The Thinking Practitioner

178: Menopause, Pain, and Bodywork (with Ruth Werner)

🎙 Menopause, Pain, and Bodywork (with Ruth Werner) What if midlife achiness isn’t simply aging—and isn’t necessarily an injury that needs fixing? Menopause can affect f

177: Clinical Reasoning, or Clinical Improvisation? (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)

🎙 Clinical Reasoning, or Clinical Improvisation? (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau) Every good protocol, recipe, or routine is designed to be outgrown. The trouble is that

176: Becoming Friends with Movement (with Nuria Bowart)

🎙 Becoming Friends with Movement (with Nuria Bowart) 📌 Save the date: early December 2026 in Boulder, Colorado — as a result of their discussion here, Til and Nuria are

175: The Affection Question (with Kory Floyd)

🎙 The Affection Question (with Kory Floyd) How many of your clients come to you, week after week, not just for their shoulder or their low back — but because yours may b

174: How to Bend Time (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)

🎙 How to Bend Time (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe) There’s a moment in many good sessions when the clock stops mattering — breathing deepens, your hands settle, and tim

173: Recognizing & Touching Trauma (with Dr. Peter Levine) Listener Favorite

🎙 Recognizing & Touching Trauma (with Dr. Peter Levine) By popular demand! Originally aired as Episode 108, Til’s conversation with Dr. Peter Levine quickly became one o

172: Lateral Hip Pain: Stop Blaming the Bursa (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)

🎙 Lateral Hip Pain: Stop Blaming the Bursa (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau) Til and Whitney unpack why the old “trochanteric bursitis” diagnosis is almost always wrong—a

171: The Most Skipped Step in Assessment and Why It Matters Most (with Whitney Lowe)

🎙 The Most Skipped Step in Assessment and Why It Matters Most  What if the most important part of your assessment never involves touching your client? In this solo episod

170: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos, Fascia, and Pain (with Tina Wang) Listener Favorite

🎙 Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos, Fascia, and Pain (with Tina Wang) Listener Favorite Why do people with extra-flexible tissues often hurt more, not less? What does fascia ac

169: Exploring Anterior Neck Work (with Walt Fritz)

🎙 Exploring the Anterior Neck: (with Walt Fritz) Walt Fritz is a physical therapist who has been in practice since 1985 and has spent the last 30 years evolving from a tr

168: Back Pain, Stiffness & Manual Therapy (with Stuart McGill) Listener Favorite

🎙What if the key to resolving your client’s back pain isn’t loosening things up — but “adding” stiffness? Dr. Stuart McGill is one of the preeminent back pain researchers

167: Cupping & the Nervous System (with Joi Edwards)

🎙Dr. Joi Edwards is a physical therapist with nearly 20 years of experience specializing in orthopedic injuries and a licensed massage therapist who bridges the gap betwe

166: Does Research Support What We Do? (with Bodhi Haraldsson)

🎙 Does Massage Research Actually Work? (with Bodhi Haraldsson) Bodhi Haraldsson is a registered massage therapist, researcher, and self-described “pracademic” who has sp

165: Multi-State Massage License: Coming Soon? (with Debra Persinger)

🎙 The Interstate Massage Compact (with Deborah Persinger) Deborah Persinger is the Executive Director of the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB), and she

164: Dizziness Roundtable (with Ruth Werner, Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)

🎙 Dizziness Roundtable (with Ruth Werner) Ruth Werner returns to The Thinking Practitioner for a roundtable discussion with Til and Whitney on one of the most overlooked

163: A Master in Plain Sight (with Art Riggs)

🎙 A Master in Plain Sight (with Art Riggs) Art Riggs is a Certified Advanced Rolfer™, massage therapist, and creator of some of the most influential instructional video

162: AI in Massage: Thinking Partner, Threat, or Crutch? (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)

🎙 AI in Massage: Thinking Partner, Threat, or Crutch? Is artificial intelligence coming for your massage practice? Not the way you might think. In this episode, Til and

161: Science, Skepticism, & Keeping Heart (with Paul Ingraham)

🎙 Science, Skepticism, & Keeping Heart (with Paul Ingraham) What happens when a former massage therapist turns a skeptical eye on his own profession and starts asking un

160: 5 Years & Half a Million Downloads: Your Favorite Episodes & Ours (with Til Luchau & Whitney Lowe)

🎙 5 Years of The Thinking Practitioner: Our Favorites & Top 5 Most Popular Episodes It's been 5 years since we launched The Thinking Practitioner — with over half a mill

159: Can You Really Palpate the Psoas? (with Christopher DaPrato)

🎙 Can You Really Palpate the Psoas? MRI Evidence, Clinical Debate & a Bonus Visit from the Researcher Can manual therapists actually palpate the psoas, or is it anatomic