Sports Therapy Association Podcast

STA94 CPD Focus: ’Recognising Rheumatology’ with special guest Jack March

In the final part of this month's 'Focus on CPD', we welcome special guest Jack March of www.rheumatology.physio. Jack is Clinical Lead for the Rheumatology service delivered by Chews Health, and one of the voices behind The Physio Matters Podcast.

In this live hour, Jack talks to us about his 'Recognising Rheumatology' CPD courses, designed to help soft tissue therapists recognise symptoms and signs of rheumatologic conditions in clinical practice.

This is of huge importance because, as Jack explains, these sympoms often 'masquerade' as the type of lower back pain which most therapists and patients will be sorted via massage and manual therapy and as a result can go undiagnosed for years delaying important disease-modifying treatment.

Jack's website https://rheumatology.physio/ includes blogs, details of courses and the highly recommended Recognising Rheumatology Audio Book.

The next courses Jack has coming up are:

• ONLINE - Recognising Rheumatology (half day): 12/April
• BIRMINGHAM - Recognising Rheumatology (full day): 07/May
• EXETER - Recognising Rheumatology (full day): 09/July

Topics discussed in this episode include:

• What is rheumatology?
• How many disorders does the term rheumatology encapsulate?
• Many health professionals including Physiotherapists don’t always spot Rheumatologic conditions. Why is this?
• What are some of the common symptoms of rheumatological conditions that allow them to masquerade as musculoskeletal issues?
• Common examples of missed diagnosis - plantarfasciopathy and tendinopathies 
• Looking further than Cutaneous Psoriasis
• Other types of rheumatologic conditions that we should be aware of:
  Lupus, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Gout.

Useful Links

• Website: www.rheumatology.physio 
• Twitter: @physiojack
• Facebook: rheumatology.physio

A huge thanks to Jack March for giving up his time to join us!

NEXT MONTH!
In April, our focus will be on SLEEP, with a whole month of episodes dedicated to SLEEP AWARENESS:

• APRIL 5th - ‘Sleep – The Silent Epidemic’ with Jesse Cook, Clinical Psych PhD Student. Sleep Researcher.
• APRIL 12th - ‘Sleep Trackers’ with Dr Olivia Walch, CEO of Arcascope, PhD Applied Mathematics.
• APRIL 19th - ‘Sleep: Injury & Performance’ with Dr Jonathan Charest, Director of Athlete Sleep Service at Centre For Sleep and Human Performance
• APRIL 26th ‘In-Home Polysomnogram’ with Dr Amy M. Bender, Director of Clinical Sleep Science at Cerebra

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STA93 CPD Focus: ’Active Kids are not Mini Adults’ with special guest Angela Jackson

And so we arrive at the fourth episode in this month's 'Focus on CPD' on the Sports Therapy Association Podcast. For this show entitled 'Active Kids are not Mini Adults' we bring you Angela Jackson, a physiotherapist on a mission to stop the pain and frustration that can happen in youth sport when an athlete develops an injury that with the right education could have been avoided.

Angela has worked in the NHS, privately and with sporting teams and youth athletes across all levels sharing her expertise in understanding all aspects of youth athlete development. For 15 years she has been the Physiotherapist and Strength and Conditioning Consultant for Cheshire Cricket Board supporting the Emerging Player Programme, their coach education programme and providing workshops for parents and athletes on injury prevention and performance. She has also created coaching resources for the England & Wales Cricket Board Coaching Association “Wings to Fly” programme.

Anglea has created a series of courses “Active kids are not mini adults” and “Low back
Pain in Younger Athletes” for fellow health professionals available through her website angelajacksonphysio.com/

In this episode, Angela talks to us about the “Active kids are not mini adults” course, designed to teach therapists how to assess young athletes and develop a pathway for a safe return to sport and play whilst considering the impact of excess load on both the immature and mature body. The course can be taken as a fully online course with all practical elements studied via video recordings or an integrated online and F2F course where the theory modules are taken online in advance of a practical face-to-face day with Angela covering all aspects of assessment and return to play. 

