Physical Therapy Mentors & Movers l Tim Reynolds & Bryan Guzski
Release Date: 02/08/2022
Treating Chronic Pain with Clinical Hypnosis| Ali Navidi
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EIM’s Dr. Ali Navidi is a licensed clinical psychologist and one of the founders of GI Psychology, a private practice focused on helping patients with GI disorders and chronic pain. He has been helping patients with GI disorders, chronic pain and complex medical issues for over ten years. He has comprehensive training in the use of clinical hypnosis and cognitive behavior therapy. Listen and learn more about clinical hypnosis and how he uses it to treat chronic pain. Helpful research and training: GI Psychology Website - Ad Info: If you want to keep learning beyond what you hear today,...
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Faculty Development | Angela MacCabe
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EIM’s Angela MacCabe is a physical therapist with over 33 years of experience. Through faculty development, she helps not only new faculty members transition but also clinicians transition from the clinic into academia. She developed the Faculty Certification in Academic Excellence, which is now available at Evidence In Motion. This online 6-month program takes anyone that is interested in academia through step by step increasing their knowledge and skills so that they are ready either to apply for a position or conquer the classroom. Listen to find out more! Helpful research and training: ...
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Override Health | Jennie Shulkin
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Jennie Shulkin is a lawyer, co-founder and CEO of Override Health, a multi-specialty chronic pain program. She was a division one athlete in college that suffered two traumatic brain injuries. Soon after she developed a complex chronic pain syndrome affecting multiple parts of her body. As best she could, Jennie continued living her life – pushing through Harvard Law School and building a career in law. All the while, she carried the burden of the agonizing, time-consuming, expensive, and both physically and emotionally painful journey of seeking pain relief. When each medication,...
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Is Residency Right for You? l Stephanie Pascoe
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EIM faculty Stephanie Pascoe talks about her current roles at EIM, her journey as a physical therapist and her current interest. She shares about her different experiences in residency programs, mentorship and gives more information about the Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency Program at EIM where she is the program director. Listen and learn more about residency programs and how one may be the right path for you. Helpful research and training: Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency Ad Info: Since you’re listening to this podcast, there’s a pretty good chance you’re the...
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Post-Professional Training Options | Mark Shepherd
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Mark Shepherd the director of the fellowship at Bellin College and faculty in the DPT program joins to discuss fellowship, research, lifestyle medicine and how to become an overall higher level practitioner. Listen and find out why Mark says fellowship changed his world when he started practicing and more. Helpful research and training: Ad Info: If you want to keep learning beyond what you hear today, EIM offers certifications that elevate your clinical decision making and take you to the next level of patient care and subject matter expertise. I encourage you to check out their website...
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Integrating Functional Dry Needling | Edo Zylstra
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EIM functional dry needling expert Edo Zylstra joins to share some of his expert FDN knowledge. He gives a history of how his FDN passion and expertise evolved, how FDN application and education has developed over the years, discusses integrating FDN as a clinician and more! Helpful research and training: Ad Info: If you want to keep learning beyond what you hear today, EIM offers certifications that elevate your clinical decision making and take you to the next level of patient care and subject matter expertise. I encourage you to check out their website and explore your different...
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Occupational Therapy and Chronic Pain | Megan Doyle
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EIM faculty Megan Doyle a practicing occupational therapist discusses occupational therapy’s role in chronic pain and how occupational therapists can be involved with patients to provide intricate care to help. She talks about when clinics can bring in an occupational therapist to help with a patient. Listen and find out more about occupational therapy and how it works together with physical therapy to help a patient. *Correction from Megan: I state in the interview that Lifestyle Redesign does not require additional training, but I have since confirmed that it actually does. I myself...
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Building Clinical Reasoning Skills | Zachary Walston
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Dr. Zachary Walston the director of quality and research and the orthopaedic residency coordinator at PT Solutions Physical Therapy discusses their orthopaedic residency program, what they do to build their clinicians clinical reasoning skills and how those things have evolved over time. Listen and find out how he has built his clinical reasoning skills and how PTs can build theirs. Helpful research and training: Ad Info: If you want to keep learning beyond what you hear today, EIM offers certifications that elevate your clinical decision making and take you to the next level of patient...
