Physio Edge podcast with David Pope

Runners regularly present for treatment of anterior knee pain. Accurate diagnosis is vital in guiding your treatment, and helping your patients return to painfree running. In episode 55 of the Physio Edge podcast Brad Neal and David Pope discuss the different patient presentations with anterior knee pain, along with the subjective clues and objective tests that will help guide successful treatment...

In this second podcast on hip and groin pain with Physiotherapist and Extended Scope Practitioner Benoy Mathew, we explore: How you can assess the hip and groin How to assess the lumbar spine, SIJ and the lower limb for factors contributing to your patient's groin pain Tests you can perform to identify the source of your patient's hip and groin pain Identifying hip joint involvement How to start y...

Acute and chronic groin pain is common in sports, however diagnosis can be challenging. A thorough understanding of pathology around the hip and groin and when pathology relates to symptoms, knowledge of potential red flags, along with patterns and symptoms associated with each diagnosis is vital in guiding your treatment of hip and groin pain. In the first of two podcasts on hip and groin pain wi...

ACL injuries commonly occur during pivoting and change of direction sports. What is the best way to manage these injuries? Are your patients suitable for conservative managment or will they require surgery? In Physio Edge podcast 052,  David Pope  and  Enda King  discuss acute management of ACL injuries, and how you can help your patient decide whether to have conservative or surgical management....

Lateral knee injuries are common in football with landing from a jump or header, or during tackles when the tibia is forced into external rotation. This mechanism of injury often affects the Lateral/Fibular collateral ligament (LCL), however LCL injury is not always obvious from the patient's history, and can be misdiagnosed. In this podcast with  Liverpool FC  Physiotherapist  Matt Konopinski , w...

Temporomandibular joint pain and dysfunction can significantly impact your patients life, limiting their ability to enjoy eating and talking. Temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) has a lot of musculoskeletal contributors that physiotherapists are perfectly positioned to treat and help improve patient's lives. In episode 50 of the Physio Edge podcast,  Dr Stephen Shaffer  and  David Pope  discuss TM...

In Running from Injury part 2, Dr Rich Willy will help you assess and retrain running in your patients with achilles tendinopathy, patellofemoral joint pain, ITB Syndrome and stress fractures. We explore the latest evidence and how it will help you address pain and injuries related to running. You will discover: Treadmill or overground running assessments? Gait retraining for particular musculoske...

Are you looking to improve your assessment & treatment of runners? Would you like to know exactly what to look for in a running assessment? What are the most important factors to treat when your running patients have achilles tendinopathy? How is that different when they have patellofemoral joint pain (PFJP)? The research around running is evolving quickly, and in this podcast with Dr Rich Willy w...

The rotator cuff and rotator cuff tendons are often involved in shoulder pain, and targeted with our treatment. Dr Chris Littlewood is a Physio and senior research fellow at the University of Sheffield, and spends a large portion of his time studying and treating shoulder pain, including rotator cuff tendinopathy. In this episode, Chris and I discuss how to identify rotator cuff tendinopathy and o...

Proximal hamstring tendinopathy (PHT)  occurs in athletes, runners, weightlifters, and other athletes, as well as more sedentary patients, causing pain at the hamstring origin and limiting your patients ability to sit, run and continue to be active. There are a number of structures that can contribute to pain in this area, and in this podcast,  Tom Goom  and  David Pope  discuss how to clearly ide...

How can you treat your patient's lateral elbow pain (lateral epicondylalgia (LE)/tennis elbow)? How and when should you progress your patient's exercise program? Is pain during their exercise program ok? In this episode, which is Part 2 of Lateral Elbow pain with  Dr Leanne Bisset , we explore in detail how you can differentially diagnose LE from other causes of lateral elbow pain, and treat it su...

Lateral elbow pain (lateral epicondylalgia/tennis elbow) affects a lot of athletes, manual workers and office workers, and can respond fantastically to Physiotherapy treatment, or in other patients with a similar presentation, not at all.  Dr Leanne Bisset  is a Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy lecturer and researcher at  Griffith University  in Queensland, Australia that has extensively researched...

Shoulder pain and injury in overhead athletes is very common and has a high recurrence rate. In this podcast with  Jo Gibson  we discuss sporting shoulder injuries and rehabilitation, including: The role of the Rotator Cuff Train strength or efficiency in the Rotator Cuff? Rotator Cuff muscle balance When is (and when isn't) surgery necessary for Rotator Cuff or SLAP tears Assessment of shoulder s...

