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Today, we're going hear again key messages from our recent guests. Paul Robert Saladar talked about learning something new as physical therapists and allowing yourself to be taught. Morris Montilla advised what mindset someone needs to have going into trading. Grace Brucal shared her personal motivation in seeking to further studies and specializing in autism. And lastly, Prof Cheryl Peralta discussed comparison of current practice to the present curriculum. So now let's take a listen.

Hello folx! Welcome back to another serving of PT MEAL Physical Therapy podcast. Today, we're looking back to some highlights of past batch of guests. We have Dr. Erson Religioso, the modern manual therapist, to talk about what manual therapy is good for and how it's like a cheat code. Dr. Lucylynn Lizarondo, a research fellow from Australia, talked about what promotes evidence uptake and translation to practice. Dr. Mark David Basco, a geriatric clinical specialist, discussed the ideal candidat...

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 on Higher Education and the Professional Regulation Commission for more than ten years. She is a licensed physical therapist by profession and holds a degree in Doctor of Public Health - Major in Epidemiology after completing a Master’s degree in Physical Therapy. She also ...

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 Medical Foundation. At present, she is working in outpatient facility catering to pediatric and adult patients. She is also the owner of Steadfast Review Center, and Steadfast Boutique/Photography/ Fashion and Modelling Agency In this episode she shared her experience as a...

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? How is it different from investing? What are the risks and how does someone start? So if you're as curios as I am, let's take a listen!

Paul Robert Saladar, PTRP is the Public Relations Officer of the Philippine Association of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists (PAOMPT) and a member of the Publications committee of the Philippine Physical Therapy Association . He is also the Chair of Integrated Health and Wellness - Aklan State University Makato Campus, and an instructor in its Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sport Sciences program. He founded and owns Powered Recovery Wellness Hub that aims to connect a community of coac...

Lance Frank, PT, DPT, MPH is the owner of Flex PT ATL in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Frank, earned his Doctorate in PT from Emory University and his Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Missouri. He received his training in pelvic floor from Herman & Wallace, Alcove Education and Pelvic Guru. He treats all gender with pelvic floor dysfunction, including incontinence, sexual health concerns, pelvic pain, constipation and LGBTQ+ related issues. So we talked about how he started his p...

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 Aging entitled, Use of a High-Intensity Resistance Exercise Program to Improve Lower Extremity Strength and Mobility in a 105-Year Older Woman: A Case Report. He discussed how came up with the idea and how he convinced his patient to participate in the research. He explained...

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 evaluate studies to facilitate research uptake, and conduct systematic reviews. Her research is focused on evidence synthesis, evidence transfer and evidence implementation In our chat, we discussed what a research fellow does, why it's important for clinicians and researchers ...

Dr. Erson Religioso III, DPT, MS, MTC, CertMDT, CFC, CertMST, CNPT, FAAOMPT is a fellowship trained cash-based PT practice owner, entrepreneur, blogger, and sought after lecturer in the topic of Modern Manual Therapy. He graduated from D'Youville College with a dual Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Physical therapy. His inclination to Orthopedic and manual therapy lead him to his Doctor in Physical degree from the University of St. Augustine. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Or...

Today's episode is another revisit to past conversations with some of the wonderful women who guested in the show as way to celebrate International Women's Day last March 8th. Here are highlights from Amirrah Joyce Sacapanio, PTRP on pediatric physical therapy, Sheen Cenidoza, PTRP on community-based rehabilitation, and Maria Aguila, PT, DPT on migrating in the US as a PT. Listen to their pieces of advice on how to elevate our profession as physical therapist.

So for today, we are going to look back to previous episodes with some of the wonderful women we had in the show as way to celebrate International Women's Day last March 8th. Here are some highlights from Catherine Escuadra, MHPEd, PTRP, evidence and mentors, Lili Wells, PT, DPT on pelvic health and traits to have to succeed as a PT, and Maria Angela Borras, PTRP on becoming a sports PT and a being a female PT in Sports.

Major Karlo Mariano, USAF, Doctor of Physical therapy serves as the PT Element Chief, 628 MDG Operational Support Team PT, Joint Base, Charleston, South Carolina. Prior to his current role he served as the Flight Commander for the Surgical Services flight, 39th Medical Operations Squadron, Incirlik AB, Turkey. Maj Mariano has been serving in the US Air Force in different capacities from bioenvironmental specialist to flight commander, and has been deployed in different parts of the world. In th...

