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Latest Episodes
Pelvic Girdle Pain: Current Concepts Part 1
Join Susan in a two-part interview about Pelvic Girdle Pain in the Antepartum Population. Clinical practice...
From Neck Pain to Shoulder Pain: Unraveling the Links Between the Two
Does stretching work when a muscle is over-recruited? Not if you don't change the movement pattern. This is an...
Unique Release Positions for the Shoulder: Positioning for Optimal Results
The purpose of release is to train. Remember that. Long gone are the passive release positions for patients. Think...
Complex Chronic Low Back Pain – When A Regional Approach Will Not be the Best Option
Where do you start with a client with complex regional pain that has full-body implications? Listen to their story, look...
Trigeminal System Referral Pattern
What is the referral pattern for the Trigeminal System? What does that mean for our clients? The...
Pelvis Driver In A Male Weightlifter
This episode is all about low back pain with a pelvis component in a 33-year-old male weightlifter. Erica and Susan...
Meet The Hosts

Meet Erica
I solved unique financial puzzles on Wall Street for a decade. Now I utilize those same strengths to help rid my patients of pain so that they can live their lives on their own terms.
The greatest victories in my physical therapy career are realized when I apply my natural problem-solving skills, honed even further on Wall Street, to help alleviate my patients’ pain; … pain that in many cases no one else has been able to resolve.
I work with my patients to uncover the true source of their pain, and together we work towards them becoming pain-free.
I’m so fortunate to have found my true calling and to be able to help people in the most important area of their lives – their health!

Meet Susan
Susan is a certified and award-winning physical therapist in professional achievement, health and wellness coach, and owner of LTI Physio (Learn, Think, Innovate) in Sault Sainte Marie, MI. She is an international instructor of post-professional education in women’s health (including pelvic health issues in women), orthopedic manual therapy, and positive intelligence coaching for Healthcare providers and business psychology. She is faculty at Andrews University, a Master Coach for the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, and faculty for North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy and ASPIRE OMT
In addition to co-hosting Tough to Treat, Susan also co-hosts “The Genius Project,” reframing the treatment of persistent musculoskeletal pain. She is the co-founder and board member for the foundation: Global Women’s Health Initiative and a reviewer and advisory board member for the Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy. She also has recently launched her Pelvic Health Education Subscription aimed at helping clinicians become more proficient and confident in treating pelvic health conditions.
When she isn’t advocating for women’s health and mentoring other clinicians, Susan enjoys walking/hiking, country line dance, and ballroom dancing, a supporter of music, the arts, and international objectives for women’s health.