053 Is Therapeutic Alliance a Bust?
Sandy and Cory discuss a recent paper that did not find an effect of providing education with therapeutic alliance in a chronic low back pai...
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Pain Science and Sensibility
Join co-hosts Sandy Hilton and Cory Blickenstaff, physical therapists who are "in the trenches" practicing in unique settings on opposite sides of United States, as they discuss current rese...
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052 Beyond the BPS Model?
In this episode, Sandy and Cory take a look at this popular publication from 2019 proposing an "Enactive Approach" to pain. There's a lot to...
2020 PT Podcast Network Holiday Extravaganza
The gang is all here (except Greg) for another festive dump of holiday cheer! Happy Holidays everyone!!!
050 Pain Flare-Up
Pain flare-ups are one of the most frustrating things for patients and clinicians alike. Are they normal? Who gets them? Why is it important...
049 Contemplating Possibilities and the Impermanence of Pain
We are joined in this episode by Professor Lorimer Moseley AO for a casual chat about pain. Lorimer gave us his thoughts on recent and futur...
048 The SI Joint Narrative
Do you use SI joint tests? What type of information do the tests give you? Should you be using them? These are just a few of the questions t...
047 Is It Safe For Women To Lift Heavy Things?
Is it safe to exercise and lift heavy things for people with pelvic organ prolapse symptoms? Or put more bluntly, will lifting heavy weights...
046 Is There an Advantage to Pain Free Rehab?
These questions arise very frequently in rehabilitation. Should it hurt? Is it OK if it hurts? Will I set myself back if it hurts? Will I ge...
045 A Review of Surgery for Rotator Cuff Tears
A recent Cochrane review looked at studies of people with rotator cuff tears comparing those who had surgery with those who did not. What do...
044 Cognitive Functional Therapy Vs. Group Therapy Plus Education
This episode covers a recent paper that compares a popular and trending approach, Cognitive Functional Therapy, against a group treatment an...
043 An Interview with Dr Henrik Vaegter
In the last episode (42) a systematic review was discussed regarding the value of pre-operative measures in predicting pain post-operatively...
042 Does Preop Pain Predict Postop Pain?
In this episode Sandy and Cory discuss a systematic review which investigated what pre operative pain tells us about a person's propensity f...
041 Bedtimes and Pain: Can You Sleep It Off?
This study looked at pain score associations between people with "typical" and "atypical" bedtimes. Sandy and Cory discuss the topic of slee...
040 Does Activity Counteract Sitting?
In this month's episode we are examining more of a general health question. But it is one that is very relevant to people in pain. Much has...
039 Pain Education in Low Back Pain
This paper, with results that many find very surprising, has started a bit of a buzz in the PT world. What do we make of the results? Can we...
038 Living Well with Chronic Pain
Research on chronic pain tends to aim at identifying factors that are in deficit, or are the so called "risk factors" for those who develops...
2018 PT Podcast Network Holiday Extravaganza
That's right everyone! It's that time of year again! All the PT Podcast Network voices (except for Adam) have gathered together to bring you...
037 Brain Representations of Expectancy Violation
This episode covers a recent meta analysis looking at differences in brain patterns when an expectancy violation, thought to be important in...
036 Mechanism Based Pain Care
In this episode, Sandy and Cory discuss a recent paper proposing a "Mechanism Based approach to physical therapy management of pain." This p...
035 The Smallest Worthwhile Effect of Physiotherapy
How much of an improvement would you need to see in order to feel that physiotherapy was going to be worthwhile for your low back, neck, or...