February is heart month and Matt and Allie are back with this month's clinical corner article discussing aerobic exercise and the benefits for patients with chronic lumbar radicular pain. Follow along as Matt goes over the article, poses his question to PT students listening, and shares the outcomes and findings. You'll hear about five different cases of patients with this chronic issue who had clinically meaningful changes including aerobic exercise to their treatments.

Read the article here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/josptcases.2025.0171

Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy? The laws of Direct Access allow you to receive physical therapy without a referral and still use your insurance benefits! Learn more on how Direct Access can help YOU! Our website: https://www.oxfordphysicaltherapy.com/

Matt and Allie are back for Season 6's first Clinical Corner! Matt introduces the article that is a revision of an earlier article from 2017 that gives new updated recommendations for treating patients with hip osteoarthritis. Matt poses his question for the student PTs listening and summarizes the article. You'll hear about the guidelines that were shared back in 2017, the gaps that the new researchers found in the literature, and all the current evidence- based guidelines that therapists should be using today. Listen for the top 3 interventions mentioned in the revised strategies for PTs!

Read the article here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/epdf/10.2519/jospt.2025.0504

Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy? The laws of Direct Access allow you to receive physical therapy without a referral and still use your insurance benefits! Learn more on how Direct Access can help YOU! Our website: https://www.oxfordphysicaltherapy.com/

Matt and Allie are back for the 6th season of the Direct Access to Oxford PT Podcast! In this episode, Matt and Allie are joined by a student PT, Jeff Kuhr, who just completed his clinical rotation at Oxford PT. Jeff introduces himself, talks about his previous career as an actor, and his future goals in PT. Jeff describes his own personal experience with PT off stage and how it inspired him to go back to school during COVID. Matt asks Jeff about his school choices, certification interests, and overall plan for his career path. Jeff shares his experience at Oxford PT and with his CI Dustin Gibson, PT DPT, and a patient case he specifically recalls using Direct Access. Jeff shares his advice to future PT students and adults who might be making the decisions to go back to school for a new career.

Did you know that you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to receive physical therapy? The laws of Direct Access allow you to receive physical therapy without a referral and still use your insurance benefits! Learn more on how Direct Access can help YOU! Our website: https://www.oxfordphysicaltherapy.com/