'ASK TIM!' - special guest Tim Allardyce answers any questions that YOU, a soft tissue clinician, may have regarding work & survival in the healthcare industry. This is the first of a regular series that will be recorded LIVE on the first Tuesday of every month, at 8pm (UK) on the Sports Therapy Association YouTube channel. Join us LIVE! No need to be an STA member!

• 12:15 - Question1: Can I have some advice on room/space/clinic renting. I am rubbish at it. I hate negotiating, it makes me cringe. I never know whether to charge per hour, or % of the their clients. To charge even if they don’t have any custom, cause it’s gives newbies a step up.
  

Useful Links:

• Twitter: @rehabmypatient

Our sincere thanks to Tim Allardyce and STA Founder Gary Benson for giving up their time to be guests on the show! 

Part 3 of this month's 'Focus on the Hip' is a follow up to Ep.133, in which guest Dr. Sarah Rollins of Pure Sports Medicine & the Ministry of Defence (MoD) returns, this time accompanied by Sports Physio Emer Acton to together talk about a real life posterior hip case which they saw in clinic literally that day!

Useful Links:

• Twitter: @DrSarahRollins

Our sincere thanks to Emer Acton and Dr Sarah Rollins for giving up their time to be guests on the show! 

In Ep.133 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you Part 2 of this month’s ‘Focus on The Hip’, with special guest Dr. Sarah Rollins discussing Buttock Pain (posterior hip pain), a condition treated by soft tissue therapists but all too often under the assumption that all buttock pain arises from the Piriformis muscle. Dr Sarah Rollins delves into the anatomy of the posterior hip and the many potential reasons for our clients & patients suffering from buttock pain.

• 6:40 Dr Sarah Rollins role in the Army & Ministry of Defence. 

Useful Links:

• Twitter: @DrSarahRollins

Our sincere thanks to Dr Sarah Rollins for giving up her time to be a guest on the show! 

In Ep.132 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you Part 1 of this month’s ‘Focus on The Hip’, with special guest Holly Soper-Doyle talking to us about Hip Dysplasia, a condition defined by the socket of the hip joint being too shallow.

• 6:30 Poor diagnosis of Hip Dysplasia - not taught at university.

Useful Links:

• The Hip Dysplasia Physio Website: https://hipdysplasiaphysio.com/

Happy New Year! As it’s the first Tuesday of the month, we bring you a 'HAVE YOUR SAY' episode in which host Matt Phillips is joined in the studio by soft tissue therapists to discuss real issues that affect our industry, with a particular focus in this episode on how soft tissue therapists can/should be preparing their business & clinic for the coming year. To help us, we are also joined by Tim Allaryce, Group Clinical Director, Founder of RehabMyPatient and NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur.

• Gary Benson - Founder of the Sports Therapy Association (STA)

Topics discussed:

• 8:23 - Is 2023 going to be a difficult year for Soft Tissue Therapists?

• Tim Allardyce Website: Surrey Physio

Our sincere thanks to al of the STA regional reps & members who joined us for this episode, as well as the great Tim Allardyce of Rehab My Patient and everyone who tuned in live to watch the recording. 

In Ep.130 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you the final part of this month's 'Focus on Education' with special guest Anna Maria Mazzieri, Director & Lead Tutor of The ST School, a highly regarded group of training providers delivering the Diploma in Soft Tissue Therapy (BTEC level 5) in Exeter, Bristol and Birmingham.

Joining Anna Maria in this episode are past & present students of The Soft Tissue School Imi Testa, Jo Holloway and Michal Konopko.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

• 10:00 Anna Maria Mazzieri: From the 'Massage Clinic' to 'Massage Training School' to 'The School' to the 'Soft Tissue Therapy School'

Useful Links:

• The Soft Tissue Therapy School website  

Our sincere thanks to Anna Maria, Imi Testa, Jo Holloway and Michal Konopko for giving up their time to be guests on the show! 

In Ep.129 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you the first of a two part 'Focus on Education' with special guest Mike Grice, Director of Movement Therapy Education.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

• 7:20 Mike's involvement at Therapy Expo 

Useful Links:

• Movement Therapy Education Website

Our sincere thanks to Mike, Jack, Jai and Julie for giving up their time to be guests on the show! 

In Ep.128 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you 'Cognitive Biases & Judgement Noise' with special guest Tristen Attenborough.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

• 7:00 Is the therapy world ready for Tristen Attenborough?

Useful Links:

• Tristen Attenborough Website: Move Massage Pro

Our sincere thanks to Tristen Attenborough for giving up his time to be a guest on the show. For Part Two, please email YOUR QUESTIONS to [email protected] 

The 'Have Your Say' episode on the Sports Therapy Association Podcast is normally recorded on the first Tuesday of the month, but with the recently attended Therapy Expo 2022 at the NEC Birmingham (November 23rd & 24th), we thought we'd record the episode a week early to give YOU the listener the chance to share your thoughts & reflections!

In this episode, host Matt Phillips of Runchatlive is joined by STA regional reps and members to reflect on how the two days and went and discuss what could potentially be done to make Therapy Expo 2023 even better. Matt is joined by: 

• Gary Benson - Founder of the Sports Therapy Association (STA)

• Therapy Expo Website

Our sincere thanks to al of the STA regional reps & members who joined us for this episode, to everyone who tuned in live to watch the recording. A huge thank you to all of this year's fantastic speakers in the STA Therapy Update Theatre, and to Therapy Expo for working with us once agin to help promote excellence in the soft tissue therapy industry. 

One week til we pack our bags & head up to Therapy Expo 2022 at the NEC Birmingham, November 23rd & 24th. The STA has proudly been a part of Therapy Expo every year since its launch in 2013 at Manchester Central. In 2016, when Therapy Expo moved to the NEC Birmingham, the STA followed, with a clear mission of supporting its members and helping raise standards within the industry. This year, like last year, we bring you our dedicated 'STA Open Theatre', offering you two full days of quality speakers.

Over the nine years of Therapy Expo, speakers have come and gone, but one that has stood the test of time and will be once again both chairing and presenting this year is Mike James 'The Endurance Physio'.

• Wednesday 09:55– 10:25: 'Supercharging your subjective: how to avoid the biggest mistakes we all make at the start of an assessment.'

Useful Links:

• DONATE TO Matt's Pushup Challenge for CANCER UK: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/matts-100-push-ups-giving-page-81