
TOUGH TO TREAT
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Latest Episodes
#92: Not Your Ordinary Knee Patient
What do you automatically think when someone tells you they have knee pain? It's worse with walking SW and walking FW. And...
#91: Thoracic Mobility Beyond The Breath
In this episode Susan and Erica discuss the many ways the thorax can be the driver for a multitude of upper and lower...
#90: Ankle fracture rehab – what is missing?
As health care providers and rehab professionals, there is the story that ankle fracture rehab is simple. Makes sense...
#89: Does Hip Pain Always Come From The Hip?
When someone complains of persistent hip pain, what do you think? Is the source the hip? It may be the pain generator but...
#88: The Shoulder Is Connected To Everything
Join us for a fun discussion on the relationship of the shoulder to the rest of the body. Learn about all the connections...
#87: Double Vision Post Partum, Cause or Effect?
Tune in for an interesting discussion on a woman presenting with complaints of double vision 8 months after the birth of...
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.