Evidence In Motion Podcast: Recent Episodes
Evidence In Motion Podcast
Experts from Evidence In Motion discuss new research, clinical applications and the leadership skills rehab professionals need to succeed.
Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, is joined on this episode of Called to Care - Practice Leadership podcast by Brian Gallagher, PT, Founder & President of MEG Business Management. Larry and Brian discuss how to use positive interactions and soft skills like validation and capitalization to be a successful clinician. They also dive into managing your clinicians and support staff by giving tips and tools for recruiting and retaining your employees.
Links: Brian Gallagher's LinkedIn MEG Business Management @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam Called to Care
Brian Gallagher's Bio: In 1997, Brian founded what became one of Maryland’s largest therapy staffing companies, while at the same time launching a multi-site private practice which resulted in a sale in 2006. Brian re-acquired the practice in 2008 and doubled it before winning “Practice of the Year” in 2011. MEG Business Management began in 2006 as an educational coaching company training owners and their key employees on innovative practice management strategies. Today, MEG has taken another major leap forward by developing a Virtual Training platform for practice owners to now have the tools and training resources to professionally enhance, track and manage employee performance & compliance. When Brian is not coaching or working on the virtual training platform, he can be found giving lectures at the APTA, PPS and CSM Annual Conferences, as well as APTA State Chapters and DPT Schools.
On this week's episode of the Called to Care season of Practice Leadership, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, talks to Daphne Scott, PT, DScPT, MAPP, OCS, FAAOMPT, the Chief Culture Officer and Chief Thrive Officer of Confluent Health. Larry and Daphne discuss the broaden and build theory, giving examples and guidance on how to apply it personally, professionally and clinically to help you become a more mindful and empathetic practitioner.
Links: @DaphneScott @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam Waking Up a Leader: Five Relationships of Success - by Daphne Scott
List of books by Barbara Frederickson, PhD Positivity: Top-notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
On this week's episode of the Called to Care season of Practice Leadership, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, connected with Tim Flynn, PT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT, FAPTA of Colorado In Motion. They discuss the science behind the placebo and nocebo affects and how it can affect your practice.
Links: Placebo, Nocebo, and Expectations: Leveraging Positive Outcomes Letter to the Editor: A Cautionary Note on Endorsing the Placebo Effect - JOSPT 2013 @timothywflynn @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam
On this week's episode of the Called to Care season of Practice Leadership, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, spoke with Andrew Bennett, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, co-founder of Texas Physical Therapy Specialists about how the patient's experience can be affected by creating positive memory moments using methods supported by the peak-end rule.
Links: @Bennettab @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam
On this week's episode, Helen Riess, M.D., the CEO and Chief Scientist for Empathetics, joins host Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health to discuss the power and effectiveness of empathy. This episode spans several topics, including the importance of self-empathy, how theory of mind (ToM) can be applied in your clinical practice, building empathy to be effective in your clinic, her future areas of interests, and how empathy can be facilitated in Telehealth.
Helen Riess, M.D. is CEO and Chief Scientific Officer for Empathetic, Inc., and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, part-time. Dr. Riess is a psychiatrist who developed an empathy training that has been rigorously tested in pilot studies and a randomized, controlled trial at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Riess has devoted her career to teaching and research in the art and science of empathic relationships. She is a core member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations (CREIO).
Links: empathetics.com Alan Alda, Helen Riess Urge Pandemic-Era Empathy TEDx Talk: The Power of Empathy The Empathy Effect: Seven Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences @HelenRiessMD @PhysicalTherapy @EIMTeam
On this week's episode of the Called to Care season of Practice Leadership, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, connected with Rob Wainner, PT, PHD, FAAOMPT, to discuss practicing gratitude in your life and the impact it can have in your clinical practice.
The Practice Leadership Podcast is running a brand new season focused on the theme - Called to Care, 10-episodes on different topics that will impact compassionate care in your clinic.
Links:
Email: rob@goconfluent.com
Coach4Leadership
@PhysicalTherapy
@confluentfamily
The Practice Leadership Podcast is running a brand new season focused on the theme - Called to Care, 10-episodes on different topics that will impact compassionate care in your clinic.
On this week’s Practice Leadership - Called to Care podcast, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, connected with Caroline Miller, MAPP on goal setting. Caroline breaks down where goal setting theory started and how her research is guiding her away from KPIs and OKRs to develop a new goal setting methodology - B.R.I.D.G.E. - brainstorming, relationships, investments, decisions, grit and excellence.