Topics discussed include:

• Why there has historically been a lack of education when it comes to working with younger athletes

• Anatomical differences of an immature skeleton

• How to tell the maturation status of a child and understand its impact on pathology and rehabilitation

• Pathologies involved in growing tissues

• How to recognise stress fractures and signs of overtraining

• How to help educate the child/parent/carer/coach on the impact of poor nutrition, sleep, workload

• Growth spurts, fatigue, overtraining and load management

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  Who Angela's courses are for and what prior knowledge is needed

   

Useful Links:

• FREE EBOOK 'Growth & Maturation' - email: info@angelajacksonphysio.com
• CPD Course Info: https://angelajacksonphysio.com/
• Twitter: @angiejphysio
• Instagram: @angiejphysio

A huge thanks to Angela Jackson for giving up her time to join us!

NEXT WEEK!
In the last of our March 'Focus on CPD' episodes on March 29th, special guest Jack March will be talking to us about his 'Recognising Rheumatology' CPD courses happening April, May and July both online and face to face. Jack was a guest back in Ep.38 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast: Rheumatology 101 with Jack March  and generated a lot of interest in revealing how arthritis and other inflammatory or autoimmune conditions are far more common than many soft tissue therapists suspect, often disguising themselves as musculoskeletal issues. Many go undiagnosed for years delaying important disease-modifying treatment.

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STA92 CPD Focus: ’Reconciling Biomechanics With Pain Science’ with special guest Greg Lehman

The third episode in this month's focus on CPD brings you a special guest whose course 'Reconciling Biomechanics With Pain Science' has been taught in more than 30 countries across 5 continents - the one & only Gregory Lehman.

'Reconciling Biomechanics With Pain Science' is a practical course designed to provide therapists with a simplified yet strongly evidenced based biomechanical approach to injury & pain management that allows the development of skills that address all areas of the biopsychosocial contributors to the pain experience.

It teaches an alternative to the kinesiopathological model of pain & injury but still tries to answer when biomechanics matters. 'Reconciling Biomechanics With Pain Science' is coming to Cork, Ireland on Apr 2nd & 3rd 2022 at Pilates Physio Cork. Full details can be found at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/reconcilingbiomechanicswithpainscience/590774

About Greg Lehman
Greg lehman has been in clinical practice for more than 13 years as both a chiropractor and physiotherapist. He has held faculty and research positions conducting biomechanical research into the mechanisms of manual therapy, muscle activation during rehabilitation exercises and sports medicine, publishing more than 20 papers in peer reviewed journals. He has lectured at numerous global conferences on biomechanics and the biopsychosocial model, and his two day 'Reconciling Biomechanics With Pain Science' seminar helps clinicians incorporate best evidence into clinical practice and helps them develop skills to practice in a manner consistent with the biopsychosocial model of care. 

* * * WARNING: This episode has swearing. Please do not listen if you or those around you are easily offended.

Questions & topics discussed include:

• How much has your course changed since it first came to the UK in 2015 (hosted by host Matt Phillips in his former clinic)?

• What would you say to a recently qualified soft tissue therapist who has heard that some of the concepts taught during their professional studies is questionable and needs updating?

• "Poke the Bear, don't hump the s*%t out of it" - This image & message has resonated more than any other amongst health care professionals. What is it saying and why is it so popular?

• In the 90’s you were learning to be a Chiropractic in Toronto Canada and hearing at that particular school about bio-psycho-social approach. Why has it not become mainstream

• What's your opinion of manual therapy?

• Some therapists are reluctant to change because they fear they are going to have to re-learn everything. But that’s not the case, right?

• You describe manual therapy as a symptom modifier – can you expand on that?

• Should being able to understand & recognize bias be a fundamental skill for health care providers?

• Do course attendees need a particular background or knowledge? 
  
  

   

Useful Links:

• Full Course Details & Tickets
• Website: greglehman.ca
• Greg Lehman: Pain Science Workbook
• Twitter: @greglehman
• Instagram: @greglehman  

A huge thanks to Greg Lehman for giving up his time to join us!

