The Clinical Mastermind Podcast

Ep. 5 - Maximizing Clinical Treatment Times

Dan Pringle, PT helps a mentee from the Clinical Mastermind Mentorship Program navigate the time crunch he feels due to short treatment times at his clinic. Dan provides a series of highly practical strategies to improve the efficiency of your assessment and treatment approach, how to immediately demonstrate value to different types of patients, and how to bring up the treatment length discussion with clinic directors and owners.

Ep. 4 - Functional Anatomy of Sartorius

Dan Pringle, PT and Joseph Di Fonzo, PT chat about the relevance and functional anatomy of one of the most forgotten muscles of the lower body. Dan highlights the observations from his dissection of Sartorius, including its fascial connections with every muscle group of the lower body and the concepts he learned that can be extrapolated other parts of the body. He also touches on when he looks at Sartorius in his assessments and how the anterior and medial thigh play a role in pain and movement problems of the lower extremity.

Ep. 3 - Dissection of the Patella with Joseph Di Fonzo

Dan Pringle, PT and Joseph Di Fonzo, PT discuss Dan's revelations from his detailed dissection of the patella and the implications on the management of pain and movement dysfunction in the area. They explore the role of the skin, retinacula and IT Band in patellar mobility problems, the innervation by the saphenous nerve, and how this new knowledge impacts treatment of patellar knee pain.

Ep. 2 - Piriformis Syndrome - A Mentorship Case Study

Dan Pringle, PT guides one of his mentees from the Clinical Mastermind Mentorship Program through a case study that presents like Piriformis Syndrome. Following a thorough description of the case, Dan provides specific advice to contextualize some unusual symptoms, identifies areas of improvement in the assessment approach, and provides some actionable advice on how to manage the patient going forwards.

Ep. 1 - MLB Player Troy Tulowitzki's Heel Pain with Joseph Di Fonzo

Dan Pringle, PT sits down with colleague Joseph Di Fonzo, PT to reminisce on former MLB player Troy Tulowitzki's time with the Toronto Blue Jays and how surgery for his heel pain derailed the latter part of his career. They discuss some important principles relating to the management of heel pain, the physiology of heel spurs, the dangers of surgery for heel pain, and the challenges of judging pro athlete injury management through media reports.