Glad to be here

AmyWagner · 07-06-2012, 04:08 AM

I have visited Soma Simple a few times, but would like to get more involved in it. The discussions here are very thought provoking. I enjoy the Neuroscience and Pain Science for Manual Physical Therapists group on Facebook immensely.
I started last week as an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy in San Antonio, Texas for a new DPT program. I will be teaching Clinical Reasoning, and am currently putting the curriculum together. When I interviewed for the position last year, I had to do a 45 minute lecture on the topic of my choice for the faculty and deans, and I chose "New advances in pain science," citing the philosophies of Moseley, Blickenstaff and Jacobs' work. I hope to keep current with Pain science and Neuro science and incorporate it into the program. I am also completing a PhD in Physical Therapy and will do research on pelvic pain/pelvic floor dysfunction. I am excited for what lies ahead!

**Diane** · 07-06-2012, 04:47 AM

Hi Amy, welcome to SomaSimple.

**PatrickL** · 07-06-2012, 04:59 AM

Hi Amy,

Welcome. Have you met much resistance to the inclusion of pain science in the curriculum so far? I'd be interested to hear the extent to which the powers that be at your College embrace this info/approach.

Pat

**John W** · 07-06-2012, 05:34 AM

Hi Amy, and welcome.

Like Patrick, I'd be very interested to hear about how well-received the current pain neuroscience is in your school's DPT program.

I work in an academic setting as the faculty practice director, and I've done a few lectures including varying levels of this material. Frankly, the students seemed confused and mildly irritated that I didn't show them precisely what to do for "chronic pain patients".

Also, It seems that the effort to meet CAPTE standards in the entry-level doctorate program keeps the faculty constantly busy updating the curriculum while spending enormous amounts of time on generally uninteresting and irrelevant student research projects.

We desperately need more academics involved here, so I hope you have the to keep us posted.

John Ware, PT, FAAOMPT

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BB · 07-06-2012, 07:15 AM

Glad to have you here, Amy.

**zimney3pt** · 07-06-2012, 04:27 PM

Amy, glad your here.

Recently got to do a 3 hour pain science seminar for first year PT students at Univ. of South Dakota where I do some adjunct faculty teaching. I as well will be interested in how your teaching opportunities go.

**Barrett Dorko** · 07-06-2012, 04:43 PM

Amy,

I see that you have "liked" a few of my blog posts on Facebook. I always wonder who these people are. Now I know at least one of them.

You're in a small group of educators who visit here. I hope you'll tell us what you're thinking.

**byronselorme** · 07-06-2012, 10:20 PM

Amy,

There are some great people here. Glad you are here.

gollygosh · 08-06-2012, 01:25 AM

Welcome Amy,

It will be nice to have students thinking about the nature of pain as they interact with their patients.

Geralyn

07-06-2012, 04:08 AM	#1
AmyWagner Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 39 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post	Glad to be here I have visited Soma Simple a few times, but would like to get more involved in it. The discussions here are very thought provoking. I enjoy the Neuroscience and Pain Science for Manual Physical Therapists group on Facebook immensely. I started last week as an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy in San Antonio, Texas for a new DPT program. I will be teaching Clinical Reasoning, and am currently putting the curriculum together. When I interviewed for the position last year, I had to do a 45 minute lecture on the topic of my choice for the faculty and deans, and I chose "New advances in pain science," citing the philosophies of Moseley, Blickenstaff and Jacobs' work. I hope to keep current with Pain science and Neuro science and incorporate it into the program. I am also completing a PhD in Physical Therapy and will do research on pelvic pain/pelvic floor dysfunction. I am excited for what lies ahead! Last edited by AmyWagner; 07-06-2012 at 04:12 AM.