NEXT WEEK!
On March 22nd our focus CPD continues with special guest Angela Jackson will be talking to us about about working with Teenage Athletes, in an episode entitled 'Active Kids are NOT mini adults'.  Check out Angela's online courses at angelajacksonphysio.com

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STA91 ’Focus on CPD Part 2: ’Lower Limb Tendinopathy’ with guest Dr Peter Malliaras

Our March focus on up & coming CPD opportunities (Continuing Professional Development) happening in the UK this March and April continues, with the aim of introducing approaches, ideas and techniques that could potentially help you, the soft tissue therapist, manage your learning and growth.

In this episode, we are honoured to be joined by special guest Dr Peter Malliaras, who is bringing his internationally acclaimed 'Mastering Lower Limb Tendinopathy' course' (5th edition) to the UK this March:

• Newport March 20th
• Epsom March 25th (sold out)
• London March 26th
• Surrey March 27th

When it comes to the subject of tendinopathy, Dr Peter Malliaras is one of the most highly respected researchers and educators out there. Completing his PhD in tendinopathy in 2006, he has co-authored over 100 peer review publications and is currently Associate Professor at Monash University Physiotherapy Department in Melbourne, Australia.

His 'Mastering Lower Limb Tendinopathy' course provides an up-to-date research & clinical perspective and a complete walkthrough assessment, kinetic chain and biomechanics considerations and rehabilitation of common lower limb tendinopathies.

In this episode, topics discussed include:

• The difference between tendonitis, tendinosis and tendinopathy and why understanding the difference can affect rehabilitation
• Loading for Tendinopathy - concentric, eccentric or isometric? 
• The importance within rehabilitation of 'empowering patients’ 
• Use of the Biopsychosocial Model within tendinopathy rehabilitation
• The role of Patient-Centred Care and Evidence-Based Practice in establishing a Working Alliance
• The importance of being knowledgeable about the benefits & harms of treatment within and outside of one's scope of practice
• How to avoid being wedded to one treatment approach
• What to do with patients who can’t or don’t want to exercise
• The role of adjuncts like Shockwave therapy
• How effective is Deep Friction / Cross Friction Massage?
• What type of professional is the 'Mastering Lower Limb Tendinopathy' course for?

Useful Links:

• Full Course Details 
• Course Tickets 
• Twitter: @drpetemalliaras
• Facebook: @tendinopathyrehab 

A huge thanks to Dr Peter Malliaras for giving up his time to join us!

NEXT WEEK!
On March 15th our focus CPD continues with special guest Greg Lehman who is bringing his highly recommended two day Reconciling Biomechanics With Pain Science workshop to Cork, Ireland on Saturday & Sunday April 2

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STA90 ’Focus on CPD Part 1: ’Dermoneuromodulation’ with Mike Grice and Daniel Williams

In March on the Sports Therapy Association Videocast & Podcast, our weekly focus will be on up & coming CPD (Continuing Professional Development), with the aim of introducing approaches, ideas and techniques that could potentially help you, the soft tissue therapist, manage your learning and growth.

We start off with an episode discussing the two part 'Dermoneuromodulation' (DNM) course coming to the UK, being delivered in both Birmingham and Exeter in March and June (dates down below).

Special guests Mike Grice and Daniel Williams of Movement Therapy Education who have organised the face-to-face UK workshops join us in this episode to discuss:

• The pitfalls of using Google to select CPD
• Why the name Dermoneuromodulation (DNM)  
• The roots of DNM
• Listening to Diane Jacobs for the first time at the San Diego Pain Summit n 2015. 
• How DNM brings the 'Bio' and 'Psychosocial' together
• The workshop instructor Rey Allen and Mike Reoch 
• What to expect from the DNM workshops

Workshop Details

• DNM Level 1 - taught by Mike Reoch: March 12/13/14 in Birmingham, March 18/18/20 in Exeter.
• DNM Level 2 - taught by Rey Allen: June 4/5/6 in Birmingham, June 10/11/12 in Exeter.

