
TOUGH TO TREAT
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Latest Episodes
#56: Is this patient tough to treat?
How does someone who has had 4 sessions of PT somewhere else become complex? The answer: She got the wrong treatment. And...
#55: Back pain or leg pain – why is it getting worse?
Explore the narrative of this client with persistent hip and leg pain for over 20 years. In this episode we explore the...
#54: Leaking and Running – A solution
You have not run in over a year because of a foot and hip injury. Finally, it's all coming together-you have less hip pain...
#53: Is an overactive TFL a poor movement strategy?
Your patient cannot sit and cannot squat in the gym without lateral hip pain. They believe it is their overactive TFL. But...
#52: A shoulder or a neck problem – what is important to the patient?
Shoulder pain - or neck pain? Does it really matter to the intervention? What does the client believe and expect? How do...
#51: Is it really the nerve root?
Searing shin pain, low back pain, night sweats, unable to sleep or walk-is it the disc? The nerve root? A sensitive nervous...
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.