The Thinking Practitioner
By Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe
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Subscribers: 35
Reviews: 2
Episodes: 176
Apr 30, 2020
Karen
Apr 25, 2020
I listened to the episode Cytokine Storm and it is excellent. Both of these men are intelligent and well spoken. The episode is extremely informative and material was well organized. I will definitely listen to the rest of the episodes.
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For the practitioner who’s never stopped being curious. Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe bring together leading researchers, master clinicians, and big questions from across bodywork, massage, and manual therapy — exploring not just what we do with our hands, but why it works and how to do it better. Smart, grounded, and genuinely useful conversations for the somatic arts and sciences.
For professional practitioners in bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedics, sports massage, physical therapy, and osteopathy — as well as yoga, strength and conditioning, and allied professions.
This podcast is not medical or treatment advice.
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176: Becoming Friends with Movement (with Nuria Bowart)
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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175: The Affection Question (with Kory Floyd)
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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174: How to Bend Time (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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173: Recognizing & Touching Trauma (with Dr. Peter Levine) Listener Favorite
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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172: Lateral Hip Pain: Stop Blaming the Bursa (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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171: The Most Skipped Step in Assessment and Why It Matters Most (with Whitney Lowe)
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May 27, 2026 |
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170: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos, Fascia, and Pain (with Tina Wang) Listener Favorite
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May 13, 2026 |
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169: Exploring Anterior Neck Work (with Walt Fritz)
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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168: Back Pain, Stiffness & Manual Therapy (with Stuart McGill) Listener Favorite
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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167: Cupping & the Nervous System (with Joi Edwards)
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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166: Does Research Support What We Do? (with Bodhi Haraldsson)
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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165: Multi-State Massage License: Coming Soon? (with Debra Persinger)
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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164: Dizziness Roundtable (with Ruth Werner, Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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163: A Master in Plain Sight (with Art Riggs)
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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162: AI in Massage: Thinking Partner, Threat, or Crutch? (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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161: Science, Skepticism, & Keeping Heart (with Paul Ingraham)
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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160: 5 Years & Half a Million Downloads: Your Favorite Episodes & Ours (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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159: Can You Really Palpate the Psoas? (with Christopher DaPrato)
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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158: Is Your Work Valuable? (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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157: What Happens When the Body Lets Go? (with Werner Klingler)
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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156: Lessons from 50 Years (with Benny Vaughn)
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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155: The Value of Disgust: What Our Bodies Tell Us About Boundaries & Connection (with Todd Hargrove)
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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154: Sacroiliac Joints: The Next Level (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe) Listener Favorite!
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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153: Conversations from the 7th Fascial Research Congress (with Robert Schleip, Gil Hedley, & more)
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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152. Does Pressure Matter? What the Research Says (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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151: Finding Balance in an Out-of-Balance World (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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150: Listener Favorite: Fascia, Fitness, and Feeling (with Robert Schleip)
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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149: Bodywork through the Polyvagal Lens (with Stephen Porges)
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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148: The Vagus Nerve: Buzzword or Biology? (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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147: Palpating Fibrosis, Easing Inflammation (with Geoffrey Bove & Holly McMillan)
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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146: Inflammation, Touch, & the Grieving Body (with Mary-Frances O’Connor)
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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145: Can Discs Heal? (with Stuart McGill)
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May 28, 2025 |
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144: Fascia, Emotion, Inflammation, & Attention (with Robert Schleip)
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May 14, 2025 |
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143: Palliative Massage is for Everyone (with Cal Cates)
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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142: Fascia and the Vagus Nerve (with Fabiana Silva)
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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141: Massage in Integrative Healthcare (with Dale Healey)
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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140: Embodied Attention: Contact Improvisation and Bodywork (with Nita Little)
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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139: Scoliosis: Lessons for Every Back (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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138: Carpal Tunnel Crash Course (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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137: Remembering Erik Dalton (with Tom Myers, Art Riggs, & more)
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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136: Season 5 Highlights (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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135: The Neuroscience of Bodywork (with Mark Olson)
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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134: How Bodywork Changed Our Lives (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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133: ScarWork: Origins and Legacy (with Sharon Wheeler & Wojtek Cackowski)
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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132: Bodywork and Grief (with Ronna Moore)
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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131: Mindfulness, Hands-On Therapy, and Pain (with Bronnie Lennox Thompson)
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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130: The Body of Grief (with JS Park)
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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129: Is Your Touch Aging Out? (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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128: Tendon Pain Update (with Jill Cook)
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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127: Low Back Pain Update (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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126: Fascia: A Deep Dive (with Dr. Antonio Stecco, Rebroadcast)
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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125: Moving with Grief (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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124: Movement Logic (with Laurel Beversdorf & Sarah Court)
