Hands in Motion Podcast

Hands in Motion Podcast

The Hands in Motion podcast features dynamic discussions with a variety of guests and encompasses interviews with diverse professionals about current treatment trends, hot topics in hand and upper extremity rehabilitation, current evidence, case studies, alternative treatment areas, and more. The podcast features an array of prominent guests including consumers and content experts on current trends and issues.

The Hands in Motion podcast hopes to educate, inspire and entertain OT, PT, CHT, or multidisciplinary professionals including hand/UE injury patients, physicians, and athletic trainers.

Hands in Motion e-Community

ASHT members may join the Hands in Motion e-Community, an open forum to ask questions and share resources related to the podcast. The Hands in Motion e-Community discusses various topics, including the patient experience, rehabilitation, and hot topics in healthcare and research.

How to Listen

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Meet the Hosts

The Hands in Motion podcast is proudly hosted by Stephanie Strouse, OTD, OTR/L, CHT and Cara Smith, PT, DPT, CHT. Experienced professionals in hand and upper extremity therapy, both Stephanie and Cara are long-time ASHT members and serve on the Education Division where they manage several key projects. Please see their bios below for more information about the hosts!

Cara Smith, PT, DPT, CHT

Cara graduated from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center with a Master of Physical Therapy in 2007. She completed the Evelyn J. Mackin Hand Therapy Fellowship in 2010 and became a Certified Hand Therapist in 2013. In 2020, she earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Arcadia University.

Cara is the Hand Therapy Program Coordinator at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The majority of her clinical practice has been in pediatric orthopedics, working alongside orthopedic surgeons in multidisciplinary clinics taking care of children with congenital and acquired conditions, as well as traumatic injuries.

Stephanie Strouse, OTD, OTR/L, CHT

Stephanie has been practicing occupational therapy for over 28 years with the majority of her practice dedicated to the treatment of hand and upper extremity injuries. She graduated in 1992 with an associates degree in Applied Science and progressed to earn her bachelors degree in 2002 and doctoral degree in 2015. In 2016, she earned the designation of Certified Hand Therapist and has continued to practice in an outpatient setting.

Stephanie is actively involved in the Education Division for the American Society of Hand Therapists since 2015 and served as an ASHT board intern in 2018. Stephanie is also a mother of three children and owns her own yoga studio and enjoys boating, hiking, crafting and spending down time with her family.

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Most Recent Podcast

Sustainability in Therapy
Featured Guest(s):
Janet Craik, MSc, OT Reg. (Ont.), Ben Mortenson, BscOT, MSc, PhD, OT, FCAOT
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Duration:
35 minutes 47 seconds

