The Dope Black Physios Podcast

In today's episode, we speak with physiotherapy students Trisha and Ruth as they discuss their experience navigating the profession as minorities and reflect on both their clinical and non-clinical journeys to date.

In this episode we try to dive into the social aspects of the work setting, and try to differentiate between just a work colleague and becoming a work friend.

This week we are joined by Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Cece. She is a physio with many strings attached to her bow; a mother of 2, former bodybuilder and online fitness coach. Cece shares her personal journey and how she steered her way to becoming the physiotherapist she wanted to be.

Nelly opens up about leaving a job she once thought was her dream. What began with excitement quickly turned into an experience marked by discrimination, microaggressions, and bullying — and ultimately, the courage to walk away and reclaim her peace.

We are joined by our special guest Torah, who is not only a qualified physiotherapist, but she is also owner and instructor at Refine Pilates London. She takes us through her career so far and enlightens us how your expertise and clinical reasoning can be used in non-traditional settings.

We know it’s been a while! In this first episode of Season 2, Nelly and Dee catch up about why the break was longer than expected, how life’s changed, and what’s coming next for The Dope Black Physio Podcast.

We could not let October pass by without a black history month special! We are joined by fellow physio Shaun and discuss our experiences being black in the workplace, from microaggressions, to cultural differences, influencing the next generation and more!

We explore what self care looks like to us, from working out and staying active to journaling. Dee reflects on how placement and stress can affect your own personal health and how it has impacted her. This is the final episode for the season!

Nelly speaks on applying for jobs and going for interviews for new roles and how this can impact your mental health and question your ability. We also try to figure out our dislike for respiratory physio, our experiences working in stroke from acute to rehab in the community, and what that journey looks like.

This episode we are joined by a special guest; our girl and fellow physiotherapist, Andrea. We talk about her journey to being a physio and experiences in sports therapy as well as paediatrics. We dive into being a black woman working in the profession, challenges we have faced and how we support each other as dope black physios.

We talk about life as a community physiotherapist, time management on a daily basis and the truth about asking those ‘silly questions’ when management says no question is silly. This episode has some little gems for students on placement and how to own your learning and progression by knowing how to play ‘the game’.

This episode we discuss going back to university as a mature student, compared to going to uni the first time round as a teen. We reminisce about studying, the social life and how our priorities differ as a mature student. 

Meet Nelly and Dee! We introduce ourselves and explain the inspiration behind the podcast. We start with how we met, a little bit about ourselves and our backgrounds as well as our journey to becoming the physiotherapists we are today.