Cory owns and operates Forward Motion Physical Therapy (http://blog.forwardmotionpt.com), which provides on the job site physical therapy clinics in the Vancouver, WA area utilizing various movement and manual therapy approaches to empower people toward an autonomous state of health as it relates to movement.

Cory also co-hosts, along with Sandy Hilton, of the popular Pain Science and Sensibility Podcast (http://ptpodcast.com/podcasts/pain-science-and-sensibility/) on the PTPodcast Network (http://ptpodcast.com). 

Cory works with individuals who are dealing with movement related problems such as pain or orthopedic injury as well as employers who are struggling with the consequences of pain and injury on their workforce.  Services are also provided to individuals hoping to improve performance at work/play/fitness and who are looking for guidance on maintaining healthy movement through the lifespan.

He has presented nationally on topics including application of graded exposure, graded activity, edge work, novel movements, movement variability, as well as application of care to the workplace. He also authored a mono-graph on prevention strategies in the workplace through American Physical Therapy Association (https://www.orthopt.org/content/c/24_1_the_injured_worker). 

Ben Cormack has a passion for getting people moving and using and understanding movement as an important tool to help others. Originally from a fitness background, Ben has gone on to study Sports therapy and widely in the fields of rehabilitation, pain science and movement over the last 15 years.

Ben owns and runs Cor-Kinetic, an educational company who use modern research into pain, movement and neuro sciences to provide a reasoning process and rehab skills to those who also place a priority on using movement and exercise as key competencies.  Cor-kinetic have provided educational services for the NHS, Elite level sports clubs and universities as well as individual physio’s, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, sports therapists, rehab, and personal trainers

Diarmuid is professional lead physiotherapist at the Pain Management Centre (PMC), the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, U.K. Clinically he is an advanced practitioner physiotherapist and independent prescriber and he works, in an MDT,  with people living with ongoing pain.

Diarmuid is interested in psychologically informed practice and the role for physiotherapists in supporting people who have pain, and medication related issues. He has published peer reviewed articles relating to physiotherapy practice in pain including a systematic review of trigger point manual therapy, a rapid review of automated outcome measures and an observational study on behaviours of experienced physiotherapists working within a psychologically informed model.

Diarmuid is a member of the guideline development committee for the NICE chronic pain guidelines. He is a module lead (Strategies for the Self-Management of Pain) for the UCL MSC in Pain Management. He also has interests in the non-medical management of CRPS and is a committee member of CRPS UK.

Jarod Hall, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS is a physical therapist in Fort Worth, TX. His clinical focus is orthopedics with an emphasis implementation of the current science of pain to aid in the management of both chronic pain and acute injuries. Jarod has shown clinical excellence in securing designation as a board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). He is lab faculty at the UNTHSC DPT program, instructing in the assessment and treatment of orthopedic injuries, pain sciences, strength and conditioning, and manual therapy. Jarod regularly presents continuing education at the state, national, and international level for practicing physical therapists, occupational therapists, and chiropractors. In addition, Jarod developed and leads both an orthopedic board specialty examination preparatory course through OPTIM Manual Therapy and Fellowship as well a virtual mentorship with Modern Pain Care for practicing physical therapists seeking to further their clinical expertise. He is the author of the clinical resource text “Sticks and Stone: A Collection of Analogies and Stories to Better Understand Pain”.

Sandy Hilton, DPT, graduated from Pacific University (Oregon) in 1988 with a Master of Science in Physical Therapy and earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Des Moines University in December 2013. She has worked in multiple settings across the US with neurologic and orthopaedic emphasis combining these with a focus in pelvic rehabilitation for pain and dysfunction since 1995.

Sandy teaches Health Professionals and Community Education classes on returning to function following back and pelvic pain, and co-teaches Advanced Level Male Pelvic Floor Evaluation/Treatment for Entropy Physiotherapy as well as Neurodynamics and Sensory Integration for Pelvic Pain and a Practical Application of Pain Science course with Pelvic Health Solutions.

Sandy’s clinical interest is chronic pain with a particular interest in complex pelvic pain disorders for men and women.  Sandy is also pursuing opportunities for collaboration in research into the clinical treatment of pelvic pain conditions.  Sandy has co-authored two papers, 2 book chapters and "Why Pelvic Pain Hurts" a patient focused book.

