Best JOSPT Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 239: Patellofemoral pain research round-up, with Drs Erin Macri & Harvi Hart

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What's the latest thinking in managing patellofemoral pain? Drs Erin Macri (Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, The Netherlands) and Harvi Hart (Michigan State University) join JOSPT Insights ahead of the International Patellofemoral Research Network meeting to share the latest in patellofemoral research, and what it means for clinical practice. …

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Ep 238: Walking back to musculoskeletal health, with Dr Tash Pocovi

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Recurrent back pain is common, and debilitating for some people. What if there was a simple, low cost way to prevent these recurring flare ups of back pain? Dr Tash Pocovi (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia) explains the research she's been leading to test a walking + education program for preventing recurrent back pain. Dr Pocovi's research …

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Ep 237: REPRISE - what's new in treating Achilles tendinopathy, with Dr Ruth Chimenti

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The latest update to the midportion Achilles tendinopathy Clinical Practice Guideline is live! Dr Ruth Chimenti is a co-author of the updated clinical practice guideline, “Achilles Pain, Stiffness, and Muscle Power Deficits: Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy Revision 2024”, and joins JOSPT Insights to share the key updates relevant for your practice…

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Ep 236: REPRISE - there's more to the ankle than the ATFL, with Liz Bayley

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The anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and the Achilles tendon captures much of our ankle attention. As JOSPT Insights listeners know, there's plenty more to the ankle than the ATFL. Today, Liz Bayley shares her approach to diagnosing, managing and ideally, preventing ankle pain in active people. Liz covers diagnosing the problem, where imaging f…

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Ep 235: REPRISE - best practice for managing rotator cuff tendinopathy, with Dr François Desmeules

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Clinicians appreciate the value of a trustworthy clinical practice guideline for helping guide decisions in practice. Professor François Desmeules (University of Montréal) led an international team of shoulder experts who synthesised the latest evidence on diagnosing and non-surgically managing rotator cuff tendinopathy. Today he shares the headlin…

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Ep 234: Return to sport after meniscus injury, with Dr Arielle Giordano

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Today, we continue the conversation on the latest consensus for managing acute and degenerative meniscus tears. We jump into non-surgical treatment, and all the return to sport considerations for athletes and active people with meniscus injury. Dr Arielle Giordano (University of Delaware) shares the results of the EU-US Meniscus Rehabilitation Cons…

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Ep 233: Using clinical practice guidelines—the art and science, with Dr Maggie Horn

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Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are an incredible resource for clinicians of all experience levels—synthesizing all the research on a topic and packaging it into bite-sized recommendations and flow charts. But how often are clinicians adhering to these guidelines? In today’s episode, Dr Maggie Horn (Duke University) walks us through her researc…

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Ep 232: Exercise therapy "wears down" my joint - myth or fact? With Dr Alessio Bricca

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No doubt you've come across people using the analogy of a broken down machine to describe an osteoarthritic joint. Or perhaps that too much loading on the joint is responsible for wearing it out - assuming that each joint has a finite number of movements in its lifetime. You've probably also heard from patients who are concerned that the exercise t…

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Ep 231: Training through the adolescent growth spurt (part 2), with Dr Sara Lynn Terrell

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Today is part 2 of a 2-part chat about hip health and training load for the youth athlete. Last episode, Dr Sara Lyn Terrell (Florida Southern College) discussed the developing hip, and the important distinction between primary cam morphology and femoroacetabular impingement syndrome. Many athletes have a bony bump on their hip that doesn't cause a…

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Ep 230: Training for healthy hips in adolescent athletes (part 1), with Dr Sara Lynn Terrell

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The hip health of youth athletes as their skeletons grow and mature while the athlete copes with the physical and mental stressors of sport and life, has been receiving renewed attention. Today's episode of JOSPT Insights is part 1 of a 2-part chat about training load and the youth athlete's hip. We discuss how primary cam morphology and femoroacet…

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Ep 229: Best practice in managing patellofemoral pain, with Dr Brad Neal

