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Latest Episodes
The Balance System as a Driver
Join us in episode #200 where Susan and Erica explore the potentiality of the balance system as a primary or secondary...
The Body’s Story: Finding Out Why You Hurt Through Your Story and Movement Patterns
In this episode, we explore the profound connections between personal narratives and the origins of someone's injury. Join...
Chronic Low Back Pain and an Underlying Pathophysiological Change: We Adapt Until We Can’t
How important are past events to present movement patterns and restrictions? What about past events of herniated lateral...
Overcoming Fear-Based Movement Patterns
In this empowering episode, we dive deep into the realm of fear-based movement and explore strategies to help patients...
How To Find The Driver Through Patient-Centered Listening
Discover the art of being an active listener who can pick up clues in your patient's narrative to help you find their...
Take Back your Mental Fitness – Part 2
Welcome to the New Year and one of the topics always discussed by Healthcare providers is burnout and imposter syndrome....
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.