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Welcome to Tough to Treat: A Physiotherapists’ Guide to Managing Those Complex Patients, with your hosts Erica Meloe and Susan Clinton, who discuss how they successfully treated patients that others could not. Via case history discussion, they share their physical therapy expertise from treating long standing pelvic pain to persistent neck pain. They present a holistic and integrative view on assessing and treating chronic pain. Unique movement strategies and specific patient exercise prescription are also presented so you can be ahead of the curve when it comes to treating these types of patients. Oftentimes, the source of the problem is not where you think it is!! For example, chronic low back pain emanating from the neck. Or hip pain coming from the foot. It pays to look up and down the kinetic chain!Podcast music: "Fearless First" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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  • EmilyRaeDPT
    Incredibly helpful for complex cases
    I recently found this podcast through the Michelle Lyons podcast and have found myself binging these episodes for the past week. I am a pelvic PT and these conversations are brief and jam packed with super useful and clinically relevant information. It’s helping me ask new questions and is highlighting a lot of the gaps in my own knowledge and is helping direct me towards what I need to be learning. Thank you both for your work and sharing your knowledge with us! It has absolutely made a difference in my practice already in a short period of time and will continue to. Thank you for making us all better!
  • Amazing cases!
    Love these two and their case discussions!
    I am a pelvic PT with ortho roots and I just started my own pelvic practice. Since I found this podcast not all that long ago, I have been binging all the episodes in the car and while I walk my dogs. I feel like this has really brought on all kinds of new thinking for me as well as guiding me towards the next type of con ed I take. I have new intake and subjective questions I never used before as well as now frequently taking my patients to “the wall” (lol) for weight shifting and squatting assessments. I can’t be more impressed or grateful for this podcast!! And to Susan- I recently had a flare-up of “plantar fasciitis” that was switching sides and was definitely neural tension! So I backed off of my over stretching yoga sessions and it has cleared up!
  • JaneyLSC
    Always insightful, helpful information
    I have found this podcast to be very helpful in learning more in-depth clinical reasoning.
  • BridgetKane
    Thought provoking
    The conversations between Erica and Susan are fabulous. They have some fabulous takeaways.
  • SJamesClinton
    Fantastic Conversations!
    Loving the podcast! Came across a great note on sitting postue that allowed me to make a small tweak that helped tremendously, can't wait to listen to more!
  • swarrenPT
    Binge worthy clinical reasoning
    I love this podcast! I have used insight from Susan and Erica’s cases to help assess and solve puzzles with my own patients. I’ve listened to almost all of the episodes. It’s helping me develop my skills and appreciate being a PT more and more.
  • RebeccaS1985
    Amazing!
    This podcast is amazing! I have learned so much and am able to take clinical pearls and tools to use immediately in my practice. Thank you!
  • Pkingf
    Great podcast for PTs
    Obsessed with this podcast. Listening to these episodes make me a better clinician. Thank you for sharing all your wonderful knowledge.
  • Darcie Pervier
    The Best Podcast To Start Thinking Out Of The Box
    This is the best podcast to make time for! Erica and Susan do a wonderful job of painting a clinical picture and walking you through some ways to rethink altered movement patterns and dysfunction. It is great to push new clinicians to think beyond a text book and great for veteran clinicians to remember to constantly challenge themselves to challenge their point of view. Thank you Susan
  • mindy r dpt
    Great podcast
    Thank you both for doing a great job with our profession! I have been out of school for 3.5 years and it is nice to kind of have “virtual mentors” when listening to the podcast. Keep up the great work!
  • Well, that’s my nickname
    Meagen Satinsky
    Take a journey with Erica and Susan, 2 outstanding PT detectives who share their techniques and thought processes, ask and answer your questions, inspire creativity, connect clinical and anatomical dots and share their combined wisdom in this information packed podcast. A terrific resource that is not to be missed!
  • Yaling H.
    Love love love!
    It’s one of the best podcast with tons of clinical pearls I’ve ever listened to. Erica and Susan are already experts in physical therapy, so each episode is just loaded with information and definitely makes your brain work as you listen to it. The assessment and treatment are just magical when I use them in the clinic. They definitely changed some ways when I work with my patients. I just love the way Erica and Susan analyze movement, look a person as a whole person, and explain how each system in the body interconnected with each other. Great podcast!
  • Rachel PT
    So so good!!
    This is such a great podcast for physical therapists who want to look at the patient better as a whole and struggle with putting the pieces together! I have totally geeked out and enjoyed EVERY. SINGLE. EPISODE. Do yourself a favor and listen!
