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The last clinical corner article of 2025! Matt and Allie are back to discuss this month's article about a familiar topic: Prehab! This specific article is a literature review that gathers information from thousands of cases and reports covering controlled trials that compared treatments for total hip and total knee surgeries. Matt poses his monthly question to PT students listening, and describes the findings in the article. 

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The Prime Mover Series is back! This month, Matt and Allie talk to Zoë Luebbe, PT DPT about the movement she chose- walking through the grocery store! Timely for the busy holidays and chaotic public spaces like the grocery and retail stores, Zoë calls on her vestibular training and background to explain why this can be a very stressful task for different people. The risk of falling is very prevalent in patients having this difficul...

Feeling Thankful for another monthly Clinical Corner Article! Matt and Allie are back to discuss a new case report from the JOSPT that describes a patient case that presented with elbow pain that wasn't resolving after 2 weeks. You'll hear that his Medial Epicondylalgia(ME) referred to as "golfer's elbow" through this article even though he is a CrossFit athlete. Hear about the treatments used in conjunctio...

The second installment of our Prime Mover episodes- Matt and Allie interview Shelby Yahl, Physical Therapist at our Hamilton location, on her selection of movement: climbing stairs. Shelby explains that she chose the topic because she has seen this trend in a lot of her patient cases. She also brings up how fear and avoidance of leaving their homes has patients remaining stagnant in their care. She describes every muscle involved i...

Matt and Allie are back to discuss this month's clinical corner article! In this case presentation- you'll hear about a patient who experienced consistent gluteal pain even after seeing his PCP, PA and PT. With more and more time passing and worsening symptoms, and a palpable mass finding by the PT, the patient was urged to get an MRI. This uncovered that the mass was identified as advanced-stage non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. L...

Introducing the Prime Mover Series- a new kind of episode we are adding to our monthly posts where we will be breaking down all that goes into body movement. From everyday tasks like walking up and down stairs, grocery shopping to professional athletics, and more! Our first Prime Mover episode we interview Charley Meade, Physical Therapist & clinic manager, on his selection of movement: kicking a football. Charley explains ever...

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...