What is DermoNeuroModulation?
Dermoneuromodulation (DNM) was founded by Diane Jacobs, a physiotherapist for over 40 years and a manual therapist for over 30. In the 1990's, Diane studied with David Butler (co-author with Lorimer Moseley of the hugely successful 'Explain Pain' manual for therapists and patients). Given the idea that she was less likely affecting tissue targets and more likely treating peripheral nerves, Diane started to read the evidence and investigate the anatomy & mechanism of the nervous system. Her attention was drawn in particular to cutaneous nerves, something that no manual therapy teacher had ever mentioned before. By 2005, Dianne was calling her work 'DermoNeuroModulation', later renamed to DermoNeuroModulating to refer to it as a verb. In Diane's own words:

"DermoNeuroModulating, or -tion, is a structured, interactive approach to manual therapy that considers the nervous system of the patient from skin cell to sense of self. Techniques are slow, light, kind, intelligent, responsive and effective. Positioning of limbs and trunk affects deeper nerve trunks (by shortening and widening their container), and is combined with skin stretch directed toward cutaneous fields of nerves that branch outward into skin (which may draw neural structure further through its container). It is prudent to remember that manual handling of a patient's physicality is only a small part of developing a complete therapeutic context for change - while optional, it can also be optimal."

Useful Links:

• Birmingham DNM Workshop Details 
• Exeter DNM Workshop Details 
• Diane Jacobs Website
• Rey Allen Website
• Mike Reoch: 'What is DNM?'

A huge thanks to Mike and Daniel for giving up their time to join us!

NEXT WEEK!
On March 8th our focus on up & coming CPD continues, with special guest Pete Malliaras who is bringing his face-to-face 'Mastering Lower Limb Tendinopathy Course' (5th edition) to the UK this March 2022, in Newport, Epsom, London and Haslewood.

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STA89 ’Women’s Health Pt4: The Athletic Female’ with Gráinne Donnelly and Emma Brockwell

In the final episode of this month's focus on 'Women's Health', we are absolutely honoured to be joined by special guests Gráinne Donnelly, Emma Brockwell, both physiotherapists passionate about developing the knowledge and awareness necessary to optimise each female athlete’s potential.

Gráinne and Emma and Dr Helen McElroy (unable to join us for this episode - wish you well Helen!) are about to launch a course entitled 'The Athletic Female', specifically designed for fitness & health care professionals & coaches working with female athletes. With input from a highly respected panel of multi disciplinary specialists and a growing online community to mix with fellow health care professionals, this course is something any therapist working with female athletes should seriously consider.   

In this episode, Gráinne and Emma talk about how things have been changing since the release back in March 2019 of the first ever UK guideline to specifically offer evidence based recommendations for postnatal women returning to running – 'Returning to Running Postnatal  – Guidelines for Medical, Health and Fitness Professionals Managing this Population' (Goom, Donnelly & Brockwell 2019).

Together they break discuss some of the most important considerations when working with a female athlete, all of which are key components of 'The Athletic Female' course:

• The importance & relevance of the Menstrual Cycle
• Working with female teenage athletes
• The athletic pelvic floor
• Breast Health
• RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport)
• Implications of the perimenopausal and menopausal transition
• Common misconceptions about Diastasis recti

About the Guests

Gráinne Donnelly
BSc Hons Physiotherapy, Pg Cert Continence for Physiotherapists, HCPC, MCSP
Gráinne is the Advanced Physiotherapist and Team Lead for Pelvic Health in the Western Health and Social Care Trust (National Health Service) as well as running a busy private practice. She has a particular interest in Diastasis Rectus Abdominis and provides training and education about it within the UK as well as online platforms and podcasts to help improve knowledge and awareness of it on the global scale. 

