Masters in Motion
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPhysical therapists may be movement specialists, but few become movement masters. On this limited-edition podcast, Dr. Seth Peterson, DPT explores the personal journeys of innovators, leaders, and legends of physical therapy - so that we can apply those same lessons to our own lives.
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BONUS: The Advocate - Phil Tygiel
March 14, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBPhil Tygiel has been a business owner, two-time President of the Arizona Physical Therapy Association, and has been recognized numerous times nationally for his service, including being named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the APTA. In this interview, we talk a little about how you can be involved in service. Phil was both a clinical practice owner, clinician, and an active member of the House of the Delegates early in his career, during which time he was involved in encouraging diagnos...
Masters in Motion meets Movers and Mentors: Bryan Guzski and Tim Reynolds
July 25, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBFor our podcast's finale, Seth Peterson interviews the authors of the book "Movers and Mentors" Bryan Guzski and Tim Reynolds. Bryan and Tim set out on a very similar journey to this podcast during the preparation of their book a few years ago. What did they find? How do the themes from their book relate to the themes from this podcast? Instead of summarizing key themes from Season 1.5, which we did after the first season, we've decided to discuss some of the broader themes with Tim and Bry...
The Polymath - Tim Flynn
June 27, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBNo matter what area of physical therapy you have focused - clinical practice, research, private practice, leadership, or academia - you've probably heard of Tim Flynn. That's because Tim Flynn, PT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT, FAPTA has touched all of those areas of practice - and done so at a high level - something that is extremely rare. He is probably best known for being one of the figureheads of the evidence-based practice movement in physical therapy and for his research on spinal manipulation...
The Heart - Tim McGonigle
June 04, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBWhen asked by one of the members of UC Davis' Pain Fellowship what makes him different as a clinician, Tim McGonigle, PT, FAAOMPT replied, "I listen with my heart." Tim grew up with a stutter and later began practicing meditation, which he thinks may have helped him develop an ability to be present with the patient, develop greater compassion, and "use all of his senses" in treatment. The time that Tim has been engaged in patient care has been a while - over 40 years. A longtime partner of ...
Short Reflections: Communication Series
May 23, 2022 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBThis is the recap of our 3-part "Communication Series" that went live on our Facebook group Mindful Clinicians. In this short recap, Seth recaps some of the key themes in communication, brings in key quotes from all of the interviewees (John Woolf, PT, PhD(c), ATC, COMT, Matt Erb, PT, and Maxi Miciak, PT, PhD), and suggests how being more mindful in our clinical practices might be able to pull all of this together. _________________________________ Check out our website and see what cours...
Communication Series: The Queen of Therapeutic Alliance w/ Maxi Miciak
May 06, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBWe are wrapping up our communication series with Maxi Miciak, PhD. Maxi Miciak is a rockstar physiotherapist in the therapeutic alliance space. Maxi is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta. She received a doctorate in Rehabilitation Science (2015) from the University of Alberta and was the inaugural Cy Frank postdoctoral fellow in impact assessment at Alberta Innovates, Canada. Her work on therapeutic alliance has drawn substantial a...
The First Timer - Mike Rogers
April 18, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBMike Roger's story is unlike anything else we've have on the podcast. During his time in physical therapy, Mike traveled to London to spend time with James Cyriax, taught with John Mennell, took two programs in Norway, started one of the country's first residency programs, and was a founding fellow of AAOMPT. Then, he left physical therapy altogether. Eventually he would return - and fall in love with physical therapy all over again. In this podcast, Mike recounts his first time hearing abo...
Communication Series: Tips for Whole Person Care and Communication w/ Matt Erb
March 28, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBThis is the 2nd in a 3-part "Communication Series." This interview was with Matt Erb, PT, Associate Clinical Director for The Center for Mind-Body Medicine and owner of Embody Your Mind. In the interview, Matt will provide some of his thoughts in communicating around some difficult topics (trauma, etc) as well as how to cultivate humility and wisdom in our practices. _____________________________ To continue the discussion and see the next interview live, join us in our community Mindful ...
Communication Series: Is Patient-Centered Care a Myth? w/ John Woolf
March 07, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBThis is Part I of a live interview I did with John Woolf in our group "Mindful Clinicians." I apologize for the audio, which was a little rough on my end, especially in the first half of the interview. In this Communication Series, the goal is to help guide clinicians to more effective ways of thinking about and relating to patients. One of the things that just isn't discussed in great detail in physical therapy is communication - and how aspects of how our interaction with the patient can ...
