Special Topics Episodes

March 19, 2023

126: Women's Month Episode with Empowered Women

Let's revisit some past conversations with empowered women and listen to their advice and nuggets of wisdom. Snippets from episodes with Jasmin Esguerra, Lady Servillas, Archelle Jane Tiuseco, Jenny Youssef, Roxanne Fernandez...

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March 11, 2023

125: Doctor of Science in Physical Therapy: What is it? with Janise A…

In this episode, we delve into the Doctor of Science in Physical Therapy (DScPT) program, with our guest Janise Alcantara, who is currently completing the program. Janise shares her firsthand experiences of the DScPT program,...

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Feb. 17, 2023

123: Gratitude, Mindfulness, and Performance in the NBA

This podcast features an inspiring conversation with Dr. Erwin Benedict Valencia, a physical therapist, high-performance clinician, life coach, and the team physical therapist and wellness lead for the New York Knicks. Erwin ...

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Feb. 4, 2023

121: APTA CSM 2023: Everything and Anything You Need to Know with Lad…

Join Arvie Vitente and Lady Servillas in this lively and informative podcast episode on the upcoming APTA CSM 2023 Conference happening in San Diego, California on February 22-25, 2023. We shared our experiences and expectati...

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Dec. 29, 2022

116: Recap on Unique Perspectives from the Other Side

Here's a recap for you with some highlights of their episodes. If you haven't seen or listened to these episodes yet, this is your sign to do so. Eleazar Tayag started us off with the roles physical therapists play in hospice...

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Nov. 30, 2022

113: Motivating the Demotivated and Unmotivated with Marvin Zotomayor

This episode was recorded during the PT MEAL Podcast Live! I invited Asst. Prof. Marvin Zotomayor back on the show to talk about motivation and the lack of it in higher education and in life. Here, Marvin talked about how unm...

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Aug. 23, 2022

107: US immigration and visas to work as a PT

Here's another episode from a live podcast interview with Atty. Flomy Javier Diza of Reeves Immigration Law Group. In his episode, Atty. Diza talked about the different types of visas PTs from the Philippines, Canada, and Aus...

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July 20, 2022

105: Entrepreneurship in Physical Therapy with Lady Servillas

Lady Michelle Servillas, PT, CEEAA, CADDCT, CDP manages and owns several home health companies, outpatient clinics, and a foundation that provides for underserved populations. In this episode, she shared valuable insight and ...

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June 20, 2022

102: Life and stories of a PhD Student with Roxanne Fernandez

Ma. Roxanne Fernandez, MSPT, PTRP is a PhD student at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. In this episode, she shared what it's like to pursue her PhD degree and what motivated her to do so. She also shared what goes on...

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May 24, 2022

99: Taking the tDPT while in the Philippines with Jay Enriquez, Charm…

Jay Enriquez, PTRP, PT, DPT, DMS, Charmaine Geronimo, PTRP, PT, DPT, and Liezelle Soriano, PTRP, DPT share their experiences in taking the transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT) or post-professional Doctor of Physical...

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Jan. 26, 2022

90: ICU, Sedation & Mobility with Kali Dayton

Kali Dayton, DNP, ACNP is an ICU nurse practitioner and ICU consultant. She is the host of the Walking Home from the ICU podcast where she talks to healthcare professionals and ICU survivors about their experiences in the ICU...

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Nov. 29, 2021

Ep. 83: Authorship and Publishing with Rolando Lazaro

Rolando Lazaro, PT, PhD, DPT is a professor in California State University, Sacramento. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of the Philippines, Master of Science in Physical Therapy from ...

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Nov. 21, 2021

Ep. 82: Home Health Contract Business with Engelbert De Vera

Engelbert De Vera, PT, or Bert, is a physical therapist based in Texas. He's the founder of Rehabpreneur where he teaches PTs, OTs, and SLPs to become business owners. In our conversation, he shared his story about why he dec...

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Nov. 14, 2021

Ep. 81: Side Gigs and Side Hustles for Clinicians and Academicians wi…

F Scott Feil, PT, DPT, EdD is a husband, a father, a physical therapist, a professor, and most recently an amazon best-selling author. F Scott is also a business coach and mentor despite starting his journey as an English maj...

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Oct. 16, 2021

Ep. 77: Functional Training: What We Need to Know with Eugene Octavia…

Eugene Octaviano, PTRP, CPT, OMPT-C started his career in the fitness and wellness industry before going back to his roots in physical therapy profession. Having had that experience in both worlds, he brings that to his curre...

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Oct. 9, 2021

Ep. 76: Role of Prosthetist & Orthotist in Rehab with Milani Puruggan…

Milani Purugganan is a Certified Prosthetist and Orthotist (CPO) in the Philippines by the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO). In this episode, we talked about why she chose to be and stay as a Prosthet...

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Sept. 26, 2021

Ep. 75: Level Up with The Filipino Physio Academy with Charmaine Gero…

I invited Charmaine Geronimo, PTRP, PT, DPT again to the program to talk to us about The Filipino Physio Academy. Last year she started the The Filipino Physio Webseries during the start of the lockdown. Now, she founded the ...

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Sept. 14, 2021

Ep. 73: On the demonization, abuse and misuse of Manual therapy with …

Ulysses Juntilla, PT, DPT is a Board-certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. In today's episode we talked about Chad Cook's...

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Aug. 21, 2021

Ep. 72: Physical therapy school during the lockdown with Anna Katrina…

In the Philippines, when the lockdown was announced in the latter part of the first quarter of 2020, physical therapy classes were migrated online. Until now, physical therapy education is still online with limited face-to-fa...

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July 25, 2021

Ep. 67: Physical Therapy Education: Now and Beyond by Cheryl R. Peral…

Prof. Cheryl R. Peralta, DrPH, PTRP is the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and a Professor at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila. She holds consultancy positions in the Commission...

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July 15, 2021

Ep. 65: Trading Talks with Morris Montilla

Morris Montilla, PT is a physical therapist in New York and dabbles in day trading. Nowadays, it's common to know people who are into investments, stock, trading. So I had a conversation with Morris about it. What's trading? ...

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April 21, 2021

Ep. 62: High-Intensity Resistance Exercise Program for Older Adult wi…

Mark David Basco, PT, DPT is a Board-certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy and an Advanced Certified Exercise Expert on Aging Adults. He has published an interesting piece in the Journal of Frailty and A...

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April 4, 2021

Ep. 61: How to promote research uptake with Lucylynn Lizarondo

Lucylynn Lizarondo, PhD is a research fellow in JBI, at The University of Adelaide. Dr. Lizarondo's work involves developing tools and strategies to facilitate evidence implementation, mentoring clinicians to develop and eval...

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Feb. 3, 2021

Ep. 55: Trauma-informed care with Sarah Wenger

Sarah Wenger, PT, DPT, OCS, FNAP is an associate clinical professor at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions. She has published and presented on different topics related to her areas of expertise in chro...

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