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The Thinking Practitioner

Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe

Join two of the leading educators in manual therapy, bodywork, and massage therapy, as they delve into the most intriguing issues, questions, research, and client conditions that hands-on practitioners face. Stimulate your thinking with imaginative conversations, tips, and interviews related to the somatic arts and sciences.

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37: Shoulder Pain, Impingement, & Rotator Cuff...

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2021/04/28

Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe share their ideas, strategies, techniques, and tests for better results with the most common type of shoulder condition, subacromial pain syndrome (SAPS) and its myriad presentations, including rotator cuff pain, etc. Download the handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests from http://a-t.tv/ttp-saps/ Episode topics include: Shoulder Impingement Syndrome: SIS or SAPS? Rotator cuff syndrome, labrum injuries, adhesive capsulitis, and more Biomechanical and

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36: Research and Education (with Robin Anderson)

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2021/04/14

Whitney Lowe talks with Robin Anderson about her new role as president of the Massage Therapy Foundation and how research plays an important role in our field. They also dive deep into some issues around curriculum design and the crucial importance of developing solid educational programs to ensure the future success of our field. Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources and references discussed in this episode: Massage Therapy Foundation massagetherapyprofessor.com Sponsor

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35: Resources That Inspire Our Learning

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2021/03/31

Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe share their top resources for information and inspiration, both professionally and personally, letting us in on everything from their favorite podcasts, playlists, books, and apps, to how they recharge and find meaning in their work and in their lives. Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources and references discussed in this episode: Mendeley Zotero PubMed Sci-hub (note this URL often changes) Concast (Conor Collins) 2 Massage Therapists and

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34: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: What You Didn’t Know

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2021/03/17

Whitney Lowe and Til Luchau share trivia, tips, tests, and techniques for working with thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), including some cool self-care methods for you and your clients. Find out why TOS is “one of the most controversial topics in musculoskeletal medicine,” and how Til and Whitney actually work with TOS symptoms in practice. Download the handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests from http://a-t.tv/ttp-tos/ Get the handout or get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's

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33: Dealing With Adversity (with Drew Freedman)

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2021/03/03

Clinician and educator Drew Freedman talks about navigating many challenges of managing a busy clinic in the heart of Boston. The clinic was severely impacted by the Boston Marathon bombing and then again this past year during the Covid challenge. We discuss how to face adversity and how to continue looking forward and not let these challenges drag you down. Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources and references discussed in this episode: Boston Bodyworker site:

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32: Aging Well (with Art Riggs)

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2021/02/17

Art Riggs was one of the first Certified Rolfers[tm] to publish a book about "advanced" techniques. His textbook (Deep Tissue Massage) was adopted by massage therapy programs worldwide, and as a result, his teaching and style has influenced tens of thousands massage and manual therapists in the decades since. Art talks with Til Luchau about his work, aging, self-care, and more. Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources and references discussed in this episode: Art Riggs’ site:

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31: Headaches of Another Kind: Cervicogenic Headaches

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2021/01/27

What are cervicogenic headaches? Are they even a thing, and if so, why are they particularly amenable to manual therapy and massage? Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe discuss these questions, and share some self-care tips for you and your clients. Download the handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests from http://a-t.tv/ttp-cgh/ Episode topics include: What kinds of headaches CAN manual therapy help with? What’s the controversy around cervicogenic headaches? What kinds of self-care

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30: Excuses, Excuses: Our Favorite Reasons Not To...

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2021/01/06

What makes taking care of ourselves so hard? Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe dissect the difficulties, and share their favorite excuses for not putting their own care first. Episode topics include: The five key self-care behaviors; The date we’re most likely to give up on our resolutions; Getting “internal bipartisanship” around your own self-care initiatives. Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources and references discussed in this episode: Stress in America™ report on

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29: Season 1 Retrospective - Best of the Thinking...

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/12/23

Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe review highlights and take-aways from the star-studded first season of their acclaimed podcast (yea, right). Most-Downloaded: 03 Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Causes, Controversies, and Considerations 15 Robert Schleip: Talking to Fascia, Changing the Brain, 20 Years Later 07 Scoliosis and Manual Therapy 11 Stretching the Tissues, or the Truth? 12 The Cytokine Storm of COVID-19 First Season, by Episode: 01,02 The Back Story, Pt. 1, Pt 2 03 Sacroiliac Joint Pain:

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28: Advanced Credentialing and Massage as Healthcare

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/12/09

Whitney Lowe talks with Cal Cates, executive director of Healwell. They tackle the challenging issues of how to recognize advanced training and the challenges of integrating massage into the healthcare system. Episode topics include: Why is advanced credentialing important for us? What are some of the big challenges we face when attempting to be part of the healthcare system? Who is ultimately responsible for advanced credentialing? Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources

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27: The Little Man In The Brain: The Sensory Homunculus

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/11/25

Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe discuss the most famous (yet, unreplicated) illustration in neuroscience, the sensorimotor homunculus, which purports to show the proportion of the brain dedicated to each body part. Is it accurate? Episode topics include: Is the cortical homunculus a map, or the territory? How did it come about? Penfield's methods and limitations. How might this all apply to manual therapy and massage? Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources and references

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26: Zoga: Movement for Manual Therapists (with Wojtek...

