
TOUGH TO TREAT
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Latest Episodes
Junior Golfer with an Unusual Source to his Knee Pain
Erica and Susan discuss in this podcast how treating the left hip as well as the left side of the low back, got rid of this...
Myth Busting – Rethinking Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain
In this episode, we discuss the most important systemic and movement system presentations that can greatly impact this...
Smart Exercise Progression
In this episode, two cases are presented where their drivers were distal to their symptomatic areas. Categories of...
#119 CV joints and bladder urgency – is there a connection?
Clients report urgency/frequency and are most often treated with medication and pelvic floor PT. When only a regional...
#118 The Foot and Diaphragm- Their Connection To This Skier’s Hip Pain
What happens when you take away a compensation? Movement patterns change for starters. But what if these new strategies are...
#117 Persistent insertional tendonopathy – the importance of the systems approach
The movement system is adaptable until there is maladaptation! Why is tendonopathy so difficult to treat? What if straight...
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.