PT Pro Talk

💡 In this episode, Dr. Michael Maxwell shares his insights on the importance of identifying the individual mechanisms (structural, physiological, and functional) behind patients' chief complaints. This is a rich conversation about clinical reasoning, integrating approaches, and how to personalize treatment to achieve more consistent results.

💭 “I am trying to define the underlying mechanisms of the patient’s chief complain...

💭“I decide to use a neurodynamic approach when I can reproduce, during the neurodynamic test, totally or partially, the patient’s original symptoms.” - Dan Pilderwasser

👉🏻Dan G. Pilderwasser, PT, DO (Osteopathy) is a physiotherapist and educator with over 45 years of clinical experience, specializing in neurodynamics and manual therapy. He is a Clinical Neurodynamics Instructor (NDS Australia, Michael Shacklock), a Mulligan C...

💡 New on PT Pro Talk: Dr. Karim Khan discusses what’s new in clinical sports medicine over the past 20 years - discover the latest evidence-based updates, from shared decision-making and patient education to tendon management and pain science - information every modern clinician needs!

💭What I'm excited about this edition is that we have way more evidence for the benefits of exercise — subtext the benefit of physiotherapy — than w...

💭 “You can’t try to motivate this person if he doesn’t see the point. The first thing is always a therapeutic alliance." - Guillaume Deville

👉🏻Guillaume graduated in Physiotherapy from Bordeaux (France) in 2005 and began his career working with a professional football club. Since 2007, he has specialized in musculoskeletal conditions in private practice, now focusing exclusively on shoulder pathologies. He holds an MSc i...

💭 “We validated an algorithm that is able to detect centralization and directional preference in patients with spinal pain, based on the software." - Dr. Jean-Philippe Deneuville

👉🏻Dr. Jean-Philippe Deneuville is a French physiotherapist specializing in musculoskeletal disorders. He holds an International MDT Diploma, a Master’s in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy from the University of Dundee, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Bioengineeri...

💭 " We have pretty good evidence for groin pain prevention using the Copenhagen adduction exercise in pre-season and during the season." - Dr. Andrea Mosler

Our guest, Andrea Mosler, is a Specialist Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist and Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University and is currently working on injury prevention in football, hip/groin pain, and women in sport research projects. Her PhD, completed in 2018,...

💭” Toes in extension is the position to train the foot in because it's functional - that's where we produce force.’’ - Liz Bayley

Our guest Liz Bayley MSc, MCSP, HCPC, is a specialist dance physio with ‘Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance’ in London and was the head physio on Disney’s ‘The Lion King’, from 2021-2024 in London’s West End. Outside of dance, she has worked with Middlesbrough Football club, playe...

💭”The NeckCare system is a medical device that streams head movement data and is intended to evaluate the functional performance of the cervical spine. ’’ - Dr. Jóna Ólafsdóttir

Our guest Dr. Jóna Marín Ólafsdóttir, Ph.D, is Chief Research Officer at NeckCare, a medical technology company developing innovative solutions for the clinical assessment and rehabilitation of cervical spine disorders. At the intersection of engineerin...

💭” Sciatica is a very good example of a subgroup of people with chronic back pain for which there isn’t any - or at least not reliable - evidence to guide a clinical decision regarding pain medicine.’’ - Dr. Giovanni Ferreira

Our guest Dr. Giovanni Ferreira BAppSc (Phty), PhD, is a Senior research fellow at The Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District and The University of Sydney. Giovanni’s research i...

💭”I became one of the founding partners in a private equity group, and we grew to 100 clinics in 15 states.’’ - Amit Gaglani

Our guest Amit Gaglani PT, OCS, is a physical therapist turned healthcare entrepreneur and business coach. After scaling his own practice to 100 locations across 15 states and achieving a successful private equity exit, he now helps other healthcare practice owners grow, optimize operations, and build high-va...

💭” This year, primary care physical therapy is hopefully getting approved as a new specialty area. We really have evolved as a profession.’’ - Dr Seth Peterson

Our guest Dr Seth Peterson, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, is a board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist and a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT). He is the owner of The Motive Physical Therapy Specialists in Tucson, Arizona, ...

💭” We took away a little bit of that nerve inflammation, and it gave us space to move again. If it’s inflamed, it’s swollen—you can’t move.’’ - Hans van Helvoirt

Our guest, Hans van Helvoirt, BSc, MA, Dip. MDT, is a physical therapist who earned his manual therapy certification in the Maitland Concept in 1990 and completed the McKenzie Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) in 1992 in Wellington, New Zealand. He has ...

💭” Up to 40–50% of ACL reconstructions have suboptimal tunnel positioning.’’ - Simon Raftery

Our guest, Simon Raftery, BSc, BAppSc (Physio), MHS (Sports Physio), APA, is a physiotherapist with 30 years of experience, specializing in lower limb rehabilitation and Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries. He completed his degree at the University of Sydney in 1994 and has been the Consultant Physiotherapist for Netball Singapore...

💭” People gain better strength, range of motion, and mobility, along with decreased pain, as we improve some of these sensory deficits using the GMI approach.’’ - Dr. Kory Zimney

Our guest Dr. Kory Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD is an associate professor at the University of South Dakota, School of Health Sciences Physical Therapy Department and director of the PhD in Health Science program. He received his Master of Physical Therapy fro...

💭” I think most MSK care will shift away from a biomedical view toward a more behavioral approach’’ - Prof. Jan Hartvigsen

Our guest Prof. Jan Hartvigsen, PhD Epidemiology, Chiropractor, is an internationally leading researcher and research leader in musculoskeletal health. Jan has published over 300 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, his research has been cited more then 25,000 times. He has been a member of many ...

💭” If you don't load or don't have health, you don't have capacity. And if you don't have capacity, you don't have performance.’’ - Prof. Tim Gabbett

Our guest, Professor Tim Gabbett, PhD Human Physiology, PhD Applied Sport Science, has 30 years experience working as a performance consultant for several high performance organizations around the world including the Olympic Games and Sporting teams in America, Europe and the Asia Pac...

💭” Fifty percent of people can return to their pre-injury level of sport without an ACL’’ - Mick Hughes

Our guest Mick Hughes, M. Sports Physio, B. Physio, B. Ex. Sci APA Titled Sports Physiotherapist is the co-founder of Learn.Physio and an APA titled Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist. After spending 6 years in Melbourne and consulting at the Melbourne Sports Medicine Centre, he relocated to Townsville QLD in 2022 with his...

💭‘’You can’t condemn epidural injections when there’s a 40% chance a patient will experience dramatic improvement within a week.’’ - Dr. Mark Laslett

Our guest, Dr. Mark Laslett, PhD, NZRPS, Dip.MT, Dip.MDT, is a pioneer in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and the first physiotherapist to be registered as a clinical specialist (musculoskeletal) by the New Zealand Physiotherapy Board in 2014. With over 55 years of experience, Dr. L...

💭” The FADIR test is a useful tool to help rule out the hip joint as the source of pain.’’ - Dr. Joanne Kemp

Our guest, Dr. Joanne Kemp, PhD, M Sports Physio, B App Sc (Physio)| FACP, is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director at La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Center, where she leads the hip pain research program. She is also the Academic Director of La Trobe University’s clinical trials platform and a Sport &...