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Matt and Allie are back at the Hamilton center to interview student PT Hannah Carlin. Hannah starts with her school history, her PT school application process along with how she found the early assurance application. Hannah explains how she become interested in PT early on from her own injuries and experience in PT. Matt asks all about her first clinical experience and how she is applying what she learned in class in real life. Han...

Matt and Allie are back with this month's clinical article(s)! This month Matt pulled together three separate articles that cover repairing, testing, and strengthening the ACL as it relates to sensorimotor dysfunction. The first article dives into what sensorimotor dysfunction is and how ACL injuries affect it. They also found that repairing a patient's ligament, instead of replacing it, decreases the probability of patie...

The injury heard around Bengals Nation. Matt Ernst jumps on a phone call with Dr. Bryan Fallis, local podiatry specialist, to talk all about what is to be expected from Joe Burrow's current injury after Sunday's home opening game. Being a big football fanatic- Dr. Fallis knows all that went into the play where Joe got hurt, when he got hurt, and Joe's previous injuries and recovery time to get back on the field. Lear...

Matt and Allie visit the Oxford PT Hamilton Center to talk to Lisa DeBord, PT MPT and her PT student Sela Maben. Sela shares her background, how she became interested in PT, and some fun stories about her past in Irish dancing! Sela shares her application process and why she ultimately chose UC. Sela is in her 12th week as a student PT intern with Oxford PT and has some great tips to share with other PT students and how school comp...

Matt and Allie are back with the annual guest Lesley Allen, volunteer Race director for the T2T NKY 5k, to talk about this year's event! Lesley recaps the genesis of this event/foundation and how they are doing all the work to keep the promise to NEVER FORGET what took place on 9/11. The group share their own experiences in attending, coordinating and working the event as well as describe what newcomers can expect and everythi...

Matt and Allie are back to discuss this month's clinical corner article. Matt starts with his question for students regarding whether or not prehab is effective for patients with FAI (Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome) having a hip arthroscopy. Allie interjects to have Matt further explain these terms and what the symptoms look like for this syndrome. Getting into the article- a panel of multidisciplinary experts reviewed ...

Matt and Allie visit the Montgomery center to interview student PT Maddie Bird. Maddie starts with her school history, shares a bit about her background and her experience in this clinical round at Oxford PT. Matt asks Maddie about her experience with our new Ai documentation assistance using Scribe technology. Maddie shares how she felt before starting this clinical round, and some of the new techniques and treatments her CI Dusti...

Matt and Allie are joined by company partner Rob Schwab, PT DPT and his PT student Keagen. Matt interviews Keagen about his school history, his background and his experience in this clinical round with Oxford PT. Keagen brings up the use and his appreciation for the new Scribe technology Oxford PT has implemented to aid in documentation. Rob and Keagen share some of the cases they have seen in the clinic. Matt asks Keagen what his ...

Matt and Allie present this month's clinical corner article that basically supports the whole theme of our podcast! Matt introduces the research report that tested the pathway of using direct access in visiting a PT first in comparison to the physician pathway alone. The study covered 66 children/adolescents presenting with muscle pain and split them into groups to compare the results. The patients who used their direct access...

Matt and Allie are back to visit Dr. Maria Rodenberg, MD to talk about shoulder replacements. Dr. Rodenberg starts with all the tests, injuries, and treatments that can lead to needing a shoulder replacement. She explains how the procedure has evolved with advanced technologies, techniques and the different types of shoulder replacements. Learn about anatomic and reverse replacements, and how the placement makes a difference. Matt ...

Matt and Allie talk to patient Luke Peters about his experience in physical therapy. Luke shares his injuries, how he found Oxford PT, and all the treatments that are currently helping him recover. With quite a few different injuries and a couple surgeries, Luke has been a patient at Oxford a couple times! Luke is an avid athlete and had a lot of goals to reach to be able to get back on the soccer field. With determination and and ...

Matt and Allie are celebrating the start of summer with a clinical corner article! For June, Matt covers a case report from the JOSPT that describes a case where a 66y/o male sought out PT treatment after 3 weeks of right-sided facial drooping.  Learn about what Bell's Palsy is, what it looks like/ symptoms, how quickly it can on-set, and how PT can help in recovery! You'll hear how the patient in the article was treated ...

Matt and Allie visit our Oakley center to speak to center manager Jeff Mischnick, PT MPT  and his patient Jennelle. You'll hear about how Jennelle got injured and her experience with Jeff and PTA Quinten. Jeff describes the exercises used to treat her posture, neck pain, and ultimately her shoulder. Jennelle shares how she felt after receiving these treatments and gives her glowing review. 

Jenelle tells us she has written a co...

Short N Sweet! This month's Clinical Corner Article covers a case study of a patient presenting with rotator cuff issues. After months of pain and many rounds of cortisone injections, she finally decided to visit a PT. Eight weeks of treatment went by with her pain not resolving, and her shoulder still "feeling stuck". This lead her PT to refer her on to getting an MRI- which eventually uncovered an aneurysmal bone c...

Matt and Allie are onsite at our Maineville center to talk to patient Gary Gaines. Gary humbly shares his personal background along with in-depth recount of his Marine corps and athletic history. Gary reminisces on games at the USC Coliseum and his deep love of sports. With this rich history in multiple sports- Gary tells Matt he only recalls suffering one injury. He says that his joints and mobility are now deteriorating- which is...

Matt and Allie visit the Florence Center to talk to clinic manager + PT Marie Graves, and her student PT Anna DiLonardo. Anna shares her background and experience in PT school and previous clinicals. Allie realizes she's surrounded with MSJ Grads. Matt asks her about the cases she has seen and different techniques she's learning. Marie reports on Anna's work and expresses her gratitude for Anna's tenacity. Anna ...

Matt and Allie are back to discuss this month's clinical corner article! For our loyal listeners- this one might sound familiar. Blood Flow Restriction Training is gaining popularity and becoming more common in PT treatment, so we decided to revisit an older article. You'll hear about two different patient cases with the same injury that both received BFR. Matt gives a softball question to PT students listening. He explai...

In this episode- Matt Ernst sits down to talk with Dr. Maria Rodenberg about all things knee pain. With spring in full swing- everyone is getting outside and activity is on the rise! Dr. Rodenberg shares her background, experience, and how her extensive athletic history lead her to medical school. Matt and Dr. Rodenberg share that having strong hips, glutes and quads all  play a factor in overall knee health and injury prevention. ...

Matt and Allie visit the Chancellor Center with clinic manager Dave Feeley and his PT Student Landon Roth. Landon shares his background, that his dad was also PT, and that he considered becoming a high school science teacher before making the switch to become a PT. He explains his decision on which PT school he chose, how many he applied to, and the factors that went into why he chose UC. Dave chimes in on how Landon performed thro...