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JOSPT Insights

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The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy brings you the JOSPT Insights podcast every Monday. On each episode, experienced clinicians and researchers unpack musculoskeletal rehabilitation topics in under 30 minutes. Guests share clinical tips and research discoveries with host Dr Clare Ardern, Editor-in-Chief of JOSPT. Sports physical therapists Dr Chelsea Cooman and Dr Dan Chapman are frequent co-hosts.

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Ep 174: SPORTS CORNER: The ins and outs of climbing, with Dr Carrie Cooper

April 08, 2024 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Dr Carrie Cooper does the lead climbing and helps you belay (see what we did there?) into the world of climbing. From bouldering to sport climbing—there's no need to go free solo (ok, ok...we'll stop now) if you don't know much about climbing. JOSPT Insights has you covered. Dr Cooper discusses how climbing is like gymnastics, baseball, and rugby, with their shared hand, shoulder, and knee injuries. Some other key take aways from the episode are how to identify weakness tha...

Ep 173: Shared decision-making - what it is, and what it isn't, with Diane Slater

April 01, 2024 09:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB

Health care practice is slowly transitioning from a paternalistic way of delivering care (doing to the patient) to a shared decision-making model (doing with the patient). Health systems, clinical professions and individual clinicians are at different points along the transition. As a process, shared decision-making provides a scaffold for the patient's values, preferences and circumstances to receive primacy when discussing options, benefits and risks. As a mindset, shared...

Ep 172: SPORTS CORNER: Primary and secondary injury prevention in men's Australian football (AFLM), with Nick Kane

March 25, 2024 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

Nick Kane, the head physio at Essendon Football Club in Australia, brings our attention back to Australian Rules Football. Like in all Sports Corner episodes, he reviews the demands of the sport, the common injuries, and key things to keep in mind when designing and progressing rehabilitation programs with Australian football athletes. In today’s episode, we take a deep dive into the hard preseason work that goes into preventing injuries, as Nick shares the specific primary...

Ep 171: Mind-body connections in people with hip pain - how clinicians can help, with Dr Kate Jochimsen

March 18, 2024 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

How do you approach evaluating psychological health factors when working with people in pain? Do you have an established process for screening? How about an approach to managing the psychological aspects of injury and health? Athletes say they would like psychological support, while many musculoskeletal rehabilitation clinicians feel ill-equipped to provide appropriate support. What to do?! Fortunately, Dr Kate Jochimsen (ATC, PhD; Massachusetts General Hospital) is leadin...

Ep 170: Gimme an N - M - E - S (stimulator)! Part 2 with Drs Elanna Arhos & Naoaki Ito

March 11, 2024 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

In today's part 2 of an NMES masterclass from Dr Elanna Arhos and Dr Naoaki Ito, 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 the market today, and are here to share the results with us. Let them help you make an informed decision about your next equipment purchase for your clinic. ------------------------------ RES...

Ep 169: Dose your NMES for success, with Drs Elanna Arhos & Naoaki Ito (part 1)

March 06, 2024 18:50 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB

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 (Ohio State University) and Naoaki Ito (University of Wisconsin - Madison) are re-visiting how NMES is applied in sports clinical practice. Get the low-down on why you need NMES in your sports rehabilitation toolkit, and how to figure out dose and...

Ep 168: Saying "hasta la vista" to injections for tendinopathy, with Dr Robert-Jan de Vos

February 26, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MB

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 injections, heel lifts, shockwave, NSAIDs, or surgery? And when? What are the important clinical considerations when patients cho...

Ep 167: Getting your tendinopathy diagnosis and treatment right, with Dr Robert-Jan de Vos

February 19, 2024 10:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

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. In today’s episode, Dr de Vos covers the important tendon anatomy to guide your differential diagnosis, what information he is m...

Ep 166: SPORTS CORNER: Dealing with acute injuries in ice hockey, with Dr Joe Robinson

February 12, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MB

Sports Corner is back for 2024! Today, we revisit ice hockey, and focus on acute injuries—preventing and managing them. Dr Joe Robinson is the head physical therapist for the National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins. He skates into Sports Corner to explain the physical demands of hockey, the typical acute injuries he sees and how to prevent them, and runs through how the medical team responds during emergency scenarios.

