Sports Therapy Association Podcast

STA138: ’Mental Health Part 3: Lets Be Frank’ with guests Jack Coward & Ryan Smith

In Ep.138 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you Part 3 of our 'Focus on Mental Health & Learning Disability', with special guests Ryan Smith & Jack Coward, creators & hosts of 'Let's Be Frank Podcast' – a mental health awareness podcast that gives men a platform and a safe space where they can stand up and speak out about their life struggles and mental health challenges.

Reminder Of Other Episodes:

• Ep136 with James Chapman of AllAboutTheMind.com, an instructor for MHFA (Mental Health First Aid)
• Ep137 my Alistair Beverley of TheLDPhysio.com (LD standing for Learning Disability) 

Content Warning 
The content on this episode is not suitable for all age groups. It includes real life stories of mental health, suicide and the effects of suicide on individuals and families. If you decide to continue listening and are affected by the content please feel free to email:
• info@letsbefrank.org.uk
• matt@thesta.co.uk

Episode Timestamps:

• 6:20 - Content Warning
• 7:15 - How & why 'Let's Be Frank' started
• 8:30 - How much support is out there for men with mental health problems?
• 12:00 - 2021 & 2022: Over 10,000 suicides in the UK, two thirds of whom were men.
• 15:25 - How to make a difference
• 21:00 - Should mental health be taught earlier at school?
• 22:30 - A look at the podcast content
• 24:10 - Was it difficuilt to be so open in the podcasts? 
• 29:38 - Support for ex-military
• 37:14 - How can soft tissue therapists look after their own mental health
• 45:00 - Duty of care for clients & patients
• 51:00 - The power of active listening
• 57:00 - Follow Lets be Frank & LDPhysio on TikTok and other Social Media!

Useful Links:

• Website: https://letsbefrank.org.uk/
• TikTok: ryanandjack_letsbefrank
• Twitter: @L3tsBFrank
• Instagram: @letsbefrankpodcastuk
• Facebook Page & Lets Be Frank Private Group 

Our sincere thanks to Jack Coward & Ryan Smith for giving up their time to be guests on the show! 

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

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Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk

STA137: ’Healthcare for People with Learning Disabilities’ with guest Alistair Beverley

As a soft tissue therapist, how well equipped are you to assess an MSK condition for an individual with a learning disability? Would you fall prey to the all too common trait of 'diagnostic overshadowing', i.e. where symptoms of physical ill health are mistaken or attributed to that person's learning diasability?

In Part 2 of this month's 'Focus on Mental Health & Learning Disabilities', we are joined by special guest Alistair Beverley of TheLDPhysio.com, discussing how we as soft tissue therapists can help promote & improve healthcare services for those with learning disabilities.

Topics discussed:

• 3:40 - Alistair Beverley at Therapy Expo 2022
• 6:50 - Diagnostic Overshadowing - one of the biggest killers of people with Learning Disabilities
• 10:40 What causes diagnostic overshadowing?
• 15:15 TheLDPhysio.com - 'Jon & Al': a personal blog about a normal childhood growing up with an older brother with a Learning Difficulty.
• 19:40 Definitions - What Is A Learning Disability?
• 26:50 What can Soft Tissue Therapists do to help people with Learning Difficulties?
• 36:50 NEW ONLINE COURSE: 'Learning Disabilities for Mainstream Practicioners'- Saturday April 22nd - Register your interest by emailing: theldphysio@gmail.com 
• 41:10 Putting the FUN back into therapy
• 52:20 Follow Alistair Beverley on Social Media

Useful Links:

• Twitter: @theLDphysio
• Instagram: @_theLDphysio_
• Facebook: @TheLDphysio
• TikTok: @_theldphysio_ 
• Website: TheLDphysio.com

Our sincere thanks to Alistair Beverley for giving up his time to be a guest on the show! In Part 3 of this month's 'Focus on Mental Health & Learning Disabilities' (to be recorded LIVE on Feb 28^th), our special guests will be Ryan Smith & Jack Coward, creators & hosts of 'Let's Be Frank Podcast' – a mental health awareness podcast that gives men a platform and a safe space where they can stand up and speak out about their life struggles and mental health challenges.

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

Please Support Our Podcast!
If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes.

Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk

STA136: ’Focus on Mental Health & Learning Disability’ Part 1 with guest James Chapman

Ep.136 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we start this month's focus on 'Mental Health & Learning Disability', looking at how as soft tissue therapists we can play a part in the healthcare of patients & clients with mental health issues and / or learning disabilities, as well as keeping an eye on our own mental health. 

This Month's Guests:

• IN THIS EP.136 - James Chapman of AllAboutTheMind.com, an instructor for MHFA (Mental Health First Aid)
• Ep.137 (live recording date Feb 21^st) - Alistair Beverley of TheLDPhysio.com, promoting & improving healthcare services for those with learning and lifelong physical disabilities.
• Ep.138 (live recording date Feb 28^th) - Ryan Smith & Jack Coward, creators & hosts of 'Let's Be Frank Podcast' – a mental health awareness podcast that gives men a platform and a safe space where they can stand up and speak out about their life struggles and mental health challenges.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• 4:50 - A little about James Chapman, MHFA (Mental Health First Aid) and what MHFA can offer soft tissue therapists.
• 8:50 - Does the modern soft tissue therapist need new skills to be able to know what to do when faced with clients with mental health problems?
• 11:50 SOUND IMPROVES!
• 12:10 Are mental health problems becoming more common?
• 17:40 How do adults help educate the natural rebellious tendencies of the young?
• 24:00 The responsibility & opportunity that soft tissue therapists have
• 26:25 The skill of Active Listening 
• 36:50 Safeguarding
• 43:20 The 'Stress Container' - a great tool for keeping an eye on mental capacity
• 61:39 How to get in touch with James Chapman, including a discount code for STA members!

Useful Links:

• Twitter: @aboutthemind
• Instagram: @all_about_the_mind
• Facebook: @allabouthemind 
• Website: All About The Mind
• Link to Stress Bucket Questionnaire

Our sincere thanks to James Chapman for giving up his time to be a guest on the show! 

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

Please Support Our Podcast!
If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes.

Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk

STA135: ’Ask Tim’ #1 with special guest Tim Allardyce

'ASK TIM!' - special guest Tim Allardyce answers any questions that YOU, a soft tissue clinician, may have regarding work & survival in the healthcare industry. This is the first of a regular series that will be recorded LIVE on the first Tuesday of every month, at 8pm (UK) on the Sports Therapy Association YouTube channel. Join us LIVE! No need to be an STA member!

Submit YOUR questions to Tim by either joining us for the live stream on YouTube or emailing them prior to the show to: matt@thesta.co.uk. 

Tim Allardyce is a leading physiotherapist & osteopath working across elite sport, NHS, and private practice.  With over 17 years experience as a physiotherapist, he is founder of Rehab My Patient, an exercise software program for sports therapists, physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors, that  can be used on any computer or tablet by the practitioner and the patient. 

Questions Answered in this episode of 'Ask Tim':

• 12:15 - Question1: Can I have some advice on room/space/clinic renting. I am rubbish at it. I hate negotiating, it makes me cringe. I never know whether to charge per hour, or % of the their clients. To charge even if they don’t have any custom, cause it’s gives newbies a step up.
  
  
• 21:00 - Question 2:  How do you get business in little villages? They have so little footfall compared to a busy city. I’m doing more marketing now than I ever did but had far more business when I was in a big city.
  
  
• 28:40 - Question 3: Now we are aware that working with a person involves more than just the biomechanical, should we be studying more about psychology (Eg ACT, CBT, MI, hypnotherapy?) and sociology? Should there be more of this in courses?
  
  
• 37:28 - Question 4: I’ve noticed a drop in interest since I removed sports massage from marketing and started pushing soft tissue therapy and pain management etc. Should I change back to calling it sports massage.
  
  
• 45:35 - Question 5: Soft tissue therapists are being urged to include more exercise based advice. What are the positives of this and what are your concerns if you have any around this fairly new acquired scope?”
  
  
• 52:09 - Question 6: What are some of your favourite home exercises for patients who aren’t into “gym/traditional weight training, to encourage buy in/motivation/fun factor/meaningfulness?

Useful Links:

• Twitter: @rehabmypatient
• Instagram: @rehabmypatient
• Tim Allardyce Surrey Physio Website 

Our sincere thanks to Tim Allardyce and STA Founder Gary Benson for giving up their time to be guests on the show! 

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

Please Support Our Podcast!
If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes.

Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk

STA134 ’Buttock Pain Case History’ with guests Emer Acton & Dr. Sarah Rollins

Part 3 of this month's 'Focus on the Hip' is a follow up to Ep.133, in which guest Dr. Sarah Rollins of Pure Sports Medicine & the Ministry of Defence (MoD) returns, this time accompanied by Sports Physio Emer Acton to together talk about a real life posterior hip case which they saw in clinic literally that day!

Emer Acton is a clinical specialist MSK physiotherapist who works with Dr. Rollins for the MoD, but is about to embark on a new role with McLaren F1 Race Team as their Senior Specialist Physiotherapist. A big fan of the 'hands on' approach, Emer discusses the process she followed with Dr. Rollins to diagnose what the issue was with a patient who had presented himself to them that day with a rather strange combination of posterior hip symptoms that initially had them both a little stumped. 

This episode is a wonderful example of clinical reasoning, and indeed something we may well start doing regularly on the Sports Therapy Association Podcast. There is so much to gain in this episode, the chance to listen to the step by step mutidiscipinary approach that two such highly experienced professionals followed in order to ascertain what was indeed causing the patient's symptoms. Enjoy!

Useful Links:

• Twitter: @DrSarahRollins
• Pure Sports Medicine · Raynes Park, London
• Sports Therapy Association Website 

Our sincere thanks to Emer Acton and Dr Sarah Rollins for giving up their time to be guests on the show! 

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

Please Support Our Podcast!
If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes.

Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk

STA133 Focus on The Hip Pt2 : ’Buttock Pain’ with guest Dr. Sarah Rollins

In Ep.133 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you Part 2 of this month’s ‘Focus on The Hip’, with special guest Dr. Sarah Rollins discussing Buttock Pain (posterior hip pain), a condition treated by soft tissue therapists but all too often under the assumption that all buttock pain arises from the Piriformis muscle. Dr Sarah Rollins delves into the anatomy of the posterior hip and the many potential reasons for our clients & patients suffering from buttock pain.

Dr. Sarah Rollins spent 11 years training & serving as an Army GP. In 2009, she left the Army and took up a post with the Ministry of Defence as a Civil Servant GP. In 2012 she moved to the Regional Rehabilitation Unit in Aldershot to work in Sport, Exercise & MSK Medicine.

In 2017, Sarah completed her Masters in Medical Ultrasound and in 2018 wrote the FSEM UK training guidelines for MSK Ultrasound training & mentoring.

Sarah is a runner and orienteer, and an ex-GB athlete herself having represented Great Britain at 11 World Orienteering Championships. She continues to compete at a Master’s level winning a Gold medal in 2022.

Topics discussed:

• 6:40 Dr Sarah Rollins role in the Army & Ministry of Defence. 
• 9:00 Representing Great Britain at 11 World Orienteering Championships
• 11:55 Buttock Pain covers a large category of possible issues. More complex than often taught. 
• 13:59 Research suggests 6% to 36% of buttock pain involves the piriformis. 
• 15:35 The importance of not dismissing what a patient 'thinks' is the problem. 
• 16:20 What percentage of piriformis syndrome is caused by the sciatic nerve piercing the piriformis? 
• 18:44 Anatomy of the buttock area
• 26:23 Does the 'type' of pain described by the patient help in diagnosis?
• 29:30 Importance of the location & journey of the pain, and red flags
• 34:30 What can 'pain when sitting down' be caused by?
• 39:10 Subjective assessment: the importance of letting the patient speak
• 42:26 Motivational Interviewing: shout out to Dr Gary Mendoza of stagesofchange.co.uk
• 46.00 Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy 
• 48:30 Gluteal Medius & Minimus Overload
• 50:15 How often is "weak glutes" the cause of buttock pain?
• 54:00 The usefullness of massage & passive therapy. Shout out to Paul Coker of movecornwallphysio.co.uk
• 56:00 How useful is stretching and yoga for buttock pain?
• 59:00 Back next week with Sports Physio Emer Acton to talk about rehab for these conditions!  

Useful Links:

• Twitter: @DrSarahRollins
• Pure Sports Medicine · Raynes Park, London
• Sports Therapy Association Website 

Our sincere thanks to Dr Sarah Rollins for giving up her time to be a guest on the show! 

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

Please Support Our Podcast!
If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes.

Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk

STA132 Focus on The Hip Pt1 : ’Hip Dysplasia’ with Holly Soper-Doyle

In Ep.132 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you Part 1 of this month’s ‘Focus on The Hip’, with special guest Holly Soper-Doyle talking to us about Hip Dysplasia, a condition defined by the socket of the hip joint being too shallow.

Hip Dysplasia, more prevalent in women (8:2) than men, is known to be a common cause of developing early onset osteoarthritis. If left undiagnosed and/or untreated the joint can degenerate so much that it results in bone on bone contact and therefore requires a hip replacement.

Holly Soper-Doyle is Specialist musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and owner of Integrum Physiotherapy in North London. Her passion is highlighting the gap that exists in diagnosis of hip dysplasis, as well as evidence informed resources for rehabilitation, both conservative management and pre & post-operatively.

