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Welcome to Pushing Pediatrics, an educational physical therapy podcast dedicated to helping those who are studying for the Pediatric Certified Specialist examination and anyone interested in learning more about pediatric physical therapy.

11/11/2025

PEDIATRIC PELVIC FLOOR
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Join us this week as we welcome on Maggie Abbot PT, DPT to chat with us about pediatric pelvic floor!
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Maggie earned her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology in 2015 from James Madison University in Virginia. In 2018, she received her doctorate in physical therapy from D’Youville College in Buffalo. Following a year working in an orthopedic outpatient clinic, she transitioned to pediatric care, where she dedicated the next 5 years of her career. She works at Evolve physical therapy of Rochester where she has a passion to help children as well as pregnant and postpartum patients with pelvic floor dysfunction. In 2025 she has also become a certified breastfeeding specialist.
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This is a topic that has been requested so many times over all of the programs that Sheila and I participate in, so we hope you enjoy this wealth of knowledge!
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07/11/2025

BONUS EPISODE
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Join us this week for a bonus episode to test your knowledge on scoliosis and PSSE!
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If you want to subscribe and are unsure how, head to the “About” section of our Spotify page, or click on the link in our bio!
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05/11/2025

COBB ANGLE AND RISSER SIGN
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The Cobb angle, which we went over in this week’s episode, is considered to be a major predictor from which surgical decisions are recommended by the SOSORT. Here are the current recommendations according to Campbell:
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– Less than 20 degrees – observation
– 20-25 degrees – observation or base
– 26-45 degrees – brace
– 46-50 degrees – brace or surgery
– Greater than 50 degrees – surgery
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The Risser sign indicates ossification of the iliac apophysis and is the accepted prognostic evaluation tool to determine further growth potential. It is measured from 0-5:
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– 0-2 = skeletal immaturity
– 3 = progressing skeletal maturity
– 4 = cessation of spinal growth
– 5 = cessation of increase in height
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Save this post to come back to later or to put on your master study guide!
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Use our code PUSHINGPEDS to receive $150 off of your MedBridge subscription NOW! Click the link in our bio or plug our code in during checkout.
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Season 5 of Pushing Pediatrics is available NOW on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Please rate, review, and subscribe.
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04/11/2025

Scoliosis and PSSE
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Join us this week as we go over scoliosis and physiotherapy specific scoliosis exercises (PSSE). We will review the SOSORT guidelines, scoliosis in general, and specific evidence based treatment techniques.
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03/11/2025

Read the recommended readings
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While this task may sound daunting because there are SO many articles our there, make sure to incorporate recommended readings into your study schedule and plan.
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Both and have lists of recommended articles to read throughout your studying. These articles are important to read and consider because they are well researched and important topics that could come up on exam questions.
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The way we broke up the articles is we took the list and divided them up based on their content into the sections that we were studying. That way, we only had a maximum of 4-5 articles to go through at a time, rather than reading ALL of the articles at the end of our study schedule. This was definitely helpful for us, as there were some articles that we referenced throughout our study process.
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Of note: newer articles that come out at the end of 2024 or beginning of 2025 may not be tested on the 2026 exam, but they are still good to keep in mind. For example, Novak came out with a revised State of the Evidence for CP article at the beginning of 2020, but because it was so new, we knew that we would not be tested on it. We referred to her older State of the Evidence article for our exam studying, but still read through the revised version for our own clinical knowledge.
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Novak I, Morgan C, Fahey M, Finch-Edmondson M, Galea C, Hines A, Langdon K, Namara MM, Paton MC, Popat H, Shore B, Khamis A, Stanton E, Finemore OP, Tricks A, Te Velde A, Dark L, Morton N, Badawi N. State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019: Systematic Review of Interventions for Preventing and Treating Children with Cerebral Palsy. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2020 Feb 21;20(2):3. doi: 10.1007/s11910-020-1022-z. PMID: 32086598; PMCID: PMC7035308.
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31/10/2025