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Patellofemoral pain can affect anyone at any age, which mean you're likely to come across it in your clinical career. What is best practice in managing patellofemoral pain? Today, Dr Brad Neal (Queen Mary University of London) walks us through how to apply the best research to your practice. Dr Neal has worked for over a decade in elite sport, priv…

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Ep 228: The worst pain is unexplained, with Dr Paul Mintken

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Pain is often what prompts patients to seek the care of a musculoskeletal rehabilitation clinician. In today's episode, Dr Paul Mintken guides listeners through different ways to work with a person to help make sense of, and explain, unexplained pain. Dr Mintken (Hawai'i Pacific University) is a board-certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist and a…

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Ep 227: SPORTS CORNER: Concussion challenge in the UFC, with Dr Olivia Abdoo

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In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr Olivia Abdoo (Ultimate Fighting Championship), we dive deeper into one of the most common injuries in mixed martial arts (MMA) - concussion. Dr Abdoo's experience treating UFC athletes provides an insight into working with athletes for whom skills including wrestling, striking, and grappling are crucial to perf…

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Ep 226: A CALMeR Cuff, with Dr Kathryn Fahy

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Given how common rotator cuff tears are, chances are you will work with someone who has a tear at some point in your career. Do you know what patients will want from their rehabilitation? Are you confident with your approach to managing rotator cuff tears? Today, Dr Kathryn Fahy, physiotherapist and researcher from Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medi…

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Ep 225: OA in the ballet (dancer)? with Dr Melanie Fuller

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A mention of pre-professional or professional dance might conjure thoughts of relentless, gruelling training hours, incredible performances and bodies pushed through high musculoskeletal demands. Dr Melanie Fuller (University of Southern Queensland) has devoted her clinical career of almost 20 years to working with dancers - helping them stay healt…

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Ep 224: Saving the meniscus, with Dr Arielle Giordano

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Tune in today for the latest consensus on rehabilitation approaches for people who have had meniscus surgery. Orthopaedic surgeons and physical therapists from Europe and the US debated the best research evidence, and brought extensive clinical experience to the table, ultimately producing a 2-part series of summary papers. Dr Arielle Giordano (Uni…

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Ep 223: SPORTS CORNER: Ultimate Physical Therapy for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), with Dr Olivia Abdoo 22:42

4M ago22:42

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In the return of Sports Corner, Dr Olivia Abdoo chats all things UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) and MMA (mixed martial arts). UFC combines wrestling, grappling and striking, which makes for complex demands that contribute to complex injury epidemiology. Whether working with a Championship fighter or a recreational martial arts athlete, Dr Abd…

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Ep 222: Where to next for research on shoulder pain? with Kristian Lyng 24:14

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Researchers are increasingly partnering with patients, clinicians and others who use research to design, conduct, report and disseminate research studies. Today we hear about a conversation that involved over 600 patients, clinicians and carers, who were supported to nominate their top priorities for research on shoulder pain. Kristian Lyng (physio…

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Ep 221: Does it matter how you apply spinal manipulative therapy? With Dr Casper Nim 26:20

5M ago26:20

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There's a range of different interventions at your disposal when managing spine pain. Today we're focusing on spinal manipulative therapy, and asking questions like: does it matter how you apply a manipulation to get the best outcomes for the patient? Answering the questions is Dr Casper Nim from the University of Southern Denmark. Casper is an Ass…

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Ep 220: There's more to the ankle than the ATFL, with Liz Bayley 26:22

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The anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and the Achilles tendon captures much of our ankle attention. As JOSPT Insights listeners know, there's plenty more to the ankle than the ATFL. Today, Liz Bayley shares her approach to diagnosing, managing and ideally, preventing ankle pain in active people. Liz covers diagnosing the problem, where imaging f…

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Ep 219: Are women less likely than men to return to sport after hip arthroscopy? With Dr Matthew King 20:41