In  Episode 41 of the Physio Edge podcast , Dr  Christoph Spang  and I discussed how Plantaris may play a role in Achilles tendinopathy. In this episode of the Physio Edge podcast, I discuss with  Seth O'Neill  how you can identify Plantaris involvement in your patients, and adjust and progress your conservative treatment of Achilles pain and tendinopathy with Plantaris involvement.  Seth O'Neill...

Plantaris tendinopathy and compression of Plantaris on the Achilles has been shown to play a role in some cases of Achilles Tendinopathy, slowing down their rate of rehabilitation progress. Dr Christoph Spang  is a Biologist and Sports Scientist, and completed a PhD on "The plantaris tendon in relation to the Achilles tendon in midportion Achilles tendinopathy". In this podcast we discuss the inte...

How complex does your shoulder assessment need to be? How can you can simplify your shoulder assessment and treatment? Find out in episode 40 of the Physio Edge podcast with  Adam Meakins , where Adam and I discuss: Common mistakes Physio's make in assessment and treatment of the shoulder Adam's classification of shoulder pain Subjective clues to guide your objective and treatment How to identify...

Patellofemoral joint pain (PFJP) is very common in adolescents, and in the Physio Edge podcast episode 39, I discuss causes, assessment and treatment with the author of  numerous studies on PFJP in Adolescents ,  Dr Michael Rathleff . You will explore:  Different types/groups of Adolescents that suffer with PFJP Common reasons for failure of Physiotherapy Diagnosis and DDx of PFJP Examination of t...

Plantar Fasciopathy (Plantar heel pain) can be a stubborn condition to treat, or you can learn to love treating it like Dr Michael Rathleff, incorporate the right loading program and activity modification and get some great results. In episode 38 of the Physio Edge podcast, I talk to Dr Michael Rathleff, author of the RCT "High-load strength training improves outcome in patients with plantar fasci...

Pilates is commonly known and used for rehabilitation of persistent low back pain, however Pilates principles and equipment can also be used for assessment and treatment of pain beyond the pelvis and lumbar spine. In episode 37 of the Physio Edge podcast, Lana Johnson, a former dancer and a Physiotherapist from BPS Tensegrity in Sydney and I discuss how you can use Pilates for knee and shoulder pa...

Mike Stewart and further explore persistent pain, helpful language you can use with your persistent pain patients, how you can use group sessions, as well as: How the bio fits into biopsychosocial How you can develop an educational toolkit Case study of a patient with persistent peripheral pain Language & communication recommendations Misconceptions about persistent pain education and much more Li...

Persistent pain can be a challenge, but also enjoyable to treat. In this episode of the Physio Edge podcast, Mike Stewart and I focus on specific examples and case studies of patients with complex or persistent pain, how you may approach persistent pain patients, explain their pain, use metaphors and explanations so they understand it, and help guide them through the recovery process. Mike and I g...

The advanced stages of ACL rehabilitation are enjoyable to progress your patients through, and at the same time challenging to find the right exercises, and optimise the rate of progression through to return to training (RTT) and return to play (RTP). In this episode, Enda King from the Sports Surgery Clinic Dublin and David Pope discuss these later stages of rehabilitating your patients following...

Anterior knee pain can occur in your elite sports patients right through to office workers and weekend warriors. In this podcast with Kurt Lisle, we discuss anterior knee pain, the causes, how to diagnose the source of the pain, and the best ways to treat and rehabilitate these patients. Kurt Lisle is the Australian Socceroos Physio and co-owner of The Knee Joint Physio in Queensland. Kurt and I d...

ACL injuries can be career ending, or they can be an opportunity to sort out movement efficiency, motor control and and technical skills, coming back from the rehabilitation process with more power, speed and efficiency than they had before they injured their ACL. In this podcast, Enda King from the Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin currently completing his PhD in 3D biomechanical analysis after ACL...

CrossFit is a very popular form of improving strength and fitness, and CrossFit athletes have a variety of common injuries. Training errors and the athlete's biomechanics often contribute to these injuries, and identifying incorrect biomechanics and other contributing elements in their training is often the key to helping your patients recover from injury, train pain free and importantly for your...