Recorded Podcasts

Exercise Prescription in Upper Extremity Rehabilitation
Featured Guest(s):
April O’Connell, OTR/L, CHT, ACSM
Originally Presented:
Duration:
44 minutes 48 seconds
Wide-Awake Procedures: Not Just for Tendons
Featured Guest(s):
Paul Anderson Sibley, DO, FAOAO
Originally Presented:
Duration:
31 minutes 54 seconds
Hand Therapy Education in Ukraine
Featured Guest(s):
Nathan Short, PhD, OTD, CHT, FAOTA
Originally Presented:
Duration:
32 minutes 22 seconds
Optimizing Hand Therapy Post Flexor Tendon Repairs
Featured Guest(s):
Alexandra MacKenzie, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
30 minutes 6 seconds
ASHT Leadership Development Program
Featured Guest(s):
Laura L Carlos, MOT, OTR/L, CHT, CEAS I, Theresa Hallenen, DHSc, MS, OTR/L, CHT, Brooke Ochoa, OTR/L, CHT, Juliet Steffe, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
45 minutes 5 seconds
Gymnast’s Wrist
Featured Guest(s):
Lindsey Williams OT, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
32 minutes 14 seconds
From Patient to Therapist
Featured Guest(s):
Amy Lindsey, PT, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
33 minutes 39 seconds
CMC Osteoarthritis
Featured Guest(s):
Corey McGee, PhD, MS, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
30 minutes 43 seconds
2024 Pediatric Specialty Day Preview
Featured Guest(s):
Mary “Peggy” Faussett, OTR, CHT , Lindsey Williams, OT, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
23 minutes 9 seconds
2024 Annual Meeting Preview
Featured Guest(s):
Brocha Z. Stern, PhD, OTR, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
37 minutes 37 seconds
Using AI in Hand Therapy
Featured Guest(s):
Zach Sutton, PT, DPT, MS, MBA, ATC, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
42 minutes 32 seconds
American Association for Hand Surgery: Benefits of a Therapist Membership
Featured Guest(s):
Nora Barrett, MS, OTR/L, CHT, WCC, Stephanie Kannas, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
27 minutes 16 seconds
Work Conditioning in Upper Extremity Injuries
Featured Guest(s):
Kimberly Pace, OTR/L
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Duration:
34 minutes 14 seconds
Targeted Muscle Reinnervation
Featured Guest(s):
Bryan Loeffler, MD
Originally Presented:
Duration:
45 minutes 2 seconds
Upper Extremity Rehabilitation for Rock Climbers
Featured Guest(s):
Emily Hartnett, OTD, MOTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
27 minutes 50 seconds
Benefits of ASHT Membership
Featured Guest(s):
Rob McClellan, OTR/L, CHT, COMT-UL
Originally Presented:
Duration:
26 minutes 39 seconds
Psychological Impact of Upper Extremity Injury
Featured Guest(s):
Brad K. Grunert, Ph.D
Originally Presented:
Duration:
39 minutes 19 seconds
Hand Therapy with Mercy Ships
Featured Guest(s):
Yeiddy L. Ferreira, OTR/L
Originally Presented:
Duration:
35 minutes 27 seconds
Clinical Guidelines for Treating Lateral Elbow Pain
Featured Guest(s):
Ann Lucado, PT, PhD, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
48 minutes 35 seconds
Psychosocial Factors and Pain in Upper Extremity Rehabilitation
Featured Guest(s):
Alyssa L. Phillips, CScD, MOT, OTR/L
Originally Presented:
Duration:
36 minutes 56 seconds
Strength and Conditioning in Hand Therapy
Featured Guest(s):
James Wagner, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, CPAM, CSCS
Originally Presented:
Duration:
44 minutes 5 seconds
Relative Motion Orthoses
Featured Guest(s):
Julianne W Howell, PT, MS, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
32 minutes 37 seconds
2023 Annual Meeting Preview
Featured Guest(s):
Missy Cathcart Thurlow, MBA, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
28 minutes 57 seconds
Casting Motion to Mobilize Stiffness
Featured Guest(s):
Judy Colditz, OT/L, CHT, FAOTA
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Duration:
44 minutes 15 seconds
Congenital Limb Differences
Featured Guest(s):
Sarah Tuberty, OTD, OTR/L
Originally Presented:
Duration:
43 minutes 42 seconds
Prosthetics Series: The Patient Perspective
Featured Guest(s):
Greg Johnson
Originally Presented:
Duration:
36 minutes 38 seconds
Prosthetics Series: Pediatric Upper Extremity Prosthetics
Featured Guest(s):
Dwight Putnam, CP/LP
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Duration:
27 minutes 38 seconds
Prosthetics Series: Hand Therapy and Prosthetics
Featured Guest(s):
Haley Van Escobar, MOTR/L, CHT
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Duration:
44 minutes 17 seconds
Advocacy in Hand Therapy
Featured Guest(s):
Danielle Sparks, DHS, MOT, OTR, CHT
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Duration:
41 minutes 21 seconds
Mission Work in Sierra Leone
Featured Guest(s):
Karen Roeming, OT, MA, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
42 minutes 9 seconds
Traumatic Injuries of the Brachial Plexus
Featured Guest(s):
Stephanie Kannas, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
42 minutes 23 seconds
Pediatric Burns
Featured Guest(s):
Patti Sharp, OTD, MS, OTR/L, BCP
Originally Presented:
Duration:
40 minutes 23 seconds
Treating Pediatric Joint Hypermobility
Featured Guest(s):
Carrie Shotwell, MEd, DHS, OTR/L
Originally Presented:
Duration:
43 minutes 38 seconds
Blood Flow Restriction
Featured Guest(s):
James Wagner, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, CPAM, CSCS
Originally Presented:
Duration:
36 minutes 48 seconds
Spotlight on Treatment: Joint Mobilization of the Elbow
Featured Guest(s):
Ann Porretto-Loehrke, PT, DPT, CHT, COMT, CMTPT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
43 minutes 43 seconds
