The PT Lens

#12 - Tom Swales - Health and Wellness, Neurophysiology, and Clinical Excellence

Join Waleed and Prab as they discuss Health and Wellness, Neurophysiology, and Clinical Excellence with their mentor Tom Swales!

 

Timestamps:

[0:53]: talk about your hospital scare and how it shaped your perspectives on health and wellness.
[3:35]: what do you feel like were the main habits that sort of prepared for you to sort of handle this incident?
[5:00]: describe the thoughts you experienced during your stay.
[6:47]: how do we relate to our patients based on the context of your experience?
[10:18]: can you explain to our audience what the nervous system has to do with movement?
[14:43]: how do you go about balancing nervous system and the biomechanical principles?
[21:13]: is there a mini test that people can try at home to check how the nervous system is doing?
[24:51]: how can clinicians ensure success as business owners/in the business model but also maintain a high degree of clinical care?
[30:33]: what do you think clinicians struggle with more? Building consistency in assessment process vs. communication of action plans to patients.
[34:45]: one piece of advice for new clinicians and veteran clinicians?
[41:00]: what would you put on the billboard if you had the choice?

 

Check out Tom's YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/@Tommyswales

#11 - Building a Mission-Driven Business (With Frank Benedetto)

Join us this week for an amazing episode. We are thrilled to have @frank_benedetto with us to share all of his insights and perspectives on how to create a mission-driven business within the same space of physiotherapy!
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Frank most importantly is a physiotherapist (DPT) and is also one of the co-founders of the HoneyBadger project with his good friend Cedric Haddad. The HoneyBadger project is a 1:1 business consulting on how to help clinicians launch a niche-based direct to consumer business (whether that's brick and mortar, digital or hybrid).



Frank is doing some amazing work in leading the charge in showing how to change how we practice as clinicians and also to seek your purpose/meaning behind your work. Below you will find a link to the LifeDesign template that Frank provided for us FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE PRINT THIS and grab a pen to fill it all out:



Link: https://shorturl.at/4SX2e



[0:17]: Intro

[1:14]: What is the difference between business coach vs business incubator?

[2:44]: What made you realize that the traditional model was flawed?

[5:40]: Why did you enjoy studying psychology?

[11:06]: What is a mission driven business and what does it mean to you?

[15:33]: What would you say your mission is today?

[17:08]: What was the inflection point in your career to pursue the physiotherapy renaissance?

[22:55]: What's a first step that a clinician can take to create their mission driven business?

[32:14]: Would you mind describing to our audience about the golden handcuffs?

[42:58]: How does artificial intelligence influence and play a role in the healthcare industry?

[54:36]: The secret question!

[56:38]: What car did your dad buy you as part of winning your bet against him?

#10 - Where Have We Been?

Welcome to the return of The PT Lens Podcast with your favourite hosts, Waleed and Prab! There have been a lot of life changes for us recently, so the podcast had to take a back seat. But now we're back and better than ever...

 

[0:00]: Rick Ross's best quote of all time

[0:54]: Where have we been? Waleed's whereabouts

[7:50]: Prab's whereabouts

[17:10]: Our direction and the structure going forward

[20:12]: The rap beef....

[41:11]: Finishing thoughts!

 

Make sure you subscribe for new episodes weekly about all topics related to health, wellness, rehab and all the lessons we pick up along the way!

#9 - Dalton Laino, Physiotherapist @themvmtpts

Join Prab and Waleed for a great episode discussing his journey with physiotherapy and the launch of his amazing new mentorship program for new grads!

 

Dalton is one of the co-founders of the Movement Physio and Performance clinic in Dundas, Ontario, which is a health company focused on empowering people to take control of their health. He also co-hosts the ptcoffeecast with his beautifully bearded friend William which they have been doing since 2018. In his free time you can find him crushing coffee, lifting weights, and running.

 

Links:

 

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ptcoffeecast/id1336306312

 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ptcoffeecast/

 

Mentorship: https://www.themovementmentorship.com/

#8 - KagsFit (with Kagivan Prabaharan, Personal Training and Online Coaching)

Join Prab and Waleed in our podcast with personal trainer and online fitness coach KagsFit, Prab's own fitness coach who shares some gems with us about the fitness industry, myths regarding health and wellness, and small steps you can start making to incorporate fitness into your lifestyle!

TIMESTAMPS:

[0:00]: Intro

[4:03]: Purpose behind his fitness journey

[6:01]: Was there one particular moment where you felt like you had to change something?

[11:40]: How does the online personal training work?

[16:10]: How do physios approach patients?

[26:47]: What are the biggest myths in the fitness industry?

[33:22]: How do you educate young people to train appropriately with the right capacity?

[47:14]: What do you think can be implemented to provide the highest level of care between both personal trainers and physiotherapists?

[1:01:08]: What are some major tips that you want people to walk away with/Closing remarks

 

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Kagivan's Bio and Links:

 

Instagram.com/KagsFit

Online Coaching Application: https://forms.gle/LZededJE9etr8vjM6

 

I’m a personal trainer and fitness coach working to help men get jacked and into the best shape of their life so they can crush life with unmatched confidence and energy!

