#48 - Do you need a diagnosis? with Dr Tim Mitchell
In this episode with Dr Tim Mitchell, we discuss the nuance around diagnosis and when it is helpful and when it isn’t. We also covered how to actually articulate this to patients when they may want a diagnosis or if it’s important to them. Tim is a Specialist Physiotherapist with a clinical focus on the management of complex and chronic injuries and pain disorders. He has completed a PhD in the area of low back pain and has a special interest in the translation of logical reasoning into clin...
27 Jul 202219min
#47 - Sometimes it IS the SIJ with Trish Wisbey-Roth
In this episode with Trish Wisbey-Roth, we cover the latest evidence in the assessment of SIJ and pelvic pain and how using clusters can help improve our specificity and sensitivity. She then covers how treatments in this area require starting at a low and more specific level than is commonly prescribed, and that a common mistake is progressing too quickly with these patients. Trish Wisbey-Roth is one of the select group of Australia’s first Specialist Sports Physiotherapists (awarded 2010) ...
29 Jun 202217min
#46 - Can you be evidence-based and use manual therapy? With Kieran Richardson and James Schomburgk
In this episode Kieran and James cover both the helpful and unhelpful shifts in the manual therapy narrative over the last 10 years. We then explore how it is possible to be evidence-based, practice in a biopsychosocial model, and use manual therapy. Kieran Richardson is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist who is passionate about patients undertaking physiotherapy rehabilitation to solve their pain and injury problems. James Schomburgk is the Director of Back in Motion Campbelltown,...
15 Jun 202217min
#45 - Rethinking your approach to tennis elbow with Val Jones
In this episode with Val Jones, we discuss the role that central sensitisation plays with a large majority of elbow pain patients. She then walks us through differential diagnosis and treatment of elbow pain with and without central sensitisation, and finally we discuss how treatment of elbow pain is much more global and complex than simply giving a patient wrist extension exercises. Val has over 20 years experience. She is the lead physiotherapist for shoulder and elbow conditions in...
1 Jun 202216min
#44 - Why we need to view adolescents with hip pain differently with Dr James Noake
In this episode, Dr James Noake discusses with us how adolescents with hip pain probably should be viewed with a different lens as compared to adults with hip pain. We break down the potential diagnoses for acute and gradual onset as well as discussing why we need a lower threshold of alert and imaging for these adolescent patients. Dr James Noake is a Consultant in Sport & Exercise Medicine with over 10 years of experience working in elite sport across numerous disciplines, most recen...
18 Mai 202217min
#43 - The versatile functions of the ITB with Dr Carlo Wood
In this Episode with Dr Carlo Wood, we go through a clinically useful review of the anatomy and biomechanics of the ITB and how all of this relates to what he does clinically with a patient who has an ITB pathology. Dr Carlo Wood MPT, PhD, OCS, APA Sports & MSK Physio, DNSP, FAAOMPT is the owner of Sports & Orthopaedic Physiotherapy in Napa Valley. His doctorate is in anatomy and he was residency trained in Orthopaedics as well as PNF and fellowship trained in Movement Science...
4 Mai 202215min
#42 - When and HOW you should change someones lifting technique ft Dr Zach Long
In this Episode Dr Zach Long discusses the importance of technique for performance, pain and injury. We covered changing a patient's technique and more importantly how to do that, when to do that and what words we should use when we do. Dr. Zach Long is a physical therapist and CrossFit coach located in Charlotte, NC. He majored in exercise and sport science, before doing his doctorate in Physical Therapy at East Carolina University. He specialises in improving athletic performance and inju...
20 Apr 202217min
#41 - How do we get older adults to exercise? With Dr Mariana Wingood
In this episode with Dr Mariana Wingood, she shares with us the recommended guidelines for exercise in the aging population as well as patients and therapists beliefs around this. We also discuss how clinically she finds most older adults are under-dosed when it comes to exercise and she forces us to think about the message that we are sending these patients which is the real magic. Dr Mariana Wingood is a clinician and a program director and she has recently completed a PhD on exploring bar...
6 Apr 202215min
