A special addition to our monthly clinical corner recap- Matt and Allie welcome clinic manager Ryan Parnell, PT DPT OCS to discuss the two articles pulled for March. Ryan introduces himself, poses his question to the PT students listening, and walks our listeners through both articles. You'll hear about a clinical trial that was conducted where electrical dry needling was implemented along with manual therapy and exercise for patients with knee osteoarthritis in comparison to patients who only received manual therapy and exercise. In the follow-up article, researchers found that "booster" visits every 4 weeks after completing treatment with electrical dry needling was much more effective in maintaining pain-free function.

Read the articles here: https://journals.lww.com/clinicalpain/fulltext/2018/12000/periosteal_electrical_dry_needling_as_an_adjunct.9.aspx

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09593985.2025.2575837

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February is heart month and Matt and Allie are back with this month's clinical corner article discussing aerobic exercise and the benefits for patients with chronic lumbar radicular pain. Follow along as Matt goes over the article, poses his question to PT students listening, and shares the outcomes and findings. You'll hear about five different cases of patients with this chronic issue who had clinically meaningful changes including aerobic exercise to their treatments.

Read the article here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/josptcases.2025.0171

Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy? The laws of Direct Access allow you to receive physical therapy without a referral and still use your insurance benefits! Learn more on how Direct Access can help YOU! Our website: https://www.oxfordphysicaltherapy.com/

Matt and Allie are back for Season 6's first Clinical Corner! Matt introduces the article that is a revision of an earlier article from 2017 that gives new updated recommendations for treating patients with hip osteoarthritis. Matt poses his question for the student PTs listening and summarizes the article. You'll hear about the guidelines that were shared back in 2017, the gaps that the new researchers found in the literature, and all the current evidence- based guidelines that therapists should be using today. Listen for the top 3 interventions mentioned in the revised strategies for PTs!

Read the article here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/epdf/10.2519/jospt.2025.0504

Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy? The laws of Direct Access allow you to receive physical therapy without a referral and still use your insurance benefits! Learn more on how Direct Access can help YOU! Our website: https://www.oxfordphysicaltherapy.com/

Matt and Allie are back for the 6th season of the Direct Access to Oxford PT Podcast! In this episode, Matt and Allie are joined by a student PT, Jeff Kuhr, who just completed his clinical rotation at Oxford PT. Jeff introduces himself, talks about his previous career as an actor, and his future goals in PT. Jeff describes his own personal experience with PT off stage and how it inspired him to go back to school during COVID. Matt asks Jeff about his school choices, certification interests, and overall plan for his career path. Jeff shares his experience at Oxford PT and with his CI Dustin Gibson, PT DPT, and a patient case he specifically recalls using Direct Access. Jeff shares his advice to future PT students and adults who might be making the decisions to go back to school for a new career.

Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy? The laws of Direct Access allow you to receive physical therapy without a referral and still use your insurance benefits! Learn more on how Direct Access can help YOU! Our website: https://www.oxfordphysicaltherapy.com/

The last clinical corner article of 2025! Matt and Allie are back to discuss this month's article about a familiar topic: Prehab! This specific article is a literature review that gathers information from thousands of cases and reports covering controlled trials that compared treatments for total hip and total knee surgeries. Matt poses his monthly question to PT students listening, and describes the findings in the article.

Read the article here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13075

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Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy? The laws of Direct Access allow you to receive physical therapy without a referral and still use your insurance benefits! Learn more on how Direct Access can help YOU! Our website: https://www.oxfordphysicaltherapy.com/

The Prime Mover Series is back! This month, Matt and Allie talk to Zoë Luebbe, PT DPT about the movement she chose- walking through the grocery store! Timely for the busy holidays and chaotic public spaces like the grocery and retail stores, Zoë calls on her vestibular training and background to explain why this can be a very stressful task for different people. The risk of falling is very prevalent in patients having this difficulty, with dizziness and headaches adding to their issues, Zoë explains the types of degeneration that is commonly seen. She describes the muscles involved in this movement and the importance of overall coordination, strength, endurance and balance. Zoë also shares what treatment would look like for patients having trouble in any of these movements and how we can help them at Oxford PT.

Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy? The laws of Direct Access allow you to receive physical therapy without a referral and still use your insurance benefits! Learn more on how Direct Access can help YOU! Our website: https://www.oxfordphysicaltherapy.com/

Feeling Thankful for another monthly Clinical Corner Article! Matt and Allie are back to discuss a new case report from the JOSPT that describes a patient case that presented with elbow pain that wasn't resolving after 2 weeks. You'll hear that his Medial Epicondylalgia(ME) referred to as "golfer's elbow" through this article even though he is a CrossFit athlete. Hear about the treatments used in conjunction with "Tissue Flossing" that relieved his pain in just a month! Learn about what "voodoo floss" is and how it benefits athletes in returning to sport.

Read the article here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/josptcases.2025.0062

Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy? The laws of Direct Access allow you to receive physical therapy without a referral and still use your insurance benefits! Learn more on how Direct Access can help YOU! Our website: https://www.oxfordphysicaltherapy.com/

The second installment of our Prime Mover episodes- Matt and Allie interview Shelby Yahl, Physical Therapist at our Hamilton location, on her selection of movement: climbing stairs. Shelby explains that she chose the topic because she has seen this trend in a lot of her patient cases. She also brings up how fear and avoidance of leaving their homes has patients remaining stagnant in their care. She describes every muscle involved in this movement and the importance of overall strength, range of motion and balance. Shelby also shares what treatment would look like for patients having trouble or pain in any of these movements and how we can help them at Oxford PT.

Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy? The laws of Direct Access allow you to receive physical therapy without a referral and still use your insurance benefits! Learn more on how Direct Access can help YOU! Our website: https://www.oxfordphysicaltherapy.com/