Erson shares a recent case - young female distance runner, at the top of her age group with severe knee pain. After 50% improvement with traditional strengthening, ankle and hip mobility train...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/10/untold-physio-stories-do-you-train.html
We're joined by Dr. Chris Garcia from Chris Garcia Academy. He works with pro athletes and also teaches PTs to be at the top of their game when it comes to treating this unique population. H...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/09/untold-physio-stories-dont-bring-your.html
In this episode, Dr. Adam Robin of the PT Owners club talks about wanting to become the best clinician to owning a business, to scaling his clinic to multiple clinicians and multiple clinics....
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/09/untold-physio-stories-growing-and.html
We're joined again by Dr. Adrian Miranda of the web series Gross Anatomy on youtube. He was supposed to tell a story of working for a high volume clinic coming off of an esteemed residency...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/09/untold-physio-stories-hollywood-from.html
Andrew discusses a recent case with a curious finding. Bilateral Infraspinatus atrophy one side greater than the other. No myotomal or dermatomal overlap, no pain, no trauma or recent infecti...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/08/untold-physio-stories-mysterious-case.html
We're joined by Dr. Adrian Miranda of Gross Anatomy Web Series on youtube. He tells his origin story of expectation of high school graduate, to earning his doctorate, teaching residency, a...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/08/untold-physio-stories-pt-entertainer.html
Erson chats with Dr. Sean Wells, author, nutrition specialist, speaker, and Modern Rehab Mastery mentor. Recently, Sean gave a talk on wholistic treatment for orthopaedic conditions in the o...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/08/untold-physio-stories-have-you-ever.html
In this episode, Erson goes over a telehealth series of visits with another PT. What started out as a traditional lumbar radicular or neuropathy complaint rapidly turned to trying a LOT of di...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/08/untold-physio-stories-breathing-is-habit.html
Back pain is a common ailment that many of us have experienced at some point in our lives. One specific type of back pain, known as discogenic low back pain (LBP), is characterized by pain or...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/07/unveiling-mystery-of-discogenic-low.html
Andrew is back talking about a colleague's recent case. This is a new grad, only practicing for 5 weeks or so, but kudos to his differential diagnosis skills and applying the Wells Criteria f...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/07/untold-physio-stories-ed-misses-pe.html
COLLAGEN SUPPLEMENTATION FOR JOINT PAIN AND ARTHRITIS: DOES IT REALLY WORK? By Dr. Sean M.Wells, DPT, PT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, CNPT, Cert-DN Recently I was presenting at the annual ...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/07/research-collagen-supplementation-for.html
In this episode, Erson goes over a tough case of constant and flared up cervical pain with radiating complaints. What do you think of his solution? Have you ever had a similar case that respo...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/07/untold-physio-stories-constant-pain.html
Erson tells a story of getting back to rock climbing after a 20 year break. After a finger injury that wasn't healing, he got some totally unexpected great advice from another climber. What do yo...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/07/untold-physio-stories-dont-assess.html
Tension-type headache (TTH) is a prevalent and burdensome condition that affects many individuals. Recent research suggests that the cervical spine, specifically the trigemino-cervical nucleus ca...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/07/the-cervical-spine-in-tension-type.html
Erson goes over an interesting TMJ case of posterior disc subluxation and severe pain with opening and eating. It turns out after significant improvement the patient was still checking for te...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/06/untold-physio-stories-poking-and-hoping.html
By Dr. Sean Wells, DPT, PT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, CNPT, Cert-DN As physical therapists (PTs) we do our best to optimize our older clients' strength, balance, and functioning. Obviousl...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/06/preventing-muscle-mass-loss.html
Andrew finds out the hard way what the term Functional Overlay means in regard to a slow or non responding patient. Have you ever heard of this term or has anything similar ever happened to y...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/06/untold-physio-stories-grandma-has.html
In a recent article in The Lancet Rheumatology, researchers show how lower back pain is a rapidly escalating global issue, affecting an estimated 619 million people in 2020 – nearly 10% o...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/06/growth-of-lower-back-pain-endemic.html
Andrew Rothschild is back with an interesting case of severe pain and hyperalgesia around the scapula area in a CrossFit Athlete. This is the second time in 1 year after good resolution the y...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/06/untold-physio-stories-podcast-severe.html
For this episode, Erson talks about a recent case of marathon runner diagnosed with a grade 1 hamstring strain. It was an insidious onset after wearing orthotics for forefoot overpronation. E...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/05/untold-physio-stories-just-screen-spine.html
Sometimes a point in your career is reached where you just want something different. Other times, a particular case can ignite that spark or drive to make the change. Today, we're joined by D...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/05/untold-physio-stories-one-case-changes.html
In this episode, Erson is joined by Dr. Malik Parker. He happened to stumble upon some quick fixes for bilateral thumb issues. Have you ever seen something like this in your practice? UNTOL...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/05/untold-physio-stories-cervical.html
In this episode, Erson is joined by Dr. Hannah Cox who recently attended one of his live TMJ Seminars. Upon leaving, she felt prepared to take on the TMJ world! Until that is two days later, ...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/05/untold-physio-stories-high-anxiety-for.html
Erson follows up with the difficult lumbar lateral shift patient from this episode a few weeks back. As in the past, he's doing much better and this time Erson takes care not to flare him ...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/05/untold-physio-stories-tough-lumbar.html
INTRODUCTION SUMMARY Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent and costly health problem that affects a significant portion of the global population. Pain developers (PDs) are individuals who are co...
https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2023/04/research-review-high-cost-of-standing.html