The Flexing Physio

Ladiiiies and gentlenuts, I come to you live from Osteo Michael Morris's office located at Reform Clinic (Kew) right here in the heart of Melbourne. Prior to recording this podcast, we demolished our chest, shoulders and back in an upper body workout and took too much pre workout, so if we speak too fast/loud, we apologise in advance. See below the time stamps if you wanna skip to the juicy pa...

WELCOME to part 2 of my conversation with Julia Hlaing (aka @pelvicstrong). I loved this chat and feel so motivated and inspired. See below the time stamps of our conversation: deadlifting and leaking (0:21) wearing lifting belts (3:28) good exercises for pelvic floor strengthening (6:49) breathing for pelvic floor (11:12) how to poo better (14:31) advice to new grad self (16:02)  Have a bles...

Ladies and gentlenuts, I introduce to you in this week's episode, Julia Hlaing (@pelvicstrong) as we chat about all things pelvic health and physiotherapy. See below the time stamps of part 1 of our conversation.  If you were a physio tool, what would you be? (1:26) Makes makes Julia, Julia? (3:04) Pathway for a new grad to becoming a pelvic health specialist? (4:20) Common misconception (8:1...

Welcome to final part of my conversation with THE BARBELL OSTEO - Dr Caity Haniver based here in Melbourne. See below what we chat about: As a health professional, how would you coach and guide someone through an injury if they have a pretty soon deadline. What are your thoughts on ‘pre lifting’ activation exercises. How would you communicate to an athlete who you think shouldn’t compete in an upc...

This week I am joined by the one and only Dr. Caity Haniver AKA The Barbell Osteo who’s based here in Melbourne as we record this live from her office. It was so good to chat with her about weightlifting, importance of technique, coaching patients, communication around injuries and many more exciting topics. Caity is a health professional who truly places her patients goals and needs first and doe...

Welcome back to part 2 of my conversation with The Sports Medicine Project (Blake and Kelly) as we delve balls deep into the world of bone stress injuries. A bit of a longer episode this one, but so much to unpack and explore here. See below the time stamps of the exact questions asked. Again, thank you to everyone who asked questions, ya'll the real ones xx During rehab, how do you know if you’re...

WELCOME back to another episode of the flexing physio podcast. This week's episode, we invite BACK to the show... THE SPORT'S MEDICINE PROJECT, comprised to two absolute mad snakes (Blake the podiatrist and Kelly the physio). We have a wholesome and eye-opening yarn about bony stress injuries and I must say, a lot of my beliefs around stress injuries and MTSS have been challenged by this. I love t...

This week we have the honour of meeting Sydney's Sensational Powerlifting Physio... PEI GAN. Pei is the owner and founder of PB Physio based in Sydney, Australia. Pei has extensive knowledge when it comes to weight lifting and more importantly, how to treat gym goers. I really enjoyed our chat and I hope you do to. In the episode, we discuss the following questions: - What inspired Pei to become a...

In this episode we welcome a controversial and bias challenging member of our physio world. His name is Mr Beau Science. He's a physiotherapist based in Sydney and he is known for challenging beliefs and helping other clinicians become better. I respect what Beau does because it's not easy to go against the grain, especially when looking at things like lifting technique, dynamic knee valgus, lumba...

In this week's episode, we welcome 3 weapons onto the segment of "Uncle Dan Meets a Fan!!" We meet Claudia O'Shea who's currently a 4th yr student who is also a successful business owner running a PT service out of her home gym set up, Kate Bennett who's only one week into her private practice new grad year and absolutely loving it, and finally Joseph Bisignano who's based here in Melbourne workin...

One of the most wholesome episodes to date! My parents are visiting me in Melbourne all the way from New Zealand (where they live) and it's been a pleasure hosting them. This episode features my dad who was an orthopaedic surgeon in Taiwan 25 years ago, until he gave up his job to be with his family in NZ. My dad is my hero, and today we get to meet him and hear his story. We also answer all your...

yay for another solo session! I low key love doing these, because it's an opportunity to connect with my awesome listeners and to answer any of your questions. I'm an open book, so always one DM away if you ever have a question life or physio related. In this episode we have a brand new segment called 'uncle dan meets a fan' and we meet two legends, Queen Lizzie Bilton (Sydney ICU physio) and Jack...

