SCU Now - Episode 10

Host Anthony Sarinana shares updates from Southern California University of Health Sciences, including the expansion of SCU’s accelerated Doctor of Physical Therapy program to the Phoenix Metro location in Tempe as a two-year online hybrid program starting August 30, 2027, with applications open and clinical education through 500+ sites nationwide. The episode also highlights back-to-school tips from Dr. Nick Poirier on backpack weight, posture, and reducing “tech neck,” plus how SCU’s Tactical Sports Medicine Clinic is using diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound, featuring Dr. Michael Fanning’s RMSK certification and a firefighter case leading to referral and CT imaging. Additional segments explore healthcare’s shift toward prevention and whole-person factors, a new COMPASS framework on chronic pain and PTSD co-developed by Dr. Stephanie Moonaz, and how SCU’s OTD program prepares occupational therapists to apply lifestyle medicine in everyday routines.00:00 Welcome to SCU Now00:23 DPT Program Expands01:47 Backpack and Tech Neck02:54 Ultrasound in Tactical Clinic04:21 Prevention Future of Care05:52 COMPASS Pain and PTSD06:32 OT Lifestyle Medicine07:51 Closing