Ep 165: REVISITED: Why the elbow is like Homer Simpson, with Val Jones

February 05, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

Does the thought of managing elbow pain leave you reaching for your orthopaedics textbook? Maybe you've got lateral elbow tendinopathy sorted, but how confident do you feel about managing elbow fractures and dislocations? Today, Val Jones, Clinical Lead Physiotherapist at the Sheffield Shoulder and Elbow Unit at the Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, shares practical advice to help you feel confident about managing elbow pain. ------------------------------ RES...

Ep 164: REVISITED: Caring for the calf, with Dr Seth O'Neill

January 29, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Did you know that calf injuries are one of the most common soft tissue injuries in team sports? How comfortable do you feel assessing and managing calf pain, especially designing and progressing a program to help someone get back to their sport? Today, Dr Seth O'Neill from the University of Leicester, joins us to blend the latest science in calf injury with high-level clinical reasoning. You'll get something out of today's chat whether you're beginning in your clinical care...

Ep 163: REVISITED: Best bet for managing back pain? The RESTORE trial, with Drs Peter Kent & Peter O'Sullivan

January 22, 2024 10:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Two (gentle) giants of physiotherapy/physical therapy research and practice join JOSPT Insights today. Associate Professor Peter Kent and Professor Peter O'Sullivan (Curtin University, Perth, Australia) share, on behalf of the whole trial team, the results of their RESTORE trial. Does cognitive functional therapy herald a revolution in how clinicians can support people to live well with back pain? Let's find out. ------------------------------ RESOURCES For the published...

Ep 162: REVISITED: Sorting out shoulder pain diagnoses, with Dr Angela Cadogan

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB

Someone walks into your clinic with a sore shoulder. Are you dealing with a stiff shoulder? A rotator cuff problem? The acromioclavicular joint? Or something else entirely? Today, Dr Angela Cadogan (PT, PhD) - Specialist Physiotherapist and clinical consultant - is helping you hone your clinical reasoning in differential diagnosis of subacromial pain. Dr Cadogan shares her practical approach to diagnosing subacromial pain in a way that you can take straight to the clinic t...

Ep 161: Understanding and communicating about pain (part 2), with Drs Sam Bunzli and JP Caneiro

December 25, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Welcome to part 2 of our masterclass with Dr Sam Bunzli (Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia) and Dr JP Caneiro (BodyLogic Physiotherapy, Perth, Australia) on understanding, talking about and shifting the narratives we all carry about musculoskeletal pain. We are exploring the explicit and implicit messages that you communicate with your words and actions when you work with patients. Drs Bunzli and Caneiro share tips on communicating, and on developing your own practic...

Ep 160: Talking about musculoskeletal pain (part 1), with Dr Samantha Bunzli and Dr JP Caneiro

December 18, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

We're wrapping up the 2023 JOSPT Insights year with a 2-part chat with physiotherapists, researchers and educators, Dr Sam Bunzli (Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia) and Dr JP Caneiro (BodyLogic Physiotherapy, Perth, Australia). In part 1, we discuss the way that patients understand pain. Dr Bunzli kicks off by summarising the best research evidence, and Dr Caneiro shares some compelling clinical examples to explain how to apply the research to deliver quality muscul...

Ep 159: Rehabilitation after cervical discectomy (part 2), with Drs Lantz, Evaristo, and Derian

December 11, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MB

In part 2 of this series, we continue chatting about designing and implementing a rehabilitation program after cervical discectomy with Drs Justin Lantz, Jessica Evaristo and Joseph Derian. Today we work through phases 3 and 4 in the rehabilitation program: re-modeling and maturation occurring around 12-weeks after surgery. We cover nerve glides and how to dose them, the goals and areas of focus for manual therapy and therapeutic exercise, incorporating proprioception trai...

Ep 158: Planning a rehabilitation program after cervical discectomy, with Drs Justin Lantz, Jessica Evaristo, and Joseph Derian

December 04, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

Join a group of experienced orthopaedic clinicians as they review the background of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery in a 2-part podcast series. In part 1, we cover who does well with surgery, the indications and surgical procedure, plus a deep dive into evidence-based pre- and post-operative rehabilitation. There's not much hard research evidence to guide your decisions on how to structure and deliver, so tune into hear how expert clinicians approach things...