Topics discussed:

• 6:30 Poor diagnosis of Hip Dysplasia - not taught at university.
• 9:00 What is Hip Dysplasia? Different types if Hip Dysplasia
• 11:45 Risk factors for Hip Dysplasia? Are you born with Hip Dysplasia or does it develop after birth?
• 12:40 Can hip dysplasia be caused by swaddling?
• 14:40 Do all babies get screened for hip dysplasia?
• 21:00 Hip dislocations vs hip subluxations
• 24:00 Symptoms of Hip Dysplasia vs symptoms of FAI (Femoroacetabular impingement)
• 26:00 What can soft tissue therapits add to their subjective and objective assessment to help in diagnosis of hip dysplasia?
• 35:00 Can you be asymptomatic with hip dysplasia?
• 38:40 Hip Dysplasia vs Hypermobility
• 40:45 Rehab for Hip Dysplasia
• 50.00 Surgery for Hip Dysplasia
• 55:00 The psychological damage caused by late diagnosis of hip dysplasia
• 59:00 Contact Holly Soper-Doyle and connect on social media
  
  

Useful Links:

• The Hip Dysplasia Physio Website: https://hipdysplasiaphysio.com/
• I'm A Hippy Website: https://imahippy.org/
• Help For Hip Dysplasia Podcast: https://www.helpforhipdysplasia.com
• Holly Soper-Doyle on Instagram: @hipdysplasiaphysio
• Integrum Physiotherapy Website: https://www.integrumphysiotherapy.co.uk/

Our sincere thanks to Holly Soper-Doyle for giving up her time to be a guest on the show, especially given the minimal sleep she is experiencing due to the joys of having a 9 month old son!

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

Please Support Our Podcast!
If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes.

Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk

STA131 ’Have Your Say’ - Preparing Your Clinic for 2023

Happy New Year! As it’s the first Tuesday of the month, we bring you a 'HAVE YOUR SAY' episode in which host Matt Phillips is joined in the studio by soft tissue therapists to discuss real issues that affect our industry, with a particular focus in this episode on how soft tissue therapists can/should be preparing their business & clinic for the coming year. To help us, we are also joined by Tim Allaryce, Group Clinical Director, Founder of RehabMyPatient and NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur.

Guests in this episode: 

• Gary Benson - Founder of the Sports Therapy Association (STA)
• Catherine Rimer - STA Regional rep for Leeds/West Yorkshire
• Nicki Mansfield of Mansfield Massage & Movement in St Ives, Canbridgeshire 
• Scott Loynes:  Regional Rep Co-ordinator STA North East and Yorkshire
• Tim Allaryce: Founder of RehabMyPatient and NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur

 

Topics discussed:

• 8:23 - Is 2023 going to be a difficult year for Soft Tissue Therapists?
• 11:30 - The value that Membership Associations will play in 2023
• 14:50 - Catherine Rimer: the worry of high expenses
• 17:14 - Tim Allardyce: how to keep expenses low
• 20:50 - Gary Benson: Viability Studies
• 22:05 - Nicki Mansfield: moving home & having a vision
• 25:40 - Tim Allardyce: is now a time to put prices up?
• 30:30 - Scott Loynes: Coffee Morning Chats for STA members
• 38:20 - Gary Benson: tips for vision and the prices we charge
• 44:30 - Nicki Mansfield: skills & specialisms
• 49:05 - Should soft tissue therapists have websites?
• 57:10 - Soft tissue therapists preparing for 2023: top tips     

Useful Links:

• Tim Allardyce Website: Surrey Physio
• Rehab My Patient Clinical Software
• STA Website

Our sincere thanks to al of the STA regional reps & members who joined us for this episode, as well as the great Tim Allardyce of Rehab My Patient and everyone who tuned in live to watch the recording. 

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

Please Support Our Podcast!
If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes.

Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk

STA130: Focus on Education Pt2: ’The ST School’ with guest Anna Maria Mazzieri & Students

In Ep.130 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you the final part of this month's 'Focus on Education' with special guest Anna Maria Mazzieri, Director & Lead Tutor of The ST School, a highly regarded group of training providers delivering the Diploma in Soft Tissue Therapy (BTEC level 5) in Exeter, Bristol and Birmingham.

Having trained in Massage Therapy in 2002 and progressed into more clinical aspects of the profession (including the ISRM Soft Tissue Therapy Diploma and a BSc in Sports Therapy) Anna Maria champions its role in modern MSK care. Through her clinics and schools, she is driving a change in Soft Tissue Therapy practice and Training by pushing for Evidence Based Practice, a drive which she is now expanding to the wider industry with her involvement in developing a new curriculum for the introduction of Evidence Based Practice in one of the UK Soft Tissue Therapy qualifications.

