The Mechanical Care Forum

In episode 399 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we're continuing with Season 13 highlighting the Mckenzie institute International’s Diploma Program. This week we’re reconnecting with one of my fellow candidates and our clinical instructor. This time in Austin, Texas with Emily Dabrowski and Chris Chase for more discussion on the clinical placement. 360 hours of practical clinic work and mentoring, this week on MCF!

 

We would like to thank Episode 399’s sponsor, The McKenzie Institute International. The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy is globally recognized as a leading treatment for back, neck and extremities disorders. The McKenzie Institute International offers the diploma program to those professionals who have achieved prior certification in the method.

 If you’re interested in learning more, go to The McKenzie Institute International.

 

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In episode 398 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with Season 13. We're spotlighting another from this year’s cohort (Tim Davis) along with his clinical tutor (Todd Edelson). We discuss Tim’s hopes for the placement going into the 9 weeks, Todd’s intention and structure of the clinical time, a couple of patient cases which offered some good learning opportunities for Tim and plenty more!

 

We would like to thank Episode 398’s sponsor, The McKenzie Institute International. The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy is globally recognized as a leading treatment for back, neck and extremities disorders. The McKenzie Institute International offers the diploma program to those professionals who have achieved prior certification in the method.

 If you’re interested in learning more, go to The McKenzie Institute International.

 

We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care and we hope to do it in a way that is easily accessible, the world over, in today's technological age.

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In episode 397 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with Season 13 spotlighting two from this year’s cohort, Tina and Tue along with their clinical tutors Claus and Annette. We discuss their work schedule, the goals and objectives of this phase of the program, how they’re feeling about examination and treatment within this clinical residency site, some specific patient cases which have been valuable learning opportunities and plenty more!

 

We would like to thank Episode 397’s sponsor, The McKenzie Institute International. The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy is globally recognized as a leading treatment for back, neck and extremities disorders. The McKenzie Institute International offers the diploma program to those professionals who have achieved prior certification in the method.

 If you’re interested in learning more, go to The McKenzie Institute International.

 

We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care and we hope to do it in a way that is easily accessible, the world over, in today's technological age.

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In episode 396 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with Season 13. We highlight several of my fellow candidates of this 2023 cohort after completing the theoretical portion of the McKenzie Institute International’s Diploma Programme. Myself, Emily, Tim Tina and Ruchi reconvene to compare our thoughts about accomplishing this first phase. We share how the last several weeks went, our work on the final project of writing a case report, our outlook on the next phase - the clinical residency and plenty more!

 

We would like to thank Episode 396’s sponsor, The McKenzie Institute International. The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy is globally recognized as a leading treatment for back, neck and extremities disorders. The McKenzie Institute International offers the diploma program to those professionals who have achieved prior certification in the method.

 If you’re interested in learning more, go to The McKenzie Institute International.

 

At MCF, we hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care and we hope to do it in a way that is easily accessible, the world over, in today's technological age.

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In episode 395 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with Season 13. We highlight three of the educators of the theoretical portion of the McKenzie Institute International’s Diploma Programme. Yvonne Body of San Diego, USA, Mark Cheel of Geelong, Australia and Grant Watson of Nelson New Zealand join us to share their roles within the initial 12 week online academic portion of the program. They share some historical perspectives of the evolution of the program, what they teach, the method and intent of this aspect of the program and plenty more!

 

We would like to thank Episode 395’s sponsor, The McKenzie Institute International. The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy is globally recognized as a leading treatment for back, neck and extremities disorders. The McKenzie Institute International offers the diploma program to those professionals who have achieved prior certification in the method.

 If you’re interested in learning more, go to The McKenzie Institute International.

 

We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care and we hope to do it in a way that is easily accessible, the world over, in today's technological age.

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In episode 394 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with Season 13. Season 13 covers an in-depth look at the McKenzie Institute International’s Diploma Programme. In this episode, we’re checking back in with this year's diploma candidate cohort about midway through the initial theoretical portion of the first of three phases of the program. You'll hear from Emily, Ruchi, Tina, Tim and Davide. They'll share how they're coping with the increased demands of reading, contributing input to the online assignments and conversations, how they're adjusting their life to keep up and plenty more!

 

We would like to thank Episode 394’s sponsor, The McKenzie Institute International. The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy is globally recognized as a leading treatment for back, neck and extremities disorders. The McKenzie Institute International offers the diploma program to those professionals who have achieved prior certification in the method.

 If you’re interested in learning more, go to The McKenzie Institute International.

 

We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care and we hope to do it in a way that is easily accessible, the world over, in today's technological age.

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In episode 393 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with Season 13. Season 13 covers an in-depth look at the McKenzie Institute International’s Diploma Programme. In this episode, we’re highlighting three recent graduates, Julie, Adam and Paco.  You'll hear about their reason for pursuing this achievement, how it was now looking back, how it's aided their practice, opportunities which have come from it and plenty more!

 

We would like to thank Episode 393’s sponsor, The McKenzie Institute International. The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy is globally recognized as a leading treatment for back, neck and extremities disorders. The McKenzie Institute International offers the diploma program to those professionals who have achieved prior certification in the method.

 If you’re interested in learning more, go to The McKenzie Institute International.

 

We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care and we hope to do it in a way that is easily accessible, the world over, in today's technological age.

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In episode 392 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with Season 13. Season 13 covers an in-depth look at the McKenzie Institute International’s Diploma Programme. In this episode, we’re highlighting the CEO of the McKenzie Institute International Helen Clare and the International Director of Education and Coordinator of the Diploma Program, Richard Rosedale. We talk about the history of the program, how it’s evolved over past decades, what one can expect if they decide to enroll and are accepted and plenty more!

 

We would like to thank Episode 392’s sponsor, The McKenzie Institute International. The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy is globally recognized as a leading treatment for back, neck and extremities disorders. The McKenzie Institute International offers the diploma program to those professionals who have achieved prior certification in the method.

 If you’re interested in learning more, go to The McKenzie Institute International.

 

We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care and we hope to do it in a way that is easily accessible, the world over, in today's technological age.

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In episode 391 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re beginning Season 13. Season 13 covers an indepth look at the McKenzie Institute International’s Diploma Programme. In this first episode, we’re highlighting this year’s cohort of clinicians as they embark on this journey. You’ll meet 7 of the clinicians share their background, why they’ve chosen this program, anticipated challenges, their outlook on the weeks to come and more!

 

We would like to thank Episode 391’s sponsor, The McKenzie Institute International. The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy is globally recognized as a leading treatment for back, neck and extremities disorders. The McKenzie Institute International offers the diploma program to those professionals who have achieved prior certification in the method.

 If you’re interested in learning more, go to The McKenzie Institute International.

 

We hope to deliver this content to the committed professional who wants to improve his/her care and we hope to do it in a way that is easily accessible, the world over, in today's technological age.

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In episode 390 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12. We’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Dr. Stephen May and his series of texts--Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy--which he co-authored with the late Robin McKenzie. He’ll share the backstory of writing these texts, what a reader will find in them and more!

 

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In episode 389 of the Mechanical Care Forum, we’re continuing with season 12. We’re spotlighting important books related to our field of conservative care of musculoskeletal disorders. This week we have Mr. Wayne Rath and his recommendations of books to read from over 45 years of practice. Books from fathers of nonoperative orthopedic care like James Cyriax, John Mennell, Harry Farfan, and Malcomb Jayson to books in the social and behavioral sciences, like Albert Bandura, to texts on movement and arthrology and more! 

 

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