The Spine PT Podcast

By Dr. Ramez Antoun PT, DPT, PNF, OMT, FRCms

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Episodes: 86

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Teaching Physical Therapists practical tips for assessing and treating back pain so that they can help their patients get back to training and peak performance.

Episode Date
E88. How To Master Low Back Pain Rehab & Pattern Recognition
Jan 27, 2026
E87. Can Extension be an Injury Mechanism for a Lumbar Disc Herniation? | A Case Study Discussion
Jan 21, 2026
E86. How Do You Help a Patient with an Acute Lumbar Herniation in the Clinic? | A Case Study Discussion
Jan 13, 2026
E85. Spine Mobility & Segmentation: Why "Chasing Rotation" Keeps Back Pain Lingering
Dec 30, 2025
E84. A Critical "Cardio" Mistake PT Clinics Make When Rehabbing Back Pain
Dec 09, 2025
E83. The Power of The Subjective Exam & Thoughtful Questions in Back Pain Rehab
Dec 02, 2025
E82. Secrets of The Breath, Core, & "neuro tone" : Why “Tightness” & Back Pain Isn’t What You Think
Nov 25, 2025
E81. “Expectation Gap”: A Mistake That Quietly Derails Physical Therapists & Raises Patient Skepticism
Nov 18, 2025
E80. 3-Simple Breathing Questions PTs Need to Answer When Assessing Low Back Pain
Nov 11, 2025
E79. Fundamentals of Sciatica & Pattern Recognition
Nov 04, 2025
E78. Smarter Exercise Progressions | The 4 Pillars for Back Pain Rehab
Oct 28, 2025
E77. Dealing with Difficult Patients in the Clinic
Oct 21, 2025
E76. Are Your Back Pain Patients Training Hard Enough? | Find Out Using The OMNI Scale & Traffic Light System
Oct 14, 2025
E76. Traffic Lighting Pain: How to Tell If Your Patient's Exercises are Helping or Hurting
Oct 07, 2025
E75. The 3 Pillars of Spine Health & Resilience
Sep 30, 2025
E74. Case Study: Progressing Acute Sciatica to Deadlifting Pain Free in 3 months | What We Did & Why We Did It.
Sep 25, 2025
E73. Back Pain & The Uncoordinated Patient: A Motor Learning Principle That Changes Everything
Sep 18, 2025
E72. Low Back Pain Intensive™ Program for Physical Therapists | Everything You Need to Know
Sep 11, 2025
E71: A PT's Secrets of Success: A Story of an Ironman Who Fixed His Sciatica, Scaled His Practice, & Became a Lethal BJJ Athlete: Todd Houghton PT, CSCS
Sep 02, 2025
E70. Why Do Sciatica Patients Get Stuck in "Rehab Purgatory?
Aug 26, 2025
E69 | 3 Easy Steps to Assess Lumbo-Pelvic Mobility After Acute Sciatica
Aug 19, 2025
E68. What Did The Physical Therapist Say to The Chiro??
Aug 14, 2025
E67. Breath Work & Back Pain: It's NOT Just a Relaxation Tool
Aug 12, 2025
E66: Pain Neuroscience & Low Back Pain: Breaking it Down for Patients
Aug 01, 2025
E65. Acute Sciatica: Where Do I Start My PT Eval?
Aug 01, 2025
E64. 3 Ways Breath Work Controls The Nervous System
Jul 31, 2025
E63. Why is Aerobic Capacity Misunderstood in Physical Therapy & Low Back Pain Rehab?
Jul 29, 2025
E62. The 12-Week Strength & Conditioning Guide to Reduce Fear of Re-Injury after Sciatica
Jul 22, 2025
E61. The Paradox of Choice: Why You’re Overthinking it with Sciatica Patients
Jul 15, 2025
E60: The Truth About "Bridge Programs" | Why They’re So Damn Hard for PTs After Sciatica
Jul 08, 2025
E59: When Can You Start Deadlifts After Sciatica?
Jul 01, 2025
E58: 8 Reasons Why Fixing This Bottleneck Helps LBP Patients Progress Back to & Stay in The Gym
Jun 03, 2025
E57. Handling The Difficult - "Just-Fix-Me" - Patient
May 21, 2025
E56: The Lie PTs Believe That’s Sabotaging Their Evals
May 14, 2025
E55: Coaching Movement Through the Senses: Motor Learning Lessons from Neuro Rehab
May 06, 2025
E54. Why PNF Reduces Low Back Tone Faster Than Anything Else
Apr 29, 2025
E53: How Breathing Impacts Low Back Pain & The Nervous System - Rehab & Training Applications
Apr 22, 2025
E52: Stop Setback Spirals: Why Exercising Adults with Low Back Pain Flare Up
Apr 15, 2025
E51: What Do I do With a Rib Cage That Won't Move?
Apr 01, 2025
E50: The Shift From Orthopedics to Neuro
Mar 25, 2025
E49: What Did I Do Wrong If Flexion Sensitivity Switches?
Mar 18, 2025
E48: Part 2. McKenzie + Neurodynamics progress to the Gym
Mar 11, 2025
E47: Part 1. Is Mckenzie + Neurodynamic Treatment Magic?
Mar 04, 2025
E46: Is it Plantar Fasciitis or Sciatica?
Feb 26, 2025
E45: Are Pelvic Tilts Relevant?
May 18, 2023
E44. PNF Patterns of Facilitation. Part 6: PNF Basic Principles Deep Dive
Apr 04, 2022
E43: Proximal Stability for Distal Mobility: PNF Basic Principles Deep Dive (Part 5)
Feb 08, 2022
E42: PNF Basic Principles Deep Dive - Part 4: Irradiation
Jan 25, 2022
E41: PNF Basic Principles Deep Dive (Part 3): The Stretch Reflex
Jan 10, 2022
E40: PNF Basic Principles Deep Dive (Part 2): Approximation & Traction
Nov 30, 2021
E39: The Inception of Neuropedics Brand before rebranding to Spine PT
Nov 23, 2021
E38. PNF Basic Principles Deep Dive Part 1
Nov 15, 2021
E37: Part 2: Achilles Pain: Early Management for the Fitness Enthusiast
Nov 08, 2021
E36: Part 1: Achilles Pain: Early Management for the Fitness Enthusiast
Nov 02, 2021
E35: Back Pain, Fear of Uncertainty, & Managing Expectations
Oct 26, 2021
E33: Ankle Mobility: A Problem Solving Model
Oct 11, 2021
E32: Tough Love Through Questions FIRST: Story Time
Oct 05, 2021
E31: Lumbo-Pelvic Motor Control: A Framework
Sep 28, 2021
E30: Low Back Pain & Desensitizing the Nervous System by Removing Triggers
Aug 18, 2021
E29: Breath Work & The Central Nervous System
Aug 10, 2021
E28. Catching a Femoral Neck Fracture in a Young Cross-country Athlete
Apr 21, 2021
E27: Rolling Patterns - Nature's Gift?
Feb 25, 2021
E26. Breath Work, Manual Therapy, and Mobility Training
Feb 16, 2021
E24. Mobility: A Prerequisite for Balance
Feb 02, 2021
E. 22 The Immigrant Who Didn’t Belong
Dec 07, 2020
E. 21 Coach The Whole Person: A Clinical Story
Dec 03, 2020
E. 20 Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF): The Basic Principles
Dec 01, 2020
E.19 Treatment Planning and Postural Progressions
Nov 24, 2020
E18. Joint Isolation vs. Functional Patterns... Which is better?
Nov 19, 2020
E17. Indian Clubs and Tension vs. Relaxation
Nov 17, 2020
E16. Joint Centration & Movement Variability
Nov 12, 2020
E15. Flexibility, Mobility, & Performance
Nov 10, 2020
014. Part 2: When Should We Consider an MRI?
Nov 05, 2020
013. Hospitality, Healthcare, and Desensitizing the Nervous System with Dr. Dave Melchiorri PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Nov 03, 2020
012. Part 2: Core Philosophy - Belief 4-7 & Core Values
Oct 29, 2020
O11. Part 1: Core Philosophy to Coaching Humans - Beliefs 1-3
Oct 26, 2020
010. When Should We Consider an MRI?
Oct 22, 2020
009. The Dynamic Systems Approach, Spine Flexion, The Jefferson Curl & Task Specific Cueing with Dr. Brett Scott PT, DPT
Oct 20, 2020
008. Managing Load for the Rehabbing Fitness Athlete
Oct 14, 2020
007. Chronic Low back Pain - Subjective Intake Review During a Live Mentoring Call
Oct 13, 2020
006. Exercise Prescription & Dosage
Oct 07, 2020
005. Removing Triggers & Desensitizing the Nervous System
Sep 30, 2020
004. How do we address joint health?
Sep 29, 2020
003. Making Continuing Ed Choices
Sep 28, 2020
002. What's the Point of Manual Therapy?
Sep 26, 2020
001. Clinical Reasoning & The Art of the Subjective History
Sep 26, 2020