Joining Anna Maria in this episode are past & present students of The Soft Tissue School Imi Testa, Jo Holloway and Michal Konopko.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

• 10:00 Anna Maria Mazzieri: From the 'Massage Clinic' to 'Massage Training School' to 'The School' to the 'Soft Tissue Therapy School'
• 12:00 Imi Testa: What to call oneself in the soft tissue therapy industry 
• 13:50 Gary Benson: History of identity within training  
• 15:46 Anna Maria Mazzieri: How courses are described at The Soft Tissue Therapy School  
• 16:50 Michal Konolko: Words in Advertising 
• 19:44 Jo Holloway: Selling what I do rather than what I am called.  
• 24:00 Moving on from the traditional 'Monkey See Monkey Do' teaching of soft tissue techniques. 
• 29:30 A look at Anna Maria's website & courses at thestschool.co.uk 
• 32:49 Imi Testa: Personal experience of The 'Upgrade To Level 5' Course 
• 40:45 Jo Holloway: Personal experience of The 'Upgrade To Level 5' Course
• 48:40 The past & future for training courses
• 55:00 CPD courses in early 2023 at The Soft Tissue Therapy School, including Angela Jackson 'Active Kids Are Not Mini Adults' and Matt Phillips 'Gait Analysis For Runners: A Modern Approach'

Useful Links:

• The Soft Tissue Therapy School website  
• Angela Jackson Course: 'Active Kids Are Not Mini Adults'
• Matt Phillips Course: 'Gait Analysis For Runners: A Modern Approach'
• STA Website

Our sincere thanks to Anna Maria, Imi Testa, Jo Holloway and Michal Konopko for giving up their time to be guests on the show! 

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

Please Support Our Podcast!
If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes.

Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk

STA129: Focus on Education Pt1: ’Movement Therapy Education’ with guest Mike Grice & MTE Students

In Ep.129 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you the first of a two part 'Focus on Education' with special guest Mike Grice, Director of Movement Therapy Education.

Movement Therapy Education is a specialist training company delivering therapy education. Started by Mike Grice in 2003, its courses are designed to bridge the gap between the fitness industry/sports massage and clinicians. Their mission statement: “to teach the skills that help therapists who have not been to University to develop their clinical, critical thinking and research skills to ensure they can communicate effectively with those working in Allied Healthcare.”

Mike Grice is a Registered Osteopath with over 20 years experience in the Health and Fitness Industry. He lectures on the FdSc and BSc Sports Therapy programmes at University College Birmingham and throughout the world in Anatomy and Intrinsic Biomechanics Coaching. Mike is a lead tutor/instructor for Elite Therapy Education, Biomechanics Education, Oxford School of Sports Massage (OSSM), RockTape/RockBlade and NAQI and regularly teaches courses for Premier League and Championship football clubs.

Mike regularly presents at conferences including Therapy Expo, FitPro, International Fitness Showcase, Good Health Show and the IOC world conference for Injury Prevention in Monaco. He also runs Movement Therapy Clinics in Birmingham where his team put all that Movement Therapy Education teach in to practice.

Joning Mike Grice in this episode are past MTE students Jack Woolhouse & Jai Mistry, and current MTE student Julie Duff.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

• 7:20 Mike's involvement at Therapy Expo 
• 13:00 Jack Woolhouse - did MTE Diploma Course 4 years ago, now works with Mike in Harbourne Clinic  
• 14:40 Jai Mistry - did MTE Diploma Course 2 years ago, now doing a pre-reg MSc Physiotherapy
• 16:20 Julie Duff - started MTE Diplom this year 
• 17:50 The advantages of being to able to evolve a course
• 18:50 Why Jack & Jai went on to do further studies after the MTE Diploma  
• 21:40 The Research Methods Module
• 29:05 The history of Level 3 Courses in UK 
• 36:00 The value & challenges of paying for a course   
• 40:55 The difficulties of standardising L3 courses
• 47:15 How did the MTE Diploma help prepare for the Physiotherapy MSc?
• 1:04:40 Green, Amber & Red zones of learning 

Useful Links:

• Movement Therapy Education Website
• Jack Woolhouse Instagram 
• Jai Mistry Twitter
• Juie Duff Exeter Sports Massage Website 
• STA Website
  
  

Our sincere thanks to Mike, Jack, Jai and Julie for giving up their time to be guests on the show! 

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

Please Support Our Podcast!
If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes.

Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk