Interview with a Physical Therapist

Interdisciplinary collaboration is SO important in primary care. It’s a tragedy when we’re each rockstars in our own bubble of a profession, but aren’t collaborating or communicating enough to fully understand what each profession actually does.
I’m absolutely obsessed with physical therapy, and it’s a HUGE key to success for patients with musculoskeletal complaints in primary care-- but I didn’t really see how it worked on the other side until I was a patient myself.
In this week’s video, I’m interviewing Stephanie who’s been a physical therapist for 10 years, and we’re answering questions from the email list about physical therapy. We cover:
✅ What physical therapy is and how they can help patients
✅ Who’s a good candidate (or not) and what patients should go that aren’t being referred
✅ The role of imaging before sending to physical therapy
✅ How to manage cost/time/insurance concerns patients have
✅ What we can do in primary care to counsel patients and prepare them to set them up for success with a physical therapist so they can finally feel better
Let me know what questions you have!
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[@d.m.5102]

Amazing video, thank you so much for providing all these new resources!

[@RealWorldNP]

I am so glad they are helpful - thank you!

[@saturnalfreddagwase1556]

nice and informative video . i wonder , if in your geographic practice area.. there are PTs who specialized in wound care ? just curious to know if more and more PTs want to enter the speciality or stay in orthopedics and other specialties .

[@RealWorldNP]

I am aware of some PT's who do manage wound care.

[@faisalyousafzai3276]

Great video

[@RealWorldNP]

Thanks!

[@HeyYall398]

Well, I'll be! Them PCP and specialist folk got their heads stuck in their own silos, too busy puffin' up their egos to gab and work together. It's somethin' else, I tell ya, that y'all are mixin' it up and gettin' 'em to collaborate. Another thing, I reckon that chiropractic tweakin' might be a bit of hocus-pocus, but shoot, it does the trick for a heap of folks. Y'all did a bang-up job chattin' with them specialists!

[@RealWorldNP]

Thanks for your kind words ♥️