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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Happy Halloween to those who celebrate! No bonus episode this week. We will catch you all on Tuesday for more new content!
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29/10/2025

Daily Study Guide
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“What do I put on my daily study guide?
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We get this question so frequently. We had two different study guides - one master guide and one short, daily guide. On our master study guide, we put everything that we had trouble with along the way. Any time we got something wrong on a practice exam, if there was something we needed to memorize, or just something in general we didn’t feel comfortable with, we put it on our master guide. As you can guess, our master study guides became VERY long and were not something we looked at every day.
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Our daily study guides were short and sweet. They were generally only 1-2 pages and had information on it that we needed to memorize. Some examples include vital signs, the bell curve, or blood values. This was something that was easy to go through once a day and was not overwhelming.
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Everyone’s study guide was different because everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. Sheila’s was different from Sara’s and vice versa, and their other group members’ study guides were completely different. Make one that works best for you.
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Use our code PUSHINGPEDS to receive $150 off of your MedBridge subscription NOW! Click the link in our bio or plug our code in during checkout.
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Season 5 of Pushing Pediatrics is available NOW on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Please rate, review, and subscribe.
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28/10/2025

AAC Part 2
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Join us this again week as we welcome back on the pod Marissa Peters, NYS Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, M.S., CCC-SLP TSSLD and Maggie Muzio, NYS Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, M.S., CCC-SLP TSSLD to chat with us more about communication and AAC!
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We love communication as much as we love gross motor skills. Interdisciplinary care is key!
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23/10/2025

MEDBRIDGE
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MedBridge is one of our main resources that we used while studying for the PCS exam ourselves. They have practice exams, video content, and additional resources that we found very valuable. We have teamed up with them to offer you all a special code to take $150 off of your yearlong subscription! Use code PUSHINGPEDS at checkout, or click the link in our bio.
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20/10/2025

STUDY TIP
Study how you’ve always study
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Do you have a study style that works best for you? Do you find that you study better with music, or in complete silence? Do you study better when you read things over and over, listen, or write it down? Whatever works best for you, DO IT!
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Sometimes when we find ourselves in a study group, we fall into studying how everyone else studies and don’t think about what works best for us. Or, we find that we think that because we have specific resources that we either read or listen to that we need to fit that study mold. If you have a way that you were successful with studying (such as, when in PT school), don’t change a winning formula. Don’t fix what isn’t broken.
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Season 5 of Pushing Pediatrics is available NOW on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Please rate, review, and subscribe to access our Friday episodes!
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17/10/2025

BONUS EPISODE
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Subscribers, join us for an exclusive episode on the dreaded topic, Sensitivity and Specificity. We break it down for you in a digestible way to understand, so we hope you find this helpful!
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If you want to subscribe and are unsure how, head to the “About” section of our Spotify page, or click on the link in our bio!
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15/10/2025

What are the “F-words”?
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The F-words referred to in the article “F-words and early intervention ingredients for non-ambulant children with cerebral palsy” review to the following:
Functioning, Family, Fitness, Fun, Friends, and Future
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FUNCTIONING: goal-directed, self-initiated movement in natural contexts was key
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FAMILY: Family-centered coaching showed strong evidence, especially in low-resource settings
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FITNESS: Fitness is broader than just strengthening—it included sleep, GI health, respiratory function, supported movement, and positioning
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FRIENDS: Peer relationships are core to participation and quality of life
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FUN: Choice, volition, and play are critical for motivation and engagement
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Be sure to check out the entire article and our episode this week for a deeper dive!
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De Campos AC, Hidalgo-Robles Á, Longo E, Shrader C, Paleg G. F-words and early intervention ingredients for non-ambulant children with cerebral palsy: A scoping review. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2024 Jan;66(1):41-51. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15682. Epub 2023 Jun 28. PMID: 37381598.
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