Ep 157: Best care after total knee replacement, with Dr Jeremy Graber

November 20, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Dr Jeremy Graber joins us to help answer the question: how often should patients with total knee arthroplasty come to rehabilitation? To answer this and more, we dive into the 2023 JOSPT article, “Expert Consensus for the Use of Outpatient Rehabilitation Visits After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Delphi Study.” ------------------------------ RESOURCES Dr Graber and his colleagues led a expert consensus process to establish recommendations for how often and for how long you m...

Ep 156: Preventing neck pain - what works? with Florian Teichert & Dr Daniel Belavy

November 13, 2023 22:10 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

What you can do to help prevent neck pain? What are the best exercise approaches? PhD candidate, Florian Teichert, and Professor Daniel Belavy, from The University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany, discuss which exercises and why they might work. We use their recent systematic review published in JOSPT as a launching point for the discussion. ------------------------------ RESOURCES To read the full systematic review: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2023.12...

Ep 155: Staying active during cancer treatment, with Dr Kristin Campbell and Kendra Zadravec

November 06, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

How do you help someone manage cancer-related fatigue or get back to exercise after their treatment? Is it safe for someone with bone metastases to exercise? PhD candidate and recent Master of Physical Therapy graduate, Kendra Zadravec, and Professor Kristin Campbell (Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia, Canada) share their research and clinical expertise in developing physiotherapy interventions for people with cancer to help answers to the...

Ep 154: Why the elbow is like Homer Simpson, with Val Jones

October 30, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MB

Does the thought of managing elbow pain leave you reaching for your orthopaedics textbook? Maybe you've got lateral elbow tendinopathy sorted, but how confident do you feel about managing elbow fractures and dislocations? Today, Val Jones, Clinical Lead Physiotherapist at the Sheffield Shoulder and Elbow Unit at the Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, shares practical advice to help you feel confident about managing elbow pain. For more on the Virtual Sports PT C...

Ep 153: REVISITED: The surgeon's perspective on treating lateral ankle sprain, with Dr Casey Humbyrd

October 16, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

Dr Casey Humbyrd—orthopaedic surgeon and Chief of foot & ankle orthopedics at the University of Pennsylvania—shares her expertise and insights on treating ankle sprains that are not responding to non-surgical treatment. Dr Humbyrd reviews ankle anatomy and her rationale for recommending surgery, how she performs a Broström repair, and explains how she works in close partnership with physical therapists and patients to achieve quality rehabilitation and return to sport outco...

Ep 152: REVISITED: Raising the bar in ACL rehabilitation, with Drs Chris Kuenze & Adam Weaver

October 09, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Do you work with young people with ACL injury? Well, you're in the right place! Today, Drs Chris Kuenze and Adam Weaver walk through the story behind creating a comprehensive normative dataset for knee function and strength outcomes. You'll learn how the project got started, and how you can use the information to help make even more informed clinical decisions. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Find the paper "Age-, Sex-, and Graft-specific Reference Values From 78...

Ep 151: REVISITED: The cervical spine questions you don't want to miss, with Dr Lynn McKinnis

October 02, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MB

A surfer walks into your clinic with neck pain…What do you do next? And why? Dr Lynn McKinnis expertly walks through when and how to apply the Canadian C-Spine Rule when a patient presents with neck pain, types of vertebral artery injuries, and tips for diagnosing and treating acute neck trauma. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Learn more about the specific case here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/full/10.2519/jospt.2016.0416 Canadian C-Spine Rule: https://med-fom-c...

Ep 150: REVISITED: Nailing your neurological assessment, with Dr Annina Schmid

September 25, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Does the thought of dermatomes and myotomes, nerve trunks and nerve roots fill you with confidence or fill you with fear? Physiotherapist and neuroscientist, Dr Annina Schmid (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University), shares a checklist of what you need to know, and what you need to do, to nail your neurological assessment next time you're in the clinic. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Does your neurological examination for suspected peri...