# 7 - The Rehab Collective Episode (With Tony Li, Registered Physiotherapist)

Join Waleed and Prab in their comeback episode with new clinic owner Tony Li, founder of Rehab Collective. Tony is a great guy who wants to make a big difference in the physiotherapy space, and this episode has great insights for any new health care professionals who plan on opening their own independent clinic or healthcare business!

 

Bio: Tony Li received his Master’s of Physical Therapy degree from Western University. Prior to that, he graduated from McMaster University with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. His desire to become a physiotherapist was inspired by his participation in high-level soccer throughout his youth. From experiences with the provincial, national, and university levels, he developed an understanding for the importance of being a role model within the community. He believes that understanding the individuality of each person and the context of their lives is crucial to how we, as physiotherapists, address health, wellness, and rehabilitation.

 

Book At Rehab Collective: https://rehabcollective.ca/

 

[TIMELINES]

 

[0:00]: Intro

[2:17]: What's the journey been like?

[4:58]: At what point did you feel like you wanted to open your clinic?

[8:46]: What was it that stopped you from opening your clinic right away?

[10:44]: What is it about owning a clinic that you enjoy so far?

[12:28]: What is something that you feel separates your business?

[18:57]: What is your hiring process for staff at your clinic so far?

[24:10]: What is your idea of a competent physio?

[31:05]: What is your thought process when dealing with a difficult patient?

[38:20]: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

[43:34]: What are some of your personal ambitions?

#6 - Curating Mobility and Movement Optimism (with Josh Chung aka @CuratedMobility)

Join us on this episode with Prab's very own physiotherapist Josh Chung (aka @CuratedMobility on Instagram and TikTok) as we discuss topics such as Josh's journey in the rehab world so far, his views on manual therapy, Josh's approach to helping people create more movement options and develop resilience, where the physiotherapy space is headed and more!

Josh is a physiotherapist and mobility specialist whose passion lies in building and restoring movement optimism to his clients. His main interest currently is in blending the worlds of strength and conditioning and traditional rehab to better bridge the gap between early rehab and late stage performance.

Instagram: @curatedmobility

TikTok: @curatedmobility

#5 - Our First Year in Physiotherapy

Catch up with Waleed and Prab in this new episode where we reflect on the major clinical gems we have both learned in our last year of physiotherapy practise. It has been an amazing journey so far, and we can't wait to continue to learn and evolve in our desire to help individuals unlock their physical potential!

Timestamps:

[0:00]: Intro

[2:20]: One year into practicing as a physio resident; reflections from both of us

[10:00]: What are your fundamentals for physiotherapy practise?

[17:25]: How are humans like cars?

[21:55]: Why don't we inherently visit Healthcare professionals for prehab?

[23:21]: Do you think all physios are optimizing their movements?

[32:23]: What are the moments that you consistently find that helps you get buy-in from your clients?

[39:43]: The importance of vision

[42:03]: Does too much information confuse people?

[44:52]: What's an example of a test that you use to check for asymmetry?

#4 - All About Pelvic Health and Physiotherapy (with Disha Naik and Sanaz Bigdeli)

Have you ever wondered what pelvic health entails and how physiotherapy can help? Join us for this episode with our colleagues Disha Naik and Sanaz Bigdeli where they elaborate on how this rapidly expanding branch of the physiotherapy field can help people optimize their performance in the gym, regain control of their daily lives, improve pain and dysfunction and more.

 

[0:49]: Intro

[4:41]: What is pelvic health?

[7:26]: What does your assessment and treatment approach look like?

[10:25]; What are your thoughts on kegel exercises?

[13:43]: What is a kegel?

[18:56]: What are the similarities and differences between your approaches to make and female patients?

[20:37]: How could males benefit from pelvic physio?

[24:15]: Sharing success stories in pelvic physio.

[39:15]: Any other key points that you want your audience to take away from pelvic physio?

#3 - Mentorship, Communication, and More Foundations of a High-Quality Clinician (with Darryl Yardley, PT)

Join us for our new episode with Darryl Yardley, a legend in the PT community who has provided immense value to the field through his mentorship to new PT grads, experienced clinicians and clinic owners, as well as through his numerous entrepreneurial ventures that provide innovation to the physiotherapy space.

 

In this episode we discuss mentorship, effective communication, coachability, and other pillars of what makes a good clinician. We hope you get some great pointers from this episode, as we learned a lot from Darryl's experience and guidance.

 

TIMESTAMPS:

[0:00]: Intro

[3:43]: Darryl's intro

[9:19]: What inspired you to do what you do in terms of providing mentorship to new PT Grads?

[15:26]: What were some of your challenges when trying to mentor more experienced clinicians?

[17:11]: What do you think makes up some of the foundations of a good clinician?

[25:33]: A deep dive into imposter syndrome and communication

[50:41]: Practice management strategies as clinicians

[58:05]: Are you coachable?

[58:46]: What kind of data points do you use as a clinician to assess your caseload?

[1:06:45]: The importance of clinical confidence

[1:07:20]: What would a billboard designed by you say?

 

Darryl's Links:

Instagram: @darrylyardley

Links to his Ventures and Online Resources:

linktr.ee/darrylyardley