AAOMPT Podcast: Physical Therapy Interviews with Content Experts

Dr. Ney Meziat-Filho (E-mail, X, Instagram) is interviewed by Dr. Tony Varela on his recent manuscript, “Effectiveness of Cognitive Functional Therapy Versus Core Exercises and Manual Therapy in Patient’s with Chronic Low Back Pain After Spinal Surgery: Randomized Controlled Trial.” This discussion will be interesting forpractitioners working with chronic spine pain to help understand and incorporate cognitive functional therapy in order to improve both therapeutic alliance and patient outcomes.

Here are references mentioned in this episode:

-Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) for Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

-CFT Compared with Core Exercise and Manual Therapy in Patients with Chronic Lower Back Pain

-Changing Believes for Changing Pain: CB-CFT for Non-Specific Low Back Pain

Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:

Foundation website:www.aaompt.org/foundation

Academy website:www.aaompt.org

Twitter:@AAOMPT

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Dr. Morgan Zaranec (E-mail, LinkedIn) & Dr. Katlin Millin Daignault (E-mail) are interviewed by Dr. Leanna Blanchard on their 2023 AAOMPT breakout session,“Cancer: Not Always a Contraindication to Manual Therapy.” This discussion will be interesting for any practitioner looking to improve their understanding and comfort level with treating patients with cancer.

Here are some references mentioned in this episode and in this issue area:

Yao 2021 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Caraceni 2019 Cancer Pain Assessment and Classification

Hiu 2014 A Personalized Approach to Assessing and Managing Pain in Patients with Cancer

De Groef 2019 Best-Evidence Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain During and After Cancer

Maltser 2017 A Focused Review of Safety Considerations in Cancer Rehabilitation

Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:

Foundation website:www.aaompt.org/foundation

Academy website:www.aaompt.org

Twitter:@AAOMPT

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

Podcast e-mail:[email protected]

Podcast website:https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm

Dr. Christine Kasprisin (E-mail,LinkedIn) & Dr. Jason Silvernail (E-mail, Website,Instagram, TikTok,X) are interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci (Instagram,X, Website) on their 2023 AAOMPT breakout session, “Social Media: Meaningful Engagement for Beginners and Experts.” This interview will be interesting for the practitioner looking to engage in social media in a safe, productive, and impactful way that betters both our patients and our profession. Here is the reference mentioned in the interview:Social Media Utilization Survey.

Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:

Foundation website:www.aaompt.org/foundation

Academy website:www.aaompt.org

Twitter:@AAOMPT

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

Podcast e-mail:[email protected]

Podcast website:https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm

Dr. Gerard Farrell (E-mail,X) is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer on his recent manuscript, "Autonomic nervous system and endocrine system response to upper and lower cervical spine mobilization in healthy male adults: a randomized crossover trial." This paper was published in the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy. This interview will be interesting for the practitioner looking to improve their understanding of a normal vs dysfunctional stress response in the body and the potential impact of cervical spine manual therapy.

Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:

Foundation website:www.aaompt.org/foundation

Academy website:www.aaompt.org

Twitter:@AAOMPT

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

Podcast e-mail:[email protected]

Podcast website:https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm

Dr. Abigail Wilson (E-mail) is interviewed by Tony Varela on her recent manuscript, "Pain Phenotyping and investigation of outcomes in physical therapy: An exploratory study in patients with low back pain." This interview will be of interest to clinicians specializing in chronic pain, as well as, those caring for patients experiencing persistent lower back pain. Dr. Wilson's work on phenotyping, psychophysical testing, and conditioned pain modulation contributes to the evolution of pain management.

Here are is the other manuscript mentioned in the interview:

1) A psychophysical study comparing massage to conditioned pain modulation: A single blind randomized controlled trial in healthy participants

Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:

Foundation website:www.aaompt.org/foundation

Academy website:www.aaompt.org

Twitter:@AAOMPT

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

Podcast e-mail:[email protected]

Podcast website:https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm

Dr. Rob Sillevis (E-mail, X) is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer on his 2023 AAOMPT award winning poster titled, “The Effect of Spinal Manipulation Audible Pop on Brain Wave Activity.” This episode will be interesting for all those that teach and perform spinal manipulations. Here is the 2011 article mentioned in the interview.

Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:

Foundation website:www.aaompt.org/foundation

Academy website:www.aaompt.org

Twitter:@AAOMPT

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

Podcast e-mail:[email protected]

Podcast website:https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm

Dr. Carly Seethaler (E-mail, X) & Dr. Ryan Vickers (E-mail, Website) are interviewed by AAOMPT Pelvic Floor SIG president Dr. Helene Bengtsson on their 2023 AAOMPT Conference Break Out Session titled, “Managing Pain Perception through Expectancy Violations and Attention Alterations.” This episode would be interesting for all clinicians to spark curiosity in the therapeutic power of how the process of expectation setting with our patients can lead to improved patient subjective pain reports and self-perceived functional status. Here is the 2017 article referenced in the interview.

Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:

Foundation website:www.aaompt.org/foundation

Academy website:www.aaompt.org

Twitter:@AAOMPT

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

Podcast e-mail:[email protected]

Podcast website:https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm

Dr. Nick Helton (E-mail,LinkedIn,Instagram) is interviewed by Dr. Leanna Blanchard on his award winning poster from this year’s 2023 AAOMPT Conference titled,“Non-Thrust Joint Manipulation to the Upper Cervical Spine for the Management of Balance Impairments in a Patient with Cervicogenic Dizziness: A Case Report.” This episode would be interesting for clinicians who enjoy working through the clinical reasoning and successful implementation of manual therapy to a complex patient case.

Here are the references mentioned in the interview:

-How to Diagnose Cervicogenic Dizziness: Reiley et al (2017)

-Manual Therapy for Cervicogenic Dizziness RCT: Reid et al (2014)

-JOSPT Cervicogenic Case Series

Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:

Foundation website:www.aaompt.org/foundation

Academy website:www.aaompt.org

Twitter:@AAOMPT

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

Podcast e-mail:[email protected]

Podcast website:https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm

Dr. Jon Umlauf of Army-Baylor (E-mail,Linked-In, X) is interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci on his recent 2023 AAOMPT Pre-conference session titled, “Building Bridges: How to Make Mentorship Meaningful.” This episode would be interesting to educators and mentors and discusses actionable behaviors and systems that can be implemented in order to improve feedback efficacy with students and mentees.

Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:

Foundation website:www.aaompt.org/foundation

Academy website:www.aaompt.org

Twitter:@AAOMPT

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

Podcast e-mail:[email protected]

Podcast website:https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm

The views expressed in this podcast are those of the presenters and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Defense, or the US Government.

Dr. Patricia Nelson is interviewed by former AAOMPT Pelvic Floor SIG President Dr. Kelli Wilson about the AAOMPT Pelvic Floor SIG and their recently published clinical Commentary,“Managing Pelvic Floor Functional Roles of Stability and Respiration: Part of the Job for All Physical Therapists.” Here are a few resources discussed in the episode:AAOMPT Pelvic Health Decision Tree, Coccygeal Movement Test,MARM (Manual Assessment of Respiratory Motion) tool,High Low Breathing Tool.

Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:

Foundation website:www.aaompt.org/foundation

Academy website:www.aaompt.org

Twitter:@AAOMPT

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

Podcast e-mail:[email protected]

Podcast website:https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm