Healthy Wealthy & Smart

Latest Episodes:

207: DPT Education w Dr. John Childs Apr 11, 2016

Show notes

Live from CSM, I was fortunate to sit down with Dr. John Childs to discuss the new frontier of DPT education. He is a founder and CEO of Evidence in Motion and a partner in Confluent Health which includes EIM, 75 physical therapy clinics across the States, and Fit for Work which helps employers reduce workers' compensation costs through consultative services.

In this episode, we talk about:

-How Evidence in Motion bridges the gap between research and clinical practice

-Technology's role in facilitating a new blended educational model for entry level DPT programs

-Revolutionizing the curriculum for the clinical educational experience

-Common criticisms of the blended educational model

-And much more!

The future of DPT education is evolving toward collaborative learning which helps students grow and come together as a profession. This new model also is able to lower the cost of education and give nontraditional students more opportunities to pursue a career in physical therapy.

John welcomes your suggestions by phone ((210) 364-7410) and email (john@eimpt.com). You can find more information about Evidence in Motion here!

Thank you for listening and have a great week!

If you want to stay updated, make sure to connect with me on twitter!

Stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!

Xo Karen

206: Sex!?! w/ Dr. Sandy Hilton & Dr. Sarah Haag Apr 04, 2016

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On this week's episode of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart podcast, Dr. Sarah Haag and Dr. Sandy Hilton join me outside the Disneyland Hotel post CSM to take the taboo out of discussing sex. They are both physical therapists who work with anyone needing to get back to doing what they love and who they love and are making the discussion around sex a little more comfortable and approachable.

In this show, we discuss:

-What every PT should be asking their patients

-Why you shouldn't make assumptions about your patients' sex lives

-How to differentiate UTI from DOMS of the pelvic floor

-How you can approach your partner who has pain with sex

-Guiding principles for pelvic health rehabilitation

-How to navigate sex in the nursing home system

-And a lot more!

Sex is part of normal human function and no other species makes it this complicated. If you are experiencing pain with sex and you want to live a happier and more fulfilled life, there is something you can do about it by seeking help from a pelvic health physical therapist.

You can find more on twitter from Sandy (@SandyHiltonPT), Sarah (@SarahHaagPT), and myself (@karenlitzyNYC)!

Thank you for following along and listening to the podcast!

Xo Karen

205: Part 2 of Live! From The San Diego Pain Summit! Mar 28, 2016

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In this week’s episode, Paul Lagerman, the Naked Physio, and I co-host part Two of live from the San Diego Pain Summit in San Diego, California. The summit is all about applying pain science to clinical practice and we were fortunate to have a few of the summit speakers, who all come from different healthcare backgrounds, join us to discuss how we should be addressing patients with chronic pain.

Let me refresh your memory as to this fantastic panel of pain experts:

Ravensara Travillian is a massage therapist based in Seattle, Washington specializing in populations of refugees and veterans
Sandy Hilton is a physical therapist that specializes in pelvic pain in Chicago, Illinois
Greg Lehman is a physical therapist, chiropractor, and a research biomechanist from Toronto, Canada
Bronnie Thompson is an occupational therapist and a senior lecturer on pain and pain management at the University of Otago in Christchurch, New Zealand
Michael Shacklock is a physical therapist and research academic with interests in neurodynamics from Dunedin, New Zealand

In this episode, you will learn:

How to manage chronic pain patients' expectations throughout your treatment plan
Techniques to get your patients excited about their home exercise program
We hear from San Diego Pain Summit organizer Rajam Roose
And a whole lot more!

Chronic pain is complex and this discussion really benefited from having a multidisciplinary panel provide their diverse insights and experiences. As healthcare clinicians, we can help make sense of chronic pain in our patients' lives but we need to deliver that information to them in meaningful and relevant ways.

If you want to hear more from all of us, check us out on twitter! You can find some highlights from the summit with #sdps2016 and #sdpain.

Karen Litzy: @KarenLitzyNYC

Paul Lagerman: @nakedphysio

Greg Lehman: @GregLehman

Ravensara Travillian: @RavenTravillian

Sandy Hilton: @SandyHiltonPT

Bronnie Thompson: @adiemusfree

Michael Shacklock: @Neurodynamics

Thank you for listening and being a part of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart family!

Xo Karen

204: Live!! From the San Diego Pain Summit Mar 21, 2016

Show notes

In this week’s episode, Paul Lagerman, the Naked Physio, and I co-host a panel discussion live from the San Diego Pain Summit in San Diego, California. The summit is all about applying pain science to clinical practice and we were fortunate to have a few of the summit speakers, who all come from different healthcare backgrounds, join us to discuss how we should be addressing patients with chronic pain.

Let me introduce you to this fantastic panel of pain experts:

Ravensara Travillian is a massage therapist based in Seattle, Washington specializing in populations of refugees and veterans
Sandy Hilton is a physical therapist that specializes in pelvic pain in Chicago, Illinois
Greg Lehman is a physical therapist, chiropractor, and a research biomechanist from Toronto, Canada
Bronnie Thompson is an occupational therapist and a senior lecturer on pain and pain management at the University of Otago in Christchurch, New Zealand
Michael Shacklock is a physical therapist and research academic with interests in neurodynamics from Dunedin, New Zealand

In this episode, you will learn:

How to explain pain to clients without leading them to believe that the pain is all in their head
How to guide patients away from biomedical explanations of pain
How to manage chronic pain patients' expectations throughout your treatment plan
Techniques to get your patients excited about their home exercise program
And a whole lot more!

If you want to hear more from all of us, check us out on twitter! You can find some highlights from the summit with #sdps2016 and #sdpain.

Karen Litzy: @KarenLitzyNYC

Paul Lagerman: @nakedphysio

Greg Lehman: @GregLehman

Ravensara Travillian: @RavenTravillian

Sandy Hilton: @SandyHiltonPT

Bronnie Thompson: @adiemusfree

Michael Shacklock: @Neurodynamics

Thank you for listening and being a part of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart family!

Xo Karen

203: Dr. Sharon Dunn Recaps CSM Mar 14, 2016

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On this week's episode of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart podcast, we have Dr. Sharon Dunn who is the president of the American Physical Therapy Association joining us to talk about the success of this year's Combined Sections Meeting in Anaheim, California and what to look forward to for next year.

In this episode, we discuss:

-Her highlights from this year's CSM and how you can get more out of next year's conference

-Important insights from our patients and how it added to the CSM experience

-What the Free the Yolk movement is all about and ways you can help break a Guinness Book World Record

-The human movement system as it relates to physical therapy identity

-The important themes that emerged from CSM

-The importance of the individual sections within the APTA to the success of CSM

-And so much more!

It was a pleasure to have Sharon on the podcast again! If you weren't able to attend all of the amazing lectures at this year's CSM, you can find all of the presentations at the APTA website here. Let's continue the high energy level and high attendance rate at next year's CSM in San Antonio, Texas! I’m really looking forward to what is in store for us next year!

Make sure to follow me on twitter (@KarenLitzyNYC) and thank you so much for listening!

Stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!

Xo Karen

201: Dr. Karim Khan, Advocacy & Social Media Mar 07, 2016

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Live from the Combined Sections Meeting in Anaheim, California, we have another great interview with Dr. Karim Khan where we discuss the role physical therapists play in the healthcare team and the importance of daily physical activity on overall health. We are so fortunate to have Dr. Khan on the show. He is a Canadian sports physician, a professor at the University of British Columbia, and the editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

In this episode, we talk about:

-Can physical therapists detect red flags and does direct access work

-Who is leading musculoskeletal research and pushing the evidence forward

-Physical therapists as leaders in exercise as medicine

-The importance of being physically active role models for our patients

-What macro nutrient is driving the obesity epidemic

-How you can utilize social media to garner interest in niche fields

-A live Q&A with Dr. Khan and Dr. Jill Cook

-And so much more!

It was great having Dr. Khan on the show! He offers great advice and support for the physical therapy profession and promotes an active lifestyle that can keep you Healthy Wealthy and Smart!

You can find Dr. Khan on twitter (@BJSM_BMJ) and make sure to tune into the British Journal of Sports Medicine Podcast!

Thank you so much for listening and subscribing! You can find me on twitter (@KarenLitzyNYC)

Xo Karen

201: Busting Tendinopathy Myths w/ Dr. Jill Cook Feb 29, 2016

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I had the honor of sitting down with Dr. Jill Cook and busting some common tendinopathy myths. This episode with Dr. Jill Cook was recorded live in front of an audience at the Combined Section Meeting in Anaheim, CA about 2 weeks ago. It was a great experience and one of the highlights of my CSM experience.

A little more about Dr. Cook: She is a professor in musculoskeletal health in the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre at La Trobe University in Melbourne Australia. Jill’s research areas include sports medicine and tendon injury. After completing her PhD in 2000, she has investigated tendon pathology, treatment options and risk factors for tendon injury. Jill currently supplements her research by conducting a specialist tendon practice and by lecturing and presenting workshops both in Australia and overseas.

In this episode we talk about:

* Are eccentric exercises are the best and only way to treat a tendinopathy?

* Can use the same tendon therapy protocol for every tendon and every person.

* A tendinopathy always involves inflammation.

* Once you are pain free and back to sport you don't have to worry about the exercises you did in PT.

* Why we shouldn't be selling messages we can't deliver.

* and much more!

Dr. Cook shares so much information about tendinopathy in this episode that I think I learned more in 25 min that I have in the past 10 years!

Thank you again to the Private Practice Section of the APTA for all of their help to make this happen and thank you to Jimmy McKay, host of the PT Pintcast for the great intro!

Enjoy and stay Healthy Wealthy & Smart!

Karen

200: Social Media, Entrepreneurship. & Edgar w/ Laura Roeder Feb 15, 2016

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This week's episode features Laura Roeder who is the founder of LKR Social Media and Edgar, a social media automation tool that prevents your updates from going to waste. Laura was named one of the top 100 entrepreneurs under 35 in 2011, 2013, and 2014 and presented the value of entrepreneurship at the White House. Laura makes technology simple to understand and implement for small business owners.

In this episode, Laura and I discuss:

How software saves you time so you can do what you love to do.
How to utilize social media to bring in new prospects.
Why you should specialize your product because less is more to your customers.
How she builds and manages a successful remote team from all over the country.
The do's and don'ts of social media.
Her advice for a budding entrepreneur.
And a whole lot more!

Laura was a very special guest! She provided great insights on how to utilize tools for running your business and we get into the details about optimizing your social media presence to allow you to spend more time building relationships.

To find out more about Edgar, click here and make sure to follow Laura on twitter (@lkr) and facebook.

Thank you for listening and subscribing! You can find me on twitter (@karenlitzyNYC).

Stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!

Xo Karen

199: How to Work w/ Millennials w/ Dr. TimDiFrancesco Feb 11, 2016

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Dr. Tim DiFrancesco, DPT, the lead strength and conditioning coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, joins us again on this week’s Thursday Quickie and we are talking all about the millennial generation.

In this episode we discuss:

How to engage with millennials to accomplish performance goals
The importance of linking your training principles and their primary motivation
What candy exercises are and how to use them to your advantage while training millennials
How to temper their expectations for immediate results
Why this generation needs collaboration during the goal setting process
And much more!

I had a great time chatting with Tim and I wanted to thank him for sharing great advice on how to engage effectively with millennials as well as helpful tips to apply to our patients, clients, and even fellow PT's. Make sure to check out his blog (tdathletesedge.com) and follow him on twitter (@tdathletesedge) and instagram (@tdathletesedge).

Thanks for listening to this week's Thursday Quickie and subscribing to the podcast! You can find me on twitter @karenlitzyNYC.

Have a lovely weekend and stay Healthy Wealthy & Smart!

xo Karen

198: LA Lakers & Strength Training w/ Dr. Tim DiFrancesco Feb 08, 2016

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Do you want to train some of the highest performing athletes in the world and keep them at the top of their game? On today's show, I talk with Dr. Tim DiFrancesco who is the lead strength and conditioning coach for the Los Angeles Lakers.

In this episode we discuss:

How he made the leap into professional sports.
How is top strength tips can work on every patient/client regardless of age or experience.
Why your workout should focus on time under tension and perfect form.
How to stimulate muscle growth by increasing volume of work.
Why breaking perfect form effects long term performance.
How a PT background sets you up for success in the strength and conditioning world.
And so much more!

This was a great interview with Tim on how his background as a physical therapist influences his strength and conditioning principles. I learned a great deal from Tim on this episode and I hope you come away with some great insights to use immediately in your clinical or fitness setting!

Tim's Top Resources:

Kelly Starrett (http://www.mobilitywod.com/)

Dan John (http://danjohn.net/)

Pavel Tsatsouline (http://www.strongfirst.com/)

How to reach Tim:

Website: www.tdathletesedge.com/

Twitter: @tdathletesedge

Instagram: @tdathletesedge

Thank you for listening and subscribing to the podcast! And remember you can find me on Twitter: @KarenLitzyNYC

Don't forget to tune in for the Thursday Quickie 2/11/16 with Dr. DiFrancesco on working with millennials!

Stay Healthy Wealthy & Smart!

Karen