The Flexing Physio

In this episode, queen Bri and I talk about who inspires us and WHY we have become physiotherapists. This episode is our most inspiring one and would love it if you messaged me on the @theflexingphysio instagram and told me who inspires you everyday. 

We are so blessed that in this clinic, we have a dietitian working with us. In this episode, we catch up Grainne Atwell as we discuss how physios can best work in with dietitians and also what cues we can gather from our subjective interview with our patients so that we should refer them to see a dietitian. Enjoy, now go eat a brocolli!! 

Liv and I have a yarn about why doing sport's training/sports physio work as a uni student is such a good idea! We also talk about the challenges we faced from our experiences and communicating with different personalities. Thanks for joining the poddy Liv ☺️

This episode, we tackle top advice from other fellow physios on things they wish they knew or thought about prior to starting their new grad work. 

In this episode, Bri and Dan tackle one of the listener's question (THANK YOU for the question!!) of how we reach a diagnosis, as it's not always a straight path. We talk about nailing your subjective assessment, having your differential diagnosis, what to do if you get stuck, never being afraid to ask for help and just CHILL OUT BRO!!! We chat about a real life experience that Bri had just this morning with a knee! 

We've all had the patient who comes in with lots and lots going on in their personal life. We know that the experience of pain is much more complicated than a simple structural damage. In this episode, wazza and I delve into how we navigate through a yellow flaggy type consult and how we can best use our skills to help them. Remember, they are also humans and they are able to change and sometimes you are the difference between them forever going down the path of self-wallowing pity and them taking ownership and actually doing something about it. So let's get motivated and make change, one patient at a time. 

In this episode we are going to catch up with our 2022 new grad, the amazing "Clean&Jerk King".. Sambo Foran. It's always a laugh and solid banter with this clown. Tune in to find out how he's coping working with proactive and with Dan Chang!!

This is a cracker of an episode, as we welcome back to the physio world, BRI SHORT!!! We chat about burn out and the symptoms of burning out and our real life experiences of it. If you listen to this episode and you either burnt out or experiencing burn out symptoms, make sure you reach out to us and we'll give you a virtual hug and tell you it's all going to be ok bro/sis. 

Have you ever wondered which accounts to follow on social media for great, thought provoking content and to also help with your daily clinical work?? Here are a list of people we personally follow and we recommend now to YOU listeners! 

1.) The Sports Medicine Project - Blake Withers (Podiatrist) and Kelly Kortick (Physiotherapist)

2.) Kneesovertoesguy - Ben Patrick 

3.) Newcastle Performance Physio - clinic owned by Dave Renfrew, Kelly Kortick also works there. 

4.) The Prehab Guys - great for building an exercise bank for certain types of injuries. 

5.) iMoveU - Michael Rizk helping young health professionals transition from uni to a happy, fulfilled and long lasting career.

6.) Adam Meakins - No time for silly BS 

BONUS PODDY EPISODE for this week is with Newcastle 4th yr student, Olivia Fanning!! 🎉 

We chat about:

- Our uni experiences.

- Day in the life during JHH prac. 

- Her advice to students about to do a hospital prac. 

- Challenges faced during her placement. 

- TEAM approach with the MDT. 

- CONFIDENCE as a student!! 

Enjoy!! 😎