JOSPT Insights

Are you delivering musculoskeletal care based on the most up-to-date model of chronic pain? Professor Steve Kamper explains why he’s riding his bicycle around Australia on the Pain Revolution Tour, shares his tips for framing a conversation with a person experiencing chronic pain, and encourages clinicians to move from treating a body part to treating a person. Learn more about Pain Revolution at www.painrevolution.org.

Dr Mike Reinold brings his wealth of experience at the pinnacle of pro baseball to JOSPT Insights this week, sharing his practical advice on how to measure and manage baseball pitchers’ workload, and explaining how he collaborates with coaches to help athletes perform at their best. Don’t miss Mike’s tips for return to sport.

Join Dr Max Paquette on a deep dive into his October 2020 JOSPT article, "Moving Beyond Weekly 'Distance': Optimizing Quantification of Training Load in Runners". How do you measure running load? What about wearables? Dr Paquette will bring you up to speed on the external and internal factors to consider when working with runners and how to figure out which factors are most relevant to the runner you’re working with. You can access Dr Paquette’s article for free at https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2020.9533

“My hip still hurts. I’m doing everything you’ve suggested, but it’s not getting better”. In this bonus episode, Dr Alison Grimaldi shares her approach to troubleshooting hip pain when things aren’t going as planned. For more from Dr Grimaldi, check out episode 3 of JOSPT Insights—a deep dive into gluteal tendinopathy and tendon loading.

JOSPT Editor of Patient and Public Partnerships Joletta Belton shares the story of her journey from physical therapy patient to pain patient advocate and describes a day in the life of her work in chronic pain rehabilitation.

Looking to hone your skills in managing hamstring injuries? We have you covered! To kick off 2021, Professor Bryan Heiderscheit shares his must-read articles of the past 5 years and how you can apply the results to level-up your clinical practice tomorrow.

Protecting the health of our best and brightest stars of the future holds a special place in Dr Jackie Whittaker's heart. How do you ensure youth athletes stay healthy and happy in sport, and what do you do if it goes pear-shaped? Dr Whittaker shares her tips, honed from years of clinical practice and field-leading research, on planning and managing return to sport after serious knee injury. Find the International Olympic Committee's paediatric ACL consensus statement at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29478021/

In Part 2 of our 2-episode interview, Dr Merv Travers walks through his experience of musculoskeletal trauma (and Lego), and the questions to ask patients about their beliefs and experiences of chronic pain. Dr Travers implores clinicians to adopt an anti-fragile mindset—placing exercise and movement at the top of the priority list for people with chronic pain.

Physical therapist, researcher, and strength & conditioning coach Dr Merv Travers kicks off Part 1 of a 2-episode dive into managing chronic pain by discussing what is known about using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for managing chronic pain. He shares how clinicians can rethink their approach to managing chronic pain to best help patients. Stay tuned for Part 2, available on Monday, December 7th.

Dr Stephanie Mathieson (Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney) is sounding the alarm and tackling the super-wicked problem of opioid prescription. She covers the opioid epidemic, why communication within the multidisciplinary team is critical to helping patients manage pain, and how musculoskeletal clinicians can be part of the solution to overuse of medicines. Dr Mathieson's work is nested in the WISER Healthcare collaboration, a leading multidisciplinary research collaboration focused on reducing overdiagnosis and overtreatment in health care.