Episodes

48
Dec. 6, 2020

Ep. 48: Questions from 1st year PT students

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.
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Nov. 30, 2020

Ep. 47: Oncologic Physical Therapy with Mary June Nocete

[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...
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Nov. 25, 2020

Ep. 46: Becoming a Physiotherapist in Australia with Cherissa Punongbayan

[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...
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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 Prevention and Health Promotion Therapies, an Adjunct Instructor for the Doctorate Program in Physical Therapy at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences in Newark, New Jersey; a visiting Faculty of the FEUNRMF School of Physical Therapy,; a Capstone Coordinator at the Univers...
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Nov. 11, 2020

Ep. 44: Making a difference in the profession through non-profit organization, FUTURE Foundation with Ben Aguila

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 Foundation, a nonprofit organization for global PT advocacies. He's The recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Alumni Award for Career Achievement from the FEUNRMF Institute of Medicine, an Adjunct Instructor in the DPT program at Rutgers Health Sciences for Winter courses, an active member ...
Guest: Ben Aguila
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Nov. 2, 2020

Ep. 43: Community-based Rehabilitation with Sheen Ceñidoza

Ma. Sheen Ceñidoza, PTRP is a community-based physical therapist from the Philippines. As the head of their municipality's community-based rehabilitation program, she currently engages in clinical, administrative, educational and research endeavors with the patients, community leaders, non-government organizations and universities in the Philippines. She is a member and one of the resource persons for community based training/lectures of the Philippine Physical Therapy Association Community-base...
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Oct. 28, 2020

Ep. 42: Combining Animation and Physical Therapy with Joseph Barrera

Joseph Barrera, PT, DPT is the founder of Theranimation, an educational animation company. He is an Adjunct Faculty in the University of Maryland, a 5-yr continuing education instructor in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, a content creator, a 3D animator, and a full-time outpatient Physical Therapist at Beebe Healthcare for 11 years. In this episode, we talked about Theranimation and how it began, how he came up with the idea of combining his passion in animation and his love as a...
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Oct. 25, 2020

Ep. 41: Leisure and Physical Therapy with Johann dela Paz

Hey folks! It's already 6 months since this podcast launched. To make it special, I decided to switch things up with the help of Bert Cinco, PTRP, MSHMS. He was a guest in this show some episodes back but this time he hosted this episode and I was his guest. We talked about leisure and physical therapy. I rambled about leisure studies, leisure motivation and leisure barriers that may affect a person's leisure participation, leisure life and quality of life. Since this episode is special, I have ...
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Oct. 19, 2020

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

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 Physical Therapy department and Yo as a Senior Consultant Physical therapist and Clinical Supervisor. They are part of the board of trustees of the University of the Philippines - College of Allied Medical Professions Alumni Association. And toda...
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Oct. 12, 2020

Ep. 39: COVID19 and Acute Care PT with Phil Dumaligan

Phil Dumaligan, PT is an acute care physical therapist, and board-certified clinical specialist in both geriatric and neurologic physical therapy. He earned is Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of the Philippines, and he is in the process of earning his post-professional Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. In this episode, we talked about the current situation at his practice, how COVID19 changed how he worked, his experience in handling patient diagnosed with COVID19, h...