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Behavioral Health with Rehab Providers | A.J. Steele
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EIM faculty A.J. Steele a licensed psychologist discusses behavioral health and how both the physiological and social factors are impacting functioning clinicians. How does our behavior represent what we are thinking or feeling? How might the behavior be impacted by those things? Behavioral health is a piece of overall health and if looked at that way A.J. says it is easier to keep altogether instead of separated and look at as whole health. Listen to find out more about behavior health in the clinic. A.J.’s Clinical Pearl: Be patient with yourself in learning new things. Once we get a...
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Topics in The PT Profession Today | Tom Denninger
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EIM faculty Tom Denninger discusses topics that are top of mind for many physical therapists today like, patient choice, good physical therapy, burnout, and clinical decision making. Why are these topics relevant with PTs today? Listen and learn more. Helpful research and training: update Ad Info: Since you’re listening to this podcast, there’s a pretty good chance you’re the type of clinician who is always learning. One great way to learn more and earn CEUs is Evidence In Motion’s huge selection of courses. Choose from topics ranging from MSK management and pelvic health, to dry...
info_outlineWelcome back to season 2 of PT Elevated where we are broadening our topics to include more researchers but still focusing on topics that you can use in your clinic every day.
Our ninth episode of season 2 welcomes Dr. Bryan Guzski and Dr. Tim Reynolds who are the authors of the book Movers and Mentors. Bryan is a physical therapist who practices at the University of Rochester Orthopaedic Spine & Sports Center and recently just stepped down as the residency program director. He graduated from Ithaca College and then did a post orthopaedic residency and spice fellowship at Cayuga Medical Center. Tim is a physical therapist by trade who went to Ithaca College for his Doctorate. He then did a post orthopaedic residency and spine fellowship with Cayuga Medical Center as well. Currently he teaches anatomy and physiology at Ithaca College.
Here are some of the highlights:
"This book is a compilation of stories, throughs, and advice from over 75 leaders in the fields of physical therapy and movement science. From researchers and expert clinicians, to innovators and business owners, their answers to thought-provoking questions provide personal and professional guidance for the next generation of rehabilitation professionals."
Bryan and Tim started this book idea when they were going through residency together. They saw the same names recurring. They were also reading an interview style book called, "Tools of Titans," by Timothy Ferris and thought it would be great to have a book like that, centered around physical therapy. In 2018 they drafted a list of interviewees and a list of questions and fired off emails and one thing lead to the next and they published this past year.
Common Themes Bryan & Tim Recognized from interviewing leaders in our field for their book:
- Failure
- The questions they asked were more human related about failure, good and bad advice and favorite interests and less focused on their interviewees treatment paradigm & focus.
- "It was interesting to hear some of the big leaders in the profession discussing past failures, such as not getting into physical therapy school on the first try or failing clinicals."
- Mentorship
- The importance of mentorship and the importance of investing in yourself. "Mentorship is an investment in yourself. If your are looking at who you want in your clinical mentorship circle, focus on who is practicing the way you want to be and how can you provide value to them so that they are able to provide value to you."
There were opinions on specializing right out of school via residency or becoming a generalist and seeing a lot of different things that several PTs they interviewed had different views on.
Tim's Clinical Pearl – “When I did my spine fellowship program it wasn’t the advancement in my manual skills or treatment paradigms or pattern recognition, it was Jason Cherry who is a professor at Ithaca College who introduced me to the concepts of motivational interviewing and that has been what my clinical focus the last two or three years has hovered around, the power of words. Being mindful of the power of word choice, being able to take advantage of that placebo effect, and being able to communicate more effectively with a patient. If I had the chance to go back and talk to myself coming out of school in 2014 my response would be, it is okay that you do not have these manual skills yet. Try to work on some of these “strong” skills, communication, and the power of words.”
Bryan's Clinical Pearl – “Don't underestimate the power of momentum. If you are interested or passionate about a particular area and find yourself wanting to know more and learn more about this one thing, dive into that and lean into that. That will lead to more momentum, where you have new conversations with new people and that is where doors start to open, and you can continue to grow from there. Learn into momentum and do not underestimate the power of it."
Helpful research and training:
Online: Business Management Principles for the Rehab Therapist
Online: AmaZing! Customer Service Course for Individuals
Online: AmaZing! Customer Service Suite
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