The Physio Matters Podcast

Patient Reported Outcome Measures has always been a topic many have engaged with but ultimately never committed to actually solving and using. Cue Louise Tulloh to tell us the How's, Why's and Wherefores of PROMs.  I am sure many of you will say "I use PROMs". Do you though... Do you actually... What do you do with the information, where do you store it, do you utilise it? Probably not. You will after this chat. Find out more about VALD HERE

Justin has commandeered the microphone for this Physio Matters Masterclass preview podcast. He talks to Angela Jackson who is presenting about Identifying And Managing Bone Stress Injuries at the Lower Limb Masterclass on the 22nd of Feb 2023 and my oh my are we excited about it. This podcast is packed with info so you can just imagine what the event will be like. You can grab a ticket HERE or become a Premium Member and get the ticket included for FREE (yeh we are definitely mad). CLICK HERE FOR PREMIUM.

We managed to steal a few minutes of the very busy Benoy Mathew while we had our pop up studio at Therapy Expo. Jack had a great chat with him about the overlooked side-effects of shockwave and his clinically useful book about Hips and Knees

We started a new segment when we visited Therapy Expo called "Change My Mind". In this Jack Chew posed the statement that "We Can't Meaningfully Alter Tissue With Manual Therapy". It is a contentious statement especially at a show with a lot of massage booths, tape and tissue sports guns. A really interesting conversation that will test bias on both sides of the argument.

We started a new segment when we visited Therapy Expo called "Change My Mind". In this Jack Chew posed the statement that "We Can't Meaningfully Alter Tissue With Manual Therapy". It is a contentious statement especially at a show with a lot of massage booths, tape and tissue sports guns. A really interesting conversation that will test bias on both sides of the argument. About Emma Holly Emma is a specialised clinical scar massage therapist, a leader in her field, with a clinic in Harley Street. Emma is the education director of UK's leading scar therapy training school, Restore Therapy. She regularly teaches courses to sports and clinical massage therapists, physiotherapists, lymphoedema and occupational therapists, both within private practice and within the NHS. Check Out Emma Here: www.restoretherapy.co.uk Mechanobiology and scar treatment approaches MDPI and ACS Style Van Daele, U.; Meirte, J.; Anthonissen, M.; Vanhullebusch, T.; Maertens, K.; Demuynck, L.; Moortgat, P. Mechanomodulation: Physical Treatment Modalities Employ Mechanotransduction to Improve Scarring. Eur. Burn J. 2022, 3, 241-255. https://doi.org/10.3390/ebj3020021 Thompson WR, Scott A, Loghmani MT, Ward SR, Warden SJ. Understanding Mechanobiology: Physical Therapists as a Force in Mechanotherapy and Musculoskeletal Regenerative Rehabilitation. Phys Ther. 2016 Apr;96(4):560-9. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20150224. Epub 2015 Dec 4. PMID: 26637643; PMCID: PMC4817213. Physical Management of Scar Tissue: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Carlina Deflorin, Erich Hohenauer, Rahel Stoop, Ulrike van Daele, Ron Clijsen, and Jan Taeymans The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2020 26:10, 854-865 Scar classification and symptoms (cosmetically inferior keloid and contracture scars are pathological with ongoing symptoms) Farrukh, O., Goutos, I. (2020). Scar Symptoms: Pruritus and Pain. In: Téot, L., Mustoe, T.A., Middelkoop, E., Gauglitz, G.G. (eds) Textbook on Scar Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44766-3_10 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/scars/ https://scarfree.org.uk/about-scarring Research Emma Holly has participated in Beverley de Valois, Teresa Young, Clare Scarlett, Emma Holly, An evaluation of a ScarWork service for cancer survivors experiencing adverse effects of surgery and/or radiotherapy, European Journal of Integrative Medicine, Volume 44, 2021,101327,ISSN 1876-3820, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1876382021000457

Liz Bayley is BACK and this time we could speak to her in real life! Rob Beaven is behind the mic for his Interview debut and its an absolute joy to listen to Liz elaborate on why diagnostic specificity matters and when. She also comments on social media as well as some really nice clinical reasoning examples from her clinical case load :) Don't forget to subscribe to the channel! Check out rehabmypatient.com/physiomatters for 3 months free exercise prescription software!

We are finishing up this AxSpA series with a bang! I finally managed to get Dr James Noake behind the microphone to talk about AxSpA in Sport and Exercise Medicine. We discuss the patients that attend his clinic, some of his tips, the challenges that this cohort present and the role of SEM Consultants in assessment/management Find James on twitter HERE Please provide feedback on this podcast HERE Thank you to Novartis for sponsoring this Series of 5 podcasts For more resources CLICK HERE

We managed to get the superstar Ian Gatt into our pop up studio live at Therapy Expo. Jack discusses where Sports fit into MSK practice, what are the similarities and the differences especially with elite sport. Does the BioPsychoSocial fit and apply in the same way? What about diagnostic specificity? Don't forget to subscribe to the channel! Check out rehabmypatient.com/physiomatters for 3 months free exercise prescription software!

In session 101 Lorimer Moseley stated "Nociception is neither sufficient nor necessary for pain" There was a good deal of pushback on social media regarding this and Asaf Weisman has stepped up to discuss why that is. Jack and Asaf discuss nociception from an evolutionary stand point and why this is important, they then go on to discuss the brain centric nature of research. Its a complex evolving conversation and one thing everyone can agree on is definitions need to be agreed upon! Sponsored by rehabmypatient.com get 3 months free exercise prescription and virtual appointment software HERE

Alistair Beverley was speaking at Therapy Expo on Learning Disabilities and Diagnostic Overshadowing which is a vitally important and yet very poorly known subject amongst MSK Therapists. We couldn't miss this opportunity to ask him some questions about.  Farouk Bello is behind the mic and discusses with Ali moving on to the lack of teaching at university level and how to avoid the common mistakes made by Health Care Professionals when they see People with a Learning Disability for treatment of MSK conditions. Find Ali on Twitter @theLDPhysio and online theldphysio.com