How can you treat patients with an achilles or patellar tendinopathy while they’re in the middle of a season or training for an event? Successful treatment often includes loading and strengthening the tendon, but how can you quickly identify the best exercises and load for each patient? Find out in this Physio Edge podcast as David Pope and Daniel Silvan (Head Physiotherapist at Aspire Academy, Aspetar) discuss how to choose the most effective exercises for your patients to successfully...

Do your acute ACJ injury patients require surgery, or can they be managed conservatively with a rehab program? Find out in this podcast as Jo Gibson (Upper Limb Rehabilitation Specialist Physio) reveals how to grade patients’ acute ACJ injuries, help patients decide on surgery or conservative management, and rehab your patients effectively. Free video series “Frozen shoulder assessment & treatment” with Jo Gibson Improve your frozen shoulder assessment and treatment now with Jo...

Shoulder pain & frozen shoulder can be extremely debilitating for patients, impacting their ability to sleep, fulfill their normal work and family role or have fun. How can you as a therapist understand your patients pain experience, help them feel supported and meet your patients needs throughout their journey to recovery from shoulder pain or frozen shoulder? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Upper Limb Rehabilitation Specialist Physio), hosted by Clinical Edge, as you explore...

Calf strains are common in runners, footballers, dancers and other athletes. Discover how to assess, differentially diagnose and tailor your treatment of calf strains using the latest evidence in this podcast with Tom Goom (Running Physio). Improve running injury assessment & treatment now with the Running Repairs Online course with Tom Goom at clinicaledge.co/runningrepairs Your comprehensive guide to ITB assessment & treatment with Tom Goom If you treat runners, walkers,...

When you’re treating patients that feel like their scapulae are asymmetrical, a rib is “out of place”, or they feel neck or thoracic stiffness without any restriction in movement, they may expect you to perform treatment that is unlikely to help, like joint mobilisation, manipulation or massage. How can you use the latest pain science in your treatment to help patients overcome the experience of asymmetry, stiffness or something being out of place? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson...

Calcaneal bony stress injuries or fractures are often misdiagnosed and incorrectly treated as insertional Achilles tendinopathy or plantar heel pain, leading to worsening pain and poor recovery. In this podcast with Tom Goom (Running Physio), hosted by Clinical Edge, discover how to accurately assess and effectively treat patients with calcaneal bony stress injuries or fractures. Improve running injury assessment & treatment now with the Running Repairs Online course with Tom Goom...

Why do some rotator cuff (RC) repair patients progress really slowly post-operatively and experience high levels of pain and sleep disturbance for long periods? Find out in this case study and exploration of the latest evidence in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Shoulder Rehabilitation Specialist) as she reveals: Quick or slow recovery? Which patients are likely to improve quickly, and which patients are likely to take longer to improve. How soon after arthroscopic RC repair your patients...

We’re heading into the holiday season, when your patients will either keep progressing with their rehab program, or give their exercises a miss for a while and risk an increase in symptoms, skip appointments in the new year, and disappear off your list. How can you prepare & motivate your patients for the holiday period, or effectively hand over care of your patients to another therapist, so their pain and strength keep improving? Find out in this podcast.

How can you thoroughly assess your neck pain patients, and use the information from your assessment to guide your treatment? What treatments are effective in helping patients overcome their neck pain? In this followup podcast with Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, researcher and Emeritus Prof. Gwen Jull, discover how to accurately assess and effectively treat neck pain.

When patients have a running injury, such as knee pain or Achilles tendinopathy, do we need to include strength training in their rehab? Discover when strength training is an important part of comprehensive running injury rehab in this podcast with Tom Goom (Running Physio).

Patients may develop stiffness following rotator cuff repair or other shoulder surgery, particularly with longer periods of immobilisation. On the other hand, some patients may fail rehab without sufficient immobilisation. How can you identify which patients are likely to develop stiffness and will benefit from early mobilisation? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist).

Can you solve this case of a badminton player with a five year history of posterior shoulder pain and shoulder fatigue with overhead movements? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist). Discover the diagnosis and why the patient hasn’t improved with rehabilitation, as Jo reveals the case study.

When your patient with Achilles tendon pain isn’t progressing as well as you hoped, could Plantaris be implicated in their pain? Find out in this latest Physio Edge Track record: Running repairs podcast with Tom Goom. Improve running injury assessment & treatment now with the Running Repairs Online course with Tom Goom at clinicaledge.co/runningrepairs

Immobilisation following a humeral fracture or shoulder surgery quickly results in muscle atrophy and decreased shoulder strength and proprioception. How can you limit strength deficits that develop while patients are in a sling? During this period of immobilisation, cross education (CE) can help retain shoulder strength. What is CE, and how can you use it in your treatment? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist).

What do foam rolling and stretching do to the ITB? Are they effective in the treatment of ITB syndrome? Find out in this podcast with Tom Goom (Running Physio). Get free access to the video series "ITB Syndrome assessment and treatment with Tom Goom" at clinicaledge.co/itbs Improve running injury assessment & treatment now with the Running Repairs Online course with Tom Goom at clinicaledge.co/runningrepairs

Is subscapularis the forgotten part of the rotator cuff? Do we ever need to target it individually? If we do what are the best options for exercises? Find out which patients with torn or painful shoulders benefit from targeted subscapularis rehab in this episode of the Physio Edge Shoulder success podcast with Jo Gibson.

Are vaccinations associated with shoulder pain? Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) has received a lot of attention on social media as vaccination levels have increased. If your patient has shoulder pain after a vaccine, what does this mean for treatment? Also in this podcast, how can you identify non-musculoskeletal causes of shoulder pain related to NSAID use or viscera? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist).

How can you accurately assess neck pain patients and choose the most effective treatment to help resolve their pain and prevent recurrence? Find out in part 1 of this two part podcast series with Emeritus Professor Gwendolen Jull.

Pec minor cops the blame for shoulder pain, scapular dyskinesia and all sorts of upper limb pain and “dysfunction”. Is pec minor shortness or “tightness” really responsible for shoulder pain? In this podcast with Jo Gibson (Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist), you’ll discover whether the latest evidence supports pec minor as a major cause of shoulder pain, or whether pec minor is an innocent victim.

Stress fractures and bone stress injuries in running patients need to be identified early, to allow recovery before the injury worsens and requires extensive time away from running. When should you suspect a stress fracture or a bone stress injury (BSI) in your running patients? Find out in the podcast with Tom Goom (Running Physio).

Patients with atraumatic sternoclavicular joint (SCJ) instability may have pain during overhead activities, throwing or playing sport. How can you diagnose and successfully rehabilitate SCJ instability? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist).

How can you rehab patients with an acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) injury, or end of range elevation shoulder pain, long term shoulder pain, clavicular osteolysis, or osteoarthritis? What exercises and manual therapy can you use in your rehab program? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist).

How can you diagnose posterior shoulder, neck and supraclavicular pain in your weightlifting patients and throwing athletes? Could a bone stress injury be responsible for your patients pain? Explore how to assess, diagnose and rehab shoulder pain from bone stress injuries in weightlifters or throwing athletes in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist).

Time for some detective work - can you diagnose the cause of this man’s shoulder pain? Listen out for the clues in this interesting case study with Jo Gibson (Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist).

When paediatric or skeletally immature patients have shoulder pain, what diagnoses should be kept in mind? What are the potential diagnoses following trauma, in overuse injuries or “little leaguers shoulder”? What assessment and imaging is required in these patients? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist).