“The arm bone is connected to the wrist bone”….. come on now, we all know this song! Well, it’s a fact, everything is connected. Derek Clewley, DPT, PhD., not only details us through examination of an injury, he clues us in on treatment of the kinetic chain. Join us as we discuss looking proximal to the cervical spine when we are treating conservative lower arm issues such as ulnar wrist pain or lateral epicondylitis. Just imagine upping your game in the clinic treating proximally, how that will impact pain levels distally with minimal hands-on. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did!
Dr. Clewley is a graduate of Shenandoah University with his DPT and a PhD. from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professionals. His area of expertise and training is in orthopedics and manual physical therapy. He achieved board certification in orthopedics and is recognized as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists.
His PhD is primarily in research interests including dry needling, manual physical therapy, and pain sciences. Dr. Clewley has extensive experience in the development of continuing education, residency, and fellowship post-graduate training programs.
He is the associate editor of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders and a AAOMPT Board Member.
He’s published in 44 articles and has received several Merritt Awards and Clinical Instructor of the year awards.