
Physical Therapy and Pediatric Sarcoma with PT Dan
07/05/22 • 64 min
Dr. Dan Steventon is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and practices at The Sanford Children’s Castle of Care Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He specializes in pediatric cancer physical therapy. However, outside of the amazing care he gives his patients, he has a robust social media educational platform and is known as PT Dan The Kids Cancer PT!
We encourage you to check him out on twitter
And his You Tube Channel including his special series on rotationplasty for Sarcoma Awareness Month!
We discuss:
- His journey to specializing in Physical Therapy and pediatric cancer
- PT Dan's goals for kids with cancer: Restore, Rebuild, and Reclaim your world
- Physical therapy needs for patients with sarcoma
- PT Dan and his push up contest with his patient to raise money and awareness
- Does every child with cancer need a Physical Therapy evaluation?
- Why is Physical Therapy needed?
- Why is tailoring a physical therapy plan to each child so critical?
- How PT Dan motivates patients during their toughest time in their cancer journey
- The importance of perspective surveillance in physical therapy
- Managing amputations and limb salvage through physical therapy
- How physical therapy helps with pain including neuropathic pain
- PT Dan's research helping children who are non-verbal or too young to describe their pain
- The importance of a team effort in cancer care
- PT Dan on social media
Music: Rosepigg
Photo: Raspopva Marina
Dr. Dan Steventon is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and practices at The Sanford Children’s Castle of Care Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He specializes in pediatric cancer physical therapy. However, outside of the amazing care he gives his patients, he has a robust social media educational platform and is known as PT Dan The Kids Cancer PT!
We encourage you to check him out on twitter
And his You Tube Channel including his special series on rotationplasty for Sarcoma Awareness Month!
We discuss:
- His journey to specializing in Physical Therapy and pediatric cancer
- PT Dan's goals for kids with cancer: Restore, Rebuild, and Reclaim your world
- Physical therapy needs for patients with sarcoma
- PT Dan and his push up contest with his patient to raise money and awareness
- Does every child with cancer need a Physical Therapy evaluation?
- Why is Physical Therapy needed?
- Why is tailoring a physical therapy plan to each child so critical?
- How PT Dan motivates patients during their toughest time in their cancer journey
- The importance of perspective surveillance in physical therapy
- Managing amputations and limb salvage through physical therapy
- How physical therapy helps with pain including neuropathic pain
- PT Dan's research helping children who are non-verbal or too young to describe their pain
- The importance of a team effort in cancer care
- PT Dan on social media
Music: Rosepigg
Photo: Raspopva Marina
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Sarcoma Orthopedic Surgery with Dr. R. Lor Randall
Dr. R. Lor Randall is an Orthopedic Oncologic surgeon who is a world renowned expert in sarcoma orthopedic surgery. He is the David Linn Endowed Chair for Orthopaedic Surgery; Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, Davis in Sacramento.
Dr. Randall’s clinical practice and research focus on musculoskeletal surgical oncology and on building-leading edge trans-disciplinary teams to combat rare cancers of connective tissue in children and adults.
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- What led him into Orthopedic Oncologic surgery
- His translational and health inequity research including his passion for improving quality of life for adolescents and young adults with cancer
- Questions patients and/or parents should ask their oncology team including their orthopedic surgeon
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- Scar tissue is like cooked bacon
- His research review of radiation and surgery in Ewing sarcoma
- Advances in orthopedic oncology
- targeted therapies and considerations in orthopedic surgery
As promised in the interview:
- Dr. Randall's Twitter
- YouTube Video with our upcoming guest PT Dan discussing rotationplasty with his former patient Shanna - it is a 4 part series - so great! Shanna is the founder of a wonderful NGO Childhood Cancer Community
- TikTok channel of Jessica Emily Quinn - an amazing AYA with 842K followers who posts hundreds of videos highlighting her rotationplasty and answers questions
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