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A side of history with Kent Keyser MS, PT, OCS, COMT, ATC, FFCFMT, FAAOMPT

Posted on January 15, 2018 by MST

Regarding David Lamb:

“He had hands that were unbelievable.”

“I appreciated his size, grace, [the] softness of his hands.”

“As a manipulator, he just got your attention, because he could do things where it was artful.”

“He made you feel special, and that was something he did for everybody.”

“He seemed to have ten lifetimes of techniques and skills.”

In this post, we speak with one of my main mentors over the years, Kent Keyser. I’ve had the pleasure of teaching with Kent for five years now and have enjoyed every bit of it, always learning new things (while teaching the same material over those years). This conversation with Kent was during CFMT week in August of 2017. We had some free time after getting to the airport very early, so we got to chat about a different subject. Two men that were very influential in Kent’s professional (and perhaps personal) life were David Lamb and Jeff Ellis. Unfortunately, these two men passed away many years ago. Kent helps us remember a bit about who these men were and what made them special in his eyes. So listen in to learn more about these influential manual therapists.

Regarding Jeff Ellis:

“For some reason he touched the soul because he covered so many areas.”

“He ended up having over 2,000 people show up. In five days. From all over.”

“He was truly a renaissance man. Everything he did, he was good at. He impacted on people and meant something in their life.”

“He would’ve been a substantial person in physical therapy and manual therapy… He would’ve taken things to such interesting places because he was that brilliant in his ability to take information and really bring things to cutting edges. “

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Category: Interviews, Podcast Tags: Eugene, History, Interview, Kent Keyser, Manual therapy, Podcast, teaching, wisdom

Alternative HVLAT to Thoraco-Lumbar Junction

Posted on January 8, 2018 by MST

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In this video, Dr. Thomason explains and demonstrates an alternative manipulation technique to the thoraco-lumbar junction for a patient that will not tolerate traditional locking above or below.

Cheers!

Category: Videos Tags: alternative, clinical reasoning, HVLAT, Manipulation, thrust, TL junction

Diane Lee BSR, FCAMT, CGIMS

Posted on January 5, 2018 by MST

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There is an art to this, that science has a hard time measuring. Because there’s so many variables that we have to control or account for… we have to consider in every treatment session. That’s just a fact of our reality.

– Diane Lee

My courses are not about… here’s how you do this technique, this is how you do that technique. There’s so many courses out there where people can get the tools in their tool-box for how to do this. I really prefer to focus on when and why, and how do you know where to go in the body.

– Diane Lee

Diane Lee drops in with us this time! She is a wealth of knowledge, and seeks to impart this to clinicians through her teaching organization “Learn with Diane Lee”. Diane (with Linda Joy-Lee) created the Integrated Systems Model several years ago as way to organize their vast amount of clinical and educational experience. Since then, Diane has independently evolved this model and become the sole provider for this material. Also, most of you are likely to know who Diane is from her textbooks listed below. She may have been the first physiotherapist to write a clinical text about the pelvic girdle in the early 1980s and afterward wrote another text regarding the thorax and clinical application of concepts regarding movement, diagnosis, and intervention. Recently, she authored a text on diastasis rectus abdominis, and is currently working on the next edition of her thorax book. Whew! To list all of her other accomplishments and awards would be too numerous at this point, and I might run out of room on this page… so, listen and enjoy!

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The most toxic thought a young clinician can have is “somebody else can do this better than me.”

– Diane Lee

Gosh this is great! I love what I do, this is fantastic! And so the work itself lifts you up, and that’s when you know it’s not time to retire yet.

– Diane Lee