The Flexing Physio

This episode, we tackle top advice from other fellow physios on things they wish they knew or thought about prior to starting their new grad work. 

In this episode, Bri and Dan tackle one of the listener's question (THANK YOU for the question!!) of how we reach a diagnosis, as it's not always a straight path. We talk about nailing your subjective assessment, having your differential diagnosis, what to do if you get stuck, never being afraid to ask for help and just CHILL OUT BRO!!! We chat about a real life experience that Bri had just this m...

We've all had the patient who comes in with lots and lots going on in their personal life. We know that the experience of pain is much more complicated than a simple structural damage. In this episode, wazza and I delve into how we navigate through a yellow flaggy type consult and how we can best use our skills to help them. Remember, they are also humans and they are able to change and sometimes...

In this episode we are going to catch up with our 2022 new grad, the amazing "Clean&Jerk King".. Sambo Foran. It's always a laugh and solid banter with this clown. Tune in to find out how he's coping working with proactive and with Dan Chang!!

This is a cracker of an episode, as we welcome back to the physio world, BRI SHORT!!! We chat about burn out and the symptoms of burning out and our real life experiences of it. If you listen to this episode and you either burnt out or experiencing burn out symptoms, make sure you reach out to us and we'll give you a virtual hug and tell you it's all going to be ok bro/sis. 

Have you ever wondered which accounts to follow on social media for great, thought provoking content and to also help with your daily clinical work?? Here are a list of people we personally follow and we recommend now to YOU listeners!  1.) The Sports Medicine Project - Blake Withers (Podiatrist) and Kelly Kortick (Physiotherapist) 2.) Kneesovertoesguy - Ben Patrick  3.) Newcastle Perfor...

BONUS PODDY EPISODE for this week is with Newcastle 4th yr student, Olivia Fanning!! 🎉  We chat about: - Our uni experiences. - Day in the life during JHH prac.  - Her advice to students about to do a hospital prac.  - Challenges faced during her placement.  - TEAM approach with the MDT.  - CONFIDENCE as a student!!  Enjoy!! 😎

We chat about our favourite movie mistakes and also common mistakes new grad physio make. We talk about reviewing imaging, asking questions and getting another colleague to check your assessment, how the 'real' learning begins when you graduate Uni and letting patients go too soon. ENJOY!! 

Part 2 to the pros and cons of working in both private or public to better inform your decision as to where you want to end up as a new grad! 

Super stoked to have Jake Forsythe come on the poddy today to chat about his experiences from working in both public hospital system as a physio and in the private sector as a physio. We explore the PROs and CONs to both. 

In this episode, we chat about how we go about examining a knee with practical and real life tips! Enjoy!! 

In this episode we chat more about how we navigate through being in the grey zone of being a physiotherapist. Enjoy!!

Physio's work in the grey zone. Our job isn't always black and white. There isn't always the 'correct' answer. So how do we navigate that? 

WORKER'S COMP.... the new private practise swear word. As a new grad, I felt there was SO much to learn and so little time. In this episode, hopefully we can make it a bit easier to understand the mysteries that surround compo. We also touch on how our professions have a HIGH BURN OUR RATE. 

We meet our very own Amy "Crossfit/triathlon" Queen who is employed as a part time exercise physiologist and full time trash talker. We unveil common questions and mysteries that surround their job and how we as physiotherapists can best work and relate with them. 

This episode is for those students whom are about to embark on their first ED (emergency department) placement. Macey (a current 4th yr student) gives us her personal gems on how she survived her ED placement. Def share this one for those who are about to do an ED prac. 

We are going to meet our NEW 'not so new grad' physio, Bri Lock. We are going to find out about her clinical past and get to know her better. She shares insights on her previous jobs and tips on private practise. 

I am joined by Sam Foran and we yarn about how we go about prescribing exercise to our various different patients. We also go into our own experience with injuries that we've had growing up. And we also figure out who the real alpha male is HAHA

Have you ever received an MRI report and feel expected to explain this to your patient.. But you have NO IDEA what to do??? In this episode, we touch on ways we have found to explain certain words such as 'degeneration' or 'arthritis' to a patient. We use the sponge and car analogy!! 

As a new grad, have you wondered how to best communicate with other health professionals, such as GPs and specialists? In this episode, we touch on our favourite super heroes, how we work as a team in the private practise setting, how to communicate with GPs and surgeons and an example letter to a GP for a torn ACL!! 

If you are a physio student, then this episode is for YOU!! We are joined by our current student (Amber) who is on her final year placement with us in our private practise. She gives useful and practical tips on how to survive physiotherapy @ uni. 

In this episode, I interview Sam Foran, our newest, phreshest physio on the team here at Proactive. We will listen to his overall new grad experience at the private practise environment. 

In this episode, I am joined by Danielle Hand, another fellow physio and we chat about her experiences with applying for a new grad hospital job here in Tamworth Base Hospital. She shared real life tips and tricks to get you started on the process. Hope you enjoy this episode. 

We get to hear Daniel's experience as an international student from Taiwan and his perspective on Taiwan physios vs Australian physios. It was so interesting to hear the differences. We also chat about his current 4th year placement here at Proactive and his experiences here. 

In this episode, Dan interviews 4th year physio student Amber and gains her perspective on how her current placement placement with us is going, any advice she'd give to other students who are about to do this Pro-active placement and her own interests in the career as a physiotherapist.