6M ago20:41

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Hip arthroscopy is a common surgical procedure in athletes and active people, and it's not surprising that this clinical population is focused on returning to sport. Today, Dr Matthew King, physiotherapist and Senior Lecturer from La Trobe University's Discipline of Physiotherapy in Melbourne, Australia, discussed return to sport outcomes after hip…

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Ep 218: Putting the horse before the myofascial pain cart, with Dr Chad Cook 18:47

6M ago18:47

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Myofascial pain syndrome is common - affecting somewhere around 1 in every 5 people. Yet there is plenty of debate about what causes myofascial pain syndrome, how to diagnose it, and even whether myofascial pain syndrome is a primary condition. Today, Professor Chad Cook (Duke University) discusses whether it is even possible to differentiate myofa…

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Ep 217: Beast mode to build bone, with Dr Belinda Beck 23:50

6M ago23:50

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Postmenopausal women can build some serious bone AND stay safe with the right instruction and the right load. What’s the right load? Dr Belinda Beck can answer that, and in today's episode, she takes us through the results of the LIFTMOR trial. With the right instruction and supervision, postmenopausal women can be lifting 85% of their 1 repetition…

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Ep 216: Latest clinical recommendations for rotator cuff tendinopathy, with Dr François Desmeules 22:28

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Clinicians appreciate the value of a trustworthy clinical practice guideline for helping guide decisions in practice. Professor François Desmeules (University of Montréal) led an international team of shoulder experts who synthesised the latest evidence on diagnosing and non-surgically managing rotator cuff tendinopathy. Today he shares the headlin…

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Ep 215: Assessing pain in athletes, with Ciarán Purcell 23:55

7M ago23:55

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How do you approach assessing pain when you're working with athletes? What tools do you find most helpful? Today, sports physiotherapist and researcher, Ciarán Purcell (University of Limerick, Ireland) describes the project he is leading to gather consensus from athletes and sports medicine & rehabilitation clinicians about how best to assess athle…

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Ep 214: What's new in treating Achilles tendinopathy? with Dr Ruth Chimenti 21:05

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The latest update to the midportion Achilles tendinopathy Clinical Practice Guideline is hot off the presses! Dr Ruth Chimenti is a co-author of the updated clinical practice guideline, “Achilles Pain, Stiffness, and Muscle Power Deficits: Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy Revision 2024”, and joins JOSPT Insights to share the key updates relevant fo…

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Ep 213: What women want to know after knee injury, with Melissa Haberfield 23:36

8M ago23:36

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Did you know that only about 10% of the participants in sports medicine and sports physical therapy research are women? When people are under-represented in research, it might mean that clinicians and researchers miss key concerns of women and girls when working with them to achieve the best outcomes of treatment. Melissa Haberfield - physiotherapi…

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Ep 212: REVISITED: "Is running bad for my knees?", with Dr Jean François Esculier 24:52

8M ago24:52

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You don't have to go far to find a media story warning people off the high impacts of running, especially on concrete, and claiming that running is no good for your knees. Maybe you've had someone in the clinic who worries that running will wear their joints out? Today's guest has dedicated his career to helping runners stay healthy and running for…

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Ep 211: REVISITED: Gimme an N-M-E-S (stimulator)! With Drs Elanna Arhos & Naoaki Ito 16:21

8M ago16:21

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In today's part 2 of an NMES masterclass from Dr Elanna Arhos (Northwestern University) and Dr Naoaki Ito (University of Wisconsin - Madison), we're getting into the nitty gritty of how to support patients to get the most out of a very beneficial intervention. Drs Arhos and Ito, and their team have tested a mix of common stimulators available on th…

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Ep 210: REVISITED: Dose your NMES for success, with Drs Elanna Arhos & Naoaki Ito 23:12

8M ago23:12

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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) hasn't quite had the coverage it deserves, especially when one considers the strength of evidence supporting NMES as a musculoskeletal rehabilitation intervention Today, Drs Elanna Arhos (Northwestern University) and Naoaki Ito (University of Wisconsin - Madison) are re-visiting how NMES is applied in spo…

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Ep 209: REVISITED: Saying "hasta la vista" to injections for tendinopathy, with Dr Robert-Jan de Vos 18:32

