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Erica Meloe

@EricaMeloe

Pain Detective, Podcast Host-“Tough To Treat” “ A Physiotherapist’s Guide To Managing Those Complex Patients”

 New York City
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Joined March 2009
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Chronic Low Back Pain and Constipation - Why it Matters! toughtotreat.libsyn.com/chro…
Tough to Treat: Chronic Low Back Pain and Constipation - Why it...

Tough to Treat: Chronic Low Back Pain and Constipation - Why it...

Clients often have chronic low back pain as a primary or secondary issue.  It is often combined in complex presentations where addressing one issue is usually not going to generate optimal results. ...

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Pelvic Girdle Pain: Current Concepts Part 2 toughtotreat.libsyn.com/pelv…
Tough to Treat: Pelvic Girdle Pain: Current Concepts Part 2

Tough to Treat: Pelvic Girdle Pain: Current Concepts Part 2

Clinical practice guidelines provide the practitioner with the most up-to-date research on a certain diagnosis or condition.  Join Susan in a two-part interview about Pelvic Girdle Pain in the...

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Unraveling a Compression Fracture in a Young Male toughtotreat.libsyn.com/unra…
Tough to Treat: Unraveling a Compression Fracture in a Young Male

Tough to Treat: Unraveling a Compression Fracture in a Young Male

Compression fractures are commonly associated with osteoporosis in older adults.  However, what happens when these fractures occur in young males? In this episode, Erica and Susan discuss a patient...

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Meeting Patient Expectations- Navigating the Journey to Progress toughtotreat.libsyn.com/meet…
Tough to Treat: Meeting Patient Expectations- Navigating the Journey...

Tough to Treat: Meeting Patient Expectations- Navigating the Journey...

This is an excerpt from Erica's DCP course call in February of 2023.  In this episode, she delves into the crucial aspect of meeting patient expectations and facilitating their progress.  She...

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When Shoulder Pain is Dominant, but Not the Driver! toughtotreat.libsyn.com/when…
Tough to Treat: When Shoulder Pain is Dominant, but Not the Driver!

Tough to Treat: When Shoulder Pain is Dominant, but Not the Driver!

Shoulder pain, like any other joint can present as primary pain and be the #1 reason a client may seek help!  In many cases, treating the apparent joint dysfunction (because it checks all of the...

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Pelvic Girdle Pain: Current Concepts Part 1 toughtotreat.libsyn.com/pelv…
Tough to Treat: Pelvic Girdle Pain: Current Concepts Part 1

Tough to Treat: Pelvic Girdle Pain: Current Concepts Part 1

Join Susan in a two-part interview about Pelvic Girdle Pain in the Antepartum Population.  Clinical practice guidelines provide the practitioner with the most up-to-date research on a certain...

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From Neck Pain to Shoulder Pain: Unraveling the Links Between the Two toughtotreat.libsyn.com/from…
Tough to Treat: From Neck Pain to Shoulder Pain: Unraveling the Links...

Tough to Treat: From Neck Pain to Shoulder Pain: Unraveling the Links...

Does stretching work when a muscle is over-recruited?    Not if you don't change the movement pattern.    This is an excellent follow-up to episode #162, showing how you clinically reason through...

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Unique Release Positions for the Shoulder: Positioning for Optimal Results toughtotreat.libsyn.com/uniq…
Tough to Treat: Unique Release Positions for the Shoulder: Position...

Tough to Treat: Unique Release Positions for the Shoulder: Position...

The purpose of release is to train. Remember that.  Long gone are the passive release positions for patients.  Think about the connections in the regions of the body to each other and then design a...

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Complex Chronic Low Back Pain - When A Regional Approach Will Not be the Best Option toughtotreat.libsyn.com/comp…
Tough to Treat: Complex Chronic Low Back Pain - When A Regional...

Tough to Treat: Complex Chronic Low Back Pain - When A Regional...

Where do you start with a client with complex regional pain that has full-body implications?   Listen to their story, look for the change talk, and gain active participation by allowing them to lead...

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Trigeminal System Referral Pattern toughtotreat.libsyn.com/trig…
Tough to Treat: Trigeminal System Referral Pattern

Tough to Treat: Trigeminal System Referral Pattern

What is the referral pattern for the Trigeminal System?     What does that mean for our clients?     The cervical nucleus of the trigeminal system can have profound effects on multi-body symptoms   ...

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Pelvis Driver In A Male Weightlifter toughtotreat.libsyn.com/pelv…
Tough to Treat: Pelvis Driver In A Male Weightlifter

Tough to Treat: Pelvis Driver In A Male Weightlifter

This episode is all about low back pain with a pelvis component in a 33-year-old male weightlifter.    Erica and Susan discuss how his history of chronic low back pain along with some bowel issues...

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Assessing The Knee Differently toughtotreat.libsyn.com/asse…
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Foot Drivers - The Prequel to the Foot Progression Exercises toughtotreat.libsyn.com/foot…
Tough to Treat: Foot Drivers - The Prequel to the Foot Progression...

Tough to Treat: Foot Drivers - The Prequel to the Foot Progression...

Erica and Susan have presented several podcasts discussing the exercise progression of the foot as the primary and secondary driver.  Today they discuss the idea of taking the movement pattern down a...

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Anatomy and Physiology Interactions of the GI System - Part 2 toughtotreat.libsyn.com/anat…
Tough to Treat: Anatomy and Physiology Interactions of the GI System...

Tough to Treat: Anatomy and Physiology Interactions of the GI System...

This is part 2 of a short webinar on the interactions of the functional anatomy and physiology of the GI system, presented by Susan Clinton.   This will give listeners a nice story of these systems...

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What Do Weightlifting And Poledancing Have In Common? toughtotreat.libsyn.com/what…
Tough to Treat: What Do Weightlifting And Poledancing Have In Common?

Tough to Treat: What Do Weightlifting And Poledancing Have In Common?

Answer: A dominant movement pattern that is the same across all this patient's activities.  No 1- weightlifters brace and dump their shoulder blades when they rack squat. A very common pattern for...

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Anatomy and Physiology Interactions of the GI System - Part 1 toughtotreat.libsyn.com/anat…
Tough to Treat: Anatomy and Physiology Interactions of the GI System...

Tough to Treat: Anatomy and Physiology Interactions of the GI System...

This is part 1 of a short webinar on the interactions of the functional anatomy and physiology of the GI system.    Listen to the unique anatomical arrangements and the neurophysiology connections.  ...

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Hypermobility and Low Back Pain toughtotreat.libsyn.com/hype…
Tough to Treat: Hypermobility and Low Back Pain

Tough to Treat: Hypermobility and Low Back Pain

How do you rehab someone who is VERY hypermobile and suffers from persistent low back pain?  Carefully and specifically!  When someone who is hypermobile complains of continued and persistent back...

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Why Has My Patient Stopped Improving? toughtotreat.libsyn.com/why-…
Tough to Treat: Why Has My Patient Stopped Improving?

Tough to Treat: Why Has My Patient Stopped Improving?

Ep 152: ​​Why Has My Patient Stopped Improving? In this episode, Erica discusses the fine points of what to do when your patient stops improving. AKA a plateau.  Problem-solving through a patient...

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