  • Tanvi Maharaja
    Fantastic Resource for PT’s
    Susan and Erica have done a fantastic job discussing several complicated cases. These podcasts go into case reports and discuss everything from the examination/assessment/evaluation to the treatment of individuals suffering from a myriad of dysfunction’s. Pelvic floor PT is a prominent and recurring theme, which makes it an interesting podcast for pelvic PT ‘s. Thank you guys for making this podcast so interesting and fun to listen to.
  • therapy_by_travel
    Inspiring and out of the box
    I began listening to this podcast and shortly after that signed up for the mentorship program. Between hearing these patient cases and how Susan and Erica approach treatment and participating in the mentorship program, I’ve learned to listen more closely to my patients. I’ve learned to ask better questions. Looking outside of the cookie cutter box to find the root cause of the patient’s problem and how it connects to the person as a whole are key themes in this podcast. Erica and Susan are some of the smartest PT’s I have ever met (virtually!). I am so glad to have found this podcast and their mentorship!
  • DaniS14
    Makes me think
    These ladies inspire me to look at things differently and challenge me to see the whole picture. Listening to how they think through a patient’s complaints and presentation is so helpful for me. Thank you!
  • HeatherCoulter
    Thinking outside of the box
    I love listening to TTT podcast!! I am a pelvic floor physical therapist with <2 years of experience and I love learning more about how the nervous system is such a huge component of people’s musculoskeletal dysfunction. I love listening to all things that Susan Clinton teaches, she is brilliant! This podcast has helped changed my view of treatment in the clinic.
  • MKBarclay
    Tough to find elsewhere
    Hands down, this is my favorite podcast! I love listening to Erica & Susan discuss tough to treat cases. Their many years of experience, knowledge base and personalities compliment each other beautifully resulting in a dialogue over tough cases tough to find elsewhere. “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh the thinks you can think up if only you try!”-Dr. Seuss
  • Kat Rinne
    An invaluable way to learn
    I have been listening to tough to treat for the past few years and it is my go-to podcast as a physical therapist for learning how to listen to my patients, perform more effective and thoughtful subjective evaluations and come up with more meaningful treatment approaches for patients regardless of the diagnosis. Susan and Erica are experts in clinical reasoning from a systems approach and treating the whole human in front of them with both compassion and wisdom. Thank you for sharing these patient cases week after week and helping physios to be better practitioners all around!
  • namavillarreak
    Love the clinical pearls!
    I’m a new listener, but have already really benefited from these podcasts. More than that, my patients have really benefitted!
  • Kayla1524
    Great information!
    I just listened to #54. I’ve been looking for more exercises to help my pelvic floor patients (especially new moms) achieve their goal of getting back to running!
  • Momma spad
    My go to podcast!
    Tough to Treat has been such a clinical gift!! Erica and Susan have provided such a variety of cases which have ALL given me something new to ponder and try with my caseload! I’m so grateful to them both for continuing to give us more ideas and insight. Truly my fav podcast!
  • Bea PT
    Informative, fun and down to earth
    Great clinical cases presented in a fun and easy to listen format. I love the down to earth discussion. I learn something every time.
  • erin mary
    Extremely valuable resource!
    This is the podcast I’ve been searching for for a few years. Super helpful as a new grad, can’t get enough! Thank you so much Susan and Erica for the awesome, thought provoking cases. I learn so much every time.
  • CR PRPC
    Love how you look at the whole person
    I learn something every time. Thank you!
  • DPT_2020
    Perfect for DPT student on rotation
    Love hanging out with you ladies on my 1 hr drive to my first full-time ortho rotation. Breath of cases helps prepare me for whoever walks in for an eval. Tx for sharing your Wonderfully pelvic-informed, straight ortho, psychosoc sensitive way of approaching patients!
  • Cheap-ola
    Excellent Learning Opportunity
    This podcast is excellent. Hearing Erica and Susan think out loud and problem solve real cases has helped me to broaden my evaluative and treatment approaches. I have successfully implemented things learned from their show into my practice. I highly recommend it!
  • Lex in AK
    Take your clinical reasoning to a new level
    This podcast by two outstanding clinicians has it all, from novel approaches to evaluation and treatment of dysfunctional movement patterns, to lifestyle or underlying medical factors as perpetuators, to those all-important listening and communication skills. Thank you Susan and Erica!
  • Carlsbad burbies
    Case study-based podcast
    I have been listening on my commute for at least a year. I have listened to Susan Clinton speak on pelvic floor issues, and as a PT that treats both orthopedics and pelvic floor issues, this is right up my alley. Susan and Erica use thoughtful, creative techniques to get to the root of their patients’ problems.
  • New WWF
    Great clinical translation podcast
    This is my favorite while on a trail run podcast. I can get into the patient of focus for the episode but quickly find myself thinking about my patient and clinical tools, considerations or views to take back into the clinic. Thank you, Erica and Susan.
  • Whole_fit.food.simple
    Love the format!
