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

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!

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

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

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