Who

Dr. Chad Cook, PT, PhD, MBA, FAPTA is a professor at Duke University, where his primary appointment is in the Department of Orthopaedics; he has secondary appointments in the Department of Population Health Sciences and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He is part of over 11 million dollars in external funding and is a prolific researcher with over 360 publications.

Episode Takeaways

What is manual therapy
Manual therapy is just one part of the physical therapist toolkit
When to use manual therapy
Evidence behind manual thrapy

What strategies can we use to identify the right patients for manual therapy?

“I think communication is the key. Having a preference for this has been one of the strongest predictors for sure. I do think matching mechanisms is important and we need to look at “where the patient is” to determine need.”

Connect with Dr. Cook

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