What an episode I have planned for ya'll today as we meet Domonique Doyle, owner of Out of the Box Performance based up at Sunshine Coast. She is a sports and performance Psychologist and it was a joy and a laugh chatting with Dom as we answer the questions that YOU sent in! In our conversation, we chatted about: - What does a day in the life looks like. - How can you sell someone exercise for som...

HAPPY NEW YEAR FLEXING PHYSIO FAM!!!  To kick off the 2023 let's meet Mistika who's a physio located in Singapore (Strength Clinic Academy) and also has a strong passion in olympic weightlifting. In this episode, I actually went to her office to record it live in Singapore. It was such a fun chat and I really enjoyed this conversation. I hope you enjoy this episode too.  In the conversat...

When I saw that someone had an ankle sprain, I would think to myself "ah this is gonna be an easy one".  BUT, there are a couple of pathologies which can be commonly missed! In this episode, we shed some light on these missed pathologies so hopefully you'll be better at treating ankle sprains!!  Happy New Year and hope you had a safe and very merry Christmas.  See you all in 2023 fo...

Other than being kind and compassionate, what are the other traits that make up a GREAT physiotherapist? In this episode, we explore what the other characteristics Nadeena and I reckon make up a fantastic clinician. As some of you have just graduated Uni or finished your first year of working (Congrats btw!!!), this episode will hopefully give you have insight to what makes an awesome practitioner...

A couple weeks ago, I opened up a "Send me your answer" poll on the flexing physio instagram where I wanted to know all your crazy/funny placement stories from when you were a student doing clinical placement. I can definitely vibe with some of these especially the ones about leaving the treatment room to gag...  In this episode, Nadeena and I react to your stories and also share what we woul...

This week, we have the pleasure to chat with Nadeena, the Head2toe physio about what you can do if your patient just isn't responding to your treatment. As a new grad, I had this unhelpful expectation that all my patients would improve with my 'magical' physio input. The reality of the matter is that not EVERYONE will get better. The body heals itself, and it's our job to educate and work with our...

AHHH, the dreaded frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis, or '50 year old' shoulder... all these terms are all describing the same painful + stiff shoulder syndrome which is a heart breaking diagnosis to hear. In this episode, Nads and I try to deconstruct Frozen Shoulder and make this easy for you to understand and some clinical pearls for you to take away!  - eBook and our FAV movie genre 0...

WELCOME NADEENA to the show ladies and gentlenuts. Nads is a fellow physio from Melbourne, he works in a busy++ clinic which is joined with a GP practice in Moonee Ponds. Nads and I met on instagram and both share the same passion for helping students and new grads grow in their confidence and competence.  In this episode we discuss all things related to Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain. We...

Welcome to PART 2 of my conversation with Eugene Teo. In this episode we chat about... - Eugene's recent pec tear (0:45)  - What Eugene reckons contributed to his injury (5:35) - Language we use with our patients and clients are IMPORTANT (12:30) - The scope of practise for a personal trainer (18:24) - The challenges of having such a huge social media following (25:07) - If Eugene could have...

HELLO everybody, we have a massive special guests on the show today. I introduce to you all, Eugene Teo. I reached out to Eugene about a month ago to jump on my poddy and he not only accepted, he invited me to his gym in Melbourne to record. I had a fantastic time chatting with Eugene and meeting his lovely partner and cute as dogs. This is only part 1 of our 2 part conversation. In this episode w...

Awesome episode this week. We meet Georgia Harvey, my uni mate from Newcastle. She is now an ED physio working at Royal North Shore Hospital. She shares some cool/crazy stories about her work.  In our conversation we chatted about: - Her role in ED as the physio (7:30) - Most common injuries (11:40) - Sex injuries (13:13) - Grossest injury (15:40) - Salary/pay (19:13) - Work/life balance as a...

A special episode this week as we get to know Bronte Williamson, head dietitian and founder of her very own company - Nourished Not Deprived. I've had the pleasure of knowing Bronte since studying at University of Newcastle and it's so cool to see her excelling in her field of nutrition and dietetics. In this episode, we chat about: - Bronte's background and how she became a dietitian (1:21) ...

HEEEEY what a year it's been! So much have happened in my life, and I wanna share that with you. Honestly, thank you for listening, it means so much to me. As mentioned in this week's episode, I have teamed up with learn.physio. Follow the link below to the huge range of educational masterclasses, and remember to use my code of DANIELC10 to get your 10% discount. Also remember to follow the flexin...