The Prodigy Who Almost Quit - Eileen Vollowitz (Part II)
February 21, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBIf you didn't listen to Part I of my interview with Eileen, go back and listen to that. In this part of the interview, Eileen talks about her travels to Norway, what she did when she returns, and how she ended up starting the first residency program in physical therapy while still in her twenties. Eileen talks about what she does now, which might be surprising, and how she ended up finding success as an expert in that area of health. Finally, I ask Eileen about her recommendations for the a...
The Prodigy Who Almost Quit - Eileen Vollowitz (Part I)
February 14, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBIn her early twenties, Eileen Vollowitz would end up teaching at Maggie Knott's program in Vallejo and by her late twenties, she would start the first residency program in physical therapy. In Part I of my interview with Eileen, she tells us how all of that almost never happened. After the end of the first season, I had multiple people reach out urging me to interview Eileen. She is an honorary fellow of AAOMPT and was integrally involved in the development of postprofessional training in...
The Prodigy Who Almost Quit - Eileen Vollowitz (Part I)
February 14, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBIn her early twenties, Eileen Vollowitz would end up teaching at Maggie Knott's program in Vallejo and by her late twenties, she would start the first residency program in physical therapy. In Part I of my interview with Eileen, she tells us how all of that almost never happened. After the end of the first season, I had multiple people reach out urging me to interview Eileen. She is an honorary fellow of AAOMPT and was integrally involved in the development of postprofessional training in...
BONUS: The Rebel - Lynda Woodruff
December 20, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBLynda Woodruff, PT, PhD spent her life breaking barriers and challenging the status quo. This podcast is unique in several ways. For one, our podcast has focused on clinicians and this is the first we've done on someone who spent the majority of their career in academia. But I think you'll agree, Lynda's story is too good not to be told. At 13, she was one of only two students to integrate EC Glass High School in Lynchburg, VA. In this podcast, you'll hear audio from Martin Luther King Jr's ...
Short Reflections: The Future of Physical Therapy
May 23, 2021 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBFor the last episode, we're compiling some of the common themes about the future - both concerns and hopes - discussed by some of the leaders we interviewed. It's clear that we've come a long way 100 years since the beginning of physical therapy in the United States, but it's also clear that there are some major challenges looming ahead. __________ Continue the discussion in our facebook group, Mindful Clinicians.
Short Reflections: Clinical Practice
May 06, 2021 10:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBIn this second of a three-part recap of the interviews this season, Seth Peterson reviews some of our guests' recommendations for clinical practice. ______ Continue the discussion in our Facebook group, Mindful Clinicians.
Short Reflections: Personal Growth
April 22, 2021 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBWe're at the end of these interviews and it's time to reflect on some of the lessons learned from the trailblazers and leaders interviewed so far. This will be the first in a series of brief episodes reflecting on the season, which will be called "Short Reflections." For the first of these episodes, the focus will be on personal growth. Our interviews have focused on the mindset and approaches these individuals took early on in their careers. In this episode, Seth reviews some on the commo...
BONUS: Gregg Johnson - Upping Your Clinical Game
April 15, 2021 14:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThis episode is a recording from a live event we had in our group, Mindful Clinicians. Gregg Johnson is the co-founder of the Institute of Physical Art, a continuing education company that has been teaching around 100 courses across the country a year for decades. If that sounds familiar, it's because Gregg's wife Vicky was on our podcast in Episode 2. The focus of this interview was to get Gregg's thoughts on thorny clinical questions. We touch on how physical therapists can remain clin...
The Titan - Stanley Paris
April 08, 2021 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBIn the field of physical therapy, Stanley Paris PT, PhD, FAPTA is a living legend. There's no one better to be interviewed for our penultimate episode. In fact, many of the guests on this podcast traced their inspiration back to Stanley. The impact he has had on physical therapy - from teaching across the country, normalizing manipulation, starting private practices, and launching the first private physical therapy school - has been profound. In this episode, Stanley reviews his life sto...
The Underdog - Michael Moore
March 25, 2021 10:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBOn his way to try and walk on at the University of Oklahoma, 1.5 hours south of Folsom, CA, Michael realized it was the furthest away from home he had ever been in his life. Michael eventually succeeded and made the teams in football and wrestling at the Division I program. Not having confidence in his science aptitude, Michael initially planned to major in history before switching to physical therapy at the last minute. He would end up switching to physical therapy and would do more than ...
