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Welcome back to the ACE Podcast, now relaunched as The ACE Clinician! In this teaser episode, Shaun introduces new co-host Erin and gives listeners a first look at what's changed and what's staying the same. After an extended break, the podcast is returning with a new name, a new structure, and a renewed focus on the topics that matter most to allied health practitioners. Shaun and Erin...

In today’s episode, Shaun talks to Tom Heeley, a Sports Therapist based in the UK about his career working with athletes and teams at all levels of many different sports. Working with sporting teams can seem to be an exciting and dynamic opportunity for health care providers. But how to you get your foot in the door, how to you work your way up in the ranks, how to make those connections in unique...

In this episode Shaun and Bo dive into the connection between pain, personal narratives, and the embodied experience of pain. A patient’s story isn’t just a reflection of their pain, it actively shapes how they feel, move, and engage with the world. This podcast will explore how the narratives patients hold can become part of their identity and influence their recovery.

In this first episode for 2025, Shaun chats to Gavin Kervill (The TCM Medic) from the United Kingdom about the challenges that exist between the Dry Needling and Acupuncture professions. Gavin shared some fairly strongly worded objections to Dry Needling online, in the comments of one of the ACE posts about Dry Needling. So, Shaun invited Gavin to chat about these issues online and both agreed tha...

In today’s episode, our last for the 2024, Shaun and Bo discuss the importance of reflection in the process of improving what we do clinically, but also more broadly about how reflection can be used in all areas of life. It is the process that helps correct our direction when needed, it can help us avoid repeated mistakes, overcome adversity, reinforce positive actions, and get greater clarity abo...

In this episode, Shaun and Bo continue their exploration of nerve-related conditions, following on from the previous episode about radiculopathy. They take a deep dive into radicular pain, breaking down what it is, how it differs from peripheral mononeuropathy, and why distinguishing between the two is important in clinical practice. Shaun and Bo also discuss the importance of patient education in...

In this episode Shaun Brewster interviews Bodine Ledden about radiculopathy. Radiculopathy is commonly misunderstood and can be an intimidating clinical presentation to manage. This information packed webinar provides insights to clinical assessment of radiculopathy, why it is important and what you need to know.

Welcome back to the podcast after a few week’s break.  In today’s episode, Shaun is joined by ACE educator and student support representative, Dalton Yates. The topic of this discussion will help listeners understand how easy it is sometimes, to leave the patient behind in the way we communicate with them. As clinicians, we may learn new things, develop new ideas and change our beliefs. It is impo...

Possibly the single most important lesson to learn in health care, and the thing that can make the difference between a good and an exceptional practitioner, is the understanding of, and the ability to utilise the WHY. Today Bo and Shaun will deliver some hard truths about not getting sucked into focussing on skills, but instead to invest yourself into understanding the reason WHY the body does wh...

How we view ourselves as health practitioners, will influence the value that others see in us. In this episode Shaun and Bo explore how changing the way in which we position ourselves and the importance of what we can provide, can also influence the way in which people will treat us. Value is a perception about the worth of something. While we all provide value in varying ways, it is important to...

In today’s episode Shaun and Bo break down the secret truths about the continuing education market, what you should be wary of, how to spot a good quality course, what the warning signals are, and how to avoid wasting your hard earned dollars. If you’ve ever attended a course or training before that wasn’t what you had hoped it would be, then don’t miss this episode.

Bo and Shaun share their best advice, based on decades of lived experience, to help you get the most out of your career in healthcare. Like any profession, there are pitfalls that can be avoided, and things that can be focussed on, to help keep you happy and fulfilled for longer.

In this episode Shaun and Bo dive into the topic of the placebo effect in clinical practice. What is the role of patient and practitioner bias in a consultation potentially leading to a perceived cause-and-effect relationship? We discuss why the placebo effect gets a bad reputation and importantly understand how what we say and do, can influence our patient’s expectation and their experience.  Thi...

Bo and Shaun both live and love manual therapy. Recently they have been challenging some long held misbeliefs, misconceptions and misrepresentations about manual therapy and things that has been claimed that it does over many years. In this episode they are chatting about the positive effects that manual therapy has. 

Are we really doing what we are saying we are doing? The word ‘release’ is often used in manual therapy, but what does that really mean? and does it make sense anatomically and physiologically? In this episode, Shaun and Bo discuss 6 things that cannot be ‘released’ with manual therapy techniques. Hold on to your hat, this ride will get bumpy!

If you use massage therapy in your clinical practice or in the work you do with athletes, then this episode is for you. It has been a long held belief that massage can reduce the risk or even prevent the incidence of injury. But is there any truth in this? In this episode Bodine and Shaun explore this claim, and the physiology and psychology that play a role in the use of massage for this purpose.

In today’s very special 100th episode of the ACE Audio Podcast, the broader ACE Team have come together to discuss their individual hightlights and lessons learned during their time with ACE. Our hope is that you can take away something that you’ll be able to adopt and utilise in your own clinics, businesses or lives. It has been a long road to get to 100 episodes, but we are just getting started!...

In this episode Shaun and Bo give you some real and usable strategies to build your positive referrals. This is NOT about sales tactics to drive more bookings, it is about being the best health practitioner you can. The boys share real life things you can focus on and do, so that your patients don’t just rave about you, but they also get better outcomes from you consultations. If you want to help...

In today’s episode of the CEO Series of ACE Audio, Shaun chats with the CEO of Massage and Myotherapy Australia, Ann Davey.  Here you’ll discover the benefits and advantages of being a down-to-earth, team focussed collaborator. Ann is without ego, straightforward and real. Her personality is possibly her superpower, as it puts people at ease and inspires trust in all that deal with her. There are...

In this episode of ACE Audio’s CEO Series, Shaun interviews the Co-CEO’s of Myotherapy Australia, Erin Baker and Tessa Verrier. Being the leader of an organisation can be tough, and doing it as a duo could certainly add layers of complication. Yet, Erin and Tess have found a way to strike a balance that works for them and for the organisation. Tune in to learn more about balancing partnerships, pl...

In this, the first episode of the CEO Series, Shaun Brewster interviews the dynamic duo of Brad and Renee Hiskins. Brad and Renee are a husband and wife partnership that run not one but two successful business in the health field. A multi-location clinical practice, and a product supply business. In this interview, we dive into the challenges, advantages and lessons to be gained from working as a...

In todays episode Gabrielle is chatting with David Clarke, our 2023 Glen Gardner Scholarship winner, about his experience with applying for this scholarship, how he felt when he found out that he was successful, his journey becoming a clinical, some of the challenges of him being a clinician and some of the huge benefits he has found so far being the winner of the scholarship. David is also sharin...

This episode dives into elbow pain, which is often a challenging pain presentation to manage. Shaun and Bo discuss what it is, the importance of a thorough assessment, differential diagnosis, load management and also, if and where manual therapy fits into in the long term management.

In this episode Shaun discusses why it is nice to be important but more important to be nice. This short discussion provides some insight into how being nice can pay off in the long term. This valuable perspective serves as a useful reminder for all human beings.

In this episode James Barker (Jimmy) provide a ton of clinical insight into the management of tendinopathy. Jimmy discusses, assessment, mechanisms of injury, tendon loading and much more. Jimmy is an expert in tendinopathy management for the lower limb and I can guarantee there will be some great clinical pearls in this episode.