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223: Spasticity Management From A Physician With Dr. Cassandra List, MD Jul 22, 2024

On this week’s episode we hosted a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dr. List and occupational therapist Briana Elson, MS, OTR/L, BCPR, CBIS to share insights on spasticity management, focusing on the use of neurotoxin injections and collaboration between physicians and...

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222: How You Can Be Tenaciously Optimistic In Business To Be Successful Jul 15, 2024

In this episode Emily Duval Ledger, Erin Gallardo, and Claire McLean explore how maintaining an optimistic mindset can drive success in both clinical practice and business operations. Often it’s not as easy to do this in business, but we’ve got some strategies to share with you...

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221: How To Start A Wellness Program For People With Neurologic Conditions: All Your Questions Answered! Jul 08, 2024

In this enlightening discussion, we have an open conversation with physical therapist Lauren Young, PT, DPT, CSRS, NCS, who reached out to Claire with a number of questions. She was willing to come on the podcast so everyone can benefit from the information. Lauren started a mobile neuro...

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220: Building A Biz Model Mix Of Online And In-Person With Katie Nathan, PT, DPT, NCS Jul 01, 2024

On today’s show, Dr. Katie Nathan, PT, DPT, NCS joined Erin and Claire to share her journey building a successful physical therapy business to maximize impact and reach as many people as possible with focused Parkinson's disease.

Katie received her doctorate from USC in 2016 and is...

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219: New Evidence On Brain Changes In PD Inspires Hi-Fi Exercise Class At Rogue Jun 24, 2024

We’re back for another episode this week! This one is bringing you practical clinical tools you can start incorporating right now. It’s based on new evidence with intense exercise and its effect on increasing dopamine transporter and neuromelanin concentrations in the substantia...

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218: Advocating for Accessible Healthcare for People with Disabilities With Chanda Hinton Jun 17, 2024

Our recent guest on the I Love Neuro podcast, Chanda Hinton, is doing impactful work to improve healthcare access and quality of care for individuals with disabilities. As the Executive Director of the Chanda Center for Health & Wellness in Denver, Colorado, Chanda leads efforts in both...

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217: How To Plan A Transformative PD Retreat With Joy Cochran, PT, DPT Jun 10, 2024

On this episode of the I Love Neuro podcast, host Erin Gallardo sits down with guest Joy Cochran to discuss her business Joy Explorations and an upcoming Parkinson's disease retreat.

Joy started Joy Explorations in 2018 with a goal of empowering older adults and those with neurological...

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216: How To Shed Your Shoulds So You Can Live And Work Happier With Emily Duval Ledger Jun 03, 2024

Ever feel stuck between what you want to do and what you feel like you should do? Uh, yes, all the time! How does it feel when you have these ingrained expectations making decisions for you? Usually not so great. And it happens to everyone. So in this episode we talk about why that happens, how...

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215: Learn How To Help Clients Fall WELL With Naomi Casiro May 27, 2024

Okay, so let’s address this head on: No one wants to fall. But falls do happen. Especially for people who have trouble with their balance. So wouldn’t it be great if when someone did fall, they knew how to roll or land in a way that minimized injury? That’s what we’re...

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214: What To Know About Being Non-Participating With Medicare With Tyler Horton, PT, DPT, NCS May 20, 2024

There are a lot of reasons you can go into private practice. Most of which have to do with the desire to provide care in a different way than you’ve seen in your community. But the way you set up your practice can be as unique as you are. One challenging question most neuro clinicians face...

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213: Quick High-Impact, Low-Cost Ideas With Dr. JJ Mowder-Tinney, PT, PhD, NCS May 13, 2024

Ever feel discouraged about the care you think you can provide without fancy equipment? Not after you listen to this episode! In today’s show you’ll learn easy ideas to make maximum impact no matter what setting you’re in and what you have available to you. We’ll share...

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212: How To Safely Get To Heart Rate Peak In Order To Modify Parkinsonā€™s With Dr. Daniel Corcos, PhD May 06, 2024

Have you heard exercise is good for people with Parkinson’s? Duh! As a listener of this podcast you most certainly have! Do you know how much someone should get their heart rate up to make a difference? What about how to test them to ensure you understand their peak HR? The research on...

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