Jan 24, 2020
Dr. Gregory S. Johnson and Dr. Vicky Johnson come onto the HET Podcast to share their perspective on managing and operating a continuing education company. They also touch base on some of the main topics and issues regarding physical therapy continuing education and SO MUCH MORE.
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Biographies:
Gregory S. Johnson, PT, FFFMT, FAAOMPT
Gregory S. Johnson,
PT, FFFMT, FAAOMPT, graduated from the
University of Southern California in 1971 and completed a one
year residency program at Kaiser Vallejo under
Maggie Knott. He remained as senior faculty for six
years. Mr. Johnson is best known for his
identification of the need for Physical Therapists to
integrate treatment of the facial system into manual
therapy and the development of the first Soft Tissue
Mobilization course for Physical Therapists in 1980. In
addition, Mr. Johnson utilized his extensive background in PNF to
adapt standard manual therapy techniques of Joint Mobilization
and develop the dynamic techniques of
Functional Mobilization™ and Resistance Enhanced
Manipulation™ (REM) techniques for joints, soft tissues,
and neurovascular restrictions. Mr. Johnson has trainied or
directed the training of over 40,000 therapists in the USA and
internationally. Gregory Johnson is the co-founder and
President of the Institute of Physical Art, the co-developer
of the Functional Manual Therapy® approach to patient care,
and the Director of an APTA credentialed AAOMPT Fellowship program
in Functional Manual Therapy®. He has published multiple
chapters and articles on Soft Tissue Mobilization, PNF and the
Orthopedic Patient, Functional Mobilization™, and Functional Test
for the Lumbar Patient and is currently involved in several
research projects on Functional Manual Therapy®.
Vicky Saliba Johnson, PT, FFFMT, FAAOMPT
Vicky Saliba Johnson, PT, FFFMT,
FAAOMPT has 34 years experience as an educator
and clinician in the area of neuromuscular facilitation and
motor control training. Her post professional training
includes studies with Paris, Grimsby, Maitland, McKenzie, Johnson,
Rocobado, Wetzler, Hodges, and the six month intensive
in PNF at Kaiser, Vallejo under Maggie Knott.
As co-founder of The Institute of Physical
Art and co-developer of the Functional Manual Therapy®
approach to patient care, Vicky Saliba Johnson has
facilitated the training of over 40,000 physical therapists
in the US and internationally in the area motor control and
neuromuscular facilitation for both orthopedic and neurologic
patient care. In addition she has provided corporate training
for preventative care at large companies such as PG&E and
20 Mile Coal Mine (at the time the largest
underground mine in the world). Ms. Johnson is Chariman
of the Functional Manual Therapy® Foundation (a non-profit 501
(c) 3 foundation whose mission is to promote research in
manual therapy), Director of the APTA credentialed IPA/FMT
Foundation Orthopedic Residency, senior faculty for the APTA
credentialed AAOMPT FMT Fellowship program, and adjunct faculty at
Touro College of Physical Therapy. Her primary
professional contribution to Physical Therapy is her work as
the developer of the CoreFirst® Strategies approach to posture and
movement training which facilitates an automatic core response
during functional activities for life, work, and recreational
activites. She has co-authored several chapters in various
Physical Therapy textbooks and has presented at multiple state
and national conferences, including IFOMPT in 1994 and the
World Conference for Physical Therapy in Amsterdam June of
2011. She is currently involved in state of the art
research exploring the correlation between alignment and functional
strength.
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