Hands On Hands Off: Manual Therapy & Orthopedic Physical Therapy (AAOMPT)

Lan Lin Pu is interviewed by Kevin L. MacPherson about her recent paper, “Utilizing directional preference in the management of cervicogenic headache: a case series.” This paper was e-published in the Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy in June 2023.

Dr. Stina Lilje is interviewed by Stephen Shaffer about her recent paper, “Cost-effectiveness of specialized manual therapy versus orthopaedic care for musculoskeletal disorders: long-term follow-up and health economics model” published in Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease.

Dr. Lindsay Roper is interviewed by Dr. Tony Varela about her foundational lecture on pain that opened the 1st Annual Utah Pain Summit, which she spearheaded.

Dr. Lori Michener is interviewed by Skip Gill about her research and clinical experience in physical therapy management of musculoskeletal shoulder disorders.

Dr. Becky Parr interviewed by Dr. Nick Rainey about her recent paper titled, “Relationship of Sport Variables on Stress Urinary Incontinence in Nulliparous Collegiate Athletes.” This paper was published in the Journal of Women’s & Pelvic Health Physical Therapy in April 2023.

Dr. Neil Langridge is interviewed by Stephen M Shaffer about his recent article, “Portfolios in practice: Developing advancing practice within a musculoskeletal competency-based model” which was published in Musculoskeletal Science and Practice in February 2023.

Dr. Renzo Mendoza, Dr. Jennifer Ryan, and Dr. Craig Hensley are interviewed by Leanna Blanchard about their recent presentation, “Chronic Pain and Hypertension: The Relationship and Evidence-Based Management” which they presented at the Combined Sections Meeting in February 2023.

Dr. Addison Lerner-Lentz is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer about her recent paper titled, Pragmatic application of manipulation versus mobilization to the upper segments of the cervical spine plus exercise for treatment of cervicogenic headache: a randomized clinical trial. This paper was published in the Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy in November 2021.

Debra Roberts is interviewed by Kevin L. MacPherson about her recent paper titled, “Treating mechanical joint dysfunction in children: a retrospective exploratory report of selected cases.” This paper was published in the Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy in July 2022.

Dr. Megan Burgess is interviewed by Dr. Kelli Wilson and Dr. Nick Rainey about her 2022 poster presentation titled, “Don’t Forget the Hip! Analysis of Femoroacetabular Movement Faults in Patients with Coccydynia.”

Dr. Dan Rhon is interviewed by Skip Gill about the process of grant funded research.

Dr. Antonio Varela from Arkansas Colleges of Health Education is interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci regarding his recent paper titled: The theatre of depression: a role for physical therapy. This manuscript theorizes an interdisciplinary team inclusive of physical therapy as a standard to better serve those struggling with depression and mental health concerns.

Dr. Leanna Blanchard and Dr. Alex Bengtsson are interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci regarding their recent 2022 AAOMPT Conference presentation, ‘Are we just paying lip service’ Actively Addressing the Impact of Student Mental Health on Classroom and Clinical Cognitive Performance” where they spoke about the effect of mental health disorders on cognitive function and provided strategies to support these students both in the classroom and clinic.

Chad Cook is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding his recent 2022 AAOMPT Conference keynote address titled, “The Junk Drawer,” where he spoke about the dangers of meta-analyzing heterogenous information that does not reflect clinical practice.

Dr. Adriaan Louw is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a presentation he gave at the AAOMPT Conference titled, “The Frozen Shoulder has a Brain.”

Dr. Jesse Anderson of University of Illinois Health is interviewed by Antigone Vesci on his AAOMPT award-wining poster titled “Physical Therapy Management of a Patient with Chronic Temporomandibular Disorder following Buccal Mucosal Urethroplasty: a case report.”

Dr. Alex Anderson of the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and the Physical Therapy Academy, Dr. Jamie LaPenna of Loyola University Medical Center, and Dr. Dustin Willis of West Coast University, are interviewed by Leanna Blanchard regarding a presentation they gave at the 2022 AAOMPT Conference titled, “The Imposter Within Us: Prevalence, Predictors, Impact, and Strategies to Overcome Imposterism in Physical Therapists.”

Dr. Kelli Wilson of Integrity Rehab and Alcove Education and Dr. Nick Rainey of Rainey Pain & Performance and Sierra Vista Headache and TMJ Specialists are interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a presentation they gave both at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference and the 2022 APTA Combined Sections Meeting titled, “Hidden Contributors to Orthopedic Lumbopelvic Pain: Pelvic Health Examination for All PTs.” Of note, this is also their introduction to the AAOMPT Podcast feed as future co-hosts representing the AAOMPT Pelvic Health SIG.

Dr. Alan Taylor of the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) and Dr. Firas Mourad of the LUNEX International University of Health, Exercise, and Sports Department of Physiotherapy are interviewed by Antigone Vesci regarding a publication from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy titled, “A guide to cranial nerve testing for musculoskeletal clinicians.”

Giacomo Asquini, a physical therapist at the Italian Stomatologic Institute in Milan, Italy and Birmingham University (England), is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation titled, “Effectiveness of manual therapy applied to craniomandibular structures in temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review.”

Dr. Tim Flynn is interviewed by Skip Gill about the topic of low back pain from a researcher, educator, and expert clinician perspective.

Dr. Ruth Chimenti and Dr. Andrew Post of the University of Iowa and are interviewed by Dhinu Jayaseelan regarding a publication from Frontiers in Pain Research titled, “Kinesiophobia Severity Categories and Clinically Meaningful Symptom Change in Persons With Achilles Tendinopathy in a Cross-Sectional Study: Implications for Assessment and Willingness to Exercise.”

Dr. Thomas Bilterys of Ghent University (Belgium), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), and Pain in Motion International Research Group (Belgium) is interviewed by Leanna Blanchard regarding a publication from the Journal of Clinical Medicine titled, “The Association between Sleep and Chronic Spinal Pain: A Systematic Review from the Last Decade.”

Dr. Seth Peterson of The Motive Physical Therapy Specialists and A.T. Still University is interviewed by Leanna Blanchard regarding a publication from Musculoskeletal Science and Practice titled, “Who writes this stuff? Musculoskeletal information quality and authorship of popular health websites: A systematic review.”

Dr. Megan Donaldson, the current AAOMPT Conference Committee Chairperson, is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding the forthcoming 2022 AAOMPT Conference.

Dr. Lance Mabry of High Point University is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy titled, “Physical Therapists Are Routinely Performing the Requisite Skills to Directly Refer for Musculoskeletal Imaging: An Observational Study.”

Dr. Lance Mabry of High Point University is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy titled, “Physical Therapists Are Routinely Performing the Requisite Skills to Directly Refer for Musculoskeletal Imaging: An Observational Study.”

Dr. Dhinu Jayaseelan of George Washington University (GWU), the Johns Hopkins Hospital & GWU Orthopedic Residency program, the Virginia Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Institute, and Maitland Australian Physiotherapy Seminars, is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy titled, “Manual therapy should not be on the sideline in the game of treating tendinopathy.”

Professor Lucy Chipchase of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia) and Dr. Kerrie Evans of the Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney (Sydney, NSW, Australia) and Healthia Limited (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) are interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from Musculoskeletal Science and Practice titled, “Supporting new graduate physiotherapists in their first year of private practice with a structured professional development program; a qualitative study.”

Jacqui Koep of the Train Pain Academy is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding an IFOMPT Webinar from October 2021 titled, “Inflammation, pain and the brain: Considering post-Covid musculoskeletal pain.”

Dr. Angie Fearon of the University of Canberra is interviewed by Dhinu Jayaseelan regarding a publication from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders titled, “The natural history of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: an 11-year follow-up study.”