Kasey Hankins, PT, DPT, OCS
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You only have X amount of time in a given day. If you are a Physical Therapist or a Student Physical Therapist, you may also find that the time and energy you have left is precious, but the list of concepts you want to review or learn is endless. Build the habit of listening to small, bite-sized pieces of information to help you study, and save you time to live the rest of your life. Kasey Hankins, PT, DPT, OCS will be covering anatomy, arthokinematics, therapeutic exercise, patient education, and so much more. Tune in to learn on a time...
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Casey makes physical therapy fundamentals usable by connecting research and anatomy to the decisions clinicians face with patients and students.
PT Snacks Podcast turns physical therapy education into focused lessons built around clinical decisions. Casey moves from anatomy and research to what a practitioner might examine, ask, or explain, keeping the reasoning close to patient care rather than leaving it at theory.
Kasey Hankins has a discreet rescue plan for your student: offer to print the patient's exercises.
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A careful, clinically useful look at SI joint pain without the usual alignment myths.
This episode treats sacroiliac joint pain as a matter for careful reasoning, not a slogan. It lays out why manual therapy may help, then breaks the possible effects into joint changes, soft-tissue work, and quieter influences like confidence, therapeutic touch, and permission to…
A clear clinical look at sleep, recovery, and performance that stays practical and skips the wellness fluff.
Sleep is treated as a clinical variable here, tied to recovery, immune health, performance, and learning instead of being left as generic wellness advice.
A plainspoken checklist for the early years of clinical practice.
An episode like this works because it stays practical. It gives new-grad PTs a clear reset: build judgment, keep the daily habits, and treat resilience as part of the job rather than a slogan.
A clear reminder to widen the differential when rib pain does not fit the usual pattern.
This episode treats rib stress fractures as a condition worth keeping in mind, especially for physical therapists and students working with rowers or overhead athletes who load hard and often.
Practical guidance on supporting students without undermining confidence or patient safety.
The episode gives a clear, practical look at clinical instruction, especially the balance between helping a student learn and keeping patient care on track.
A clear clinical map for medial elbow pain and better tendon loading.
This review treats golfer's elbow as a workable clinical problem, not a buzzword. It explains what medial epicondylalgia means, why the older inflammatory label does not fit a chronic tendon issue as well, and how that changes the way pain gets handled.
A compact refresher on a rare dizziness presentation that keeps screening and differential diagnosis in focus.
This episode treats vertebrobasilar insufficiency as a practical screening concern for PTs and PT students, with attention to risk factors, symptom patterns, and the kinds of questions that help separate it from other dizziness complaints.
Peter Attia evaluates longevity science, from CETP inhibitors to protein debates, through evidence.
Morning medical evidence, compressed for practice.
Medical research, translated through patient experience.
This episode provides a comprehensive guide to assessing and treating medial epicondylalgia (golfer's elbow), covering anatomy, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, and a three-phase rehabilitation approach focused on progressive tendon loading and patient education.
This episode segment introduces the topic of sacroiliac joint pain, covering its definition, anatomy, testing methods, and effective treatments for physical therapists and students.
This episode introduces tarsal tunnel syndrome, discussing its diagnosis challenges, underdiagnosis, and importance for physical therapists in evaluating ankle patients.
This episode segment discusses how physical therapists can effectively use MRIs as a diagnostic tool, covering asymptomatic findings and guidelines for ordering imaging in clinical practice.
This episode segment introduces lumbar spinal stenosis, explaining it as an abnormal narrowing of the spinal canal in the low back that compresses nerves and blood vessels, leading to symptoms like back pain, leg pain, numbness, and limited walking tolerance.
This episode segment introduces a discussion on shoulder labral tears, covering their types, functions, and treatment options for physical therapists and students.
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Host Casey Roast provides a concise, evidence-based guide for physical therapists on understanding and managing osteoporosis in clinical practice.
Physical therapist Kasey Rose provides a foundational guide for orthopedic PTs on urinary incontinence, breaking down its definition, global prevalence, relevant anatomy, and the five primary types: stress, urge, mixed, overflow, and functional.
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This episode provides a focused clinical guide for physical therapists on distal biceps tendon ruptures.
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This episode announces a 90-day challenge for physical therapists to set aligned goals, reflecting on the host's experience with goal-setting in residency.
This episode explains the Cloward Sign, a clinical sign for scapular pain, aimed at physical therapists and students.
This episode explains the chronic workload ratio as a tool for managing athlete injury risk and promoting productive adaptations.
This episode covers adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder), including its presentation, affected populations, and treatment approaches based on clinical practice guidelines.