Clinical PT Talks

Clinical PT Talks

Hosted by: Dr. Mark White, PT, DPT, BA, OCS

Clinical PT Talks offers physical therapy tips, pointers, how-to, and stories about unique, important, or transformative clinical cases. Clinical PT Talks is a mix of Podcast Shorts that provide brief,...

Episodes

Musculoskeletal Triage, Part 2: Tissue-Level Concerns

Season #1

Patients often arrive with a chief musculoskeletal complaint accompanied by secondary, tertiary, or other complaints. Deciding what problem, or problems, to address first can be challenging. Join me in this Podcast...
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Arthrogenic Inhibition: an Often Overlooked Contributor to Joint Dysfunction

Season #1

Sometimes neuromotor function necessary to stabilize a joint, produce movement, or otherwise to enable normal activities is impaired, and the cause is not clear. Join me in this Podcast Short as I discuss an often...
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UBOS, Not Just for Balance

Season #1

Virtually any Unstable Base of Support (UBOS) may be used for perturbation training. Classically this is thought of as a balance conditioning aid, but it can be more. Join me in this Podcast Short as I discuss other...
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The Engineer and Orthopedic Abdominal Pain

Season #1

A healthy 30-year-old man experiences worsening abdominal pain for months with no apparent cause. He enters the healthcare system, first with his primary care physician, then many other specialists. He is looking for...
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Vectors: What are they? And why you should consider using them.

Season #1

Vectors in our clinical usage refers to a force, or forces, acting out of the primary plane of movement. They can be generated in a variety of different ways. If used strategically, they can be of great benefit for...
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The Mechanic Who Changed Minds

Season #1

This is our first story in an ongoing series. It illustrates lessons learned from a transformative moment in a PT's career. Like all of our stories, it is drawn from real-world experience.     
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Why Auscultate the Joint?

Season #1

Recognizing and quantifying joint health is a challenge. In the domain of articular surface quality, it is abundantly observed that damaged or unhealthy joints are noisy when they move. But, what does this sound like?...
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Musculoskeletal Triage, Part 1

Season #1

How do you decide which musculoskeletal complaint to treat first when a patient arrives with multiple complaints? How does the presence of multiple diagnoses impact the likely outcome? Is it possible to effectively...
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Cervical Spine Instability, Quantified

Season #1

Every wonder how to quantify key aspects of clinical instability of the cervical spine? In this Podcast Short, learn how a common clinical entity can be quantified via an objective set of procedures. Use these methods...
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Joint Stability, Part 1: To Be or Not To Be

Season #1

Joint stability is essential for function, but what do we mean when we say a joint is stable? What are the different types of stability? What are the implications of joint stability, and its changes, on patient...
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