Emma Brockwell
Bsc (Hons), HCPC, CSP, POGP
Emma is a pelvic health physiotherapist working in the private sector. She specialises in perinatal rehabilitation and returning women back to running and exercise if they have pelvic floor dysfunction. She has co-written evidence based Return to Running Postnatal Guidelines which have been published as an infographic in the BJSM and spoken at many conferences including Sports and Exercise in medicine, POGP in London and Ireland and The Running Injuries Symposium. She is also an author, writing the new book ‘Why did no one tell me? How to protect, heal and nurture your body through motherhood’ published by @eburybooks and has written in various magazines including Women’s running magazine and women’s health magazine.

Useful Links:

• Website: The Athletic Female
• Gráinne's Website: absolute.physio 
• Emma's Website: physiomum.co.uk
• Instagram: @theathleticfemale
• Instagram: @physiomumuk
• Twitter: @ABSPhysio

A huge thanks to Gráinne & Emma for giving up their time to join us!

NEXT WEEK!
In March our Focus turns to CPD, highlighting some fantastic CPD courses in the UK in the coming months. We start next Tuesday (March 1st) with Dan Williams and Mike Grice talking about the up & coming DermoNeuroModulation course courtesy of Mike Reoch and Rey Allen. James Morgan of Barefoot physio is hosting one in Exeter and Mike Grice in Birmingham.

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STA88 ’Women’s Health Part 3: Two Matts and a Woman’ with Matt Phillips, Matt Scarsbrook & Katie.

How much do male soft tissue therapists really know about Women's Health? How much should they know? In Part 3 of this month's focus on Women's Health, we look at these questions and more, with the Sports Therapy Association Videocast & Podcast now being streamed LIVE exclusively to YouTube and then uploaded as a podcast. 

In order to discuss this topic, host Matt Phillips welcomes back to the show Matt Scarsbrook, one third of fantastic industry educators 'The Massage Collective' (with Anna Maria Mazzieri & Becky DeMott Horton).

Matt & Matt are joined by special guest 'Katie', who having been in her own words the "token woman on the leadership teams in most of the businesses I have worked for" has graciously agreed to "step up and be the token woman to represent all the vaginas out there."

Topics discussed include:

• How very little society talks about the Menopause
• How Women's Health issues are rarely talked about unless it happens to you or one of your friends
• The Government's Women's Health Strategy: Call For Evidence 
• Aristoteles and Female Testicles
• The implications of medical research being historically done by men on men or animals
• The lack of training across all health care providers
• Cardiovascular disease and women
• Could you tell if a woman was having a heart attack?
• Sex education: foo-foos and twinkles 
• How soft tissue therapists can help make a difference to reducing the taboo in Women's Health.      

About the Guests

Matt Scarsbrook is a Soft Tissue Therapist, one third of The Massage Collective and Physio Matters' new Digital Media Producer. He’s recently started the Matt Scarsbrook YouTube channel aimed at bringing some trustworthy Musculoskeletal (MSK) information to the platform, using his own shamelessly terrible sense of humour.

Katie (The Woman) is someone who by her own admission loves conversations that push the boundaries of social norms and asking deep and intimate questions to people she barely knows. Having been the token woman on the leadership teams in most of the businesses she has worked for, she welcomed the chance on our invitation to step up and be the token woman to 'represent all the vaginas out there'. And we're so glad she did. Thanks Katie!

Useful Links:

• Matt Scarsbrook YouTube Channel
• Women's Health Strategy: Call for Evidence
• Women are Not Small Men: Stacy Sims | TEDxTauranga

A huge thanks to Matt Scarsbrook & Katie for giving up their time to join us!

NEXT WEEK!
Our February Focus on Women's Health concludes next week with THREE special guests: Emma Brockwell, Grainne Donnelly and Dr Helen McElroy  will be joining us to discuss THE FEMALE ATHLETE. Make sure you subscribe to the Sports Therapy Association on YouTube and hit that bell icon to receive notifications! 