Dr. Marcos Lopez PT, is a Physical Therapist in San Antonio, Texas. He is a board certified orthopedic clinical specialist. He completed the Therapeutic Pain Specialist program through International Spine and Pain Institute in the Fall of 2016 and completed Evidence in Motions Fellowship in Manual Physical Therapy program in the Summer 2019. Dr. Lopez has spoken at State and National conferences regarding physical therapy, integrating pain neuroscience, and evidence-based practice. He is lecturer for Modern Pain Care and facilitates their online mentorship program. He has served on various leadership positions within the Texas Physical Therapy Association at the district and State level. He practices in an outpatient orthopedic private practice and serves as the primary physical therapist in a substance abuse rehabilitation clinic called NuHope. His role with NuHope is to provide weekly group educational sessions on pain science and to provide physical therapy to treat their underlying pain conditions while they actively taper off of opioids.

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Maxi Miciak's work centers on informing clinical practice and healthcare system decisions to strengthen patient-centered care. Her research focuses on developing, implementing, and evaluating care models and practices that impact the patient-practitioner therapeutic relationship, including how health services and policies support this relationship. Most notably, she developed a pragmatic framework of the therapeutic relationship in physiotherapy to support physiotherapists in taking meaningful action when developing positive relationships with patients.

Her appreciation for the therapeutic relationship developed over 13 years as a physiotherapist working in private practice and on interdisciplinary rehabilitation teams supporting people with a diverse range of musculoskeletal conditions, chronic pain conditions, mild traumatic brain injury, and psychological dysregulation (e.g. depression, post-traumatic stress).

Currently, Maxi is also working with multiple stakeholders across Canada to bridge the research-to-practice/ policy gap by co-developing and co-implementing a framework that assesses research impact on decision-making in policy and practice, dovetailing with her interest in assessing the scale and spread of research and innovation in the healthcare system.

Maxi received a Bachelor of Physical Education specializing in Athletic Therapy (honors) in 1992 and a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy (honors) in 1996, both degrees from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.  In 2015, she completed her doctoral studies in Rehabilitation Science at the University of Alberta.

She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Alberta Innovates and the University of Alberta, serving as the inaugural Cy Frank Fellow in Impact Assessment.

Mark Milligan, DPT, Cert TPS, OCS, FAAOMPT is an orthopedic manual therapist that specializes in the evaluation and treatment of musculoskeletal spinal conditions and is Board Certified in Orthopaedics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy. He is also certified in dry needling and in Therapeutic Pain Science. 

He earned his Doctorate of Physical Therapy at the University of the Colorado, School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado.  He went on to complete an Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency and Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship with Evidence in Motion (EIM). He is a full-time clinician and owner of Revolution Human Physical Therapy and Education, a private, cash-based, concierge physical therapy and wellness practice in Austin, Texas. 

Mark is also the founder of Anywhere Healthcare, a telehealth solution for all providers. Dr. Milligan serves as adjunct faculty for the Doctor of Physical Therapy Programs at South College and The University of St. Augustine.  Dr. Milligan is also primary faculty for musculoskeletal and clinical reasoning courses across the country.

Mark has presented at numerous state and national conferences and has been published in peer reviewed journals. He is an active member of the TPTA, APTA, and AAOMPT and is the immediate past Capital Area District Chair for the Texas Physical Therapy Association and has great interest in governmental affairs.

Dr Neil O'Connell is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy in Brunel University London, UK. He divides his time between research and teaching and previously worked extensively as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist. Neil's main research interests are chronic low back pain with a focus of evidence based practice and he has published extensively in this area. Neil is a member of the editorial board of Cochrane's Pain, Palliative, and Supportive Care (PaPaS) group, the Journal of Pain and is the senior commissioning editor for the pain science blog Body in Mind (www.bodyinmind.org  ). He was a member of the Guideline Development Group for the UK's National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2016 clinical practice guideline for the management of low back pain and sciatica and contributed to the NICE Quality Standard on that topic.

Bio coming soon.

David Walton BScPT, MSc, PhD is an Associate Professor with the School of Physical Therapy at Western University (London, Canada), an Honorary Associate Professor in the discipline of Physical Therapy at the University of Sydney (Australia), an Associate Scientist with the Lawson Health Research Institute, Associate Editor for the scientific journal Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, and Director of the Pain and Quality of Life Integrative Research Lab at Western. A past winner of Early Career Researcher Awards from both the Canadian Pain Society and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation an a National Mentorship Award from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, he currently holds the titles of Western Faculty Scholar, Western Teaching Fellow, and Mayday Pain and Society Fellow. Following a 10-year career as a clinical physiotherapist, he returned to academia where his >80 publications span the areas of pain assessment, mechanisms of acute-to-chronic pain transition, critical reflections of PT practice, professional education and knowledge mobilization. He has been the lead or co-lead of national and international pain-related initiatives and advocacy efforts, and has earned a rank amongst the world's top researchers in neck pain specifically. Outside of academia he is a martial artist, a father of two daughters, and a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays and barbecue cuisine.