You're back to PT MEAL: Physical Therapy podcast. This is Episode 56. Just in time for the Valentine's weekend, we are going to talk about the heart. Today, we are going to talk about Cardiac rehabilitation. My guest is Arthur Bhenedict King, PTRP, an alumnus of the University of Santo Tomas, a member of the Philippine Physical Therapy Association Board of Director, a cardiac rehabilitation PT, and the Chief Physical Therapist of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Section of the Philippine Heart Center....

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 chronic pain, underserved populations, clinical reasoning and interprofessional care. In our conversation, we discussed what trauma-informed care is, the principles behind it, what trauma is, how trauma affects chronic pain, what physical therapists can do in their patient care...

Jon Hernandez, PT, DPT, ATC is a physical therapist for the LA Rams. In our conversation, he shared his day to day activities with the LA Rams, the concussion protocol of the NFL, difference between treating NFL athletes and other populations, and the challenges and perks of being a physical therapist for an NFL team. Come take a dive!

Marco Villanueva, PTRP is former DLSU Green Jin and Philippine Taekwondo team member, and now a sports physical therapist for the De La Salle University. He shared his experience getting into physical therapy school and becoming a physical therapist as a second degree. In our conversation, we talked about his journey pursuing physical therapy after graduating from his first bachelor's degree, his life as a working student, student-athlete and national athlete, and how he had to make sacrifices ...

Cindy Cecilio, PT, DPT has been working in a psychiatric hospital and managing patient with psychiatric or mental health diagnoses for more than 3 years now. In this episode, we talked about what the reasons are why she wanted to work in a psychiatric facility, what it's like to work there and what types of patients does she sees, how she deals or approach patients in this setting, what challenges and perks does she face and experience, what a typical day looks like, and what advice can she sha...

Asst. Prof Donald Manlapaz, PTRP, PT, PhD, is the chair of the Physical therapy department of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences at University of Santo Tomas. Asst Prof Manlapaz (dgmanlapaz@ust.edu.ph) finished his Doctor of Philosophy in Physiotherapy from University of Otago, New Zealand, and his Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in Physical Therapy from the University of Santo Tomas. His research interests include Exergaming and assisted technology, Physical therapy education and cli...

Dr. Zeena Hernandez received her Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy in St. Paul University Philippines & Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Utica College NY. Zeena has 6 years of clinical experience in different physical therapy settings. Currently, she specializes in treating orthopedic cases, functional fitness athletes and Olympic weightlifters. She is the owner and operator of Good Reps Physical Therapy - a cash based one-on-one PT performance clinic located in the heart of Brooklyn, ...

Joice Carrera is an SEO Content Specialist. Joice is a movement specialist-turned-writer, an educator, a baker wannabe, a frustrated makeup artist, a passionate lover, and a striving but hopeful mother. She is fascinated by human anatomy, the depth of the ocean, and the sunset, among many other things. As an SEO content specialist, she helps business start-ups, bloggers, and affiliate marketers go from invisible to page one on Google through well-crafted content optimized for ranking and convers...

I had the pleasure of answering some questions from freshie first year physical therapy students of the University of Santo Tomas as part of their class. We talked about specializations, patient populations, practice settings, and this podcast. Here's our conversation.

[ENGLISH] Mary June Nocete, PT is a Certified Lymphedema Therapist and Certified Comprehensive Oncology Rehabilitation Expert. In this episode, we talked about Oncologic Physical Therapy - difference in treating patients with cancer and cancer-related symptoms, considerations in treatment plan for these patients, motivating or cueing to promote patient participation. We also touched on chronic pain management in patients with cancer and her learnings in Oncology Physical Therapy. Let's take a li...

[TAGALOG] Cherissa Punongbayan is a physiotherapist currently based in Perth, Western Australia. She graduated from San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation Inc. and is the administrator of the Facebook group Physical Solutions Overseas Qualified Physiotherapist Support Group, a support group from physiotherapists/physical therapists who are undergoing the process of obtaining their Australian registration. https://www.facebook.com/groups/PhySolOverseasQualifiedSupportGroup In today's episode, w...