In this episode we discuss the Wrap, which has the summary of 16 podcasts that we achieved over the course of 2017.

BACKchat explores the 5 pillars of health. It refers to being your best in

BACKchat Podcast 34 ,2017: Dr Kelly Holt – Brain Based fxn and Sensorimotor system on 18th Jan

BACKchat Podcast 35 ,2017: Dr Kelly Holt – Brain Based fxn and Falls Prevention on 8th Feb

BACKchat Podcast 36 ,2017: Dr Brandon Brock – Complete Natural integrative care of children on 1st March

BACKchat Podcast 37 ,2017: Mr Jason Harvey (Hand surgeon) Hand Injury – what to do and what not to do on 22nd March

BACKchat Podcast 38,2017:Gerry Clum – Rubicon, Chiropractic in Australia on 5th April

BACKchat Podcast 39,2017: Anthony Coxon – Anthony’s last BC podcast – Paul Interviewing Anthony of his take on BCs 5 pillars of health on 3rd May

•We wish to thank Anthony for his great work as co-host. Our first show was with Chiropractic Icon – Dr Paul Noone – on the 4th March 2015. In just over two years we have interviewed guests from all around Australia, USA and New Zealand.

BACKchat Podcast 40,2017: Kim Fenton – Coming back from PND on 25th May

BACKchat Podcast 41,2017: Wayne Schwass Adolescent health and social media on 25th May

BACKchat Podcast 42,2017:Matt Hall – Sexuality and Sexual Health – Challenging the Stigma on 5th July

BACKchat Podcast 43,2017:Dr Bruce Lipton– Epigenetics, Brain and benhavior on 26th July

BACKchat Podcast 44,2017: Professor Miles Prince – Genomics, cancer management – what’s the future? on 16th August

BACKchat Podcast 45,2017: Dr Luke Nelson – How to safely progress from walking to jogging to running on 6th September

BACKchat Podcast 46,2017: Dr Luke Nelson Sports Injury Rehab and Prevention in runners on 27th September

BACKchat Podcast 47,2017: Dr Brandon Brock Paediatric NeuroDevelopment on 25th October

BACKchat Podcast 48,2017: Dr Brandon Brock Dysautonomia – a clinical conundrum on 8th November

BACKchat Podcast 49,2017: The learnings from the decorated career of AFL legend – Kouta – Anthony Koutoufides on 29th November

SUMMARY

Thank you for listening to Backchat, in 2017.

If you liked this show, please leave a 5 star rating on iTunes.

We leave you with one thought: “Be the best at what you do,

We look forward to catching up with you on our next BACKchat podcast.

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Anthony Koutoufides

In your adolescent years, you had to make a big decision to make. You were a state under-16 high jump champion and also competed in the 110m hurdles and the discus. Then you made a choice to switch from track and field athletics to Australian rules football. What influenced your decision?

You bled Carlton as you were there in the junior Squad from 14 yoa and retired at 34 yoa. What was the highlight of your career?

Your most memorable performance for many fans was possibly the final quarter against Essendon in the 1999 preliminary final where we beat the heavily favoured Bombers in a famous come from behind victory in the last quarter. What’s your best recollection of this day?

On the flip side, it wasn’t all ups with your AFL career. You suffered a PCL injury in 2000, in a year where you were in one of the frontrunners for the Brownlow. This injury saw you miss out on the Brownlow that year. The following year, in 2001, you sustained a serious ACL injury and didn’t play again until the end of 2002. How did you cope with these disappointments?

In your autobiography – Kouta – you described the challenges you had with Dennis Pagan. In your biog, you were authentic and honest about your differences in opinion. What’s your thoughts on this period in your footy?

What advice to you give up incoming adolescents who want to play AFL or other elite level sports?

Beyond footy. You are a family man, married to Suzie with three children. In 2006, you won the fifth season of Seven networks Dancing with the Stars. In 2008, you played ‘Kouta the Greek God’ in the Seven Network’s revival of Gladiators.And now you’re launching your newest venture, KoutaFit. Tell us about your latest project – KoutaFit – and what it has to offer.

Your health philosophy is 20% exercise, 80% nutrition and 100% mindset – what does this mean?

http://www.anthonykoutoufides.com

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Dr Luke Nelson

Luke has involvement in a number of organisations including Finance chair of FICS, education chair of Sports Chiropractic Australia and board member of the Victorian State branch of Sports Medicine Australia.  Luke treats elite athletes from a variety of sports including athletics, cricket, AFL, mixed martial arts, triathlon, water polo, tennis and golf. Luke was recently awarded the 2016 Sports Chiropractic Australia outstanding service award.

