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Sports Therapy Association Podcast

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The Sports Therapy Association Podcast is recorded LIVE every Tuesday at 8pm (UK) on the Sports Therapy Association YouTube channel and Facebook Page, and then uploaded as a podcast. You do not have to be an STA member to attend the live recordings - it is a chance to network with fellow therapists and discuss topics that together help us all move forward as an industry. The goal of the podcast, hosted by Matt Phillips (creator of runchatlive.com), is to deliver to Soft Tissue Therapists of all levels (including massage therapists, sports therapists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, chiropractors, etc.) up to date information on how to be a modern, successful, effective health care practitioner, with a gold star reputation for being able to help people in pain and/or looking for performance gains. The Sports Therapy Association (STA) is a professional representation for Sports Therapists, Sports Injury Therapists and Soft Tissue Therapists. We have worked passionately to develop a truly independent and ethical association that is committed to raising standards across the industry and progressing opportunities for our valued members.

Episodes

STA142 โ€™Lower Back Pain Case Historyโ€™ with guest Dave Elliott of The Back Pain Podcast

Monday Apr 03, 2023

Monday Apr 03, 2023

๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐กโ€™๐ฌ ๐…๐Ž๐‚๐”๐’ ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐œ๐ค. ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐œ๐จ-๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐๐š๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐› ๐๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐Ž๐–๐„๐‘ ๐๐€๐‚๐Š ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ.

Rob Beaven and Andy Elliott, Chiropractors by trade, are hosts ofย  the 'Back Pain Podcast' - a hugely valuable resource for quality information regarding back pain.

๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:

  • Ep140 - '๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ž' with guest Owen Lewis, co-founder of Born To Move.
  • Ep141 - '๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก & ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐๐š๐ข๐ง' with guest Michelle Lyons, Women's Health Physio and creator of celebratemuliebrity.com

๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ:

0:00 - 1000 Subscribers! Thank you everyone for your support!
3:03 - Other episodes in this 'Focus on The Lower Back' series.
6:40 - Welcome Dave Elliott of the Back Pain Podcast
8:30 - How the 'Back Pain Podcast' started
14:15 - Has the perception of what a Chiropractor does changed?
20:30 - Free CPD - podcasts to listen to
21:00 - How do we differentiate a Chiropractor from an Osteopath?
24:30 - Dave's Case History: 28 Year Old Female Rugby Player
29:20 - What did Dave want to rule out?
32:30 - Women's Health - factors to consider
38:50 - Prolapsed Disc?
43:45 - Fear avoidance?
53:40 - Treatment
1:02:50 - Ready for Part 2? Plenty more information on the 'Back Pain Podcast'.

๐”๐ฌ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ:

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ!


๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ?
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.

๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ!
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

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STA141: โ€™Womenโ€™s Health & Lower Back Painโ€™ with special guest Michelle Lyons

Thursday Mar 23, 2023

Thursday Mar 23, 2023

In Part2 of this monthโ€™s โ€˜Focus on the Lower Backโ€™, special guest Michelle Lyons, Women's Health Physio and creator of celebratemuliebrity.com, discusses how lower back pain in women can frequently be linked with pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, the menstrual cycle and more. Michelle has also created a blog on her website here summarising our 'women with lower back pain' chat.ย 

Other Episodes In This Series :

  • Ep140 - 'Understanding The Core' with guest Owen Lewis, co-founder of Born To Move.
  • Ep142 - 'Lower back Pain Case History Special' with guests Rob Beaven and Dave Eliott of 'The Back Pain Podcast', to be recorded live Tuesday 28th March 2023ย 


Episode Timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 3:10 - Michelle Lyons - From Sports Medicine To Women's Health
  • 6:10 - Muliebrity: The Art & State of Being A Woman
  • 7:00 - Only 6% of Sports Science Research is done on femalesย 
  • 9:20 - 20% discount on Michelle's Courses for STA Members! Details below!
  • 12:20 - Studies show that 95% of women with back pain have pelvic floor muscle dysfunction
  • 14:44 Questions that therapists shoud be asking female clients with back pain
  • 19:50 The importance of breath work
  • 23:30 In the Pilates era of 'tighten your core' there was actually a higher incidence of bladder leakage in Pilates Teachers!
  • 28:33 Live Question: Is there a link between Hysterectomy and lower back pain?
  • 31:20 Twenty percent of hysterectomies are unnecessary
  • 33:40 Focus on Endometriosis
  • 39:00 How soft tissue therapists can help current delays in diagnosis
  • 45:00 Working with female athletes - tracking their menstrual cycle
  • 48:00 Live Question: What are the indicators of a high tone pelvic floor?
  • 49:10 The Coccyx Palpation Test to check for pelvic floor tone.
  • 55:00 The Psoas: Traditional Over Focus
  • 1:05:05 More information on Michelle's Courses and Social Media Links


