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When Does Scoliosis Matter? An Interview with Maureen Dwight

When Does Scoliosis Matter? An Interview with Maureen Dwight

FromClinical Flow with Physiotherapist Andrew Koppejan


When Does Scoliosis Matter? An Interview with Maureen Dwight

FromClinical Flow with Physiotherapist Andrew Koppejan

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Aug 9, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Do you wish you had a better understanding of when scoliosis really matters? You'll want to check out this interview with Maureen Dwight, a physiotherapist and an MSK clinical specialist.In this episode Maureen shares some key insights regarding scoliosis and its assessment. She also provides a great overview of the different scoliosis schools of thought.Interview GuestMaureen Dwight, PT is a physiotherapist and founder of The Orthopaedic Therapy Clinic in Toronto. She was one of the first physiotherapists in Ontario to receive a nationally recognized specialist designation as a Clinical Musculoskeletal Specialist. Her areas of interest include chronic neck, back and post-operative spinal conditions. She has extensive experience with adolescent and adult scoliosis, including both non-operative and post-operative rehabilitation.She has studied with Dr. Rudolph Weiss of Germany and received a certification in his Scoliologic method as well as studying with renowned Czech physician, Dr. Vladimir Janda. She is committed to the understanding of underlying issues which impact chronicity and the non-traumatic causes of musculoskeletal pain. Her experience in complex post-surgical conditions has led her to recently expand her practice into the area of post-treatment cancer rehabilitation.For more info on Maureen visit her website here.ResourcesSOSORT Guidelines for Treatment of Idiopathic ScoliosisCurvy GirlsCochrane Collaboration Scoliosis ReviewBracing StudySchroth Method
Released:
Aug 9, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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If you are a physical therapist or movement professional this podcast is for you. Whether you’ve been practicing for 6 months or 25 years, we all want to be better at what we do. Andrew Koppejan is a practicing Physiotherapist and owner of 360Clinician, who time and time again kept hearing from physios who were feeling burnt out, disillusioned and were seriously considering walking away from the profession that they had worked so hard at being a part of. On this show, Andrew brings new insights and practical strategies to help you move from frustration to flow in your clinical practice. Andrew deep dives into relevant topics to boost clinical performance, improve patient relationships and treatments, and explore ways to overcome challenges we all face in the profession. On occasion, Andrew ventures into conversations with expert guests in the rehab and self-improvement world. Andrew's fresh approach to clinical reasoning and professional improvement can radically transform the way you treat patients and will help to unleash your best clinical self.