92- MDT as a biopsychosocial framework with Thanos Kontos

💭 “MDT has great potential to be used as a biopsychosocial assessment and management tool”. - Thanos Kontos 👉🏻 Our guest is Thanos Kontos PT, MSc (Pain), Dip MDT.  Thanos graduated as a physiotherapist in 2012, in Greece. He completed the Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy (Dip MDT), in 2019 and started his master's degree in pain sciences, at the University of Athens in Greece. He became a faculty member of the McKenzie Institute at the end of 2022. He works as a specialist musculoskeletal clinical physiotherapist in private practice, dealing with the diagnosis and management of complex conditions, and has a special interest in chronic/persistent musculoskeletal pain. He has participated as a speaker and as a member of the scientific and organizational committee in scientific meetings and conferences and since 2015 he has been a scientific associate of the McKenzie Institute Hellas-Cyprus. He is a member of the Hellenic Society of Algology. 📚What will you learn: ▪️ Thanos's story and career ▪️ Evidence-practice gap in the biopsychosocial model ▪️  How MDT fits in the biopsychosocial framework ▪️ The drivers of pain and disability ▪️ The cornerstones of an MDT biopsychosocial approach ▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers ▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy 🔎Thanos's favorite resource of information: Interact with other clinicians Social media Google Scholar notifications Read books/literature from other specialties/sciences 📲 Thanos's contact information: Social Media: Thanos Kontos Email: [email protected] 🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/1w4mZykZpog 🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates: https://www.ptprotalk.com/ 📸Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ptprotalk/ 📱Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ptprotalkpodcast 💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk 📩Email: [email protected] PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of the forward-looking and innovative company Systems 4PT: http://bit.ly/3tPCQAU