#92. Is Physical Therapy, The Panacea of Chronic Pain?

Jan 12, 2023

Have you ever had any of your patients say that they don't think physical therapy helps their pain? Or that the physical therapy made their pain worse?

It would certainly not surprise me, if you said yes. And in that case, this is definitely is the episode you want to listen to carefully.  And if your answer to my question was no, this is an episode for you too, my friend. Because sooner or later you too will join this elite club with rest of us. However, this episode will give you the framework and tools to change that in your practice.  Learn it from our guest who magically rehabilitates patients debilitated by pain . 

 

Kathleen Lynch, DPT joins us to share how she motivates her patients to do physical therapy and be fully engaged with it. She also shares strategies and tools that can be used in assessing patients if they are in need of physical therapy. Kathleen’s goal is to discharge physiotherapist patients to self care by educating more healthcare professionals and patients. 

 

Worry no more about patients who do not go to their physical therapy session, as you will learn so much from Kathleen that will make your patients fully engaged. Listen now!

 

Takeaways In This Episode:

• How Kathleen become interested in physiotherapy.
• Her guide to approaching, assuring, and educating patients who are afraid to do physiotherapy.
• How any healthcare professionals can convey the value of including physical therapy in their treatment plan. 
• When to incorporate physiotherapy for pain management.
• Physical activity and therapy strategies pertinent to different diagnoses.
• Engaging a child and their family in self management of their pain using physical activity and  therapy.
• what type(s) of physiotherapy or occupational therapy is optimal for different conditions 
• Role(s) a physiotherapist plays in pain management and how it may be different than an occupational therapist.
• The optimal duration for physiotherapy
• How to overcome the barriers to access as it relates to physiotherapy.

 

Links

Clinicians Pain Evaluation Toolkit

Proactive Pain Solutions Physicians Academy

About the Guest Speaker:

Kathleen Lynch, DPT

 

Kathleen Lynch completed her Master's of Science in Physiotherapy in 2009 at the Dalhousie University and her Bachelors of Arts with Honors at McGill University in 2005. She's fluently bilingual both in French and English and has worked in a variety of pediatric environments including acute care, rehabilitation settings, school and home based settings. She's a physiotherapist at the Thames Valley Children's Center and Children's Hospital (TVCC) at London Health Science Centre

 

Kathleen is a doctor specialized in physical treatment of children to help reduce pain, restore mobility, rehabilitate an injury, or increase movement and overall function. As a physical therapist, Dr. Lynch can treat multiple conditions with exercises, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, joint mobilization, heat, ice, massage, laser or light therapy and more. Dr. Lynch will create a treatment plan based on the child's specific injury, disease or condition, and might target a specific body part or body system based on the individual.

 

She is also the pediatric lead in the Ontario chronic pain network as Operations Manager for the executive committee representing all the publicly funded chronic pain programs in Ontario, Canada. 

Pedia Pain Focus Podcast is hosted by Dr. Anjana Kundu, it's the 1st podcast dedicated to pediatric pain, providing education and tools for all healthcare professionals dealing with children's pain issues. If you're a pediatric healthcare provider, this one's for YOU! The podcast brings you renowned experts from the field of pediatric pain, healthcare technology and business, policy makers, healthcare advocates and more to share their innovations, expertise, and experience in the field.