Board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist Dr. Courtney Mears joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about physical therapy. What’s the relationship between physical therapy, physiotherapy, and sports medicine? How long does physical therapy last? Is it supposed to hurt the way it does? Does VR physical therapy exist? Is preventative physical therapy effective, or only after an injury? How do physical therapists help treat patients with pneumonia? How does yoga assist in physical therapy? Answers to these questions and more await on Physical Therapy Support.
0:00 Physical Therapy Support
0:16 How long does physical therapy last?
0:42 Is it supposed to hurt?
1:18 I was told there would be no math required
1:51 PT for a bad back
2:21 Physical Therapy: Home Edition
3:07 [splashing noises]
3:54 PT for the jaw?
5:00 Pinched nerves
6:11 Preventative physical therapy
6:42 MCL injuries
7:42 ELI5 OT vs PT
8:20 Physical therapy vs Personal training
8:50 Train that brain
9:48 VR PT
10:25 Blood flow restriction training
11:12 You’re gonna worry yourself sick
11:57 How do they always know
12:25 Ice or heat?
13:02 Cortisone
13:37 ELI5 Physical therapy, physiotherapy, and sports medicine
14:18 How much of physiotherapy is pseudoscience?
14:59 Bladder control/Pelvic floor after giving birth
15:43 Why physical therapy stretches are at times harder than lifting weights
16:05 Cupping
16:41 Mirror therapy
17:05 Physical Therapy: Origins
17:43 How do physical therapists help treat patients with pneumonia?
18:11 How does yoga assist in physical therapy?
18:52 Scar tissue that I wish you saw, sarcastic mister know-it-all
19:27 TENS machine
20:17 The Epley maneuver
20:48 This is over 40
21:42 Kinesio tape
22:18 Scoliosis
22:46 Phantom limb pain
Director: Jackie Phillips
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Courtney Mears
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Seth Craven
Sound Mixer: Gray Thomas-Sowers
Production Assistant: Doug Archibald
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Additional Editor: Samantha DiVito
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
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After my car accident a few years ago, I had a physical therapist, and when I expressed pain in another area and asked if there was any stretching I could do for it she mentioned she’s not allowed to give other stretches until we pay for the program… terrible
She’s so chill and cute!
She did great! I never see PTs on the internet in these spaces, they should get more representation. Small nitpick as a Sports Medicine Doctor – the biggest difference between us is that a PT or DPT is a therapist – they have limited ability to practice without the instructions of a medical doctor – a sports medicine doctor IS a medical doctor, an MD or DO. So they are very different strata of training, position on the treatment team, and responsibility for outcomes. Sports doctors are frequently the ones supervising PTs
She sounds like a valley girl. Everything is pronounced as a que-sti-on?
This video sums up why I love my profession 😊
Why does she have such a perfect smile?!
A little look-a-like Alien look.
I’m loving her uber positive vibe.
If you have scoliosis, and you are told you are at the point where you need surgery, don’t think for one second physio is going to reverse your genetics. You might help slow progression, but you won’t stop it, or reverse it.
please do speech therapy
I am currently a freshman in college majoring in exercise and health science, I hesitated a lot because many people said it is super hard to be a PT. I am wondering did you struggled while studying in school? And how can i evaluate if the graduate level course too dense for me? Thanks!
The great debate of ice/heat. I’ve been told so many times to put ice on it and then I’m just cold with no benefit. I think it’s one of those things that’s always been said so people just keep saying it without a lot of data to back it up.
her vocals need PT
Language therapists needs an space like this! The triad OT – PT – SLT is like the holy grial of rehabilitation science and are very unknown or underestimated by the general population.
❤️❤️
Perfect Teeth!
Thank you for doing a great job explaining our profession to the masses!
The fake smile the whole video was an immediate turn off. I never trust a fake smiler
Really? I thought there would certainly be more comments about that intense forehead vein…
Chiro is a great business model – you *always* have to keep coming back, wheras DPT actually address the issue with a treatment plan. They actually want to help you; chiros want to soak you.