The Flexing Physio

This week we have the honour of meeting Sydney's Sensational Powerlifting Physio... PEI GAN. Pei is the owner and founder of PB Physio based in Sydney, Australia. Pei has extensive knowledge when it comes to weight lifting and more importantly, how to treat gym goers. I really enjoyed our chat and I hope you do to. In the episode, we discuss the following questions:

- What inspired Pei to become a physio?

- What is the most challenging thing in Pei's career?

- Most common injury?

- How to treat an athlete who sustained an injury during comp prep?

- How to train/maintain strength through injury?

- Approaches and education for back pain that’s worse with deadlift compared to squats?

- How do you address wrist pain in a low bar squat?

In this episode we welcome a controversial and bias challenging member of our physio world. His name is Mr Beau Science. He's a physiotherapist based in Sydney and he is known for challenging beliefs and helping other clinicians become better. I respect what Beau does because it's not easy to go against the grain, especially when looking at things like lifting technique, dynamic knee valgus, lumbar flexion and many more.

I hope you enjoy this episode.

Our socials:

- Dan's IG: @theflexingphysio

- Beau's IG: @Beauscience101

In this week's episode, we welcome 3 weapons onto the segment of "Uncle Dan Meets a Fan!!" We meet Claudia O'Shea who's currently a 4th yr student who is also a successful business owner running a PT service out of her home gym set up, Kate Bennett who's only one week into her private practice new grad year and absolutely loving it, and finally Joseph Bisignano who's based here in Melbourne working two private practice jobs with a sport and elite athlete focus.

I thoroughly enjoyed my yarns with these 3 legends, go give their instagram pages a follow and some love!! 

Thanks for listening... Love u all!!! 

Claudes instagram: @mycoachclaudes

Kate's instagram: @kateeisobel

Joseph's instagram: @josephbisi 

One of the most wholesome episodes to date! My parents are visiting me in Melbourne all the way from New Zealand (where they live) and it's been a pleasure hosting them. This episode features my dad who was an orthopaedic surgeon in Taiwan 25 years ago, until he gave up his job to be with his family in NZ. My dad is my hero, and today we get to meet him and hear his story. We also answer all your questions. 

We yarned about:

- his background 

- does he miss seeing me everyday?

- How was I as a child? Naughty? Got spank? 

- What supplements did he give me? 

- How it feels having a son with an absolute dump truck?

- What area of orthopaedics he specialised in?

- Most challenging surgery he's ever performed?

- Biggest change from his first to last year of practice?

- Did he take any advice from physiotherapists back in the day?

I hope you enjoy this very wholesome and meaningful episode!!! 

The Flexing Physio Instagram Link: @theflexingphysio

yay for another solo session! I low key love doing these, because it's an opportunity to connect with my awesome listeners and to answer any of your questions. I'm an open book, so always one DM away if you ever have a question life or physio related. In this episode we have a brand new segment called 'uncle dan meets a fan' and we meet two legends, Queen Lizzie Bilton (Sydney ICU physio) and Jacked Kingsley Shbay (University of Queensland New Grad). 

The questions that I answer are:

- What is one piece of advice I would give my new grad self?

- What's 3 things about myself that aren't physio related.

- Do I miss Osmo? 

- Has my perception of pain management changed in the last year?

- My thoughts on the King pulling out of the AO 2023?

- Do I like Singapore food or Malaysia food?

- Any tips for a physio about to move interstate and start fresh with case loads and work?

- Why aren't clinical placements paid a small stipend salary?

- What I do when I have no idea what to do with a patient.

I hope you enjoy the poddy xx

The Flexing Physio Instagram Link: @theflexingphysio

What an episode I have planned for ya'll today as we meet Domonique Doyle, owner of Out of the Box Performance based up at Sunshine Coast. She is a sports and performance Psychologist and it was a joy and a laugh chatting with Dom as we answer the questions that YOU sent in! In our conversation, we chatted about:

- What does a day in the life looks like.

- How can you sell someone exercise for someone who doesn’t do it often?

- Whats the one thing you find athletes are the worst at complying with?

- For persistent pain, is the Acceptance and Commitment theory (ACT) more effective than Cognitive Behavioural Theory (CBT)

- How do you approach the mental health of an athlete who’s out of action due to injury?

- For performance goals, do you prefer to focus more on the long or short term goals?

- How can athletes maintain their confidence in competition even when they already possess the skills?

I hope you enjoy this episode!! Peace and Love. 

The Flexing Physio Instagram Link: @theflexingphysio

Dom's Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/domonique-doyle-247aa7a9

HAPPY NEW YEAR FLEXING PHYSIO FAM!!! 

To kick off the 2023 let's meet Mistika who's a physio located in Singapore (Strength Clinic Academy) and also has a strong passion in olympic weightlifting. In this episode, I actually went to her office to record it live in Singapore. It was such a fun chat and I really enjoyed this conversation. I hope you enjoy this episode too. 

In the conversation we chat about:

- Misty's physio background.

- Recovery tips for athletes.

- Whether treatment options change for either gen pop or athletes.

- If weightlifting tickles her physio brain.

- Warm up routine to prepare for lifting sessions.

- How to cure patella femoral pain from lifting.

- If it's recommended to learn weightlifting from YouTube.

Go give Mistika's instagram page some love: https://instagram.com/getfitwithmist?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Strength Clinic Academy instagram: https://instagram.com/strengthclinicacademy?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

The Flexing Physio Instagram Link: @theflexingphysio

When I saw that someone had an ankle sprain, I would think to myself "ah this is gonna be an easy one". 

BUT, there are a couple of pathologies which can be commonly missed! In this episode, we shed some light on these missed pathologies so hopefully you'll be better at treating ankle sprains!! 

Happy New Year and hope you had a safe and very merry Christmas. 

See you all in 2023 for a fun filled year! 

The Flexing Physio Instagram Link: @theflexingphysio

Nadeena’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadeena-thenabadu-695a4a174

Head 2 Toe Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=1pu61g9lnp0g3&utm_content=o3rghq4

Other than being kind and compassionate, what are the other traits that make up a GREAT physiotherapist? In this episode, we explore what the other characteristics Nadeena and I reckon make up a fantastic clinician. As some of you have just graduated Uni or finished your first year of working (Congrats btw!!!), this episode will hopefully give you have insight to what makes an awesome practitioner. We hope you enjoy and please flick me a message on the flexing physio instagram and let me know your thoughts on this episode. 

As always, thank you for listening! 

The Flexing Physio Instagram Link: @theflexingphysio

Nadeena’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadeena-thenabadu-695a4a174

Head 2 Toe Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=1pu61g9lnp0g3&utm_content=o3rghq4

A couple weeks ago, I opened up a "Send me your answer" poll on the flexing physio instagram where I wanted to know all your crazy/funny placement stories from when you were a student doing clinical placement. I can definitely vibe with some of these especially the ones about leaving the treatment room to gag... 

In this episode, Nadeena and I react to your stories and also share what we would have done in that situation. 

We hope you enjoy this episode!!

REMEMBER, NEW EPISODES OUT EVERY FRIDAY 6am!!!  

The Flexing Physio Instagram Link: @theflexingphysio

Nadeena’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadeena-thenabadu-695a4a174