B.R.I.D.G.E. involves psychological safety, gender research, positive psychology and neurolinguistics in helping you achieve the goals you set. Listen in to hear how thoughtful goal setting affects you as a health care provider and as a person.
Links: carolinemiller.com @CarolineMCoach Sign up for Caroline Miller's newsletter @physicaltherapy @EIMteam
For more advice on goal setting, you can find Called to Care on Amazon.
Join John Childs and Mark Shepherd as they talk with Matt Condon, Founder and CEO of Bardavon Health Innovations, a company that connect employers with injured workers to providers, providing data-driven outcomes for workers' compensation. The discussion covers how Bardavon is changing how employers choose their health care providers to why fee for performance is important for healthier patients.
Links: Bardavon Health Innovations Matthew Condon @EIMteam @childsjd @ShepDPT
Join John Childs as he talks with Justin Burke and Matt Hernandez from Texas Physical Therapy Specialists to discuss how their clinics have evolved throughout the health pandemic. From opening a brand new clinic right before the shutdown to running a busy clinic with 7 providers, you can see the journey of how two clinics from opposite ends of the spectrum were able to step back and manage their clinics, compassionately and decisively.
Links: @JMBurke04 Matt Hernandez @childsjd @EIMteam
On this week's episode of Clinical Podcast, Mark is joined by Bobby Esbrandt, PT, DPT, CSCS, PES, USAW, CERT. DN, co-owner and founder of Impact Sports Physical Therapy to discuss treating hamstring strains. Bobby uses his clinical expertise with elite athletes to talk through using more than just your typical exercises to help athletes return to sport.
Links impactsportspt.com @DrBobbyE @ShepDPT @eimteam
Dr. Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, CEO of Confluent Health, presents the second part of his post-Covid physical therapy predictions.
Recap, Part 1 - listen to Part 1 of this podcast series
Conferences and education will/should change to a hybrid model that allows lecture learning to happen online, reducing the amount of onsite contact There will be regulatory impacts that will cause higher costs to the clinic There will be regulatory impacts that will cause higher costs to the clinic PT staffing models are going to change with the better understanding of labor costs The financial acumen of the average physical therapy practice is going to need to increase to stay competitive
Part 2
Physical Therapy has to be a part of the health care disparity solution via optimization Doubling down on non-clinical factors, like therapeutic alliance, empathy, compassion Refocusing on chronic pain pandemic Integration of behavioral health into physical therapy Physical therapy patients need to feel confidently safe at the clinic The role of physical therapists in public health
Links:
@physicaltherapy
@EIMteam
On this week's Practice Leadership podcast, Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, the CEO of Confluent Health, has compiled his new list of post-Covid predictions for the physical therapy profession.
Post-Covid Predictions:
Conferences and education will/should change to a hybrid model that allows learning to happen online, reducing the amount of onsite contact There will be regulatory impacts that will cause higher costs to the clinic Integration of delivery systems, like Telehealth, to augment but not replace physical therapy PT staffing models are going to change with the better understanding of labor costs The financial acumen of the average physical therapy practice is going to need to increase to stay competitive
Links:
@physicaltherapy
@EIMteam
Listen to part 2 of this podcast series here.
On this brand new episode of Practice Leadership podcast, Larry is joined by Daphne Scott, Chief Culture Officer of Confluent Health. They discuss how Confluent Health and its clinics have dealt with the economic slow down in relation to the Coronavirus, how to plan and strategize opening back up your clinics, what challenges clinic leaders will face and much more.
Links: Download Full Transcript @DaphneScott @physicaltherapy @EIMteam
On this week's episode of Clinical Podcast, John and Mark are joined by Dr. Matthew Tuttle, the Lead Sport Scientist and Physical Therapist for the NBA's Denver Nuggets. He uses his expertise in elite sports to discuss where the research stands on injury prevention strategies, what the challenges are in acquiring that data across sports and much more. Listen in and leave a comment if you want to join the conversation.
Links: @DocTuttleDPT @childsjd @ShepDPT @eimteam
Jenna Thacker, OTD, OTR/L joins Mark to discuss carpal tunnel, hand therapy in general and OTs and PTs working alongside one another. Listen in to get her tips on screening and treating patients with carpal tunnel.