Ep 149: VISA-free travel for tendinopathy? Introducing the TENDINS-A, with Dr Myles Murphy

September 18, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

Tendinopathy is a common and often challenging musculoskeletal condition. A cornerstone of diagnosing and managing tendinopathy is assessing the problem well. In today's episode, Dr Myles Murphy (Edith Cowan University, Australia) shares a new patient-reported outcome measure for evaluating Achilles tendinopathy-related disability, the TENDINS-A (TENDINopathy Severity Assessment-Achilles). ------------------------------ RESOURCES The TENDINopathy Severity Assessment-Achi...

Ep 148: Repairing the Achilles tendon, with Dr Casey Humbyrd

September 11, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB

Foot and ankle surgeon, Dr Casey Humbyrd, returns to JOSPT Insights to share the surgeon’s perspective on Achilles tendon repair. What does she consider when helping patients to make a decision about surgery or no surgery? How does she perform the surgical repair, and why is she so fastidious with post-op restrictions? Dr Humbyrd is a champion for physical therapy, and underscores wound care, person-centred care, and why tension can help the Achilles! --------------------...

Ep 147: Breaking down biomechanics, with Drs Elanna Arhos and Stephanie Di Stasi

September 04, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

Assessing how people move and helping them to reach their goals for moving is your bread and butter as a clinician. Today we're learning from 2 leaders in sports biomechanics: Drs Elanna Arhos and Stephanie Di Stasi from the Ohio State University. We discuss how to make sense of a biomechanics research article, how to translate what you read to clinical practice, and the minimum biomechanics set-up for your clinic. ------------------------------ RESOURCES For more on th...

Ep 146. Build your listening and communicating superpowers, with Luke Keaney

August 28, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MB

Luke Keaney's career at the top level of Gaelic football was cut short at the age of 24 by hip pain and injury. After 5 hip surgeries and countless hours of hard work in the gym and rehabilitation room, Luke has switched his focus from Gaelic football to rowing, and has his eye on the Paris Olympics. While Luke's career in sport has continued in a different guise, he feels that things might have been different had the clinicians and practitioners he interacted with as a you...

Ep 145: Finding the promise in PROMs, with Dr Lisa Hoglund

August 21, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

Have you ever found yourself feeling uncertain or confused when choosing a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM)? Today we're talking about the hallmarks of a PROM for people with patellofemoral pain. Physical therapist, educator and researcher, Professor Lisa Hoglund, fills in the gaps to help us find the promise in PROMs. ------------------------- RESOURCES Construct validity, reliability, responsiveness and interpretability of PROMs for patellofemoral pain: https://...

Ep 144: Helping female athletes perform at their best, with Dr Rachel Harris

August 14, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MB

Maybe you think of health literacy as the building blocks of knowing how to access the healthcare system, and knowing what to do when you have a cold? Today, Dr Rachel Harris is guiding us as we consider our collective health literacy of the particular health, wellbeing and performance needs of female athletes. Dr Harris represented Australia at the Olympics as a swimming athlete, and was the Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Paralympic team in Tokyo 2021. She leads...

Ep 143. Beginning with the end in mind for return to sport, with Dr Lionel Chia

August 07, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB

Dr Lionel Chia joins Chelsea and Dan to bring his 2022 article in JOSPT, Beginning With The End In Mind: Implementing Backward Design To Improve Sports Injury Rehabilitation Practices, to life. Lionel outlines 4 categories to consider when planning return to sport and performance: (1) deconstructing goals, (2) determining key performance indicators, (3) assessing the challenge point, and (4) using the control-chaos continuum to guide interventions. We work through examples...

Ep 142: A new resource to help athletes Remain in the Game, with Drs Hayley Root and Jeff Driban

July 31, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

As a JOSPT Insights listener, you already know programs like the FIFA 11+, the PEP program and the GetSet app for reducing injury rates in team sports like soccer (football) and handball. When you're working with athletes, coaches and parents, how easy is it to get them set up with a warm-up program that athletes can follow and stick to a few times a week? Today's chat might just give you a tool to make life easier for you and the athletes, coaches and parents you work with...

Ep 141: Imaging the painful hip—now and in the future, with Dr Vasco Mascarenhas

July 24, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

The YAHiR (Young Athletes' Hip Research) Collaborative takes over the JOSPT Insights podcast today with a deep dive into best practice for imaging the painful hip. What is the best approach to imaging for young people with hip pain? When do you reach for radiographs? What are the pros and cons of MRI for hip pain? And how do you interpret and act on the information you gather from the scan? Never fear, Dr Vasco Mascarenhas—radiologist and Assistant Professor at Católica Me...