9M ago18:32

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Dr Robert-Jan de Vos, sports physician and associate professor at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, dives deep into all things Achilles tendinopathy. In part 2 of this series, Dr de Vos covers the multitude of options for treatment, outside of exercise therapy. Should you and the patient consider corticosteroid injections, PRP i…

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Ep 208: REVISITED: Getting your tendinopathy diagnosis and treatment right, with Dr Robert-Jan de Vos 20:34

9M ago20:34

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Dr Robert-Jan de Vos, sports physician and associate professor at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, dives deep into all things Achilles tendinopathy. As lead author of the Dutch Multidisciplinary Guideline on Achilles Tendinopathy (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34187784/), he shares the key messages from this in-depth review. …

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Ep 207: The intervention effect or the vibe? With Dr Giacomo Rossettini 21:28

9M ago21:28

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When patients improve following treatment, how much can be attributed to the intervention delivered, and how much is due to contextual factors and nonspecific effects that lie outside of the clinician's control? Dr. Giacomo Rossettini joins the podcast again as a co-author of a paper (link below) that answers that very question. Dr. Rossettini and …

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Ep 206: Managing musicians' musculoskeletal health, with Marianne Roos 23:07

9M ago23:07

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Musicians and athletes might sometimes appear to exist in very different cultures. And yet, the single-minded focus, thousands of hours of practice, and high training loads on their musculoskeletal systems mean that musicians and athletes probably have more in common than they have differences. At least from a musculoskeletal rehabilitation perspec…

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Ep 205: Returning to college sport after ACL reconstruction, with Dr Cortez Brown 21:52

9M ago21:52

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When it comes to serious injury, like an ACL tear, in college sport, how many young athletes return to their previous level of performance? Today's guest led a team that has done the hard yards of synthesising all the available data to find an answer. Dr Cortez Brown is a junior orthopaedic surgery resident at the University of Pittsburgh Medical C…

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Ep 204: Expanding roles for musculoskeletal rehabilitation clinicians, with Dr Simon Lafrance 24:32

10M ago24:32

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Ballooning wait times, overworked and burnt out staff. No doubt you're only too familiar with the signs of a health system that's under serious strain. And not just since the Covid-19 pandemic. Simon Lafrance, physiotherapist and researcher from the University of Montreal, explains musculoskeletal care models that flip the traditional medical model…

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Ep 203: Helping new mothers to move more, with Dr Jenna Schulz 26:57

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Musculoskeletal rehabilitation clinicians are well versed in the physical and mental benefits of regular physical activity. Unfortunately there is limited evidence to guide clinicians on how to best support return to sport and physical activity after childbirth. That's where today's guest comes in. Dr Jenna Schulz (physiotherapist and postdoctoral …

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Ep 202: Boosting access to outpatient physical therapy for all, with Dr Roy Film 20:36

10M ago20:36

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Most people who pursue a career in health care do so because they want to help people. Depending on where you work, patients might find it easier or harder to access high-value musculoskeletal care, and you might run into barriers to providing the care you would like to provide. Dr Roy Film is a physical therapist, educator and current President of…

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Ep 201: A note to my newly-graduated self, with Jared Powell 24:35

11M ago24:35

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The complex world of clinical practice in musculoskeletal rehabilitation brings many challenges. Some you might feel prepared for, while others...not so much. Musculoskeletal physiotherapist and shoulder specialist, Jared Powell, is here to reassure us that no-one expects you to have all the answers, encourage us all to think carefully and critical…

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Ep 200: Excellent exercise for shaky shoulders, with Dr Karen McCreesh 26:22

11M ago26:22

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Today brings a refresher on best practice in managing non-traumatic shoulder pain. Professor Karen McCreesh (University of Limerick) guides the listener to the best available clinical practice guidelines and runs the ruler over different approaches to exercise therapy. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Diagnosing, managing and supporting ret…

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Ep 199: What do people with back pain want? with Dr Giovanni Ferreira 24:05

