Being a Formula One Physio with Bradley Scanes
In this episode, we chat to Bradley Scanes who is the Physiotherapist and Performance Coach who works in the Formula One, with athlete Max Verstappen. We discuss what his role entails, including juggling a busy and ever changing competition schedule, and specific considerations for these unique athletes. Brad is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and Performance Coach working within the Formula One, he also consults to the British Gymnastics Team and works in Private Practi...
14 Kesä 202312min
Mastering Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy with Dr Peter Malliaras
In this episode, Dr Peter Malliaras shares with us the latest thinking on tendinopathy, and in particular how no specific modality wins out for pain when treating tendons. We delve deeper into biomechanics and exercise selection and zoom in on how to treat patients with proximal hamstring tendinopathy. Dr Peter Malliaras is a physiotherapist and researcher from Melbourne, Australia specialising in tendinopathy. In 2006 he completed his PhD in tendinopathy identifying novel risk factors, an...
7 Kesä 202315min
Rehab and return to play after an upper limb injury with Dr Teddy Willsey
In this episode, Dr Teddy Willsey covers the phases of upper limb rehab for athletes returning to sport with strength, function and confidence. We cover some of the common pitfalls like not regaining range of motion by 16 weeks and what a detailed end stage rehab program looks like, including going through what a long toss program looks like for a pitcher in baseball. Dr. Teddy Willsey is a sports medicine focused physical therapist and private practice owner in Rockville, Maryland. T...
31 Touko 202316min
The pelvic tilt debate: a closer look with Dr. Alison Grimaldi
In this Episode, Alison takes us through the controversial topic of pelvic tilt and acetabulum loading in relation to a paper that was recently published (referenced below). She starts by guiding us through the dynamic assessment of pelvic tilt and how this can affect other structures around the hip joint. We also discuss how changing an individual’s pelvic tilt can impact their pain and range of motion during functional tasks such as squatting. Dr Alison Grimaldi is an Australian Spor...
17 Touko 202316min
Transform your practice with Practicals: A brand new service by Physio Network
🏆 Win a free year of Practicals! (See Instagram post below for details): 👉 Follow this link to participate in our competition: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsRe50xMnJ-/ In this episode with Tim Rowland (co-founder of Physio Network), we discuss a brand new service that is being released by Physio Network on May 22nd. Tim tells the story of what led to the birth of this service, and explains why he thinks it will be the easiest way for physios to develop their practic...
15 Touko 20239min
Exercise vs surgery for large rotator cuff tears with Jared Powell
In this episode, Jared Powell discusses a research review which he has done for Physio Network, based on a systematic review of large to massive rotator cuff tears and how an exercise group compared to a surgical group. We dive deep into what the study involves, its limitations and it’s results. Finally, Jared gives us some advice on how to best make these decisions with patients and how to have those harder conversations with patients who are very surgery focused. Jared is an experienced ...
10 Touko 202317min
Meniscectomy vs physio for meniscal tears with Dr Travis Pollen
In this episode, Dr Travis Pollen takes us through a recent research review he did for Physio Network exploring younger patients with a traumatic mensical injury. We look at the results of a recent paper comparing those who had surgery and those who had physiotherapy. Interestingly the results at two years were very similar but this opened up a lot of questions and nuance about what happens within that two years. Dr Travis Pollen is a personal trainer and has a PhD in Rehabilitation Science...
3 Touko 202316min
Does posture matter and can we measure it? With Ben Cormack
In this episode, Ben Cormack discusses how to update our narrative, understanding and patient explanations around posture. We also discuss definitions of posture and how it is difficult to pin down as a cause of symptoms due to the difficulty in defining and measuring posture. Ben also gives us wonderful explanations we can pass onto our patients without conveying too much uncertainty. Ben Cormack owns and runs Cor-Kinetic. He is a musculoskeletal therapist who specialises in a movemen...
19 Huhti 202318min
