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

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

Previous Episode

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.

In this episode we discuss:

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
Challenges when parents and children disagree on surgical options (limb salvage versus rotationplasty)
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

Next Episode

Nutrition and Cancer with Kate Ueland

Kate Ueland, MS ,RD, CSO is an Assistant Professor at Bayster University where she teaches and mentors students and she practices as a dietitian at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in Seattle, WA.

Kate also works at Fred Hutchinson Research Center in Seattle, WA as the nutrition advisor and editor for the Cook for Your Life website providing science-based guidelines, recipes, and tips to those who have been touched by cancer.

The Fred Hutch Cook For Your Life website is such an amazing resource that everyone needs to check out no matter where you are in your cancer journey!

We learn from Kate what led her into nutrition and oncology.

In this episode we touch on a many nutritional oncology topics:

Food as medicine
Foods to focus on: plant based and increasing fiber
Weight stability versus focusing on a number on the scale
Food during treatment versus survivorship
Adding evidence to the hot topics of:
- Avoiding sugar
- Ketogenic diet
- Food deserts
- Establishing healthy relationships with food

Fred Hutch Cook For Your Life

Photo credit: Anna Pelzer

Music: RosePigg