20% Discount On Michelle's Courses - Valid until The End Of April 2023!
If you are an STA member and would like 20% off of any of Michelle's Courses, please email matt@thesta.co.uk or gary@thesta.co.ukย 


Useful Links:

Our sincere thanks to Michelle Lyons 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

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STA140: Focus on Lower Back Part 1: โ€™Understanding The Coreโ€™ with guest Owen Lewis

Saturday Mar 18, 2023

Saturday Mar 18, 2023

โ€œBack to Basics: 10 Facts Every Person Should Know About Back Painโ€ was a 2020 editorial pubished in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM), with authors Peter O'Sullivan, Kieran O'Sullivan, Mary O'Keeffe, JP Caneiro, Ivan Lin, Samantha Bunzli and Kevin Wernli. In this episode of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, Part 1 of this month's 'Focus on the Lower Back', special guest Owen Lewis (co-founder of Born To Move) expands on several of these '10 Facts' to highlightย some of the common misconceptions that exist in the causes of lower back pain, as well as outdated narratives regarding 'The Core'.

Other Episodes In This Series :

  • Ep141 - 'Lower Back Pain and Women's Health' with guest Michelle Lyons of www.celebratemuliebrity.com, to be recorded live Tuesday 21st March 2023
  • Ep142 - 'Lower back Pain Case History Special' with guests Rob Beaven and Dave Eliott of 'The Back Pain Podcast', to be recorded live Tuesday 28th March 2023ย 


Episode Timestamps:

  • 0:16 - Intro
  • 3:05 - Owen Lewis - From Anatomy Trains to Born To Run
  • 8:40 - Born To Move - about the Workshops
  • 13:00 - โ€œBack to Basics: 10 Facts Every Person Should Know About Back Painโ€ - 2020 editorial
  • 20:09 - 'Persistent back pain can be scary, but itโ€™s rarely dangerous'
  • 26:54 - 'Getting older is not a cause of back pain'
  • 31:45 - 'Persistent back pain is rarely associated with serious tissue damage' and 'Scans rarely show the cause of back pain'ย ย 
  • 41:14 - 'Pain with exercise and movement doesnโ€™t mean you are doing harm'
  • 41:58 - 'Back pain is not caused by a weak coreโ€™ - Owen Lewis talks about his soon to be released book 'Beyond Core'
  • 55:13 - 'Injections, surgery and strong drugs usually arenโ€™t a cure'
  • 56:30 - 'Back pain is not caused by poor posture'
  • 60:40 - Born To Move - The Courses. Follow on Social Media.

Useful Links:

Our sincere thanks to Owen Lewis for giving up his time to be a guest on the show!ย 

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

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STA #139: โ€™ASK TIM 2โ€™ with special guest Tim Allardyce

Saturday Mar 11, 2023

Saturday Mar 11, 2023

Itโ€™s the first Tuesday of a new month, so we bring you our regular series โ€˜Ask Timโ€™, recorded as always LIVE on the Sports Therapy Association Youtube Channel. Tim Allardyce, founder of Rehab My Patient clinical software, Group Clinical Director and NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur, answers YOUR questions on anything to do with the soft tissue therapy industry. If you have questions for future episodes, email me at matt@thesta.co.uk, OR come join us LIVE on the first Tuesday of the month and ASK TIM yourself, face to face!

What's happening in the rest of March?
In Ep140, Ep141 and Ep142, our focus will be on Lower Back Pain, starting MARCH 14th with guest Owen Lewis, part of โ€˜Born To Moveโ€™ education providers (with James Earls, author of Born To Walk). Owen will be taking us through some of the common misconceptions in causes and rehab of lower back pain, as well as highlighting outdated narratives regarding the 'core'.