    I have listened to this podcast from the beginning and love the format- it is like we (PT colleagues) are just sitting around talking through a patient case! I appreciate the diversity of patients and whole body approach! Keep it up Susan and Erica! ~Melissa S
  • olga.yoga
    Impressive content and insights
    I am so fortunate to meet multiple PTs who I consider my friends and family now. They piece my body together and I have learnt so much!!! Cannot wait to hear more episodes and continue my education 💕
  • Jlall52
    This podcast is the real deal: a unique biopsychosocial approach from experts
    There is so much to learn from these experts. I highly recommend this for any physical therapist and healthcare professional. Learn to think outside of the box. I always take away great tips and a broader way of thinking about pain and movement.
  • k io.master
    Love the Critical Thinking
    Erica and Susan show great critical thinking during these podcasts. I love hearing how their minds work. They give me lots to think about.
  • katrwong
    Love this podcast! So informational and helpful!
    Best podcast ever!!! I always try and listen to at least one a day, but sometimes I listen to 4 in a row because it’s so helpful!! Love how they go through case studies, and provide examples of exercises! Love their approach to treating, all about what’s meaningful for the patient!!!! Thank you!!!
  • NinaO9906
    Love this podcast!
    This is exactly what I was looking for! So many great pearls and tips that I can apply immediately! Love it!!
  • WH PT
    Great podcast
    Love this podcast. Since having my son and being on maternity leave, it has helped me keep my clinical reasoning skills sharp if not build upon them as well. I swear I learn something new every episode!
  • Pelvicore Rehab
    Amazing podcast
    Tough to treat is absolutely my favorite podcast. Listening to Susan and Erica‘s clinical reasoning for the cases they go through has help me sharpen my own skills in evaluating and treatment progression of my clients. I highly recommend this podcast!
  • musicforhumanity
    Thank You
    This podcast is a must for both new grads and more seasoned physial therapists. One of very few podcasts focused on clincal reasoning and interregional dependence. A wonderful platform for clinicians in all areas of physical therapy practice and clinical education.
  • skr29876
    Great PT podcast
    Love how they breakdown cases and offer a very practical perspective on assessment and management. Awesome resource!
  • Fun and thought provoking!
    Fun and thought provoking!
    Erica and Susan's podcast is great! They are experts in their fields who have a wealth of knowledge to share with everyone on the complex patient. Give it a listen!
  • _sofia93
    Amazing! Must listen!
    Even being a PT student, this podcast is amazing! I love hearing the different perspectives and how they talk through some complex cases and opens my way of thinking of important things to look at. Love it!!
  • sheptjill
    Consistently good content from master clinicians
    I always learn something from each episode. As an ortho/pelvic PT I love that they utilize many tools in their approach and gives me a lot to think about with my own practice.
  • Amy Healy
    Fun and Informative !
    I love the problem solving and clinical wisdom, pulling information from various sources. I binge listen. Would love to meet Susan and Erica. You’re amazing!
  • Nellie DPT
    Excellent Podcast
    Great critical thinking is used. I love the wholistic approach and the presenters ability to look for the drivers/initiators rather than focus on treating the symptoms. Great evaluative tools and treatment tips are shared. I have learned a lot of new ways to assess and treat my patients. Thank you Susan and Erica.
  • Natasha Hennings
    Awesome
    Love the clinical reasoning of these skilled clinicians!
  • ABR.DPT
    No dogmas here
    Love the completely non-dogmatic approach to treating a variety of patients and conditions. I honestly learn something new with every episode, and I have become more creative in implementing all the tools of countless continuing education courses in a way that is meaningful to my clients. If you are seeking a way to truly engage the biopsychosocial model of care, have a listen!
  • tafPT
    Inspiring Podcast
    I absolutely love listening to these two PTs talk out their treatment approach to a variety of patients. I have been a PT for 7 years and work in a like minded setting but I appreciate how this podcast makes me think more about my patient treatment and inspires me to try new things. I also really appreciate having female mentorship in this profession.
  • Lora S DPT
    Critical Thinking Engine
    I recently found this podcast while on the hunt for a podcast to keep me engaged and my mind pondering. I’ve been a physical therapist for 10 years and admittingly caught in a rut or routine with patients. I love the critical thinking involved with the cases shared and I’ve been able to utilize the clinical pearls to benefit my patients and practice. This bimonthly podcast is an invaluable listen into the minds of two experienced experts in the field of physical therapy. I’d recommend highly to all my colleagues or any member of a multiple disciplinary health team! Thank you to both the hosts for their leading work in the field!
  • Janice JB
    Amazing clnical reasoning
    Cases are presented every other week from evaluation to clinical reasoning and treatment of various diagnoses. Thank you for taking the time to present this thought provoking podcast to other therapists!
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