Author: Erik Meira

PT Inquest #4: PFPS Predictors and Early ROM after RTC Repair

  [haiku url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/ptinquest/PT_Inquest_Episode_4.mp3″ title=”PT Inquest: Episode 4″] In the forth episode we go over the following two articles. Is Early Passive Motion Exercise Necessary After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair? Yang-Soo Kim, MD, PhD, Seok...

PT Podcast #5: Amy Arundale

  [haiku url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/ptpodcast/Amy_Arundale.mp3″ title=”Episode 5: Amy Arundale”] I’m getting some young blood on the podcast! In this episode I speak with new professional Amy Arundale. Less than a year out of school and she...

PT Inquest #2: Patient Activation and Non-Specific Effects

  [haiku url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/ptinquest/Episode_2.mp3″ title=”PT Inquest: Episode 2″] In the second episode we go over the following two articles. Nonspecific Treatment Effects in Pain Medicine Robert N. Jamison Pain Clinical Updates January 2011, Volume 19,...

PT Inquest #1: Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and New Ideas

  [haiku url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/ptinquest/Episode_1.mp3″ title=”PT Inquest: Episode 1″] In this first episode we introduce ourselves and go over the following two articles. Resisting the Understandable Appeal of CAM Michael Shermer American Medical Association Journal of...

PT Podcast #4: Janet Bezner

http://traffic.libsyn.com/ptpodcast/Janet_Bezner.mp3 After my back and forth on the Science Based Medicine blog, I realized that there is a lot that physical therapists do not know about the continuing education process. Specifically, how do bad...

A Recurring Theme…

If you have listened to the first few episodes of The PT Podcast, you will notice some recurring themes among the advice that you hear from successful physical therapists. “Carpe diem” and “Gather ye rosebuds while...

PT Podcast #3: Ross Nakaji

  [haiku url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/ptpodcast/Episode_3_Ross_Nakaji.mp3″ title=”Episode 3: Ross Nakaji”] Erik went up to Seattle to conduct his interview with JW Matheson and realized that his friend Ross Nakaji was going to be there as well. Recording...

Science-Based Medicine Blog Comment Thread

If you are here because you read the recent comment thread on the aptly named Science-Based Medicine blog, well, hello. I’m Erik. It’s nice to meet you. For more information on the science talk that...

JW Matheson gets quoted on Science-Based Medicine blog

PT Podcast friend and most recent interview victim JW Matheson was highlighted in the always great Science-Based Medicine blog. JW had written an email that called into question the wisdom of advertising a scientifically...