In Episode 262 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, host Matt Phillips is joined by guests Aimi Healey-Bracher, Sports Rehab Therapist a Praia Sport Rehab and Lead Therapist at Cardiff City FC Women, and Tristen Attenborough, educator and founder of Move Massage Pro, to discuss ‘MSK Conferences: How Much Do They Affect Your Clinical Practice?”

Aimi and Tristan share honest experiences from the recent ‘STA & Hands-On Hub Conference’ in Exmouth, and also Therapy Expo, the UK’s largest annual multi-disciplinary event, which is returning to the NEC Birmingham this year on the 26th & 27th of November. They talk about what inspires them, what they implement into every day practice, and how connection, clarity and evidence-informed talks influence their work.

The episode considers both the benefits of MSK conferences, such as networking, renewed confidence, exposure to new populations and topics, and the potential drawbacks, including cost, size, and sales-driven stands, and how conferences may best be used as a jumping-off point rather than a step-by-step solution.

NOTE: Apologies for the sound loss at 54:29. Scan the QR code to take part in our questionnaire “π–π‘πšπ­ 𝐝𝐨 π˜πŽπ” 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐏𝐃 π‚π¨π§πