Melissa Haberfield, very patiently, takes Chelsea and Dan through all things Australian Rules Football. From the field, scoring, and rules, to the punching, kicking, and tackling required to play—it’s a crash course in the game of footy.
Melissa breaks down the demands of the sport, the common injuries, and key things for clinicians to keep in mind when working with Australian football athletes.
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RESOURCES
More on the Prep2Play injury prevention program, including player, coach and clinician resources: https://www.play.afl/coach/resources/prep-to-play/
Intro to footy video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_SqfNNfhmM&authuser;=0
Tayla Harris and the landmark AFLW photo: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-21/tayla-harris-aflw-photo-could-be-landmark-moment-in-australia/10921892

Ep 138: SPORTS CORNER: Footy–"the game they play in heaven", with Melissa Haberfield

The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy brings you the JOSPT Insights podcast every Monday. On each episode, experienced clinicians and researchers unpack musculoskeletal rehabilitation topics in under 30 minutes. Guests share clinical tips and research discoveries with host Dr Clare Ardern, Editor-in-Chief of JOSPT. Sports physical therapists Dr Chelsea Cooman and Dr Dan Chapman are frequent co-hosts.

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Physiotherapists and clinician-researchers, Marianne van Gastel and Karin Hekman, share a new rehabilitation guideline on managing apprehension in people with anterior shoulder dislocation and Bankart repair.
Over the next 2 episodes of JOSPT Insights, Marianne and Karin will take us through the rehabilitation guideline, explain what's new in shoulder rehabilitation, and share their approaches to helping people feel confident to get back to the sports and recreation activities they love after shoulder dislocation.
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RESOURCES
Rehabilitation guideline for managing apprehension after anterior shoulder dislocation and Bankart repair: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2024.12106
Patients' perspectives after treatment for anterior instability: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37811392/
To find out more and register for the YAHiR-JOSPT Young athlete’s Hip Webinar Series: https://semrc.blogs.latrobe.edu.au/events/yahir/

Ep 179: Tackling apprehension after Bankart repair (part 1), with Marianne van Gastel & Karin Hekman

Musculoskeletal rehabilitation practitioners spend years honing our clinical skills—how much time do we spend thinking about and practicing skills like listening, working in teams, and making decisions?
Today, Dr Nicol van Dyk - physiotherapist and Assistant Professor at University College Dublin - is here to make the case for real skills as keys to expert musculoskeletal rehabilitation practice.
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RESOURCES
To find out more and register for the YAHiR-JOSPT Young athlete’s Hip Webinar Series: https://semrc.blogs.latrobe.edu.au/events/yahir/
Essential skills for Physiotherapists led by David Clancy: https://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/essential-skills-for-physiotherapists-9780443111280.html
Seth Godin blog on real skills: https://itsyourturnblog.com/lets-stop-calling-them-soft-skills-9cc27ec09ecb and TED talk https://ideas.ted.com/soft-skills-and-real-skills/
Harvard Business Review - In praise of the incomplete leader: https://hbr.org/2007/02/in-praise-of-the-incomplete-leader
More on listening as a clinical skill: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30279218/
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NICOL'S TOP BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
How to win friends and influence people (Dale Carnegie): https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034
Leaders eat last (Simon Sinek): https://simonsinek.com/books/leaders-eat-last/
Dare to lead (Brene Brown): https://brenebrown.com/book/dare-to-lead/
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You (John C Maxwell): https://www.amazon.com/21-Irrefutable-Laws-Leadership-Anniversary/dp/0785288376
Amazing discussion about vulnerability from Adam Grant with Brene Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXVhDSBiZCI

Ep 178: Leading from every chair, with Dr Nicol van Dyk

The YAHiR (Young Athletes Hip Research) Collaborative takes over the JOSPT Insights podcast today. Tune in to learn about best practice in diagnosing and managing inguinal-related groin pain. Willem Heijboer, sports physiotherapist and clinical epidemiologist from the Amsterdam University Medical Centre, joins Dr Josh Heerey to share the latest research to inform your practice.
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RESOURCES
Learn more about how the YAHiR collaborative is partnering to promote and protect athletes' hip health through high-quality research: https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/research/yahir
The next Young Athlete's Hip Symposium is on 25-27 September, 2024, at Worcester College, Oxford University
The YAHiR Collaborative, La Trobe University and JOSPT are co-hosting a webinar mini series in May and June 2024. In these webinars, you'll hear more from experienced clinician-researchers Drs Josh Heerey, Jo Kemp, Kate Jochimsen and Mike Reiman. Dr Lindsey Plass and Luke Kearney, who both have lived experience of hip pain limiting their sporting careers, bring the athlete's perspective. For more information, and to register: https://semrc.blogs.latrobe.edu.au/events/yahir/
More on the terminology of inguinal-related groin pain: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36111127/
Reliability and accuracy of clinical tests for diagnosing inguinal-related groin pain: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36643406/
Rehabilitation and return to sport after surgery for inguinal-related groin pain: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1060187217300382

Ep 177: Diagnosing and managing inguinal-related groin pain, with Willem Heijboer

There's an app for just about everything these days, including in musculoskeletal rehabilitation and exercises therapy. Have you been scrolling the app store wondering if there's anything worthwhile to recommend to patients?
Today, we're uncovering what makes a quality app for monitoring and promoting physical activity in chronic conditions, including musculoskeletal pain. Dr Alessio Bricca (Assistant Professor, University of Southern Denmark) and physiotherapist, Nikolaj Nøhr, share their latest research and discuss how to apply it in practice.
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RESOURCES
World Health Organization's global strategy on digital health (2020-2025): https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240020924
More on the quality of health apps available in major app stores: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35119367/
Research waste in musculoskeletal pain apps: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30324177/
Benefits and harms of digital health interventions for promoting physical activity: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37410534/
International consensus on research priorities for telehealth in musculoskeletal pain: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37789304/
Making sense of digital health data in primary care: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37096688/

Ep 176: Musculoskeletal rehabilitation in a digital age, with Dr Alessio Bricca and Nikolaj Nøhr

If you're looking for a guide to testing function and readiness to return to sport after injury, you're in the right place! Dr Eric Hamrin Senorski (PT, PhD; University of Gothenburg, Sweden) shares how he blends his research training with his clinical skills to help athletes and active people with ACL injury.
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RESOURCES
Project ACL ("Project Korsband") registry: https://projektkorsband.se/
Quadriceps and hamstrings strength reference values for soccer/football, basketball and handball: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2022.10693
Hop and jump test reference values for soccer/football, and basketball: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2024.12374
Knee injuries after returning to sport following ACL reconstruction: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27162233/
Return to sport rates after ACL reconstruction: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25157180/

Ep 138: SPORTS CORNER: Footy–"the game they play in heaven", with Melissa Haberfield

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