Ep 140: Graded motor imagery for managing low back pain, JOSPT Cases (part 2)

July 17, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

In part 2 of this JOSPT Insights x JOSPT Cases collaboration, clinicians Dr Cody Mansfield and Dr Laura Cutler, with Dr Jake Bleacher continue discussing how they used graded motor imagery to help a patient with low back pain. Treatment sessions 3 and 4 include breakthroughs, progressions, graded movement exposure, and mindfulness training. We discuss who finds pain neuroscience most helpful, and Dr Chris Hughes explains why this case was a perfect match for JOSPT Cases. ...

Ep 139: Graded motor imagery for managing low back pain, JOSPT Cases

July 10, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

In part 1 of this JOSPT Insights x JOSPT Cases collaboration, clinicians Dr Cody Mansfield, Dr Laura Cutler, and Dr Jake Bleacher review their approach to supporting a patient with chronic low back pain. First, they review the history, clinical assessment, and the interventions performed over the first 2 treatment sessions. Next, the clinical team reviews how they decided when to leave the biomechanical world and when to focus on graded motor imagery and laterality trainin...

Ep 138: SPORTS CORNER: Footy–"the game they play in heaven", with Melissa Haberfield

July 03, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MB

Melissa Haberfield, very patiently, takes Chelsea and Dan through all things Australian Rules Football. From the field, scoring, and rules, to the punching, kicking, and tackling required to play—it’s a crash course in the game of footy. Melissa breaks down the demands of the sport, the common injuries, and key things for clinicians to keep in mind when working with Australian football athletes. ------------------------------ RESOURCES More on the Prep2Play injury preven...

Ep 137: Why does it hurt? Helping kids in pain, with Dr Joshua Pate

June 26, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

Kids are resilient, but that doesn't mean they don't struggle with pain. Sometimes it can feel daunting to know how best to support a child in pain, and their family, as everyone navigates school, sport and other environments. Physiotherapist, researcher and educator at University of Technology Sydney, Dr Joshua Pate, is on a mission to help kids and clinicians work better together when it comes to understanding and managing musculoskeletal pain. Today he shares the latest ...

Ep 136: Lateral elbow pain 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline, with Drs Ann Lucado and Joseph Day

June 19, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB

Look no further for the latest information on assessing, diagnosing, treating and making a prognosis about, lateral elbow pain! CPG authors Dr Ann Lucado and Dr Joseph “Matt” Day review the key take-aways from the CPG. They share the important differential diagnoses to consider, the outcome measures to use, and impairment measures to track. Clinicians will love the clever approach to classifying the irritability stage of elbow pain, to guide both treatment and prognosis an...

Ep 135: Back pain in adolescent athletes (part 2), with Dr Mitchell Selhorst

June 12, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

Dr Mitchell Selhorst continues his chat about spondylosis/spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis in adolescent athletes. After reviewing the who, why, and what in part 1, today’s episode is full of clinical pearls about rehabilitation and return to sport. Dr Selhorst presents a 3-stage approach to rehabilitation, and shares how he thinks differently when planning rehabilitation for an acute vs. a chronic injury. Another big take-home message: how important it is to consider the ps...

Ep 134: Back pain in adolescent athletes (part 1) – who, why and what, with Dr Mitchell Selhorst

June 05, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Today, Dr Mitchell Selhorst dives in the world of pediatric spondylosis/spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis injuries with Chelsea and Dan. And it’s not all about female gymnasts! You can expect about 3 in every 10 adolescents with low back pain to have a spondy. So, knowing the population, risk factors, and key things to look for on examination are incredibly important. Dr Selhorst reviews the epidemiology, shares the current evidence on the effects of bracing and surgery, and...