Topics in this episode of 'Ask Tim':

  • 0:00 Intro
  • 6:00 Latest episode of 'Women In Sports Therapy Association Podcast'
  • 9:19 - Ask Tim Q1: As evidence informed practitioners, how do we compete with the โ€œeasy fixโ€ claims marketed across social media but still maintain our ethics?
  • 15:25 - Ask Tim Q2: I had a client who wanted me to take pictures before and after to see โ€˜postural changesโ€™ (rolled/winged shoulder). There was a difference and I could have easily posted this as a win but ethics got the better of me. Should I have taken the photo for them?
  • 21:30 - Ask Tim Q3: Hey Tim, do you have any tips on finding ways to use Sports Therapy abroad? I love experiencing new countries & cultures, but donโ€™t know where or how to start looking.
  • 29:07 - Live Question: You said in a previous episode that for therapists 2023 would be 'a year to survive not thrive'. Is this still your plan?ย 
  • 42:30 - Ask Tim Q4: I have read that shockwave therapy is very effective in treatment of tendinopathies, and that it can also help as treatment for chronic pain. Would you say it is worth the financial investment?
  • 51:28 - Ask Tim Q5: As a Sports Therapist, how important is it to have experience in the sport of the client you are treating? How can you help & give advice if you donโ€™t know the demands of that particular sport?
  • 52:09 - How to follow/contact Tim Allardyce & Dr Fiona Higgs

Useful Links:

Our sincere thanks to Tim Allardyce, Dr Fiona Higgs and Gary Benson for giving up their time to be guests on the show!ย 

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

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STA138: โ€™Mental Health Part 3: Lets Be Frankโ€™ with guests Jack Coward & Ryan Smith

Wednesday Mar 01, 2023

Wednesday Mar 01, 2023

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' โ€“ 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)ย 

Content Warningย 
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:
โ€ข info@letsbefrank.org.uk
โ€ข 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?ย 
  • 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:

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

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

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STA137: โ€™Healthcare for People with Learning Disabilitiesโ€™ with guest Alistair Beverley

Saturday Feb 25, 2023

Saturday Feb 25, 2023

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.comย 
  • 41:10 Putting the FUN back into therapy
  • 52:20 Follow Alistair Beverley on Social Media

Useful Links:

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 28th), our special guests will be Ryan Smith & Jack Coward, creators & hosts of 'Let's Be Frank Podcast' โ€“ 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

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STA136: โ€™Focus on Mental Health & Learning Disabilityโ€™ Part 1 with guest James Chapman

Thursday Feb 16, 2023

Thursday Feb 16, 2023

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.ย 

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 21st) - Alistair Beverley of TheLDPhysio.com, promoting & improving healthcare services for those with learning and lifelong physical disabilities.
  • Ep.138 (live recording date Feb 28th) - Ryan Smith & Jack Coward, creators & hosts of 'Let's Be Frank Podcast' โ€“ 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 Listeningย 
  • 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!

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

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STA135: โ€™Ask Timโ€™ #1 with special guest Tim Allardyce

Sunday Feb 12, 2023

Sunday Feb 12, 2023

'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.ย 

Tim Allardyce is a leading physiotherapist & osteopath working across elite sport, NHS, and private practice.ย  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 ย can be used on any computer or tablet by the practitioner and the patient.ย 

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 donโ€™t have any custom, cause itโ€™s gives newbies a step up.

  • 21:00 - Question 2:ย  How do you get business in little villages? They have so little footfall compared to a busy city. Iโ€™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: Iโ€™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?โ€

  • 52:09 - Question 6: What are some of your favourite home exercises for patients who arenโ€™t into โ€œgym/traditional weight training, to encourage buy in/motivation/fun factor/meaningfulness?

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

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STA134 โ€™Buttock Pain Case Historyโ€™ with guests Emer Acton & Dr. Sarah Rollins

Sunday Feb 05, 2023

Sunday Feb 05, 2023

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.ย 

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!

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

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STA133 Focus on The Hip Pt2 : โ€™Buttock Painโ€™ with guest Dr. Sarah Rollins

Thursday Jan 26, 2023

Thursday Jan 26, 2023

In Ep.133 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you Part 2 of this monthโ€™s โ€˜Focus on The Hipโ€™, 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 Masterโ€™s level winning a Gold medal in 2022.

Topics discussed:

  • 6:40 Dr Sarah Rollins role in the Army & Ministry of Defence.ย 
  • 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.ย 
  • 13:59 Research suggests 6% to 36% of buttock pain involves the piriformis.ย 
  • 15:35 The importance of not dismissing what a patient 'thinks' is the problem.ย 
  • 16:20 What percentage of piriformis syndrome is caused by the sciatic nerve piercing the piriformis?ย 
  • 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 Tendinopathyย 
  • 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!ย ย 

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

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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