The New Grad Physio Podcast

Do you worry when your patient reports they have neck pain? Anxious that you might miss something serious… …or that you might do more harm than good and make your patients symptoms worse? Or maybe you are unsure what to do if your patient gives you a positive response to one of your red flag questions. It was drilled into you at Uni that you need to screen for serious injuries during any spinal assessment... …and rightly so. Before you get consider getting your hands-on or giving rehab exercises to any patient you of course need to be sure that it is safe to do so. But doing this correctly can be easier said than done and the neck continues to be an area of the body that so many therapists just do not like to treat! Sound like you? Then you need to listen to this week's podcast episode! Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources visit… www.newgradphysio.com

As simple as the knee might appear, I am sure you have had some patients with knee pain that you have found tricky to deal with.  You may have struggled with your objective assessment and been unable to find the right diagnosis. You may do too many special tests, even when you can not really reason why you are doing them (this is really common) and at the same time just irritate your patient or… Maybe you worry that you might miss an important injury at the knee, like an ACL injury. This week's podcast episode will give you 3 top tips to help you better make sense of the knee and help you conduct a better knee objective assessment. Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources visit… www.newgradphysio.com

Finding the time for CPD can be challenging but it is something you know you need to do to stay up to date with the latest evidence and continue to grow as a therapist. University only teaches you so much. Hopefully it taught you how to be safe and competent with your patients… But the real learning and growth as a physio starts when you graduate. Ensuring you do not waste your time, effort and money on the wrong CPD can be hard to judge, especially as a new grad, with so many CPD options out there. This week’s podcast episode will give you some guidance as to the best way to design your own CPD that will actually help you learn what YOU need to learn… So you do not waste your efforts on the wrong CPD to ensure you actually learn something that will help you get better at your main job… And become better at your patient assessments, treatments and rehab so you can help more patients get better, in safest and the fastest time possible. Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources visit… www.newgradphysio.com

Ever wondered what a top sports physio would do differently as a student and new grad if they had their time again? In this week's podcast episode Gareth Robinson a top physio with experience working at the highest level in both codes of rugby and football... Experience traveling the world with a top golfer as his personal physio... And an extensive private practice background including being the physiotherapy manager of a large private hospital... Gives you his biggest tip to get ahead of your peers and hit the ground running when you first graduate! Enjoy the show! PS. I am delighted to announce that Gareth is one of the guest speakers on my upcoming New Grad Physio Lower Limb Injury Summit, happening LIVE and Online on the 7th May 2022. >>> Register now here for FREE <<<

The physio room is NOT the place your patient needs to be if they have something sinister going on and it is your job during the assessment to work this out. Failure to identify possible sinister problems is not great for you or your patient as you might start treating something you should not. This is why you ask those important red flag questions… But 99% of therapists fall short when screening for sinister problems during their patient assessments. There is one super important question you need to ask each and every patient you see. It is a question that I am almost certain you will not be asking, because you will not have been taught this at University… But is super important if you want to make the right treatment decisions with each and every patient that you see. Learn more in this week’s podcast. Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources visit… www.newgradphysio.com

Working with real patients in the real world is a far cry from treating your classmates in a practical session or when you were out on placement. Then you were still learning...  And you had the fall back and 'excuse' to get things wrong. But once you qualify that all changes. Patients expect you to fix them and they do not care if you qualified 10 months ago or 10 years ago... They just want you to tell them what is causing their back pain and how you are going to fix it. Lower back pain is something you will see more than any other injury. It's the most prevalent MSK in the world so it's an area of the body you need to know how to manage. Listen to this week's podcast to help you fill in some important information University did not teach you... To help you better assess, treat and rehab any of the lower back pain patients you see. Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources visit… www.newgradphysio.com

You may have heard about physio's assessing the rib-cage as part of their patient assessments. This might seem complicated... But it's really not. If you can understand what the ribs do when we breathe in and out, and how this relates to movement at the lower back... You will be able to see how poor rib-cage movement can heavily influence lower back pain. This is really important because a failure to assess and treat a rib-cage problem might stop you getting your lower back pain patient pain-free or keeping their pain away once they have left your clinic. Listen to this week's podcast episode to learn more! Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources visit… www.newgradphysio.com

If you see patients with lower back pain (this is everyone) then you need to listen to this week's podcast! Red flag questioning is such an important part of your lower back pain assessment... That you must get right! Otherwise you risk missing something important and starting your hands-on treatments and rehab when it might not be safe to do so!  Listen now for some help and to make sure you are not treating something that you should not be! Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources visit… www.newgradphysio.com

Getting rid of a patients lower back pain (and keeping it away)can sometimes feel like an impossible task! You use massage, needling, instrument assisted techniques or maybe something else. These are all great ways to improve lower back symptoms but the problem is, many of these techniques only work for a short period of time. You treat your patients lower back, they jump up and feel great... But their symptoms come back a day or so later... Sometimes even after a few hours. So what do you need to do differently to stop this from happening? Find out in this week's podcast episode. Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources visit… www.newgradphysio.com

It can be all too easy to get it wrong with lower back pain patients... And that’s not a good thing for you, or your patient! If you are like most new grads I am sure that treating lower back pain patients can sometimes feel overwhelming. You have to rule out anything serious... Find a diagnosis… Then pick the right treatments and rehab... Or risk flaring up your patients symptoms and making them worse rather than better. To help you out I have a big tip that you can use for any lower back pain patient and I share this secret on this week's podcast episode. Check it out now! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources visit… www.newgradphysio.com