Ep 133: Best bet for managing back pain? The RESTORE trial, with Professors Peter Kent & Peter O'Sullivan

May 29, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

Two gentle giants of physiotherapy/physical therapy research and practice join JOSPT Insights today. Associate Professor Peter Kent and Professor Peter O'Sullivan (Curtin University, Perth, Australia) share, on behalf of the whole trial team, the results of their RESTORE trial. Does cognitive functional therapy herald a revolution in how clinicians can support people to live well with back pain? Let's find out... ------------------------------ RESOURCES Toll-free link to...

Ep 132: Sorting out subacromial pain diagnoses, with Dr Angela Cadogan

May 22, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

Someone walks into your clinic with a sore shoulder. Are you dealing with a stiff shoulder? A rotator cuff problem? The acromioclavicular joint? Or something else entirely? Today, Dr Angela Cadogan (PT, PhD) - Specialist Physiotherapist and clinical consultant - is helping you hone your clinical reasoning in differential diagnosis of subacromial pain. Dr Cadogan shares her practical approach to diagnosing subacromial pain in a way that you can take straight to the clinic t...

Ep 131: SPORTS CORNER: "Lighting the Lamp" in ice hockey, with Dr Rick Joreitz

May 15, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MB

Dr Rick Joreitz (University of Pittsburgh) joins Chelsea and Dan to chat all things ice hockey. From the unique demands on the hip in all planes of motion—c’mon, we couldn’t do a podcast about ice hockey without talking hips!—to the acute and chronic injuries, helpful manual therapy tips, and ways to progress a return to the ice. Dr Joreitz has got your key questions covered. Who would have thought the boards of the rink were such an important part of rehabilitation? ...

Ep 130: Treating hip dysplasia (explainer part 2), with Drs Inger Mechlenburg and Julie Jacobsen

May 08, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MB

The YAHiR (Young Athletes Hip Research) Collaborative take over the JOSPT Insights podcast today with the second part of our explainer on hip dysplasia. Drs Inger Mechlenburg and Julie Jacobsen cover the key elements of an effective treatment program, when hip preserving surgery is an option, and how to balance loading, exercise and information to help people with hip dysplasia to stay active and healthy throughout life. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Learn more...

Ep 129: Hip dysplasia explainer (part 1), with Drs Inger Mechlenburg and Julie Jacobsen

May 01, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB

The YAHiR (Young Athletes' Hip Research) Collaborative takes over the JOSPT Insights podcast today with Part 1 of a 2-part explainer on hip dysplasia. Tune in to learn about what causes hip dysplasia and how common the problem is, plus how to put the clinical history, pain and imaging puzzle together to diagnose and identify the major impairments that come along with hip dysplasia. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Learn more about how the YAHiR collaborative is pa...

Ep 128: SPORTS CORNER: The cut and thrust of NBA basketball, with Dr Maggie Bryant

April 24, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

Today’s sports corner is all about managing high-level basketball athletes. Dr Maggie Bryant, Director of Rehabilitation for the LA Clippers, explains the physical demands of basketball, common injuries, and important things to consider when planning rehabilitation with basketball athletes. From the acceleration and deceleration demands, physical playing space restrictions, challenging anthropometrics of these athletes, and the variation in position demands—your rehabilitat...

Ep 127: Shaping up for marathon season, with Dr Chris Napier

April 17, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 52.4 MB

Dr Chris Napier is a physiotherapist, Assistant Professor and Director of the Run Lab at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, and 2:33-marathoner. Who better to share tips for ramping up running training? Today we discuss strategies for performing well and staying injury free while running, how to choose a new running shoe, and Chris shares his approach to designing an effective all-round running training program. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Chris' ...

Ep 126: The future for sports PT, with Dr Mike Reinold

April 10, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB

The American Physical Therapy Association's Academy of Sports Physical Therapy is now in its 50th year. Today, Academy President, Dr Mike Reinold, is celebrating not only the achievements of the past 50 years, but looking forward to the future. Mike has assumed the role of Sports Academy President at an exciting time of innovation in learning, professional development, and mentorship. Today we discuss how the Sports Academy is nurturing the physical therapy profession and i...

Ep 125: Deciding on a calf pain diagnosis, with Dr Seth O'Neill

March 27, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

Dr Seth O'Neill (University of Leicester) is back sharing his tips on diagnosing the source of calf pain in active people. What are the common diagnoses? The things you should not miss? The concerning diagnosis masquerading as calf pain? And much more.