The New Grad Physio Podcast

The shoulder is notoriously difficult to manage. It can be tricky to know what the best questions to ask during your subjective assessment are… Or what special tests to use to differently diagnose different shoulder problems... Or where you should start with your patient’s rehab... And the best exercises to use to keep your patients shoulder pain from returning. I guarantee that you are overcomplicating your assessments, treatments and rehab when managing shoulder problems. The biggest mistakes usually happen during rehab and in this week’s podcast you will discover what you are doing wrong and what you need to do instead to get better results with the shoulder pain patients you work with. 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. 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

Life as a new grad is always harder than you anticipated. You quickly learn that University did not prepare you for the patients and their problems that you are being now asked to fix up.  The expectations from patients and senior colleagues are much greater now… And having lost that safety blanket you had as a student, you are now expected to know what you are doing and have all the answers. You know that you need to keep on top of your CPD to keep progressing and learning... But finding the time to do this can feel almost impossible.  But this can’t happen if you want to keep progressing and getting better results with the patients or athletes that you work with. Listen to this week’s episode to find out why this is a real issue and what to do to fix this issue up to get ahead… And without wasting your time, effort and money on the wrong CPD.  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. 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 a physio there is not much worse than patient’s not doing their rehab. You give your patient the exercises to help them get better… But for whatever reason they don’t do them. Maybe it’s a lack of time… Or they forgot what you told them to do… But whatever it is, you know that if they don’t start buying in to the rehab plan, then they are not going to improve. And these type of patients are always the same patients that start questioning you why they are not getting better after the first few sessions! Doing your hands-on treatment techniques on a patient can help reduce pain and improve range of movement, sometimes even improve strength, but it is the rehab that fixes the problem 9/10 and stops the problem coming back. Maybe you label your patients ‘lazy’ and question if they actually want to get better. After all, if they did surely they would do their rehab exercises like you asked. But in most cases the reason patients do not do their rehab is not their fault… But your fault! Find out why this is the case and what you need to do differently to get your patients to actually stick to their rehab plan... And start getting better! 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. 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

From the outset my new grad journey might look like a dream... Gaining my dream job as the Head Physio at the Leeds Rhinos less than 15 months after graduating. At the time they were the top team in the country, having just one that years Grand Final and having won 4 of the last 5 championships. This was a big job! But it wasn't all rosy, far from it. Those early times as a new grad were littered with errors, mistakes and those imposter feelings we all get as a new grad. I remember each and every mistake I made like it was yesterday. Those feelings of being inadequate and incompetent I'm not sure you ever forget how bad they make you feel. Check out this short video to hear my most embarrassing new grad stories newgradphysio.com/embarassing-new-grad-story/ PS. Have an embarrassing story of your own? Let me know by sending me a DM on my socials or contact me at andy@newgradphysio.com and whatever your problem, I'll get right back to you with some help.

What is the best way to manage an athlete or patient following a concussion? All the recent evidence around concussion points towards a safe, but early return to exercise, and not a prolonged rest period, that was previously prescribed. It is important that the exercise you prescribe does not heighten patient symptoms, especially in the early stages, but like any other injury we need to load the injured area to help it recover (in concussion this means the brain). During the early stages of recovery following a concussive injury, moderate rest is still important, but what the evidence is showing is that this period of ‘rest’ is becoming shorter and that longer duration rest can actually cause more harm than good. Concussion research is ever evolving so if you work with deal with concussions then keeping up to date with the current evidence is key. To help you out, check out this podcast episode where you will discover the 5 top treatment options you can use with the patients or athletes following a concussion. 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. 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

When you treat an acute injury are you following RICE… PRICE… POLICE or the more recent… PEACE & LOVE acute injury model? What really is the best way to manage an acute injury? With so many different methods and protocols it can be hard to make sense of it all. This podcast episode will summarise the best and latest evidence on acute injury management... Giving you the knowledge you need to use these methods in the best way possible to limit tissue damage... And start your patient or athlete's recovery from injury in the best possible way. 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. 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

Do you do your NHS rotations? Go straight into private practice… Or try get your foot in the door sport straight away? Is the most important thing at the start of your career just to get some experience or should you go after your dream job right away? There is a lot to try figure out when you first graduate. Knowing what to do and making sure you make the right career decisions that will help you progress and not waste those vital early years of learning. With so many mixed messages from University lecturers, friends, family, colleagues and other therapists on Instagram or LinkedIn it can be almost impossible to try make sense of it all and actually decide what the best move for you actually is. In this week's podcast you will discover 3 key things you need to know to give you career clarity and help you plan the best move for you... To make those first steps to a happy and successful career as a physio, sports therapist or sports rehabilatator... And avoid making the wrong decision and send yourself down the wrong career path. 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. 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

When the knee starts to grumble it can be hard to get on top of patient symptoms and sometimes even harder to stop these symptoms coming back. Lateral knee pain is a common issue and injuries like patella-femoral joint pain, illio-tibial band pain or lateral meniscal problem can cause major distribution to a patient or athletes function, particularly the more active they are. So what might you be missing? What could you do better to get on top of lateral knee pain and stop this problem coming back no sooner than you have got rid of it? In this week's podcast you will learn 3 tips to help you better manage lateral knee pain cases. 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. 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

Starting out you may miss things in your assessments that mean you make the wrong diagnosis. You get to session 2 or 3 and start to question if you are treating the right thing. Maybe you made a diagnosis but then your patient or athlete gets a scan or goes to see a specialist and gets told it’s something else. Maybe you just get it plain wrong and your patient senses this. What do you do? This week’s podcast episode will give you 3 tips to fix up this error without making yourself look stupid and stop your patient or athlete losing faith in you as their therapist. 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. 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

Hip pain can be tricky to get on top of and often even harder to keep symptoms away... With many patient's symptoms quickly returning as soon as they restart higher level activities like running, the gym or sport. So where should you start with hip pain rehab... How do you know if you are treating the right thing... And when they are ready to progress their rehab? In this week's podcast episode I will use a tricky OA hip patient I have been treating recently in my own clinic to help you understand how to tackle patients with hip pain. And if you can get your head around this tricky case then you will be ready to attack any hip pain patient that walks through your clinic door... No matter how severe their diagnosis or how poor their prognosis is. 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. 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