Advocacies Episodes

Oct. 23, 2022

109: PPTA's Reactions on Burning Issues and Questionable PT Practices

Welcome to part two of our conversation with some of the Philippine Physical therapy association's board of officers, Michael Gabilo, PTRP, DHPEd, Juan Doco, PTRP, Christian Rimando, PTRP, MSPT, Lily Bautista, PT, DPT, PTRP, ...

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Oct. 23, 2022

108: Find Out What's New with the Philippine Physical Therapy Bill an…

This episode was recorded live last September as part of the celebration of the World and National Physical Therapy Day last September 8th. I was joined by some of the Philippine Physical Therapy Association (PPTA)'s board of...

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June 29, 2022

103: LGBTQIA+ concerns in Physical Therapy Practice with Regina Araqu…

This podcast was recorded live in celebration of Pride Month. The discussion is about LGBTQIA+ concerns in Physical Therapy with Phil Dumaligan, Regina Araquel, and Jewels Racho. They shared stories of discrimination, healthcare access concerns of LGBTQ+, and competency and …

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June 16, 2022

101: Strengthening Mental Health Awareness

This was recorded from the recent live podcast episode I did where I recapped past episodes and teased about future ones. Plus, since June is Trauma Awareness month, let's talk about ways to strengthen mental health awareness...

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May 1, 2022

When did PT recruitment become gender-biased?

Bakit kailangan lagyan ng "preferably female" o "preferably male" ang job post description ng ilang physical therapy jobs? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ptmealpodcast/support

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Oct. 25, 2021

Ep. 78: Long COVID from Lived Experience with Daria Oller

Daria Oller, PT, DPT, ATC described what Long COVID is and what the scientific community knows about it. She also discussed management strategies for people who experience symptoms of Long COVID specifically STOP. REST. PACE. She also shared her personal …

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Sept. 21, 2021

Ep. 74: Humanitarian Work with Reiza Dejito

Reiza Dejito is physical therapist and an alumna of the Siliman University. She's now working as a humanitarian worker for Humanity and Inclusion as Program Director for Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. We talked about how she sta...

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July 23, 2021

Ep. 66: On Autism Spectrum Disorder: Perspective of a PT and parent

Grace Brucal, PT is a physical therapist, Autism Specialist, and Functional Medicine Student. She earned her Physical Therapy degree from the Emilio Aguinaldo College and became a PT staff and Faculty in the FEU Nicanor Reyes...

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 45: On Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Maria Cauilan Aguila

Today I talked to Maria Cauilan Aguila, PT, DPT. She is a practice owner and Doctor of Physical Therapy in Life in Motion Physical Therapy, a community outpatient orthopedic facility in Jersey City, NJ; certified in Applied P...

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Nov. 11, 2020

Ep. 44: On establishing a non-profit organization, FUTURE Foundation …

Dr. Ben Aguila, PT, DPT is is the Practice Owner of Life In Motion PT clinic located in Jersey City, New Jersey for the last ten years, serves as a Charter Board Trustee and immediate past President of the FUTURE …

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Oct. 20, 2020

Ep. 40: TheraFree and Tele-TheraFree with Eleonor Lopez and Marius Ba…

Eleonor Rose Lopez, PTRP and Marius Angelo Bautista, PTRP are both alumni of the University of the Philippines- College of Allied Medical Professions. They both work in ALRES - Alternative Learning Resource School Philippines, Marius as the Chief of the …

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Sept. 2, 2020

Ep. 31: Online Physical Therapy with Ken Erbvin Sosa

Ken Erbvin Sosa, MOH, PTRP, PT talks about his initiative in founding Online Physical Therapy (OPT) Consultation during this time of pandemic. Oniline Physical Therapy Consultation is a collective of Filipino physical therapists providing free physical therapy services online. He …

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Aug. 24, 2020

Ep. 30: The Filipino Physio Webseries with Charmaine Geronimo

Charmaine Geronimo, PTRP, PT, DPT the Founder of The Filipino Physio Webseries, provides free top notch webinars from physical therapists. She earned her BS degree in Physical Therapy from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and her Doctor of physical …

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Aug. 13, 2020

Ep. 28: The Philippine Physical Therapy Association with Mike Gabilo,…

Mr Michael Pereyra Gabilo,PTRP,DHPEd, is the president of the Philippine Physical Therapy Association.In this 2-part conversation, we talked about what PPTA is and what it does for the profession and practice of physical therapy in the Philippines, some misconceptions of …

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Aug. 13, 2020

Ep. 27: The Philippine Physical Therapy Association (PPTA) wiht Micha…

Today, we have Mr. Michael Pereyra Gabilo, PTRP, DHPEd, the president of the Philippine Physical Therapy Association. In this 2-part conversation, we talked about what PPTA is and what it does for the profession and practice of physical therapy in …

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