The Physio Pulse Podcast

Jeff shares his most successful prank on James, and we talk about injections for tennis elbow with some good talking points around placebo / contextual effects and open science.

Please note, this episode does not constitute medical advice.

Today on Physio pulse

• James has some beef
• Jeff ruins a shirt

We dive into the world of blood flow restriction training for knee OA with the very recent Jacobs et al 2025 paper making the rounds on social media.

This week we dip our toe into the political space and accompany this with the first meta-analysis investigating socioeconomic status and chronic pain.

Jeff has an apology to make for the listeners and gets excited about a funnel plot (he's not got much going on right now).

James keeps conversation on track as the more politically aware of the two of us and makes this a passable episode.

Please note, this episode does not constitute medical advice.

Struggle to get your head around the ascending and descending pathways? And what even is pain gate??

Well in our clinical pearl episode this week James gives a quick overview in 6 minutes

Hope you enjoy!

Today on the Physio Pulse we had the pleasure of speaking with Joe Palmer who is a lecturer and researcher working in Sheffield and was in the first cohort of clinicians who moved into the First Contact Physiotherapy roles. We speak about the realities of lecturing and research, the trials and tribulations of FCP and how to get clinicians to fall in love with stats. Hope you enjoy!

Click here for a link to the statistics book Joe mentioned!

We sit down and read the Kim Herbert-Losier paper on updated normative values and reliability of the calf raise test. What does the average actually show, how should it be completed to have comparative values and what does it inform?

Also, James confesses to having very skinny calves.

Apologies as Jeff's audio is a little bit low on this one!

Please note, this episode does not constitute medical advice.

In this episode, we’re joined by Paul Houghoughi, better known as The Climbing Physio, to dive deep into the world of climbing injuries, rehab, and performance.

Paul shares his insights on the most common climbing-related injuries, the unique demands of the sport and the best strategies for rehab and prevention.

Tune in and learn how to take your hand rehab game—to the next level!

This week James and Jeff delve into one (...of the many) subgroup analyses of the DREAM study.

What is better surgery or Physiotherapy for meniscal tears?

How can we predict which patients will do well in each group?

Why does Jeff hate the world of research?

This week we have a great discussion with Dr. Jared Powell on all things relating to dispositional causation and how this relates to positive clinical improvements in people with shoulder pain (but this could be extended to most MSK pain really!)

These complex topics are broken down into very digestible soundbites and we think this episode is a must listen, and probably one to revisit in the future!

Please note, this episode does not constitute medical advice.

Would you have ever considered injection someone with mid-portion achilles tendinopathy 3 times in the space of 12 weeks? Johanssen et al (2022) did in todays paper and the results might surprise you!

This is the closest we have come on having genuinely different views on a paper and was a fun conversation!

Please note, this episode does not constitute medical advice.