Into The Red Zone

Today is Ellen's first solo episode with the lovely Danika Quesnel. Danika is a researcher focused on the role of exercise in the treatment of eating disorders. Since the completion of her MSc, Danika has contributed peer-review publications to the field of exercise and eating disorders, perfectionism, body image, and problematic internet use.

Tait and Ellen get together to talk shit just like the OG episodes of the podcast, only with much better audio and sound quality. Getting back to our roots and pumping it up with a chat about our own struggles with mental health.

Ellen and Tait welcome Raphael Bender to the red zone. I can honestly say, Raph's ability to quote research is only second to Greg Lehman himself. Strap yourself in and bring a notebook cause you're going to want to catch the names of some of these papers. The main one is "Buy-in for back pain: Does individuality matter?" by Mitchell Gibbs. You can read a free copy by following this link: https://...

Ellen and Tait's long-time crush, Quinn Henoch, finally enters the red zone. Quinn has a doctorate in physical therapy and is the director of the clinical athlete. His organization aims to educate clinicians, coaches, and students in the realms of athlete health & performance. Dr. Quinn Henoch's Instagram - @quinn.henochdpt Clinical Athlete - https://clinicalathlete.com/ CALU Facebook discussi...

We welcome Fiona Sutherland, director of the Mindful Dietitian, into the red zone today. Fionia is one nerdy and well-informed sports dietitian. She has worked with elite-level athletes including gymnasts and divers. Her knowledge and understanding of eating disorders in sport are unbelievable. She hits us over the head with pure facts and logic. She challenges both Tait and I's understanding of t...

Today we welcomed Zac Gabor to the RED ZONE. Zac is a physical therapist at Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness as well as the president of The Level Up Initiative. An organization dedicated to ongoing education for exercise professionals with a focus on bridging the gap between university and practice. Today we asked Zak : 1. What was your experience going from university to practice? (we can...

Today we welcomed Luke Postlethwaite to the RED ZONE, Clinic Owner and Director of The Biomechanics. Today we discussed. 1. What is short cited healthcare? 2. What are the long term implications of focusing on short term profits. 3. Different business models and how they impact exercise professionals' ability to be ethical. 4. How can we be profitable without giving up our morals. 5. How can AHP’s...

Arabella? Armadillo? Who the hell knows. Our good mate Daniel (let me google how to actually spell his name) Arbilla rejoins into the red zone to talk all things logical fallacy. When we practice we assume that if we use an intervention, it is that specific intervention that makes the client improve. However, there are many things that impact a result. Your specific intervention (more magic trick)...

Time to clear today's schedule as another episode of @into.the.red.zone has just dropped. If you are anything like me, I know shit all about podiatry and I will happily admit it. Anything beyond feet and orthotics and I am completely lost. Luckily, @makingsenseofpodiatry is here to enlighten us! Join us for a deep dive on all things I don't understand! Want to contact Alex? Find him at: @makingsen...

John Flagg of Rebuild Stronger absolutely dominates ITRZ. This conversation was supposed to be about powerlifting performance and pain. However, in true ITRZ style, we spoke of nothing of the sort. Join us for rants and bants about pain in performance, social media's impact on strength athletes, efficient technique, and accepting the risks of your sport. And remember, don't yuck my yum!

Anthony walks straight into the red zone this podcast. He is here to pump it up and take some names. Anthony is a clinical psychologist specializing in exposure therapy, acceptance commitment therapy, and anxiety. He is also an enthusiast of armadillo sanctuaries and has one at his place of work, barbell psychology. I was taught about the BPS model for emergent pain when I was in university. Howev...

Strap yourself in people! This one went off the rails. The lovely @jared.unbreakablestrength to drop some knowledge bombs and kick people in the face with pure unbreakable power. This conversation went on a massive tangent to the original topic. Pure chaos and carnage when you put these three in a room. What we did end up talking about were scans. What to do when a client gives you a scan? When sh...

The man, the myth, the legend, Greg Lehman joins the red zone today to talk about all things movement optimization and movement variability. If you have been confused about neutral spine, good or bad movement, disc durability and it's placed in rehabilitation. This one is for you. Join us for an optimistic look at the musculoskeletal system. The human body is resilient, available, and durable. It...

All of us have some level of Fatphobia, it's time to address it, accept it, and work towards a solution that doesn't exclude individuals in a larger from the conversation. Rachel Roberts is a fat-positive counselor working at make space counseling. She strives to help her clients learn to trust and accept their bodies. Join us for a deep dive into the impacts of weight stigma and how fatphobia sho...

Today we have Matt Jones with us to discuss exercise-induced hypoalgesia. This is just a fancy way of saying pain reduction that results from a single bout of exercise. Matt is our first academic on the podcast. He is a lecture and researcher at UNSW with a wealth of knowledge to share. Let's welcome him to the RED ZONE!

Do you label yourself as a person-centered AHP? Are you truly upholding this during your communication with clients and patients? Jeff Rufila is on this week to talk about motivational interviewing and how it is applied in practice. MI gives you a framework to listen to clients and help guide them to answers rather than trying to play the expert or "fix" them. Tait and I are finally able to pronou...

How the hell do you pronounce your name Mr Arabella? More into the red zone listeners are asking what is Daniel's last name? To be honest, I don't even know. Join Ellen, Tait & Dan for our first casual rants and bants episode. The topic of the day is "do EP's hate manual therapy?". Join us for the most down to earth to a discussion about manual therapy and exercise.

Strap yourself in people cause this episode is off the handle. With a blood oath, we welcome Jared Maynard to the red zone. Tait and Jared develop a deep bromance and Ellen fails to keep this conversation on track. This discussion covers: *What is Pain? What is our understanding of pain? *Acute vs Chronic Pain management? *Mechanism of injury vs no clear mechanism *Addressing client expectations *...

Tait and Ellen walk straight into the jungle with dietitian Kimberlee Smee. In today's episode, we discuss values-driven care and how this applies to eating disorder treatment as well as pain management. This is a juicy subject so let's jump right into the jungle. There ain't no weight classes here baby. The jungle don't care about your size. Only the strongest will survive.

I am so excited to introduce the lovely Laura King to you all. Laura is a HAES allied dietician and exercise physiologist. Laura spent time working in environments that clashed with her values and ethics as a practitioner. Laura stresses the importance of HAES as a spectrum. Thus just because your workplace might not allow for you to sit under that umbrella, doesn't mean your practice can not have...

Today we dive into the issues facing the health care industry as we move away from fixing people. We have the please of hosting Michael Rizk the founder of imoveu. You will have to stay tuned to the end to understand the title of today's podcast.

We are joined today by exercise physiologist Brendan Mouatt, our favorite researcher with a beard. We were supposed to talk about if exercise was a placebo but we got radically sidetracked. In a world where "everything works" so, "nothing works" or regression to the mean so what's the point. What can we do to make a real difference to people with pain?

Today we have the pleasure of hosting non-diet dietician Fumi Somehara. Fumi is passionate above radical changes that need to the dance industry in order to decrease the high level of eating disorders found in the industry. Today we cover the following topics: 1) Dance culture 2) What are eating disorders? 3) How do you go about assessing the current relationship with food, body image, and weight...

Tait & Ellen are joined by Matt Rains to navigate if technique really matters. The podcast covers. - What does technique refer to? - When is it of high importance? - Can we train athletes out of bad positions for complex tasks? - When is it of low importance?

Are you confused as all hell about what weight neutral means? Are you even more confused as to how to apply it in practice? Tait and Ellen talk shop with the lovely ladies from Glow Group Health and Wellbeing.