An avid runner himself, Luke has completed multiple marathons, Iron Man triathlons and ultramarathons. Luke is co-director of Enhance running, whose purpose is to help people enjoy running and avoid injury through teaching running technique.

1. Do you need to warm up before a run? Some say stretching, some say a light jog …what do you recommend?

 Luke can be contacted through either social media on Instagram or Twitter at @sportschiroluke, or through his clinic website www.chirosolutions.com.au or at http://bit.ly/Backchat46.

For more information on Enhance running please visit the website www.enhancerunning.com.au

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Dr Luke Nelson Biog

Luke has involvement in a number of organisations including Finance chair of FICS, education chair of Sports Chiropractic Australia and board member of the Victorian State branch of Sports Medicine Australia. Luke treats elite athletes from a variety of sports including athletics, cricket, AFL, mixed martial arts, triathlon, water polo, tennis and golf. Luke was recently awarded the 2016 Sports Chiropractic Australia outstanding service award.

An avid runner himself, Luke has completed multiple marathons, Iron Man triathlons and ultramarathons. Luke is co-director of Enhance running, whose purpose is to help people enjoy running and avoid injury through teaching running technique.

1. Society is getting larger with overweight and obesity ….is getting people to run a possible answer?

PROMO

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Professor Miles Prince Biog

Professor Prince is the Professor Director of Molecular Oncology and Cancer Immunology at Epworth Healthcare and the Director for the Centre for Blood Cell Therapies at Peter MacCallum Cancer centre. Miles describes himself as a translational researcher – looking for new therapies in the treatment of cancer, particularly in the way the immune system battles cancer. He holds numerous national and international grants, has been awarded an Order of Australia for his work and has published over 400 manuscripts. For more information, please check www.precisionhaematology.com.au or www.snowdome.org.au

Q1 Can you contextulise your career? I read that you initially wanted to be a surgeon but moved into helping patients with blood cancers, in part, because the relationship with the latter can be longer that a brief encounter with a surgeon. Having said this, there are no doubt some difficult situations where sadly you spend a short time with a blood cancer patient, if you can’t help their cancer? What’s your thoughts here?

Q2 What do you mean by the term Genomic Medicine?

Q3 How does Genomic Medicine relate to cancer therapy?

Q4 The traditional medical routes of cancer therapy is chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. How is this new area of genomic medicine going to potentially change the face of cancer management?

Q5 What are the terms personalized medicine and precision medicine?

Q6 Why has personalized medicine become such a focus recently?

Q7 Why do you see as the major breakthroughs that have led us to where we are in personalized medicine

Q8 What are the next challenges in genomics?

Q9 There have been breakthroughs in immune therapies – what is happening there?

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Bruce’s BIOG

In the 60s, Bruce completed his Science degree majoring in Biology and then went onto complete his PhD at the University of Virginia in Developmental Cell Biology.

He has been principal author of three books and in part of 8 books and been published in many peer reviewed journals

In the last decade he has been in the Visiting Faculty at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic in Auckland.

For more information on Bruce, please check: www.brucelipton.com

Podcast questions

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BACKchat PODCAST Matt Hall 42: Sexuality and Sexual Health – Challenging the Stigma

In 2002 Matt Hall was the first Australian Rules footballer to come out as gay at any level, and in this podcast he discusses overcoming stigma and fear in a time of great uncertainty, and how so much has changed between 2002 and now. In this podcast Matt discusses the importance of educating society, debunking myths and fear campaigns, his inspirations and mentors, and his latest challenge – the Kokoda Stronger Than You Think trek. Matt chats about the AFL PRIDE game, on the 22nd July, between St Kilda and Sydney Swans, and what it means.

Matt is a beyondblue ambassador and Lifeline Crisis counsellor. His story is truly amazing and will challenge all the things you think you know about sexuality, stigma, and living with HIV.

Matt Halls Biog

Matt details what happened in 1998 that changed legal precedent for HIV positive people worldwide and the moral obligation that his mentor helped him through each stage of the process, as the first person with HIV to be banned from playing Australian Rules football.

A person living with HIV who has an undetectable viral load is non-Infectious – did you know this?

In 2002, Matt came out as being the first footballer playing Australian Rules Football and being gay. What is the difference with support if an AFL player playing at the highest level came out, today? How is AFLW leading the way with anti-homophobia?

Matt chats about what the PRIDE game, on the 22nd July, between St Kilda and Sydney Swans means?

What difference would it be if an AFL player, playing at the highest level came out being gay. It’s interesting to observe that a lesbian has more possibly more acceptance about being gay than a homosexual male.