Links: @shepDPT Jenna Thacker @EIMTeam APTA's Clinical Practice Guidelines
Katie Siengsukon, PT, PhD, joins Mark and John on this week's episode of Clinical Podcast to discuss the importance of sleep in your patients' health and how their lives could be affecting the type of sleep they are able to get. Katie provides helpful ways to determine not only if your patient is getting the right amount and type of sleep, but if they are even able to do so.
Links: @KatieSleepPT @shepDPT @childsjd @EIMTeam
On this week's episode of Clinical Podcast, Mark brings in Kendra Gagnon, PT, PhD, to discuss the rapid move educators are being forced to make to more online delivery of their content. As a Clinical Associate Professor in Baylor University's Doctor of Physical Therapy program, an innovative and hybrid 2-year DPT program, Gagnon has experience in transferring content to an online platform in a way that keeps students engaged and connected. Kendra and Mark talk through some of the tools educators can use and her tips for an easy transition and a good classroom experience.
Notes: Free Online Resources for Educators @KendraPedPT @ShepDPT @EIMTeam
On this week's episode of Clinical Podcast, Trevor Lentz, PT, PhD, MHA, an Assistant Professor in Duke University's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, discusses his research paper, Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions, which led to a tool that determines yellow flags that can correlate psychological factors with pain experiences. Listen in to hear how the research affects your patients, and how you can utilize the OSPRO scoring tool in your clinic.
Links: Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions OrthoPT's OSPRO Scoring Tool trevor.lentz@duke.edu @TrevorLentzPT @ShepDPT @childsjd @EIMTeam
On this week's episode of Clinical Podcast, John and Mark continue their conversation with Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski, discussing career advice for DPT students and new health care professionals looking to make a difference with their careers. Whether you are a PT, OT, PTA or any other aspiring health care professional, you will find something to help you in your career. Links: Bryan Guzski Tim Reynolds @shepdpt @childsjd @eimteam
In this week’s episode of Clinical Podcast, Dr. Tim Reynolds and Dr. Bryan Guzski join John and Mark to switch up the interview formula. Tim and Bryan ask Mark and John what their advice is for young health care professionals and students looking to become a PT, OT or any other health care professional. This is just part one of the conversation with Bryan and Tim, so join us next week to hear the rest of the conversation. Links: Bryan Guzski Tim Reynolds @shepdpt @childsjd @eimteam
How does the subjective examination set apart rehab professionals from other health care providers? Dr. Chris Dickerson, owner of Puget Sound Physical Therapy and instructor for Bellin College's Orthopaedic and Manual Physical Therapy (OMPT) Fellowship, joins Mark on this week's episode to discuss how the patient interview guides your clinical reasoning, the top questions you have to ask during every subjective examinations, how the subjective examination can affect your relationship with your patient, and much more.
Links:
@shepdpt
Chris Dickerson
@eimteam
Happy New Year! Dr. Larry Benz has once again compiled a list of predictions for what’s to come in the year ahead in health care. Listen in to stay up to date on what 2020 will look like for your practice!
2020 #PhysicalTherapy Predictions
Second consecutive year of the largest reimbursement drop in our history. APTA's Lack of Vision 2020 in part responsible for not allowing PT's to be autonomous practicing within their scope of license. More and more resources will be available for adherence to the rules and compliance. Sad that these courses are growing faster than clinical ones! The middlemen of the PT world - so called specialty benefit managers - will continue to get large pushback, and in work comp, a big push towards disintermediation as they only create value for themselves-not their customers. Contract therapy and home health will decrease utilization of a PT but will over emphasize PTAs but nobody really is listening. More and more employers will develop programs for their PTs to reduce their student debt. Telehealth adoption by PT providers will be high, adoption for physical therapy by patients very low-unless of course texting is considered Telehealth. Pathway model/physical therapist first will continue to demonstrate value but preaching will still outpace practice. PT companies aren't even adopting the very model they ascribe. Price transparency will get a lot of attention but not a lot of implementation. Joint ventures by hospitals with MD groups and private equity-backed spine and ortho groups will significantly increase in part because private ASCs, imaging, DME, and physical therapy have value in the marketplace. The skeptical, demanding patient and consumer will elevate to even higher demands of service expectations.
Check out the prior years predictions!
2012: APTA's Vision 2020: My 12 Year Report Card 2019: Practice Leadership: 2019 Physical Therapy Predictions
Links:
@physicaltherapy @eimteam
In this week's episode, Dr. Neil Sheth from TexPTS joins Mark and John to discuss loading and strength and conditioning and programming and how they play into mentoring residents at his clinic.