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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123: Getting Over Over-Pronation: Ankle & Foot Function (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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122: Performing Arts Massage (with Christian Green)
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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121: Analyzing Manual Therapy (with Whitney Lowe)
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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120: Kinesiology, Pain Management, & Massage (with Justin Solace)
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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119: The Ankle's Most Sensitive Fascia (with Rachelle Clauson & Nicole Trombley)
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May 29, 2024 |
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118: Massage Down Under (with Paula Nutting)
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May 15, 2024 |
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117: Ankle Issues Demystified (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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May 01, 2024 |
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116: Anatomy Trains Updated (with Tom Myers)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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115: New Evidence: Can Massage Spread Cancer? (with Cathy Ryan & Erika Slocum)
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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114: Movement Optimism (with Greg Lehman)
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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113: What Did Esalen Ever Do for Massage? (with Peggy & Lucia Horan)
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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112: The San Diego Pain Summit (with Rajam Roose)
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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111. How Bodyworkers Can Explain Pain (with Lorimer Moseley)
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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110: Hands-On the Nerves (with Gil Hedley)
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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109: Season 4 Highlights: Insights and Legacies
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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108: Trauma & Bodywork (with Peter Levine)
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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107: Knee Deep: Understanding Baker’s Cysts (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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106: The Massage Therapy Foundation (with Adrienne Asta)
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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105: Chronic Cough: the Prequel (with Walt Fritz and Ruth Werner)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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104: The Many (Cervical) Facets of Neck Pain (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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103: Where the Profession Is Now (with Les Sweeney)
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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102: Lessons Learned (with Susan Salvo)
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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101: Interprofessional Communication (with Lane Blondheim)
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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100: Chronic Symptoms & Other Mysteries (with Ruth Werner & Til Luchau)
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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99: Wait, What? Fascial Stiffness & Pain (with Robert Schleip)
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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98: Working in Professional Sports (with Brian Glotzbach)
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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97: Back At It: Back Pain Revisited (with Stuart McGill)
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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96: Curious Souls (with Aaron Alexander & Sue Hitzmann)
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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95: Learning to Learn (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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94: Contact Improvisation and Bodywork (with Alicia Grayson)
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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93: Evidence-Informed Education (with Patti Shank)
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May 31, 2023 |
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92: The Art of a Good Question (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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May 17, 2023 |
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91: Employer Blues (with Drew Freedman & Diane Matkowski)
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May 03, 2023 |
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90: Turning Down the Volume on Back Pain (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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89: Adventure Education (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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88: What is Frequency Specific Microcurrent (with Shannon Goossen)
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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87: Shared Decision-Making (with Walt Fritz)
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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86: Body by Breath (with Jill Miller)
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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85: Collateral Damage: Acute Knee Injuries (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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84: Working With Veterans (with Nicole Miller)
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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83: Business, Success, and Change (with Allissa Haines)
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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82: Season 3 Highlights - Best of the Thinking Practitioner
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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81: Fascia, Length-Change, and Language (with John Sharkey)
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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80. What We Might Learn From Sex (with Betty Martin)
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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79: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos, Fascia, and Pain (with Tina Wang)
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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78: More Carrots, or More Sticks? The Continuing Education Conundrum
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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77: The Future of the Profession (with Sandy Fritz)
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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76: Fascia Research Congress Highlights (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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75: Secret Shopper CE Review (bonus episode, with Hands at the Table podcast)
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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74: Sacroiliac Joints: The Next Level (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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73: Long Term Lyme Disease: What Helps? (with Ruth Werner)
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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72: Intimacy, Sex & Massage: Strange Bedfellows? (with Cal Cates)
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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71: Fascia & Pain: What We Know (with Helene Langevin)
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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70: Stretching: Would Everyone Just Relax? (with Jules Mitchell)
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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69: Back Pain, Stiffness & Fascia (with Stuart McGill)
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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68: Working with Sciatic Pain (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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67: Aging Gracefully, Breathing Well, and Long COVID Recovery (with Jan Sultan)
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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66: Beyond ”It Depends:” Oncology Massage (with Janet Penny, Rebecca Sturgeon, and Loretta Luchau)
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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65: Women Leaders in Massage Therapy (with CG Funk, Ruth Werner, and Irene Diamond)
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May 18, 2022 |
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64: The Handspring Story (with Andrew Stevenson and Mary Law)
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May 04, 2022 |
