74- Directional Preference of the Wrist with Dr. Joseph R. Maccio

Dec 17, 2022

💭 ”Anyone that had excessive mechanical stress of extension, it was a 75% likelihood that some form of flexion was going to help them. ” - Dr. Joseph R. Maccio

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Joseph R. Maccio DPT, Dip. MDT. Dr. Maccio has published in the application of MDT in the wrist, hip osteoarthritis, ankle, after failed anterior cervical fusion and discectomy, and lateral epicondylalgia. He has given a platform presentation at the McKenzie Americas Conference detailing the prevalence of directional preference at the wrist. He has also presented numerous posters at national and international MDT conferences regarding ankle, lumbar, cervical, elbow, and hip pain. He has also presented a clinical mentoring webinar for the McKenzie Institute USA on the identification of derangement and directional preference. He is the Clinical Instructor (CI) for an MDT-specific clinical rotation for doctoral physical therapy students.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Joseph's story and career

▪️ Prevalence of MDT syndromes in consecutive patients with wrist pain

▪️ Directional preference in patients classified as wrist Derangement

▪️ Variables associated with finding directional preference

▪️ Case description including the clinical reasoning involved in finding directional preference

🔎Joseph's favorite resource of information:

1- ⁠https://mckenzieinstitute.org/clinicians/research-and-resources⁠

📲Joseph’s contact information:

E-mail: [email protected]