Untold Physio Stories

How do you diagnose Achilles issues?  This 5 min podcast gives you the 2 most accurate clinical tests for diagnosing issues with this tendon.   Please subscribe and…

Co-host Dr. Erson Religioso shares a story that has taken him a year to be able to share.  What happens when there are no red flags, the patient…

Does it matter if you tape proximal to distal or medial to lateral and vice versa? Listen in to Dr. Erson’s Religioso’s story to find out!   Please…

A patient gets hit in the jaw with a softball…twice! But, the successful treatment for it is…giving up gluten! Listen in to find out more. Please subscribe and…

  What happens when patient’s are used to 30min of manual therapy and it gets replaced with 30-45min of pain science and education with as little manual therapy…

Do you have “A black belt in interrupting?” How good of listener are you? Current research has demonstrated how important it is to just let your patient tell…

Have you ever failed at business? If so, listen in to hear UpDoc Media’s own Dr. Ben Fung’s story of when a boss tries to be the “nice…

Have you every had to advocate for a patient? In this episode Dr. Ben Fung of Updoc media identifies a condition that had been missed in a patient…

Transverse Abdominus (TA) training, should we still be doing it?  On this week’s show we have two Canadians! Scotty Butcher from Strength Rebels tell us his thoughts on training the…

When “something just doesn’t seem right.” This week we have Dr. Ivo Waerlop of The Gait Guys back for an encore performance of when further investigation/imaging is needed.…

  If it had feet, I was going to put an orthotic under that foot. Join Dr. Ivo Waerlop of Rehab Chalk Talk and The Gait Guys in this…

Starting out a business is tough! If you have some family as a potential referral source, that would make it easier, right? Right? Find out what happened to…

How long does patellar tedinopathy take to heal?  Dr. Zach Long of  The Barbell Physio shares a story of when a patient’s expectations of time to heal and the actual…

Welcome to Season 3 of Untold Physio Stories! In this hilarious and honest story, Nelson Adrian, of TherAdvance tells us how he passed one of his many Diplomat…

A can’t miss episode this week where a treatment of dry needling gone awry!  Canadian physiotherapist Tashina Van Vlack shares this can’t miss story. The entire story is…

A 9 year old with a suspected cervical spine fracture caused by a very poignant topic, bullying. Thank you to our guest this week, Sian Smale of the…

This week Andrew Rothschild shares with us one of his “failures” that as he describes “ended disastrously.”  Listen in to find out more.   Please subscribe and rate…

Do you have any patients who are “lifers.”  Should we discharge them?  Do they need continual reinforcement?  As practitioners we all have them and in this episode Jesse…

Is all pain due to an anterior related pelvis?  What if a guru taught you  this was the case?  Jesse Awenus shares a story from when he was…

Therapeutic Ultrasound – Do you use it?  In this episode Dr. Kory Zimney shares a story where Ultrasound substantially improved a patient’s back pain, 8/10 pain to 2/10…

A patient is presented with two options, an more aggressive approach that may flare them up but have faster results or, less aggressive and take longer.  The patient…

Interested on how to launch a product? In this episode Gene Shirokobrod shares a story of how he successfully used Kickstarter to launch a physiotherapy product. To find…

  Have you ever used “Dr. Google” to look up a medical condition?  Jason shares a story of when he was a physiotherapy student and “Dr. Google” wasn’t…

Could a shoulder issue be caused by a cervical (neck) issue?  In this episode Erson shares the importance of assessing, and assessing again, the cervical spine as a…

Welcome back to Season 2 of Untold Physio Stories.   Thank you for all the positive comments, shares, and reviews of the podcast on iTunes and Google Play.…

Chris Johnson, is back again with another great story. He may be known as an amazing motor control marching cyborg, but he does have experience in other settings.…

  What happens when you walk into your treatment room asking the patient to change into appropriate clothing and you find your patient has changed into…well, you’ll have…

In our 10th episode of Untold Physio Stories we have the pleasure of having Chris Johnson of Zeren PT.  In this episode Chris shares the story of “how when things…

In our 9th episode of Untold Physio Stories Jason shares how having a personal training background has benefited him as a physical therapist. Make sure to follow Erson…

In this episode of Untold Physio Stories, Erson shares his experience of when he went “all in” with forefoot running. Hear what happens when he moves from a 12…

In this episode of Untold Physio Stories hear the story of a fast responding patient with cervical radiculopathy who responded better to “good cop” than “bad cop.”  That, and…

In our sixth episode of Untold Physio Stories we have our first guest, Dr. Ryan DeBell of The Movement Fix .  In this episode Ryan shares the story of prescribing spinal…

In our fifth episode of Untold Physio Stories hear the compelling story of a patient who not only tears one Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), but tears his other…

In our fourth episode of Untold Physio Stories, Jason shares the story of a patient he worked with who had a chronic case of tennis elbow (lateral epiconylagia)…

In our third episode of Untold Physio Stories, Erson recounts the story of Sandy, one of his favorite patients of all time.   As Erson says, Sandy is…

In our second episode of Untold Physio Stories, Erson shares a story on the importance of the subjective exam. This poignant episode touches  on a diagnosis that has…

In our inaugural episode of Untold Physio Stories (formerly Modern Manual Therapy Unplugged), we introduce the quick form podcast. Both Jason and Erson found themselves listening to other…

  What does research state about the need for surgery for regaining full function of a rotator cuff tear. Does the size or shape of the tear matter?…

Listen in on a quick story about removing a thought virus and some good old fashioned strength training to return to function. Please subscribe and rate us on…

Listen in to Dr E. sharing one of his early treatment stories (17 years ago!) of when a patient he treated did not respond to manual therapy…but got…

Co host Jason Shane shares two stories on using dry needling/Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) on patients. One has a successful outcome, the other, well, listen in to find out.…

A rare Untold Physio Stories Sequel! As our listeners know, Jason doesn’t care about your scans or what some other bad news you may have received from well…

Our first physical therapist student story on the podcast! Listen in to a treatment story, that based on almost everything Erson teaches, shouldn’t have worked, but does! Please…

  A young gymnast complains of pain in the far end of her Achilles tendon. When it doesn’t respond to treating it as a tendonopathy, Dr Erson has…

One of Erson’s first run ins with severe fear avoidance – way before Pain Science Education was even a thing. How does he deal with a patient with…

  What happens when the clinician is injured?  Listen in this week when co-host Jason Shaneshares his story of when he did a Grade 2-3 sprain of his thumb and…

Graded Exposure is a well researched method for returning patients function. It may be a tough sell for patients in persistent pain. Sometimes even using the best approach…

Have you ever had a patient that has always responded to treatment?  What happens when that same patient stops responding to treatment?  Listen in to Dr. E’s story…

Physios have issues too. The real story is do they deal with them like a physio or like a patient. Listen in on how Jason deals with his…

What happens when the therapist has an injury?  Listen in to Jason sharing his story of how he treated himself for Achilles tendonitis.   Please subscribe and rate us…