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63: Turnabout is Fair Play: Our Favorite Perspective Reversals
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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62: Educational Innovations (with Anne Williams and Eric Brown)
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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61: Massage Therapy Research (with Niki Munk)
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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60: Physical Therapy Assisting and Massage (with Matt Gavzy)
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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59: What Influenced You? (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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58: Outside the Box (with Judith Aston)
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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57: A Fine Irish Visit (with Aubrey Gowing)
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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56: Working with Rib Issues
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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55: What Is Success? (with Diane Matkowski)
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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54: Season Two Highlights - Best of the Thinking Practitioner Podcast
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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53: Fascia: A Deep Dive (with Dr. Antonio Stecco)
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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52: Orthopedic Special Tests (with Whitney Lowe)
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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51: Neuroinflammation (with Todd Hargrove)
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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50: A View Across The Border (with Jamie Johnston & Eric Purves)
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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49: Interoception Is The Key, Like It Or Not (with Til Luchau)
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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48: Psoas Work: Is it Safe? Is it Necessary? (Hip Jam rebroadcast)
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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47: Getting Over Over-Pronation (Ankle & Foot Function)
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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46: To ITB, or Not To ITB? (Iliotibial Band Controversies, Conditions, and Approaches)
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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45: Fascia in Sport & Movement (with Robert Schleip)
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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44: Table Lessons (with Doug Nelson)
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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43: Trauma, MDMA Psychotherapy, and the Body (with Marcela Ot'alora G.)
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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42: Scars and Scar Tissue (with Cathy Ryan)
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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41: Going For It: The Massage Mentor (with Diane Matkowski)
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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40: How To (Not) Fix It (with Cal Cates)
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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39: Are You Thinking Critically? (with Ruth Werner)
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May 26, 2021 |
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38: Frozen Shoulder & Adhesive Capsulitis: Updating our Approach
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May 14, 2021 |
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37: Shoulder Pain, Impingement, & Rotator Cuff Issues: The Most Common of Problems
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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36: Research and Education (with Robin Anderson)
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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35: Resources That Inspire Our Learning
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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34: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: What You Didn’t Know
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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33: Dealing With Adversity (with Drew Freedman)
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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32: Aging Well (with Art Riggs)
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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31: Headaches of Another Kind: Cervicogenic Headaches
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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30: Excuses, Excuses: Our Favorite Reasons Not To ________
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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29: Season 1 Retrospective - Best of the Thinking Practitioner
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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28: Advanced Credentialing and Massage as Healthcare
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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27: The Little Man In The Brain: The Sensory Homunculus
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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26: Zoga: Movement for Manual Therapists (with Wojtek Cackowski)
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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25: Psoas Work: Is it Safe? Is it Necessary?
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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24: Plantar Foot Pain Crash Course
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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23: Do Expectations Shape Results? (with Mark Bishop)
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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22: Fascia, Fuzz and Furor (with Gil Hedley)
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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21: My Aching (Upper) Back: Thoracic Spine Pain
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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20: A Pain in the Neck: Cervical Challenges and Strategies
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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19: What About Risk?
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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18: Project COPE (with Ann Blair Kennedy and Kemi Balogun)
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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17: Who Charts Our Path?
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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16: Black Lives Matter (with Benny Vaughn)
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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15: Talking to Fascia, Changing the Brain, 20 Years Later (with Robert Schleip)
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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14: Do We Keep Doing This?
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May 20, 2020 |
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13: Inflammation: Hands-On
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May 06, 2020 |
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12: The Cytokine Storm of COVID-19
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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11: Stretching the Tissues, or the Truth?
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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10: When Does The Tissue Matter?
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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09: Descending Modulation in Manual Therapy
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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08: Key Challenges Facing Our Field, Part 2
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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07: Scoliosis and Manual Therapy
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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06: Tendons and Tendinopathies
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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05: Documentation and Electronic Health Records (with Diana Thompson)
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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04: Key Challenges Facing Our Field, Part 1
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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03: Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Causes, Controversies, and Considerations
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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02: The Back Story, Part 2
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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01: The Back Story, Part 1
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Dec 18, 2019 |