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STA87 ’Menopause Transition: Soft Tissue Implications’ with special guest Jenny Burrell

We continue our February 'Focus on WOMEN'S HEALTH' here on the Sports Therapy Association Videocast & Podcast, with Part 2 of the series: 'Menopause Transition: Soft Tissue Implications'.

Joining us is special guest Jenny Burrell, Head & Founder of Burrell Education, one of the UK's leading-edge educators in the field of modern Pregnancy, Post Baby, 3rd Age (Peri-to Post-Menopause) and Female Fitness, Wellness, Massage + Bodywork Therapies.

In this episode, Jenny discusses the soft tissue implications of the Menopause Transition, providing information that is vital to soft tissue therapists who wish to help female clients become educated about their own body, empowering them to be their own deepest advocate for health in both good and challenging times.

About the Guest

Jenny Burrell created Burrell Education back in 2007 to revolutionize the way fitness professionals work in wellness, nutrition, soft-tissue therapy and fitness with pregnant, post baby and peri to post menopausal women. She is the creator of the Core Health wellness system, Holistic Core Restore® with nearly 100 Licensees in the UK and Internationally.

Holistic Core Restore was created as a direct response to the Pelvic Health and continence issues Jenny herself experienced after Sub-Total Abdominal Hysterectomy. Fuelled by the significant lack of education and aftercare post-op, Jenny made a pledge to dedicate herself to creating a Pelvic Floor and Core rehab programme that all women could benefit from.

Useful Links:

• Burrell Education Website
• Burrell Education on Facebook

A huge thanks to Jenny Burrow for giving up her time to join us!

NEXT WEEK!
Our February Focus on Women's Health continues next week. Follow the Sports Therapy Association on social media for notice of up & coming guests, and links to join us live on Tuesdays at 8pm via Facebook or YouTube. 

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STA86 ’Women’s Health - Part 1’ with special guests Dr Fiona Higgs PhD and Deborah Thurlow-Rowley

A new month means a new Focus Topic here on the Sports Therapy Association Videocast & Podcast, and the topic for February is... WOMEN'S HEALTH.

To start off our month, we welcome back to the podcast special guests Dr Fiona Higgs and Debs Thurlow-Rowley, who are together about to launch their own project & podcast: 'Women in Sports Therapy' (WIST).

Fiona & Debs discuss their new project how a combination of their own personal experience and that of patients they see in clinic highlights a continued need for an increase in communication when it comes to Women's Health. They explain how each new monthly episode will cover an issue that might affect anyone who possesses a female reproductive system. From ovulatory cycles to opening hours - the aim of the game will be to discuss and offer helpful insights and practical information relating to clients and practitioners alike.

Fiona & Debs stress that you don't have to identify as a woman to enjoy this podcast. With themes spanning from health to business acumen to planning for work-life balance and everything in between - the WIST podcast will be for anyone working within the field of Sports Therapy who would like to learn more about the issues that affect this demographic.

Episodes will be released on the last Monday of every month, starting February 28th. If you have any suggestions or questions for the show, email: wist@thesta.co.uk

• Episode 1: Periods: Excessive blood loss, deficiencies and anaemia
• Episode 2: Women's Pelvic Health: Endometriosis
• Episode 3: Menopause: Menopause vs Perimenopause
• Episode 4: Work-life Balance: Managing life around hormones
• Episode 5: Role Models, with special guest Dr Claire Minshull!

NOTE: Due to technical issues, Debs Thurlow-Rowley was not able to join us until later in the show. The original live recording has been edited slightly.    

About the Guests

Dr Fiona Higgs
Is an educator, researcher and Sports Massage and Exercise Therapy practitioner, delivering in-person and virtual clinic services through her clinic 'Move Well', as well as a range of online workshops and short courses through the educational branch of the clinic 'Move Well Learning'. With over a decade of experience working in Higher Education in research, teaching and student support Fiona has made it her mission to bring to life the drier scientific subjects taught in traditional degree programmes through her scenario-based teaching methods. Alongside her ambitions to improve scientific literacy and confidence in the Sports Therapy community, Fiona is also committed to reducing barriers to education and learning for those who find themselves unable to access opportunities due to financial cost, limited prior learning, and health and care responsibilities. Her ever popular 'pay what you can' workshop pricing structure and 'Move Well Learning Grant' scheme are practical examples of Fiona's belief that education should be accessible to all.

