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Dr Tom Walters, DPT, OCS | Mastering Movement: Pain, Rehab and Prehab
Ep. 14
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Dr. Tom Walters is a board-certified orthopaedic physical therapist who specialises in the treatment of pain and movement disorders. He is the founder of Rehab Science and dedicates his time to teaching people about human movement, pain, and how to most effectively recover from injury.
Tom runs one of the world’s largest social media accounts dedicated to physical rehab that helps over a million people to master their movement. He makes understanding pain and injury easy, simplifying the science, and then providing the best exercises and suggestions to start, improve and make a holistic recovery. His book (Rehab Science) covers the most common musculoskeletal conditions that many of us either currently have or will have in our lifetime - this episode and Tom's book may just save you a ton on physio appointments. Regardless of where you’re at now, the knowledge Tom shares is beneficial for any and all of us to take on board - for injury recovery and injury prevention in all domains.
In this episode, Tom and Ben discuss why we experience pain and the 3 types of pain, the difference between pain and injury, the cycle of pain avoidance, rehab vs. prehab, having a why behind movement habits, the importance of addressing impairments quickly and having a malleable mindset. As a source of knowledge on exercise, movement and the body - Dr Tom is the head-liner of the rehab science world and this is one to watch if you've ever suffered with any pain that debilitates you and lessens your ability to do the things you love.
Besides running his clinical practice, Tom served as a full-time undergraduate kinesiology professor for eight years where he taught human biomechanics, therapeutic exercise, and pain science. Tom received his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Montana State University and his Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from Chapman University. Afterwards, he completed a residency in orthopaedic manual physical therapy (OMPT) and a fellowship in lower quarter functional biomechanics.
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