11M ago24:05

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If you consult a clinical practice guideline for any musculoskeletal condition, you'll probably see advice and education included as part of the recommendations for helping someone manage their musculoskeletal pain. How well do the recommendations in clinical practice guidelines about what topics advice and education should cover align with the mai…

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Ep 198: Careers in sports medicine, with Dr Ciara Burgi 19:52

11M ago19:52

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Today's episode takes the spirit of our popular SPORTS CORNER series, and flips it to learning about playing a leading role in the world of sports medicine and rehabilitation. Dr Ciara Burgi has worked across collegiate, professional men's, and professional women's sport, and has a ton of wisdom to share. From building rapport with athletes and pat…

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Ep 197: SPORTS CORNER: Shouldering the handball load (plus bonus mini-masterclass!), with Dr Martin Asker 19:45

12M ago19:45

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In this episode, we throw ourselves into the world of team handball with Dr Martin Asker (Sophiahemmet University, Sweden). If your exposure to handball is every 4 years at the Olympic Games, we've got you covered with a review of the game and the demands of the sport. Martin's shoulder expertise shines as he covers the common injuries and key thin…

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Ep 196: Taking care of strength business in ACL rehabilitation, with Olivia Barbosa 23:16

12M ago23:16

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Muscle strength is a core focus of many sports injury rehabilitation programmes, and often a prominent discharge criterion. Today's guest has an important message about the uninjured limb in ACL rehabilitation: "beware the moving target of strength". Olivia Barbosa is a sports physiotherapist with over a decade of experience in soccer and rugby. Sh…

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Ep 195: Building a career in high-performance sports medicine, with Dr Enda King 23:56

12M ago23:56

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Ever wondered what a day in the life of a busy sports medicine clinic and research unit looks like? Dr Enda King combines his roles as a sports physiotherapist, strength and conditioning coach, researcher, and educator through his work with individual athletes and elite teams across a spectrum of sports and disciplines. Currently, he is the Head of…

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Ep 194: Teaching runners to RUNSAFE, with Dr Rasmus Nielsen 23:54

1y ago23:54

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Today's episode is all about running load and injuries. Dr Rasmus Nielsen (Aarhus University, Denmark) leads the RUNSAFE research group, and today he provides an update on the latest research in running-related injuries. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Garmin-RUNSAFE Study (injury data from >7000 runners in 87 countries): https://www.jospt…

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Ep 193: On the path to performing after injury, with Andrew Mitchell 27:38

1y ago27:38

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Andrew Mitchell (RB Leipzig) knows a thing or two about supporting athletes to return to play after injury, especially in professional football/soccer. Today, Andrew explains his return to performance pathway, which is a criteria-based approach to help you and the athlete keep focused on the athlete's return to performance goal. -------------------…

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Ep 192: DREAMing of better care for meniscus tears, with Drs Jonas Thorlund and Søren Skou 27:23

1y ago27:23

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A thirty-year-old woman, who plays social basketball once each week and goes to the climbing gym at least twice each week, has been diagnosed with a traumatic medial meniscus tear. The woman was told that surgery is the only way to 'fix' her knee so she can get back to basketball and climbing. But is that really what the research evidence says? Pro…

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Ep 191: SPORTS CORNER in the WNBA, with Dr Kala Flagg 17:52

1y ago17:52

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Dr Kala Flagg of the Washington Mystics answers the classic Sports Corner questions for high-level women's basketball. She covers the demands of the sport, the most common injuries, and key things to plan for during injury rehabilitation. Considering playing style, shoe fit, and physical fitness are all in a day's work when supporting high-level wo…

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Ep 190: Progressing the visual-cognitive control chaos continuum, with Dr Meredith Chaput (part 2) 16:57

1y ago16:57

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Today's episode builds on last week's discussion of how changes in the way that the nervous system works after injury can compensate for impairments like joint instability, pain and muscle inhibition. Dr Meredith Chaput (University of Central Florida) extends the 5 phases of the visual-cognitive control chaos continuum, to link the ways to assess f…