Mrs. Audrey Long received her Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Western Ontario in 1984, has since practiced in many different settings and has had exposure to a wide variety of conditions. She especially enjoys the challenge of sorting out neck and shoulder problems, or back and hip problems using the McKenzie Method. In 1993 she traveled to New Zealand to attend the advanced McKenzie course earning a Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment. Audrey now teaches courses on this method to therapists across Canada and in the United States. She has published two research papers in the journal Spine and continues to be involved in clinical research.
Episode 4 - Richard Rosedale: Discovering the Full Potential
Graduating from Guy's School of Physiotherapy in 1992, Richard has spent over 20 years as an orthopaedic physiotherapist. He gained his Diploma in MDT in 1997 and has been an instructor with The McKenzie Institute Canada since 2001. He has facilitated courses and conference workshops throughout North America and co-authored several publications on low back pain.
Episode 3 - Ron Donelson: Orthopedic Surgeon Turned Self Care Advocate
Dr. Ronald Donelson is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specialized in non-operative spine care for 20 years, first in private practice and then at the Institute for Spine Care at the State University of New York in Syracuse. He was granted the Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy in 1991 and attained a Master of Science degree in 1998 at Dartmouth Medical School’s Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences. He is the Founder and President of SelfCare First, a consulting, publishing, and low back pain disease management company.
His numerous research publications have focused on the assessment, classification, and non-operative treatment of neck and low back pain. He has written two books: the widely acclaimed “Rapidly Reversible Low Back Pain” and the recently published “Solving the Mystery”, written for individuals struggling with back or neck pain.
Dr. Donelson is an Advisory Editor with the journal Spine, a member of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine neck pain guideline panel, the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, the North American Spine Society, active with the International Forum for Primary Care Research in Low Back Pain, and is currently the Vice President of the American Back Society.