The Honest EP Podcast

We talk with Jackson Koop @ep.jackson exercise physiologist about chronic persistent pain. 

Topics covered: 

- What to cover in a chronic pain initial 

- How to get change and buy in early from people

- How to communicate pain concepts in laymans terms 

- How to get early wins and create curiosity 

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We chat about tips for starting in private practice well. 

Specifically on how to set yourself up with a supportive environment and have your expectations match that of your employer. 

The last thing you want is for you and your boss to have a huge discrepancy in your expectations of each other. Only this happens too often. 

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We chat about the stages of business in allied health. 

Andrew's advice for growing from a sole trader to a team, doubling revenue, finding time in your week as an owner and delegating tasks. 

Great lessons for businesses at any stage. 

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Andrew talks about the top things that he would do if he was to start a clinic from scratch today. 

- Top priorities before opening

- What softwares and services he would use

- How he would build, market and network 

- What he would prioritise as focuses as a small business 

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We talk about Vinh Giang's 5 vocal foundations for improving verbal communication. These foundations allow you to show how good of a clinician you actually are.

They help improve:

- Your presentation skills to groups

- The effectiveness of your education

- Your trust and rapport building

- Your own confidence with public speaking 

- The overall clarity of everything you say

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We chat about Radical Candor. A communication and feedback framework by Kim Scott. How it changed our culture and our team. 

How it impacts all of our conversations, team days, mentoring sessions and more. 

How you can implement it and why you should. 

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We chat about Andrew's recent move to Perth with his family. 

- How he made the decision 

- How long he planned for 

- Main steps in planning 

- Lessons and mistakes from his mentors on making the move 

- The most important changes he made 

- How to make it work long term

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We're joined by Jasper Lee! Rebound EP, student supervisor at Sydney Uni and all round okay bloke.

Topics: 

- Nocebic language is everywhere 

- What the hell is an EP

- A bunch more 

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Andrew and I talk goods and bads of having templated programs and cookie-cutter prescription in healthcare and exercise. We also have a pretty strong beer. Listen to us slowly go more and more down weird rabbit holes as we go. 

It finishes with Andrew completely losing the plot.

Topics: 

- Pros and cons of templated programs and why they exist 

- How to squeeze value in 

- Where the value is missed in healthcare 

- Where the real value is in healthcare 

- A very strong Grifter West Coast IPA 

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We've run clinical team meetings weekly for the last 7 years. So we've run plenty of shit ones, a good amount of good ones and we're getting better at running less shit ones and more good ones. So here's what we've learnt. 

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