND: STAND (Sustainable Therapy And New Development) believes that freedom from pain and disability is a basic human right, not a privilege. In rural Haiti, only the highest socioeconomic class can afford medical care, but most people do not have access at all. This lack of access to the most basic care leads to widespread suffering from disabling pain and injury. These unaddressed ailments engender an environment where people lack the ability to work, farm, and care for themselves and their families. The social effects of this lack of care and community support are too often poverty, famine, and even death. By providing access to rehabilitative care, STAND aims to decrease disability and reverse its social effects on the populace. As a result, Haitians will be able to work, provide for their families, contribute to their communities, and ultimately enjoy a higher quality of life.   STAND: The Haiti Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization working to provide continual, orthopedic care to Haitian communities most in need. To accomplish this, STAND will equip local health workers with a rigorous orthopedic curriculum. A competent team of Haitian practitioners will be able to provide relief from disabling pain and injury at STAND facilities year-round, allowing people to return to productive, happy, and fulfilling lives. You can give a man a fish, or you can teach a man to fish. We do both.   During our trips to Haiti, we work to restore people's functional mobility by providing comprehensive evaluation and treatment for a variety of conditions and injuries. Many have experienced traumatic and injurious events with no assistance or counsel from trained medical providers. Others are children born with orthopedic or neurological conditions. Each and every one of these people deserves a safe environment in which they can access quality and professional care. STAND provides manual physical therapy, wound care, patient education, orthotics, and the fabrication of prosthetics to meet the diverse needs of its patient population. Volunteer teams consisting of physical therapists, orthotists, prosthetists, general medical staff, educators, and students work to deliver these services to the highest standard. STAND also provides outreach programs to local hospitals, schools, orphanages, and assisted living facilities.   Ultimately, our clinics will be staffed year-round by STAND trained Haitian clinicians.   Sarah welcomes your questions via email (sarahecker123@gmail.com) to find more information on the winter trip with the STAND Haiti Project! Make sure to connect with Sarah on LinkedIn!   Check out the episode with Dr. Justin Dunaway and Dr. Morgan Denny about the STAND Haiti Project here!   Thanks for listening and subscribing to the podcast! Make sure to connect with me on twitter and facebook to stay updated on all of the latest! Show your support for the show by leaving a rating and review on iTunes!   Have a great week and stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!   Xo Karen   P.S. 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In this Thursday's quickie episode Justin, Morgan and I talk about: * More of the REAL PT experience in Haiti * The bug situation in Haiti (this is kind of a sticking point for me) * The accommodations and food you will have if you decide to volunteer w/ Stand: Haiti * A very quick Twitter advertising tutorial The first part of this quickie, where we are talking more about Haiti we all knew it was being recorded.  The second part of the quickie, where we are talking about advertising on Twitter, we had no idea it was being recorded.  My big cat Benson jumped up on my computer when we were talking and he hit the record button.  I decided to add it to the interview because it is all good stuff! Enjoy this week's Thursday Quickie and stay Healthy Wealthy & Smart! Karen

In this episode I speak to physical therapists Dr. Justin Dunaway and Dr. Morgan Denny co-founders of STAND: Haiti.  STAND was founded in late 2014 in order to create a growing system of rehabilitative medicine in northwest Haiti. With a focus on education and creating local clinicians, STAND brings medical practitioners, including PTs, prosthetists, orthotists, and general medical practitioners, to Port-de-Paix, Haiti to provide treatment for the people in this region. STAND is currently in the process of creating a curriculum specific to the needs of NW Haiti that will become part of the local nursing schools’ educational programming. These lectures on orthopedic rehab medicine will be based on STAND director’ five years of experience treating patients in the country and created in conjunction with Youngstown State University’s PT faculty. In this episode we talk about: *Their latest trip to Haiti. *Their successful Kickstarter campaign to create a short film about the STAND experience in Haiti. *The history of STAND. *What the volunteer experience is like. *Some really extreme patient stories and what the patients sometimes have to do to get to the STAND clinic.  *What they need in the form of donations and volunteers. As you will see in this episode their passion for physical therapy and their work in Haiti is infectious!  If you are in the medical field I hope this interview will inspire you to volunteer with STAND.  If you can't volunteer please consider making a donation.  Thank you for listening and stay Healthy Wealthy & Smart! Karen