Dr. Jason Silvernail (E-mail, Website, Instagram, TikTok, X) & Dr. Elaine Lonnemann (E-mail, LinkedIn, Instagram, X) are interviewed by Dr. Skip Gill about their recent paper, “Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy: A Modern Definition and Description.” This episode will be interesting for clinicians, researchers, and those in academia, as well as fo…

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 t…

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 w…

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, “Pr…

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 th…

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 …

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 orthop…

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…

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 patient…

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 s…

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…

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 lo…

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. Find out more about…

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 cur…

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 interest…

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 improv…

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: AAO…

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…

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, an…

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 in…

Lan Lin Pu (E-mail, Linkedin) is interviewed by Kevin L. MacPherson about her recent paper, “Utilizing directional preference in the management of cervicogenic headache: a case series.” This paper was e-published in the Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy in June 2023. This episode contains information that will be interesting for practitioner…

Dr. Stina Lilje (e-mail, ResearchGate) is interviewed by Stephen M Shaffer about her recent paper, “Cost-effectiveness of specialized manual therapy versus orthopaedic care for musculoskeletal disorders: long-term follow-up and health economics model” published in Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease. The paper and conversation describe …

Dr. Lindsay Roper (e-mail, Instagram) is interviewed by Dr. Tony Varela about her foundational lecture on pain that opened the 1st Annual Utah Pain Summit, which she spearheaded. The conversation discusses her unique position in the Sacred Circle Clinic that serves local and regional Tribe members. This episode contains information that will be int…

Dr. Lori Michener (e-mail, Twitter, COOR) is interviewed by Skip Gill about her research and clinical experience in physical therapy management of musculoskeletal shoulder disorders. This episode contains information that will be interesting for clinicians who want an evidence guided approach to improve expectations and outcomes in patients experie…

Dr. Becky Parr (website, e-mail, Instagram, Facebook) is interviewed by Dr. Nick Rainey about her recent paper titled, “Relationship of Sport Variables on Stress Urinary Incontinence in Nulliparous Collegiate Athletes.” This paper was published in the Journal of Women’s & Pelvic Health Physical Therapy in April 2023. This episode highlights the uni…

Dr. Neil Langridge (Email, Twitter) is interviewed by Stephen M Shaffer about his recent article, “Portfolios in practice: Developing advancing practice within a musculoskeletal competency-based model” which was published in Musculoskeletal Science and Practice in February, 2023. This episode contains information that will be interesting for practi…

Dr. Renzo Mendoza (e-mail, Twitter), Dr. Jennifer Ryan (e-mail), and Dr. Craig Hensley (e-mail, Twitter) are interviewed by Leanna Blanchard about their recent presentation, “Chronic Pain and Hypertension: The Relationship and Evidence-Based Management” which they presented at the Combined Sections Meeting in February 2023. This episode will help c…

Dr. Addison Lerner-Lentz (e-mail, website, MAPS) is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer about her recent paper titled, Pragmatic application of manipulation versus mobilization to the upper segments of the cervical spine plus exercise for treatment of cervicogenic headache: a randomized clinical trial. This paper was published in the Journal of Manua…

Debra Roberts (e-mail) is interviewed by Kevin L. MacPherson about her recent paper titled, “Treating mechanical joint dysfunction in children: a retrospective exploratory report of selected cases.” This paper was published in the Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy in July 2022. This episode contains information that will be interesting for c…

Dr. Megan Burgess (website, e-mail) is interviewed by Dr. Kelli Wilson and Dr. Nick Rainey about her 2022 poster presentation titled, “Don’t Forget the Hip! Analysis of Femoroacetabular Movement Faults in Patients with Coccydynia.” This episode contains information that will be interesting for clinicians looking to improve their understanding on th…

Dr. Dan Rhon (Twitter, e-mail) is interviewed by Skip Gill about the grant funding process and opportunities. This episode contains information that will be interesting for educators, researchers, and clinicians who want to learn more about how to navigate the grant funding process. Dr. Rhon discusses practical insights of grant funded research, an…

Dr. Antonio Varela (E-mail, Linked-In, Instagram, Twitter, Website) from Arkansas Colleges of Health Education is interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci regarding his recent paper titled: The theatre of depression: a role for physical therapy published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. This manuscript theorizes an interdisciplinary team inclusive of…

Dr. Leanna Blanchard (e-mail, LinkedIn) and Dr. Alex Bengtsson (e-mail, Twitter) are interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci regarding their recent 2022 AAOMPT Conference presentation, ““Are we just paying lip service” Actively Addressing the Impact of Student Mental Health on Classroom and Clinical Cognitive Performance” where they spoke about the effec…

Chad Cook (e-mail, Twitter) is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding his recent 2022 AAOMPT Conference keynote address titled, “The Junk Drawer,” where he spoke about the dangers of meta-analyzing heterogenous information that does not reflect clinical practice. This episode contains information that will be interesting for practitioners who …

