Episodes

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...