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 for a fun filled year! The Flexing Physio Instagram Link: @theflexingphysio Nadeena’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com...
Dec 29, 2022•19 min
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. We hope you enjoy and please flick me a message on the flexing physio instagram and let me know yo...
Dec 22, 2022•25 min
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 would have done in that situation. We hope you enjoy this episode!! REMEMBER, NEW EPISODES OUT EVERY FRIDAY 6a...
Dec 15, 2022•17 min
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 patient and guide them onto the right path to facilitate the best environment for healing. In this ...
Dec 08, 2022•33 min
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 0:30 - What is frozen shoulder + risk factors 5:21 - The subjective interview 12:19 - 8 Things someone with...
Dec 01, 2022•44 min
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 go through the subjective interview, objective exam and also treatment/management. There are tones of cli...
Nov 24, 2022•38 min
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 dinner with one person, who would it be (31:31) Make sure to head on over to my instagram @theflexingphysi...
Nov 17, 2022•34 min
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 we chat about: - his story and ganbaru method (1:00) - **due to popular demand**.... his hair care ro...
Nov 10, 2022•19 min
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 an ED physio (20:00) - Working with the MDT (22:05) - How a student can get ED experience before their plac...
Nov 03, 2022•28 min
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) - how she started her business (6:07) - top 3 tips for a new grad dietitian (12:00) - how nutrition, espe...
Oct 27, 2022•32 min
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 flexing physio instagram for lifestyle, workout and physio related content!! LEARN.PHYSIO WEBSITE LINK - h...
Oct 20, 2022•18 min
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 physio can do to set themselves up for exposure to the ATP tour/involvement in the tennis world at the hi...
Oct 13, 2022•22 min
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 conversation we chatted about: - Will's background and how long he's been Nick's physio (1:20) - How did you ...
Oct 06, 2022•17 min
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 CrossFit (8:09) - What the most common injuries for a wrestler are (11:20) - Coles shoulder injury which led to ...
Sep 29, 2022•29 min
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!!
Sep 23, 2022•15 min
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 Crossfit (5:00) - Importance of training alone vs with a group (7:00) - Jake's injury and rehab journey (9:55) - Prehab in Cr...
Sep 16, 2022•33 min
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 favourite conversations to have with a patient (8:08) - How can a physio and PT work together and co-...
Sep 09, 2022•19 min
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 uni background (4:40) - Top 2 key steps Savana took during uni that set her up well when graduating dietetics (6:0...
Sep 07, 2022•23 min
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 enjoy :)
Sep 02, 2022•19 min
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? - (15:50 - Go to exercises for a basketball player who is now at end stage of their rehab. - (17:45)...
Aug 26, 2022•28 min
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 are the common mistakes you see when physios rehab ACL? (19:30)
Aug 19, 2022•28 min
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Aug 17, 2022•14 min
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 injuries, investigate unless proven otherwise. - some clinical gems and advise on how to get patients who run to LOVE ...
Aug 12, 2022•23 min
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.
Aug 05, 2022•22 min
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 treating runners. So I thought I would pick their brains about questions like: 1.) What is the typi...
Jul 29, 2022•39 min
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 navigate this?? Well.. listen to find out more!! P.S we also teach you how to respectfully take care of...
Jul 22, 2022•22 min
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.
Jul 15, 2022•19 min
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!!
Jul 13, 2022•20 min
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 pro-active not pro-passive (famous quote from Sambo Foran) AND generally, don't be a dick!!
Jul 08, 2022•16 min
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 🤯
Jul 06, 2022•20 min