07-06-2012, 04:47 AM	#2
Diane Human Primate Social Groomer and Neuroelastician Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Weyburn Sask. Posts: 19,667 Thanks: 1,486 Thanked 3,187 Times in 1,566 Posts	Hi Amy, welcome to SomaSimple. __________________ Diane www.dermoneuromodulation.com SensibleSolutionsPhysiotherapy HumanAntiGravitySuit blog Neurotonics PT Teamblog Diane Jacobs.com (personal website) Canadian Physiotherapy Pain Science Division (Archived newsletters) Canadian Physiotherapy Association Pain Science Division Facebook page @PainPhysiosCan WCPT PhysiotherapyPainNetwork on Facebook @WCPTPTPN Neuroscience and Pain Science for Manual PTs Facebook page @dfjpt SomaSimple on Facebook @somasimple "Rene Descartes was very very smart, but as it turned out, he was wrong." ~Lorimer Moseley “Comment is free, but the facts are sacred.” ~Charles Prestwich Scott, nephew of founder and editor (1872-1929) of The Guardian , in a 1921 Centenary editorial “If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you, but if you really make them think, they'll hate you." ~Don Marquis "In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists" ~Roland Barth "Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one."~Voltaire

07-06-2012, 05:34 AM	#4
John W Harmless creampuff Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA Age: 48 Posts: 4,643 Thanks: 616 Thanked 966 Times in 436 Posts	Hi Amy, and welcome. Like Patrick, I'd be very interested to hear about how well-received the current pain neuroscience is in your school's DPT program. I work in an academic setting as the faculty practice director, and I've done a few lectures including varying levels of this material. Frankly, the students seemed confused and mildly irritated that I didn't show them precisely what to do for "chronic pain patients". Also, It seems that the effort to meet CAPTE standards in the entry-level doctorate program keeps the faculty constantly busy updating the curriculum while spending enormous amounts of time on generally uninteresting and irrelevant student research projects. We desperately need more academics involved here, so I hope you have the to keep us posted. John Ware, PT, FAAOMPT Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ John Ware, PT Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists "Nothing can bring a man peace but the triumph of principles." -R.W. Emerson “If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.” -The Analects of Confucius, Book 13, Verse 3

07-06-2012, 07:15 AM	#5
BB Arbiter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 3,462 Thanks: 137 Thanked 148 Times in 68 Posts	Glad to have you here, Amy. __________________ Cory Blickenstaff, PT, OCS Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. ~Theodore Roosevelt My facebook page My youtube channel Twitter Neurotonics: a PT team blog Somasimple on twitter Pain and Neuroscience for Manual Physical Therapists Facebook page

07-06-2012, 04:27 PM	#6
zimney3pt life long learner, clinician, and instructor Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sioux City, IA Age: 43 Posts: 1,902 Thanks: 149 Thanked 676 Times in 265 Posts	Amy, glad your here. Recently got to do a 3 hour pain science seminar for first year PT students at Univ. of South Dakota where I do some adjunct faculty teaching. I as well will be interested in how your teaching opportunities go. __________________ Kory Zimney, PT, DPT http://koryzimney.blogspot.com "Study principles not methods, a mind that can grasp principles will create its own methods." - Gill "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." - Galileo Galilei

07-06-2012, 04:59 AM	#3
PatrickL Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 654 Thanks: 447 Thanked 448 Times in 165 Posts	Hi Amy, Welcome. Have you met much resistance to the inclusion of pain science in the curriculum so far? I'd be interested to hear the extent to which the powers that be at your College embrace this info/approach. Pat

07-06-2012, 04:43 PM	#7
Barrett Dorko Writer and Clinician Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Age: 61 Posts: 12,658 Thanks: 609 Thanked 1,470 Times in 864 Posts	Amy, I see that you have "liked" a few of my blog posts on Facebook. I always wonder who these people are. Now I know at least one of them. You're in a small group of educators who visit here. I hope you'll tell us what you're thinking. __________________ Barrett L. Dorko P.T. www.barrettdorko.com

07-06-2012, 10:20 PM	#8
byronselorme Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Age: 39 Posts: 1,367 Thanks: 726 Thanked 280 Times in 152 Posts	Amy, There are some great people here. Glad you are here. __________________ Byron Selorme - Science Based Yoga Educator Shavasana Yoga Center "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool" Richard Feynman

08-06-2012, 01:25 AM	#9
gollygosh Geralyn Giuffrida PT Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 375 Thanks: 137 Thanked 124 Times in 62 Posts	Welcome Amy, It will be nice to have students thinking about the nature of pain as they interact with their patients. Geralyn

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