Neil shares a specific case example of a 33 year old male that had persistent knee pain and how he was able to move him past straight leg raises and quad sets.
Links:
Neil Sheth @EIMTeam @ShepDPT @childsjd
Co-owner and co-founder of TexPTS, Andrew Bennet, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, is an old friend of the podcast and of John and Mark, tracing all the way back to John and Andrew's time in the U.S. Air Force. Andrew joins John and Mark to discuss the importance of surrounding yourself with thinking clinicians, helping clinicians build their own career, along with tips on building a clinic with autonomous clinicians and much more. Links:
Connect with Andrew Bennett @EIMTeam @ShepDPT @childsjd
On this week's episode, Seth Peterson, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, FAAOMPT, joins Mark to discuss why and how Seth started his one-on-one, private practice clinic, The Motive Physical Therapy Specialists in Oro Valley, Arizona. Seth discusses what led him to opening his clinic, how he decided what would make his clinic different, how he continues to stand out in the market, how he learned the business principles he needed to make his clinic excel, and more. Links: The Motive Physical Therapy Specialists @DrSethPT @ShepDPT @EIMTeam
On today's episode of Clinical Podcast, Kelly Sammis, DPT, CLT, joins John and Mark to discuss her clinical treatment of pudendal neuralgia as a pelvic health clinician at Holistic Pelvic Health.
Join Kelly, John and Mark as they discuss how to treat pudendial neuralgia, from testing, the groups that are susceptible and dry needling as a treatment option.
Links:
Website: Holistic Pelvic Health Facebook: Holistic Pelvic Health @EIMTeam @ShepDPT @childsjd
On today's episode, Jeff Meadows, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, FAAOMPT, joins Dr. John Childs and Dr. Mark Shepherd to discuss Jeff's new research on the thoracolumbar junction, Short-term Response to Treatment Targeting the Thoracolumbar Junction in Patients With Hip Pain: A Case Series.
Listen in as they discuss takeaways from the article, how the research can affect clinical reasoning, and how important asterisks signs are in regional treatment.
Links:
Research atricle: Short-term Response to Treatment Targeting the Thoracolumbar Junction in Patients With Hip Pain: A Case Series Jeff Meadows @EIMTeam @ShepDPT @childsjd
Jeff Konin, PhD, PT, ATC, FACSM, FNATA joins the podcast today to talk through how Cannabis relates to health care. His role as the Director of Florida International University's Doctor of Athletic Program gives him a unique perspective on the topic of Cannabis. Join Jeff, John and Mark as they discuss Cannabis educational resources, where it could fit into a doctorate curriculum, and the differences between CBD, THC, Hemp and Marijuana. Links:
@DrKonin @ShepDPT @childsjd
Blair Green, PT, DPT, OCS, PHC founder of Catalyst Physical Therapy joins John and Mark to talk about her experiences in pelvic health physical therapy which led to her book, "Go Ahead Stop and Pee,"a guide to running during pregnancy and postpartum.
Using phrases like "therapy for your muscles on the inside" and "incontinence is common but never normal," Blair works toward normalizing pelvic health discussions with men and women in all stages of life. She also shares tips for orthopaedic therapists to spot pelvic dysfunction early and her vision for where pelvic health therapy will fit into the healthcare system of the future.
Links:
Blair Green @childsjd @ShepDPT Blair Green's book: Go Ahead Stop and Pee
Join John Childs and Mark Shepherd as they talk with Carol Courtney, PT, PhD, ATC, FAAOMPT, a professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences at Northwestern University. Carol talks through her journey into researching both manual therapy and pain. Listen in as Carol discusses why making her mechanisms research clinically applicable has been a goal throughout her career and continues to drive her research. Links:
@CarolACourtney1 @childsjd @ShepDPT
Welcome to a new season of Evidence In Motion's Practice Leadership! Larry Benz is joined by Stephen Anderson, PT, DPT, founder of Orange Dot Coaching, former CEO of Therapeutic Associates Physical Therapy and lifelong leader as a physical therapist. Larry and Stephen interview one another and provide an insight into both of their storied careers not only as physical therapists but as leaders. Join Larry and Stephen's conversation as they discuss leadership topics from consolidation in the profession to altering your leadership styles.
Links:
@PhysicalTherapy
@SteveAndersonPT