The Serendipitous Leader - Joe Farrell
March 11, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBWhen Joe Farrell, PT, M App Sci, DPT, FAAOMPT, FAPTA graduated from physical therapy school, residency programs in the United States didn't exist. So, motivated by a physical therapist he learned from early in practice, Joe set off to learn in Australia - where he would stay for 2 years. Soon after returning, Joe would be recruited to the Kaiser Orthopedic Manual Therapy Residency program and begin his own clinic. When the director of the program asked Joe to attend a meeting of the now 8 ...
The Moveologist - Shirley Sahrmann
March 04, 2021 09:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBGrowing up in a suburb of St. Louis, Shirley was expected to never give up. When she decided that she wanted to go to physical therapy school at Washington University, she persisted. Later, Shirley would not give up when faced with challenging questions about neurological patients in the clinic. This would lead her into a PhD program and eventually vault her into a faculty position at her alma mater. When she came up with the idea of aligning our professional identity with movement, Shirley ...
The Teacher - Margaret Anderson
February 18, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBGrowing up in Adelaide in South Australia, Margaret Anderson worked in various other jobs before ending up in physical therapy school. Right away, she noticed that she couldn't quite get the outcomes as higher-levels physical therapists and ended up seeking those skills in Geoff Maitland's program. As she says herself, she struggled more with the clinical reasoning concept than some of the other students and continued to work at mastering it even after graduation. Fast-forward to today, an...
The Mad Scientist - Dennis Morgan
February 11, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBGrowing up in a rural town in California, Dennis Morgan, PT, DC always saw himself as an "average guy" that had to work harder just to keep up. His efforts to do so sent him across the world, spending time with some of the legends of physical therapy: Maggie Knott, Freddie Kaltenborn, and Olaf Evjenth. The primary lesson he learned from these individuals was simple: focus on the patient. This unfailing focus on the patient, along with his varied learning opportunities, led to the creativity...
The Sage - Barb Stevens
February 04, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBWhen you think about the development of orthopedic physical therapy in the United States, and our movement toward residency and fellowship training, you're thinking about the work of Barb Stevens. While attending a conference in Vail, Colorado, Barb saw Geoff Maitland treating a patient - and it prompted her to move across the country to begin training in his clinic in Australia. She would eventually come back to the United States and would soon be at the center of sweeping advances in the...
The Achiever - John Childs
January 28, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBGrowing up in Alabama, John always saw himself as an achiever. His dream to become a doctor, however, came crashing down when he didn't get accepted into medical school. John instead found himself traveling to Texas, where he would begin school to become a physical therapist. Just 18 years after graduating, John would become the youngest physical therapist to ever be named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the APTA. Today, John is Founder and CEO of Evidence in Motion along with his roles...
The Artist - Vicky Johnson
January 21, 2021 03:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBIn the middle of an existential crisis, with her parents halfway around the world, Vicky Johnson, PT, FFMT, FAAOMPT stumbled upon a physical therapy program in the back of a magazine and applied. As luck would have it, this program in Georgia happened to have rare access to a woman in high demand: Maggie Knott. One of the early architects of PNF, Maggie's program in California had a 12 year wait list. Vicky moved to California and managed to find a way into the program. Barely out of physica...
BONUS: The Woman in the Cloak - Mary McMillan
January 13, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBThe story of Mary McMillan is perhaps the greatest of any physical therapist you will hear. Mary was the first Reconstruction Aide sworn into the U.S. Army and the first President of the APTA (back when it had another name). She served in two world wars, became the world's first international physical therapist, and was a prisoner in an internment camp for 3 years in Manila. Unfortunately, Mary passed away in 1959. On the 100th Anniversary of the APTA's founding, something Mary had a chief r...
The Clinician - Tim Fearon
December 29, 2020 14:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBWhen he graduated physical therapy school, Tim Fearon DPT, FAAOMPT felt lost in his new profession. He was able to memorize his way through school, but found himself ill-equipped to handle the complex patients he encountered in clinical practice. Frustrated and confused, Tim's chance encounter with a few clinicians showed him that the problem was not the profession, but himself. Over 40 years later, Tim has founded a continuing education company, started a practice, and taught in multiple re...