In 1987, the Grim Reaper advertising campaign raised public awareness about AIDS and the concept of safe sex with contraception. The advertisement depicted the Grim Reaper bowling a ball in a bowling alley knocking over men, women and children pins, which represented AIDS victims. What negative effect did this campaign have on society’s attitudes towards people with HIV?

Matt discusses his latest challenge – The Kokoda Stronger than you Think trek -where 18 HIV positive people and their supporters completed the trek.. This has been organized by Olympian Ji Wallace who won a Silver Medal in trampolining at the Sydney Olympics and is also gay. Ji’s 69-year-old father came on the trek and reflects his father’s change in thinking of not understanding homosexuality to now supporting his son who is gay with HIV. This will be a documentary and discuss the view to squash the theme of HIV stigma and discrimination.

Matts reasoning to be involved with beyondblue as an Ambassador and part of their Public Speakers Bureau,

Currently Matt is a Company Director for an Event Management organisation with a focus on Charities and Not For Profits.

The 2017 AFL Pride Game between the Sydney Swans and St Kilda football clubs on July 22 at the SCG.

PLEASE NOTE: Discussion with depression can resonate negative feelings to those who are suffering with a mental health problem.

Thus we responsibly need to pass on depression helpline details in the two countries where we have great reach:

In Australia www.beyondblue.org.au or call 1300 22 4636

In the USA http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net , Toll Free 800 969 6642

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Wayne’s Biog

Wayne Schwass is one of the most highly rated performers in the AFL history, playing 282 games at the elite level for fourteen and a half years with the North Melbourne Football Club and the Sydney Swans from 1988 to 2002.

During his successful fourteen years career Wayne achieved the following honours:

• Won three Club Best & Fairest awards (1994, 1995 NMFC & 1999 SSFC)

Since retiring in 2002, Wayne has established himself as a highly respected AFL broadcaster on TV, radio, on-line, newspaper and internet. Wayne currently works with TripleM Footy and Crocmedia.

Wayne founded the ‘Sunrise Foundation’ in 2006, an organisation he created after becoming one of the first AFL players to speak openly about his experiences with mental health conditions including depression.

The ‘Sunrise Foundation’ while no longer operating was created to deliver preventative education programs to secondary school students between 2007 – 2010. More than 5000 students participated in the ‘Headsmart’ program.

Since retiring, Wayne’s has also become a leading mental health advocate and I will talk more about PUKA UP later in the podcast

1. Wayne details his career shift – from Telstra sales to mental health advocate.

2. Wayne has been very busy in the last week casting his opinion on multiple media outlets regarding Alex Fasolo – elite Collingwood footballer – mentioning his battles with Depression and the courage Alex demonstrated.

3. Wayne details why an inappropriate tweet from a leading football journalist, post Alex’s declaration, equates to the social stigma of depression being maintained.

4.How do we help adolescents dealing with the challenges of social media? The balance between the duration on social media Vs dealing with difficult issues that arise on social media communications.

5. A ex senior coach of the AFL declared that he gave feedback to his young players by texting. What’s Wayne’s view here? Wayne mentions how a coach like Brendon Bolton spends energy on looking after the well being of his players so conversations can occur readily face-to-face.

6. The keyboard warrior Vs a face to face conversation – Kim’s and Wayne’s view. Wayne raises that any conflict on social media is not a private conversation but a public conversation.

7.Whose responsibility is it to raise children in this digital world? Parents or School – listen to Wayne’s view.

8 The American drama series – 13 Reasons Why. Wayne’s gives his view about the need of a framework around this show given its subject matter.

9. How do we support parents in having tough discussions about mental health issues with their children?

10 What are some early signs and symptoms that something is going wrong with your child?

11. Some rules with adolescents in the family home – door closing, iPhones in bedrooms – what are some options?

12. Wayne relates a junior coaching situation where a disruptive boys frustrations was not about his conduct at football but fears about his father being diagnosed with cancer.

13 Where can adolescents go, if they are having trouble with an mental health issue?

Wayne’s Take Home Messages.

What is PUKA UP?

This passion and commitment has been the driving force behind the creation of ‘PukaUp’, a social enterprise that focuses on mental health, emotional wellbeing and importantly suicide prevention.

PukaUp is committed to educating the Australian community about good mental health, the value of emotional wellbeing and most importantly the critical importance of suicide prevention.

The PukaUp vision is to “create the environments for every person to have open and honest conversations about mental health & emotional wellbeing”.

For more details

Discussion with depression can resonate negative feelings to those who are suffering with a mental health problem.

In Australia beyondblue  www.beyondblue.org.au or call 1300 22 4636

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