Why Physical Therapists Believe Weird Things with CDR Mark Riebel

About this episode

Commander Mark Riebel discusses therapeutic skepticism and the beliefs of physical therapists.

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People in this episode

Hosts: Drew, Alex

Guest: CDR Mark Riebel

Topics covered

• physical therapy
• therapeutic skepticism
• confirmation bias
• clinical practice
• research

Keywords

• physical therapy
• skepticism
• confirmation bias
• clinical practice
• modalities

Sponsors

Teamworks, TrainHeroic

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