May 24, 2022
Join host Dr. Larry Benz, nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine alongside NEW co-hosts Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski. From Evidence In Motion, The Practice Leadership Podcast’s Movers and Shakers Season will go straight to the source, asking the industry heavyweights about research, social media, what technology challenges lie ahead, their seasoned advice form the clinic floor, and where to take action in advocacy.
Larry Benz, Tim Reynolds and Bryan Guzski are joined by Dr. Adriaan
Louw, PT, PhD, he is co-founder of ISPI – International Spine
and Pain Institute (now EIM), Vice-President of Faculty Experience
at Evidence In Motion
and one of the foremost authorities, innovators and researchers in
all things persistent pain.
They discuss how to get younger therapists to desire treating chronic or persistent pain and the need for better mentorship once they are managing a client with persistent pain. They highlight the importance of early exposure to pain science and the amazing things in pain science happening today like the New International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) guidelines that are now CAPD required in physical therapy schools. Now current & incoming physical therapists will have pain science incorporated from the beginning of their careers.
Adriaan discusses the algorithm of 3-3-1 they developed to teach
to PT students to get them to understand pain science - The three
types of pain, nociceptive, peripheral neuropathic and central
pain. We examine them different, treat them different and allocate
our resources to treat them different. To treat persistent pain,
you need 3 things: to think different (cognitive), movement &
calming the nervous system down. Finally, knowing every case of
pain is unique.
Adriaan: “There is nothing more challenging in clinical practice then to change a person’s life. To change a person’s life where they are going attend a wedding or go to a family reunion or lift a grandchild again, those things matter. I can probably remember a handful of people that I manipulated their neck and they felt better but I almost remember every person along the path that I changed their life. This is very meaningful work.”
Listen for more pain science insights including digital therapeutics, telehealth, VR use in clinics and more.
More Links:
Larry Benz –
Twitter@PhysicalTherapy
Tim
Reynolds – Twitter -@
TimReynoldsDPT
Movers & Mentors – Twitter
- @MoversMentors
Evidence
In Motion – Twitter- @EIMTeam
Additional
Research fromHunter Hoffman, PhD - Virtual
Reality