AAOMPT Podcast: Physical Therapy Interviews with Content Experts

Dr. Laura Wenger (E-mail) is interviewed by Dr. Margaux Lojacono about her recent paper, “Evaluating and characterizing the scope of care for interventions labeled as manual therapy in low back pain trials: A scoping review” which was published in the Physical Therapy Journal in April 2024. This episode will provide clarity on the various uses of the term “manual therapy” and ways in which both researchers and clinicians can be mor...

Alex Solomon (E-mail, LinkedIn, Instagram) is interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci about his role and experience as president of AAOMPT’s Student Special Interest Group (Instagram, Website). This episode will be interesting for both students and those looking to gain insight on the current student perspective and to learn more about this committee’s work and how to get involved and support them. 

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Dr. Chad Cook (E-mail, X, LinkedIn) is interviewed by Dr. Tony Varela discussing his recent publication, “A Narrative Overview of Manual Therapy and Exercise Effects on Inflammatory Cytokines.” The discussion offers empirical and anecdotal analyses of treatment mechanisms for physical therapists.

Here is the article referenced in the interview, “Priorities in updating Training Paradigms in Orthopaedic Manual Therapy: an Internationa...

Dr. Steve Rodriguez (E-mail) & Dr. Shaun Reghabi (E-mail, LinkedIn, X, Instagram) are interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci about their roles and experience in AAOMPT’s Early Professionals Special Interest Group. This episode will be interesting for both students and young professionals looking to get involved with AAOMPT, as well as for mentors and the AAOMPT membership to learn more about this committee’s work and how to support them...

Dr. Cody Mansfield (E-mail, LinkedIn, X) is the Director of The OSU OMPT Fellowship and a PhD candidate at OSU. He is interviewed by Skip Gill about conducting research using a systematic review methodology. This episode contains information that will be interesting for clinicians, educators, and researchers who want to learn more about the basics to get started, and practical tips for performing a systematic review.

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Dr. Jasmine Green (E-mail, LinkedIn, Instagram) and Dr. Minija Edgar (E-mail, LinkedIn, Instagram) are interviewed by Dr. Nick Rainey on their 2024 CSM poster presentation, “Management of Sacroilliac Joint Pain with Combined Orthopedic and Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation: A Case Study.” This episode features the collaboration of pelvic floor and orthopaedic specialties in the management of a patient with SIJ pain and highlights the ben...

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 for practitioners working with chronic spine pain to help understand and incorporate cognitive functional therapy i...

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. 

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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 a...

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 ...

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 conditio...

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. 

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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...

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 im...

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.

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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 ...

Dr. Shanon Fronek (e-mail, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter) is interviewed by AAOMPT Sports Sig President Dr. Margaux Lojacono about her current role with the Seattle Mariners as a rehab and return to play specialist. This episode will be interesting for practitioners looking to work in professional sports. Dr. Fronek discusses not only her experience in the professional baseball and basketball setting, but also, how she prepared and ...

Dr.Phil Sizer (e-mail, LinkedIn) is interviewed by Skip Gill about managing chronic pain and strategies to connect with and treat patients.  Dr. Sizer also gives us an overview of how research innovations become reality and what types of resources are available. This episode contains information that will be interesting for clinicians, educators, and research who want to learn more about chronic pain management and how to navigate ...

Valery Krupnik is interviewed by Dr. Tony Varela about his recent paper, “The Therapeutic Alliance as Active Inference: The Role of Trust and Self-Efficacy.” This paper was published in the Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy in Nov 2022. This episode contains innovative information about predictive processing and active inference that will be interesting for practitioners who work with patients experiencing chronic pain and ment...