Dr Glenn McConell chats with Professor Kristian Thorborg from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark who also has s position at Lund University in Sweden. We spoke about the role of the placebo effect, sports injury prevention and especially the role of eccentric exercise, plyometrics, whether stretching reduces sports injuries, prehabilitation, exercise to avoid surgery, rehabilitation, is ice useful, effectiveness of adjunct treatments, start with the least aggressive approach etc. Twitter: @KThorborg 0:00. Introduction and Kristian’s background8:15. Evidence base for physiotherapy/ physiotherapy is a profession12:20. Physiotherapy treatments for injury pain14:21. The placebo effect in physiotherapy treatment17:31. Outcomes when treated by a doctor vs a physiotherapist20:52. Sports injury prevention with eccentric exercise22:57. Nordic hamstring exercise: Eccentric exercise32:33: Copenhagen abductor exercise: Eccentric exercise39:45. Load vs speed of contractions re injury prevention41:30. Plyometrics44:34. Why Lance Armstrong bounding for cycling.45:23. Does stretching reduce sports injuries?55:26. Prehabilitation useful to recovery from surgery?58:29. Exercise to avoid surgery1:01:47. Rehabilitation: how early? Individualized vs usual care?1:12:32. Push through pain?1:14:09. Does good rehab reduce reinjury?1:15:52. RICE. Not a fan of ice after injury1:19:33. What are the biggest risk factors for injury?1:24:55. Effectiveness of adjunct treatments1:31:50. Is massage effective?1:32:50. Sham surgery as effective as surgery?1:36:28. Start with the least aggressive approach1:40:45. Takeaway messages1:44:25. Outro (9 secs) Inside Exercise brings to you the who's who of research in exercise metabolism, exercise physiology and exercise’s effects on health. With scientific rigor, these researchers discuss popular exercise topics while providing practical strategies for all. The interviewer, Emeritus Professor Glenn McConell, has an international research profile following 30 years of Exercise Metabolism research experience while at The University of Melbourne, Ball State University, Monash University, the University of Copenhagen and Victoria University. He has published over 120 peer reviewed journal articles and recently edited an Exercise Metabolism eBook written by world experts on 17 different topics (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-94305-9). Connect with Inside Exercise and Glenn McConell at:Twitter: @Inside_exercise and @GlennMcConell1Instagram: insideexerciseFacebook: Glenn McConell https://www.facebook.com/glenn.mcconell/LinkedIn: Glenn McConell https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-mcconell-83475460ResearchGate: Glenn McConellEmail: [email protected] Subscribe to Inside exercise:Spotify: shorturl.at/tyGHLApple Podcasts: shorturl.at/oFQRUYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@insideexerciseAnchor: https://anchor.fm/insideexerciseGoogle Podcasts: shorturl.at/bfhHIAnchor: https://anchor.fm/insideexercisePodcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/4025218 Not medical advice