Debs Thurlow Rowley
Is a Soft Tissue Massage practitioner that conducts prescriptive Foot Mapping (using reflexes in the feet) and a ‘whole health’ approach from her clinic 'Serenity Massage Therapy' based in Bedfordshire. With over 16 years of experience working in massage and a personal health journey to address her own experience of Endometriosis, she has made a name for herself in the Sports Therapy community as a specialist practitioner in issues relating to Women's Health, particularly pelvic health. It is her mission as a co-leader volunteer for Endometriosis UK (Bedfordshire) to signpost others who are also living with this condition to the best pain management and support services available. 

Useful Links:

• Fiona's Website: move-well.co.uk
• Fiona on Facebook: @themovewellclinic
• Debs on Facebook: @SerenityMassageTherapyDebs
• Debs on Instagram:serenitymassagetherapy1
• Endometriosis UK: Bedfordshire Support Group

A huge thanks to Dr Fiona Higgs & Deborah Thurlow-Rowley for giving up her time to join us!

NEXT WEEK!
February on the Sports Therapy Association Videocast & Podcast continues with special guest Jenny Burrell of Burrell Education talking about the Menopausal Transition and it’s effect on Soft Tissue. If you can join us live, see you Tuesday 8pm (UK)! 

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#STA85 ’CrossFit Pt4: Weightlifting as Part of CrossFit’ with special guest Michaela Breeze MBE

And so we reach the final part of this month's 'Focus on #CrossFit' on the Sports Therapy Association Videocast & Podcast, which was recorded as always LIVE at 8pm on a Tuesday.

In this episode, we were hugely honoured to be joined by special guest Michaela Breeze MBE, one of Britain’s most successful female weightlifters of all time!

• Double Olympian
• 6 x Commonwealth Games Medals
• Commonwealth Games Champion
• British Record Holder
• Recipient of an MBE in 2011 for services to weightlifting

Since retiring from competition, Michaela focuses her time helping others achieve their potential, and over the last 2 decades has coached over 20 athletes to compete on the international stage.

Through 'Breeze Academy' (https://powerposition.co.uk), Michaela has helped Crossfitters all over the world improve their Olympic lifts, teaching how to move consistently, safely and efficiently in order to optimise personal performance.

STA members, look out for details of seminars & courses with Michaela, coming soon! 

Questions to Michaela included:

• In a career spanning over 2 decades including Team GB at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008,
  4 consecutive Commonwealth Games and more, you’ve had your fair share of injuries and set backs. Looking back, do you think some of the injury could have been avoided?
• Does your experience of injury help you help others avoid it? How much of the cause is technique?
• Looking at Weightlifting as part of CrossFit, do you think the risk of injury is more prevalent? If so, why?

• Is the whole concept of lifting heavy against the clock a recipe for disaster in itself?

• Since retiring you now help others achieve their potential and have actually coached over 20 athletes to compete on the international stage, including Ellie Pryor - Britain’s first ever Youth Olympian in the sport of Olympic Weightlifting who you started coaching at the age of 11. What age can one start weightlifting? 

• How did it feel being awarded an MBE in the 2011 Queens Birthday Honours list, for your services to Weightlifting? 

• Tell us about the courses and seminars you have coming up. Some have specifically soft tissue therapists in mind, yes?
  
  

Useful Links:

• Michaela Breeze Website - Details of Coaching, Courses & Seminars
• Michaela Breeze on Instagram: @michaelabreeze

A huge thanks to Michaela Breeze MBE for giving up her time to join us!

NEXT WEEK!
February on the Sports Therapy Association Videocast & Podcast is all about Women's Health. We have some amazing guests and topics lined up for you, so if you can keep 8pm (UK) on a Tuesday free! 

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Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk