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

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.”

Dr. Gail Deyle is interviewed by Skip Gill about an orthopaedic manual physical therapist approach to knee arthritis.

PODCAST EXTRA: Steve Rodriguez, President of the AAOMPT Student Special Interest Group, is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer about what is currently happening with the AAOMPT Student SIG.

Dr. Mark Shepherd of Bellin College is interviewed by Dhinu Jayaseelan regarding a publication from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy titled, “The influence of manual therapy dosing on outcomes in patients with hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review.”

Dr. Vladimir Smolgovskiy of Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Centers, West Hartford, and Dr. Brian Swanson of the University of Hartford are interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from JOSPT Cases titled, “The Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of a Patient With Concurrent Cervicogenic Headache, Concussion, and Hyperlaxity.”

Dr. Antonio Varela of Arkansas Colleges of Health Education is interviewed Dhinu Jayaseelan regarding a publication from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders titled, “The relationship between psychosocial factors and reported disability: the role of pain self-efficacy.”

Dr. Seth Peterson of The Motive Physical Therapy Specialists and A.T. Still University is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from Physiotherapy Theory and Practice titled, “Physical therapy management of a patient with persistent groin pain after total hip arthroplasty and iliopsoas tenotomy: a case report.”

Dr. Kimberly Durant of Gannon University and Dr. Meghan Musick of Active Life and Sports are interviewed by Antigone Vesci regarding a presentation they gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Fourth Trimester and Beyond - Where is the Treatment? What is the Evidence?”

Dr. Kyle Feldman of ReShape Physical Therapy, the VOMPT Residency Program, and Shenandoah University, is interviewed by Kevin L. MacPherson regarding a presentation he gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Patient Communication: The Way to Every Patient's Heart.”

Dr. Jane Lucas, of the Vardan Physiotherapy Clinic in New Delhi, India and a recent graduate of an AAOMPT accredited fellowship program with the Institute of Physical Art (IPA), and Mr. Gregory Johnson, co-founder and co-director of the Institute of Physical Art, are interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a presentation they gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Inspiring Manual Therapy to Improve Breathing.”

Dr. Charles Nichols and Dr. Mindy Brummett are assistant professors at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, both are interviewed by Antigone Vesci regarding a presentation they gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Healthy Joints: The Role of Manual Therapy and Nutrition.”

Dr. Kenneth Olson of Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists and Northern Illinois University is interviewed by Dhinu Jayaseelan regarding a presentation he and two colleagues gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Lumbopelvic Thrust Manipulation: Does the Technique Matter?”

Dr. Emily Grieshaber of East Tennessee State University is interviewed Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a presentation she gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Providing Musculoskeletal Care to the Post-COVID Community.”

Dr. Megan Donaldson of Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Moyo Tillery of Concentra, and Dr. Ngozi Akotaobi of Good Shepherd Penn Partners are interviewed by Kevin L. MacPherson regarding a presentation they gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “OMPT Straight Talk: Conversations about Race for Improved Healthcare.”

Dr. Christine Schauerte of NorthShore University HealthSystem and Northwestern University, Dr. Chris Hagan of Edward Elmhurst Healthcare and Northwestern University, and Dr. Alex Anderson of the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and the Physical Therapy Academy are interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a presentation they gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, "'The Things Left Unsaid': Adhesive Capsulitis as a Model for Improved Health Education and Wellness Advocacy.”

Dr. Carleen Jogodka of Novus HealthWorks and Dr. Bryan Kist of ChristianaCare Rehabilitation Services interviewed by Kevin L. MacPherson regarding a presentation they gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Care Delivery at the Right Place and Time: Can PTs Meet More Recovery Needs of Hospitalized Patients?”

Dr. Laura Thornton, of the Brooks Rehabilitation/University of North Florida Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship, and Dr. Sara Cristello, Program Director for the Residency and Fellowship Programs at Brooks Rehabilitation - Institute of Higher Learning, are interviewed by Dhinu Jayaseelan regarding a presentation they gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Recurrent Proximal Hamstring Injuries: Clinical Reasoning for Comprehensive Assessment and Intervention in Rehabilitation.”

Dr. Nathan Hutting, of the HAN University of Applied Sciences and Occupation & Health in the Netherlands, and Dr. Louie Puentedura, of Baylor University and Evidence in Motion, are interviewed by Dhinu Jayaseelan regarding a presentation they gave at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Integrating Pain Neuroscience Education and Self-management Support in Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy.”

Dr. Emily Kahnert, a physical therapist at the TMD, Orofacial Pain, and Dental Sleep Medicine Clinic at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, 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 at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference titled, “TMD, Neck Pain, Headache: Untangling the Mystery.”

Dr. Amy McDevitt of the University of Colorado is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy titled, “Thoracic spine thrust manipulation for individuals with cervicogenic headache: a crossover randomized clinical trial.”

Stefanos Karanasios of the University of West Attica (Greece) and the Laboratory of Advanced Physiotherapy (L.Ad.Phys.) is interviewed by Dhinu Jayaseelan regarding a publication from the Journal of Hand Therapy titled, “Diagnostic accuracy of examination tests for lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET) – A systematic review.”

Dr. Ishanka Weerasekara of the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) and the University of Newcastle (Australia) is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy titled, “Is the fibula positioned anteriorly in weight-bearing in individuals with chronic ankle instability? A case control study.”

Dr. Craig Wassinger of East Tennessee State University is interviewed by Kevin L. MacPherson regarding a publication from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy titled, “Pain knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of doctor of physical therapy students: changes across the curriculum and the role of an elective pain science course.”

Dr. Jake Magel of the University of Utah is interviewed by Dhinu Jayaseelan regarding a publication from Physical Therapy titled, “Time Between an Emergency Department Visit and Initiation of Physical Therapist Intervention: Health Care Utilization and Costs.”

Dr. Jenifer Dice of Texas Children’s Hospital – Sugar Land is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from Physical Therapy titled, “Manual Therapy in Preadolescent Children: A Delphi Investigation of Physical Therapists in the United States.”

Dr. Elaine Lonnemann, President of AAOMPT, and Dr. Stanley Paris, one of the Founders and Past Presidents of IFOMPT, are interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding the forthcoming special meeting in August 2021 to vote on an IFOMPT constitutional change, which could result in the name of IFOMPT changing from the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists to the International Federation of Musculoskeletal Physical Therapists.

Dr. Julia Treleaven of the University of Queensland and Performance Rehab is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding an IFOMPT Webinar from June 2021 titled, “The role of the musculoskeletal physiotherapist in the management of post-concussion symptoms.”