One Great Therapist-Patient Team: Deana Swanson, MS, OTR/L, CHT and Buddy Valastro
Featured Guest(s):
Deana Swanson, MS, OTR/L, CHT, Buddy Valastro
Originally Presented:
Duration:
32 minutes 39 seconds
Sneak Peek into the 2022 ASHT Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
Featured Guest(s):
Kimberly Kraft, PT, DPT, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
29 minutes 52 seconds
Pediatric Brachial Plexus
Featured Guest(s):
James H. Northcutt OTR, MOT, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
49 minutes 32 seconds
Proprioception in Distal Radius Fractures
Featured Guest(s):
Kris Valdes, OTD, OTR, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
39 minutes 4 seconds
Treating Traumatic Injuries
Featured Guest(s):
Gayle Severance, MS, OT/L, CHT, Danielle Zook, OTD, MOT, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
40 minutes 28 seconds
Current Trends in Treatment
Featured Guest(s):
Jill Yanick, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
51 minutes 28 seconds
HTCC 30th Anniversary
Featured Guest(s):
Martin Walsh, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
31 minutes 17 seconds
Knowledge Translation
Featured Guest(s):
Marsha Lawrence, PT, CHT, Mia Erickson, Pt, CHT, EdD
Originally Presented:
Duration:
45 minutes 28 seconds
Collaboration of an OT and a COTA in Hand and Upper Extremity Therapy
Featured Guest(s):
Parker Gregory, OTR/L, CHT, Dillon Pittman, COTA
Originally Presented:
Duration:
38 minutes 26 seconds
Driving Rehabilitation
Featured Guest(s):
Susie Touchinsky OTR/L, SCDCM, CDRS
Originally Presented:
Duration:
42 minutes
Fellowship Series: Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Therapy Fellowship
Featured Guest(s):
Peggy Faussett, MOTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
35 minutes 18 seconds
Fellowship Series: Perspectives From a Past Fellow
Featured Guest(s):
Kristen Cullers Slone, MSOT, OTR
Originally Presented:
Duration:
25 minutes 45 seconds
Fellowship Series: Views From a Current Hand and Upper Extremity Therapy Fellow
Featured Guest(s):
Hannah Enright, OTR/L, Rachel Park, OTD, OTR/L, PAMS
Originally Presented:
Duration:
30 minutes
Wound Care in Hand and Upper Extremity Therapy
Featured Guest(s):
Nora Barrett, MS, OTR/L, CHT, WCC
Originally Presented:
Duration:
35 minutes
ASHT Upper Extremity Institute
Featured Guest(s):
Alessia DiGennaro Kerner, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
30 minutes
Guatemala Healing Hands Foundation
Featured Guest(s):
Lynn Bassini, MA, OTR, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
47 minutes
AHTF Grants And How To Apply
Featured Guest(s):
April Cowan, OTR, OTD, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
31 minutes
The Arthritis Foundation
Featured Guest(s):
Rebecca Gillett, MS, OTR/L
Originally Presented:
Duration:
43 minutes 37 seconds
Treating the Musician
Featured Guest(s):
Aviva Wolff, EdD, OT, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
37 minutes 33 seconds
Hand Therapy in the Military
Featured Guest(s):
Major Kathryn Brosseau, MAJ, USAF, BSC, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
42 minutes 7 seconds
2021 ASHT Annual Meeting Recap
Featured Guest(s):
Cara Smith, PT, DPT, CHT, Stephanie Strouse, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
1 hour 14 minutes 48 seconds
Little League Elbow
Featured Guest(s):
Elliot Greenberg, PT, DPT, PhD
Originally Presented:
Duration:
33 minutes 43 seconds
Happy Physical Therapy Month! Spotlight on PTs in Hand Therapy
Featured Guest(s):
Jane Fedorczyk, PT, PhD, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
40 minutes 35 seconds
Engaging Entry-Level Students in Hand Therapy
Featured Guest(s):
Nathan Short, PhD, OTD, OTD/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
27 minutes
Moving Into Academia: Post-professional Doctorate (OTD, DPT) vs PhD
Featured Guest(s):
Rebecca Neiduski, PhD, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
46 minutes 29 seconds
The New ASHT Journal Club Format
Featured Guest(s):
Sarah Doerrer, PhD, OTR/L, CHT, CLT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
23 minutes 31 seconds
Working with the Athlete
Featured Guest(s):
Mo Herman, MA, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
34 minutes 29 seconds
American Hand Therapy Foundation: Funding And Foundation Goals
Featured Guest(s):
James King, OTR, PhD, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
35 minutes 13 seconds
The Expert Witness
Featured Guest(s):
Michael Gerg, DOT, OTR/L, CHT, CEES, CWCE
Originally Presented:
Duration:
34 minutes 1 second
Telehealth: Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Going?
Featured Guest(s):
Michelle Coil, OTR, CHT, PYT, CEAS I, CEO - Virtual Hand Care LLC
Originally Presented:
Duration:
42 minutes 20 seconds
Finding Value in Patient-Related Outcomes
Featured Guest(s):
Jenny Dorich, PhD (Candidate), MBA, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
45 minutes 32 seconds
Burnout in Hand Therapy
Featured Guest(s):
Lynn Festa, OTR, CHT, CDWF
Originally Presented:
Duration:
41 minutes 15 seconds
Pain-Guided Therapy
Featured Guest(s):
Donald H. Lalonde, MD, BSc, MSc, FRCSC
Originally Presented:
Duration:
47 minutes 50 seconds
The Road to the CHT
Featured Guest(s):
Christian Ely, MSOT, OTR/L, CHT, COMT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
35 minutes 29 seconds
Volunteering With ASHT
Featured Guest(s):
Diane Coker, PT, DPT, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
23 minutes 55 seconds
Health Equity Lens
Featured Guest(s):
Rachel Pigott, MPH, OTR/L, CHT
Originally Presented:
Duration:
23 minutes 53 seconds