#44 - The science of sports injuries and how to prevent and treat them with Dr Kristian Thorborg

Dr Glenn McConell chats with Professor Kristian Thorborg from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark who also has s position at Lund University in Sweden. We spoke about the role of the placebo effect, sports injury prevention and especially the role of eccentric exercise, plyometrics, whether stretching reduces sports injuries, prehabilitation, exercise to avoid surgery, rehabilitation, is ice useful, effectiveness of adjunct treatments, start with the least aggressive approach etc. Twitter: @KThorborg

0:00. Introduction and Kristian’s background
8:15. Evidence base for physiotherapy/ physiotherapy is a profession
12:20. Physiotherapy treatments for injury pain
14:21. The placebo effect in physiotherapy treatment
17:31. Outcomes when treated by a doctor vs a physiotherapist
20:52. Sports injury prevention with eccentric exercise
22:57. Nordic hamstring exercise: Eccentric exercise
32:33: Copenhagen abductor exercise: Eccentric exercise
39:45. Load vs speed of contractions re injury prevention
41:30. Plyometrics
44:34. Why Lance Armstrong bounding for cycling.
45:23. Does stretching reduce sports injuries?
55:26. Prehabilitation useful to recovery from surgery?
58:29. Exercise to avoid surgery
1:01:47. Rehabilitation: how early? Individualized vs usual care?
1:12:32. Push through pain?
1:14:09. Does good rehab reduce reinjury?
1:15:52. RICE. Not a fan of ice after injury
1:19:33. What are the biggest risk factors for injury?
1:24:55. Effectiveness of adjunct treatments
1:31:50. Is massage effective?
1:32:50. Sham surgery as effective as surgery?
1:36:28. Start with the least aggressive approach
1:40:45. Takeaway messages
1:44:25. Outro (9 secs)
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