The Flexing Physio

Welcome to part 2 of my conversation with Will Maher. He's a physio who owns Accelerate Physiotherapy with his lovely wife, Jen Maher in Canberra. Will has also been Nick Kygrios's physio for the past 8 years. It has been a pleasure chatting with Will as we dig deeper to his relationship with Nick and what Nick is like in real life. In our conversation we chat about: - What are some things a physi...

Have you ever wondered what it's like being Nick Kyrgios's physio?? Well wonder no more... BECAUSE in this episode, we meet WILL MAHER, the man behind the scenes helping Nick with his injuries since 8 years ago. I am a huge fan fan of Nick and Tennis and I was so excited to chat with Will as we answer YOUR questions. Hope you enjoy PART 1. Part 2 will be out NEXT FRIDAY 6am!!! During our conversat...

HEY EVERYONE!!! We have the pleasure of meeting NZ Wrestling Athlete - Cole Hawkins, who is my high school good mate from Palmy (NZ).  In our conversation we chat about: - Cole's background (1:06) - His commonwealth experience (2:45) - If he was a WWE wrestler, what his name would be (5:29) - What the difference between Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling is (6:22) - Cole's background in CrossF...

Welcome to yet another SOLO SESSION by Dan Chang. I've always struggled with asking the right questions but since working in private prac for 3 years, I am now more confident at asking the right questions so that I can have a good idea of the diagnosis before I've even done by objective assessment. Have a listen to get my clinical gems on how to build the best subjective interview EVER!!

I got Tamworth Crossfit King AKA Jake Douglas on the show today as we have a conversation about how Physios and Crossfit coaches can work together to rehab the crap out of our Crossfit patients that we see.  In our conversation we chat about  - Jake's background (0:40)  - Who wears the pants in the family (2:00) - Jake's neck circumference (2:32)  - Gymnastics cross over into C...

In this second part to the two part conversation with Adam Brook (Director and head coach of RevFit gym) we chat about: - Main differences between a physio and a personal trainer (0:00) - Importance of communication and consent as a personal trainer and physio (1:39) - What kind of people come see a physio vs personal trainer (4:00) - Exercises can help someone put off surgery (6:35) - One of my f...

In this episode, we get to meet Savana Purss a great friend of mine who actually was my 'best man' at my wedding in March! Savana is currently working as a hospital dietitian at Dubbo Base Hospital.  In our wholesome conversation, we chat about: - How Savana nearly got deported out of a country and my weird pet peeve (0:00)  - Savana's career progression in dietetics through COVID and un...

Super excited to have Adam Brook, director and head coach of RevFit gym come chat with me as we explore how a physio can best work with a personal trainer/coach.  What we yarned about: - Who are you and what do you do?  - What do you love about your job?  - Favourite clientele to work with? - Some things that annoys us as a personal trainers and physiotherapists.  We hope you e...

Welcome to part 2 of my conversation with Mick Hughes chatting all things ACL, see below the topics covered.  - What are you tips for a patient awaiting surgery but are on a 1-2 years waiting list? - (0:20) - Do you use the coper classification much? - (8:32) - What are your thoughts on the cross bracing protocol? - (11:11) - Where can a new grad go for more ACL education and content? - (15:5...

We invite our first internationally recognised guests onto this show. Such a great conversation with Mick Hughes, the ACL guru. We chat through the following questions: - Who are you and what do you do and what got you your ACL interest? - How does Mick guide someone down a surgical or non-surgical route? - (5:40) - What are the areas physios can improve on with ACL rehab? - (14:00) - What ar...

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In this last episode of the 3 part series on 'how to treat the running athlete' we chat about: - most common mistakes when treating runners - the importance of prescribing heavy load and not just high reps/low load exercises. - your rehab program for a runner don't need to 'look' like running  - use footwear to have a therapeutic effect  - If you are suspicious of any bony related injuri...

In this part 2 of the "How to treat the running athlete" we chat about: - Most common running related injuries - Not holding onto patients if they aren't responding to treatment - Treating achilles Tendinopathy - Dr Ebonie Rio as a great resource. - The 'not to miss' peri-tendon achilles pathology.  Great insight from Blake the Master Podiatrist and Kelly, my fav physio in NSW. 

Super Super excited about this 3 part series on "HOW TO TREAT THE RUNNING ATHLETE" with my first ever Zoom collab with distinguished guests from The Sports Medicine Project (Kelly Kortick and Black Withers)!! Kelly is a fellow physio and Blake is a podiatrist who also lectures at the University of Newcastle, both of them are keen runners and triathlon athletes and have a vast array of knowledge in...

This is one of the most jam packed episodes to date. Wazza has a passion for working with athletes as Dan tries to pick his brain regarding how to best treat and communicate with the motivated and keen athlete who is injured and now under your care. Often they can come with a bit more added stress, as there is usually a 'grand final' or' big game' they want to return to, so how do physios best nav...

In this episode, we meet Paul Riley who is the clinical psychologist who works under the same roof as us @ proactive health. We chat about what cues physio's can listen for during our conversation with the patient to warrant us to make a referral to the psyc, and also how physio's and psycs can best work together to provide holistic care to the patient.

In this week's bonus episode, we tackle the "Hurt is harm" misconception and we chat about how in pathologies such a knee OA, the pain patients get doesn't always correlate to harm and we also discuss what is considered 'good' and 'bad' pain and which pathologies you should never train into pain with. Thanks again to Jono for coming onto the podcast!!

DEAR STUDENTS, in this episode we spin a yarn with Bri about what you should do if you are struggling as a student on placement. We share our tips and tricks and our own personal experiences with you. We also share who we would take from the clinic to survive a zombie apocalypse with. Some of the tips include talking to someone who can actually make a difference, doing your pre placement prep, be...

We welcome Jono Lau to this episode as we chat about very common patient misconceptions, kicking it off with misconception no.1 - that bending and lifting with a flexed spine is BAD!! Misconception no.2 - is when doctors or other physios tell someone that they should NEVER lift heavy again!! We tackle and challenge these statements we hear ALL THE TIME 🤯

Growing up, Dan and Sambo have both sustained lower back injuries which has lead to motivating them to pursue the career of being a physiotherapist to help those who have or are currently struggling with injuries. In this episode we yarn about why, as physiotherapist, we should embrace our injuries because it allows us to empathise and understand what the patient in front of you is going through....

My first every solo episode!!! 😆 In this episode, I chat about my own life, my cultural background, why my parents are my biggest motivators, they have some pretty cracking stories to tell about their immigration process to NZ and the adversities they had to go through. Hope you enjoy this episode. With love, Dan 💚

We welcome Sambo our awesome new grad back into the poddy room as we discuss how we go about treating the EPC patients. Usually EPC patients have a bit more going on, more co-morbidities, yellow flags and other health complications. It can be a bit of a doozy to treat, but hopefully you can be a bit more confident after listening to this episode.  Our theoretical case study: 65 yo retired far...

In this episode, queen Bri and I talk about who inspires us and WHY we have become physiotherapists. This episode is our most inspiring one and would love it if you messaged me on the @theflexingphysio instagram and told me who inspires you everyday. 

We are so blessed that in this clinic, we have a dietitian working with us. In this episode, we catch up Grainne Atwell as we discuss how physios can best work in with dietitians and also what cues we can gather from our subjective interview with our patients so that we should refer them to see a dietitian. Enjoy, now go eat a brocolli!! 

Liv and I have a yarn about why doing sport's training/sports physio work as a uni student is such a good idea! We also talk about the challenges we faced from our experiences and communicating with different personalities. Thanks for joining the poddy Liv ☺️