Dr. Adriaan Louw (e-mail) is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a presentation he gave at the 2022 AAOMPT Conference titled, "The Frozen Shoulder has a Brain". This episode contains information that will be interesting for practitioners who want to learn more about the clinical presentation of frozen shoulder, taking into consideration cen…

Dr. Jesse Anderson of University of Illinois Health (e-mail, Twitter) is interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci (AVPerformanceTherapy.com) on his AAOMPT award-wining poster titled “Physical Therapy Management of a Patient with Chronic Temporomandibular Disorder following Buccal Mucosal Urethroplasty: a case report.”This episode contains information that…

Dr. Alex Anderson of the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and the Physical Therapy Academy (e-mail, Twitter), Dr. Jamie LaPenna of Loyola University Medical Center (e-mail), and Dr. Dustin Willis of West Coast University (e-mail, ResearchGate), are interviewed by Leanna Blanchard (LinkedIn) regarding a presentation they g…

Dr. Kelli Wilson (e-mail) of Integrity Rehab and Alcove Education and Dr. Nick Rainey (e-mail) of Rainey Pain & Performance and Sierra Vista Headache and TMJ Specialists are interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a presentation they gave both at the 2021 AAOMPT Conference and the 2022 APTA Combined Sections Meeting titled, “Hidden Contributors…

Dr. Alan Taylor (e-mail, ResearchGate, Twitter) of the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) and Dr. Firas Mourad (e-mail, ResearchGate, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn) of the LUNEX International University of Health, Exercise, and Sports Department of Physiotherapy are interviewed by Antigone Vesci regarding a publication from the Journal of Man…

Giacomo Asquini (e-mail, ResearchGate, Twitter), physical therapist at the Italian Stomatologic Institute in Milan, Italy and Birmingham University (England), is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation titled, “Effectiveness of manual therapy applied to craniomandibular structures in temporo…

Dr. Tim Flynn (e-mail, Twitter) is interviewed by Skip Gill of the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) about the topic of low back pain and the challenges it presents. Dr. Flynn discusses insights from decades of experience as a researcher, educator, and orthopaedic expert. This episode contains information that will be inter…

Dr. Ruth Chimenti (e-mail, ResearchGate, Google Scholar) and Dr. Andrew Post (e-mail, ResearchGate) of the University of Iowa and are interviewed by Dhinu Jayaseelan regarding a publication from Pain titled, “The effects of pain science education plus exercise on pain and function in chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a blinded, placebo-controlled, exp…

Dr. Thomas Bilterys (e-mail, ResearchGate) of Ghent University (Belgium), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), and Pain in Motion International Research Group (Belgium; Twitter) is interviewed by Leanna Blanchard regarding a publication from the Journal of Clinical Medicine titled, “The Association between Sleep and Chronic Spinal Pain: A Systemat…

Dr. Seth Peterson (e-mail, ResearchGate, Twitter) of The Motive Physical Therapy Specialists and A.T. Still University is interviewed Leanna Blanchard regarding a publication from Musculoskeletal Science and Practice titled, “Who writes this stuff? Musculoskeletal information quality and authorship of popular health websites: A systematic review.” …

Dr. Megan Donaldson, the current AAOMPT Conference Chairperson, is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding the forthcoming 2022 AAOMPT Conference. Get a quick preview into what’s to come at this year’s annual AAOMPT Conference, which will be held in San Diego, CA from October 26th to the 30th. Also, you can check out the schedule for the confer…

Dr. Lance Mabry (e-mail, ResearchGate, Google Scholar) of High Point University and Redefine Health Education is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy titled, “Physical Therapists Are Routinely Performing the Requisite Skills to Directly Refer for Musculoskeletal Imaging: An Ob…

Dr. Charles Hazle (e-mail, ResearchGate) of the University of Kentucky and the Imaging Special Interest Group of the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a presentation that he gave at the 2019 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Do You Trust Your Hands or the Images?” This episode contains information that …

Dr. Dhinu Jayaseelan (e-mail, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, Twitter) of George Washington University (GWU), the Johns Hopkins Hospital & GWU Orthopedic Residency program, the Virginia Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Institute, and Maitland Australian Physiotherapy Seminars, is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a publication from the Jo…

Professor Lucy Chipchase (e-mail, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, Twitter) of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia) and Dr. Kerrie Evans (e-mail, Google Scholar, Twitter) of the Faculty of Medicine and Health, the University of Sydney (Sydney, NSW, Australia) and Healthia Limited (Brisbane, Queensland, …

Jacqui Koep (e-mail) of the Train Pain Academy is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding an IFOMPT Webinar from October 2021 titled, “Inflammation, pain and the brain: Considering post-Covid musculoskeletal pain.” This episode contains information that will be interesting for practitioners who want to explore the interconnectedness of the nerv…