Physiotutors Podcast

In this super sized episode of the podcast I sit down (twice so a small audio shift) with Ian Gatt - there was just so much for us to cover that we quite simply couldn't fit it all in to 1 recording, and we've still barely scratched the surface! We look at hand, wrist & elbow injuries in combat sports - Ian is the head physio for GB boxing, upper extremity specialist in the team GB Olympic physio team as well as Anthony Joshua's physio. We discuss assessment strategies, where importance within rehab should (or shouldn't) be, combining S&C with rehab, different treatments and much more! Ian is a gold mine of knowledge and I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did recording!

In this edition of the podcast we talk with Filip Struyf to help clean up the murky waters around the shoulder complex and discuss why special tests may not be so special anymore - but may still have a place in your therapy! We also touch on how you can better direct your rehab and what elements are key for a positive outcome. Listeners of the podcast can also get €50 euro's off Filip's online course with the code RCRSP50 !

This time we speak to Paul Hobrough, a leading expert in shockwave, physiotherapist and educator on the topic. Paul has worked with some of the elites in sports and we talk to him on just how much the addition of Shockwave into his physiotherapeutic practise has helped boost positive outcomes for his patients and speed up recovery times in both acute and chronic pathologies. We also discuss where shockwave research is heading and the positive outcomes it has so far produced when used in neurological patients!! Listen in to find out more!

On This episode we talk with Enda Kind, a physiotherapist, S&C specialist, researcher and educator. We get to talk with him about what successful rehabilitation and return to sport/function entails, and how you can work on movement patterns, segmental control within the kinetic chain as well as tips on coaching your patients to optimise outcomes, and how treating just the pathology might be the reason why a patient might not be making the expected improvements - listen in to find out more!

Today on the podcast we're joined by the world renowned Jill Cook - an expert and leader in tendinopathy rehabilitation and research! We cover the basics that you should look out for - what's important in your screening and why exercise prescription is far and away the biggest aspect to successful rehabilitation for your patient - but making sure you're really rehabbing a tendon and not misdiagnosing! Tune in as we take a deep dive into educating your patients and your clinical practise!

!!PAIN SCIENCE IS NOT AN INTERVENTION!! But as physio's we can use our understanding to provide patients with ways they can better understand and manage their symptoms - and that's where this episode takes us with Lars Avemarie, a physio, writer & educator, from using the DIMs/SIMs model to fostering self efficacy, then we take a brief dive into what using an EBP approach actually means for you and where your clinical experience factors in! Lars guides us through some of his own patients to give us take aways we can apply directly into practise, tune in to find out more!

In a Physiotutors first, we were lucky enough to have Paul Venner live with us at the Physiotutors HQ to discuss Ultimate Instability - a tool used worldwide in elite sport and rehabilitation centres around the globe. In addition we talk to Paul about his approach to training with athletes - training methods and approaches that he utilises with Olympic athletes leading to increased learning speed and skill development with the utilisation of the Frans Bosch method! Tune in to find out more!

This episode is a little different to the norm - I talk to both Molly and Natasha about concussions and their varied experiences on rehab from the patients perspective and the clinicians - what skills can help you stand out in the crowd and where the soft skills become invaluable in helping your patient deal with their injury. We also discuss their upcoming concussion call and the relevance for both clinicians to improve their understanding and shape their practise and those living with concussions on how to better deal with potential complications as well as dealing with the holidays!

This time on the Physiotutors podcast we talk with Brodie Sharpe, the host of the Run Smarter podcast, a physiotherapist and a running enthusiast himself. We discuss running related injuries and the importance of recovery - this is also the topic of this upcoming month for the Run Smarter podcast - the importance of recovery! On this episode we look more specifically at when to and not to rest, the importance of a good balance between S&C, running and rest and how this can combine to produce positive outcomes for your patients.

This time I chat with Ryan Timmins to discuss his work in hamstring injury research, a senior lecturer and researcher with well over 50 publications to date, we pick his brain and get his take on current literature research and we should be taking forward to our patients. We discuss injuries and return to sport, and talk about how we can optimise hamstring regrowth following ACL surgery (from a hamstring/hamstring + gracilis graft. We then get into training volumes and loads pre season and during to optimise injury prevention and compliance! Tune in to find out more!