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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 interesting for the practitioner looking to improve their understanding of a normal vs dysfunctional stress response in the body and the potential impact of cervical spine manual therapy. Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundationAcademy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

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 lower back pain. Dr. Wilson's work on phenotyping, psychophysical testing, and conditioned pain modulation contributes to the evolution of pain management.  Here are is the other manuscript mentioned in the interview: 1) A psychophysical study comparing massage to conditioned pain modulation: A single blind randomized controlled trial in healthy participants Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundationAcademy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

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 the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundationAcademy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

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 curiosity in the therapeutic power of how the process of expectation setting with our patients can lead to improved patient subjective pain reports and self-perceived functional status. Here is the 2017 article referenced in the interview. Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundationAcademy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

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 interesting for clinicians who enjoy working through the clinical reasoning and successful implementation of manual therapy to a complex patient case.  Here are the references mentioned in the interview:-How to Diagnose Cervicogenic Dizziness: Reiley et al (2017)-Manual Therapy for Cervicogenic Dizziness RCT: Reid et al (2014)-JOSPT Cervicogenic Case Series Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundationAcademy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

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 improve feedback efficacy with students and mentees.Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundationAcademy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=enThe views expressed in this podcast are those of the presenters and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Defense, or the US Government.

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: AAOMPT Pelvic Health Decision Tree, Coccygeal Movement Test, MARM (Manual Assessment of Respiratory Motion) tool, High Low Breathing Tool. Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundationAcademy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

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 in the professional baseball and basketball setting, but also, how she prepared and put herself in a position of success to obtain these roles. Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundationAcademy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

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, and research who want to learn more about chronic pain management and how to navigate the research innovation process.The book Dr. Sizer mentions during this interview is:  Mechanisms and Management of Pain for the Physical Therapist, 2nd Edition (2016) by Kathleen A. Sluka. ISBN: 9781496343239.  Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundationAcademy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en

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 interesting for practitioners who work with patients experiencing chronic pain and mental health concerns emphasizing therapeutic alliance. Here is the series of Frontiers manuscripts references in the episode. Find out more about the Foundation for Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FOMPT) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) at the following links:Foundation website: www.aaompt.org/foundationAcademy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=en