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/11/11

Til Luchau talks with Polish physical therapist, Anatomy Trains teacher, and manual therapist Wojtek Cackowski about his innovative Zoga Movement method, and how it can help manual therapists not only with their clients, but with their own embodiment and self care. Episode topics include: What is Zoga? How does it relate to manual therapy and massage? Fascial shearing and gliding, vs fascial “stretching” Til and Wojtek’s collaborative online courses combining Zoga and Advanced Myofascial

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25: Psoas Work: Is it Safe? Is it Necessary?

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/10/28

Whitney and Til discuss the controversies, disagreements, considerations, and their own views on the infamous psoas muscle in manual therapy and massage. Download the handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests, and a special chapter from Til’s book from http://a-t.tv/ttp-psoas/ Episode topics include: Psoas: Holy Grail muscle, or wholly irrelevant? Psoas and back pain, leg length, etc.; Safety considerations; What Til and Whitney actually do (and don’t do) in practice. Get the

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24: Plantar Foot Pain Crash Course

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/09/30

Whitney and Til share a treasure chest of foot-pain ideas and techniques, packed full of assessments, anatomy, concepts, and hands-on tools. Download the free (optional) handout and follow along as Til and Whitney give an audio preview of their upcoming Plantar Foot Pain collaborative webinar (part of the ABMP CE Summit). Get the full transcript and handout at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources discussed in this episode: Free Episode Handout Whitney & Til’s Foot Pain Webinar at the ABMP CE

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23: Do Expectations Shape Results? (with Mark Bishop)

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/09/16

Mark Bishop’s research shows that clients who think treatment will help benefit more than those who don’t expect much relief. What is more, practitioners who expect their modality will help actually get better results than practitioners who are less certain. What’s up with that? In this episode, Til and Whitney interview manual therapist, physiotherapist and researcher Mark Bishop about his fascinating investigations into how expectations can shape results; the role of client preferences in

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22: Fascia, Fuzz and Furor (with Gil Hedley)

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/09/02

Anatomist Gil Hedley discusses fascial debacles, debates, and dissection with Til Luchau. In this episode, Gil Hedley’s Fuzz Speech: facts, fantasies, and furor; Sexuality in the dissection room; Conspiracies: pattern of meaning, or menace? Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources discussed in this episode: Gil Hedley’s Fuzz Speech on YouTube Gil Hedley’s site: gilhedley.com Til's “patternicity” reference: Finding Meaningful Patterns in Meaningless Noise: Why the brain

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21: My Aching (Upper) Back: Thoracic Spine Pain

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/08/19

Whitney and Til discuss a very common (but poorly researched) complaint: upper thoracic spine pain, and what to do about it. In this episode, Does posture drive upper back pain? Does psychology? Breaking the Upper-Cross-Syndrome rules (and what “PhD” doesn’t really stand for). The Over-the-Edge technique for upper back pain. Get the full transcript and handout at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources discussed in this episode: Free Episode Handout Thoracic spine pain in the general population:

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20: A Pain in the Neck: Cervical Challenges and...

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/08/05

Whitney and Til discuss assessment and treatment considerations unique to working with the neck and cervical region; how their respective training programs are adapting to the challenges of COVID-19; and much more. In this episode, Neck issues: shifting from tissue fault to nociceptive driver Can we treat the neck in isolation? Thoughts on “text neck,” and more. Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources discussed in this episode: The Relationship Between Forward Head

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19: What About Risk?

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/07/22

How do we manage risk, in a world where we don’t even agree about what the risks are? Pathology writer Ruth Werner joins Til and Whitney for a lively conversation about risk, risk tolerance, and ethical decision making in massage and manual therapy, in the face of both COVID-19, and in the differences in how we perceive the risks involved. In the Thinking Practitioner series, join two of the leading educators in manual therapy, bodywork, and massage therapy, as they delve into the most intriguing

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18: Project COPE (with Ann Blair Kennedy and Kemi...

The Thinking Practitioner ·

2020/07/08

Project COPE is tracking the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on both essential and “non-essential” healthcare practitioners, including massage therapists and bodyworkers. It’s already revealing some insights about representation and diversity in our field. Listen to learn more, and participate in the project at the link below. In the Thinking Practitioner series, join two of the leading educators in manual therapy, bodywork, and massage therapy, as they delve into the most intriguing issues,

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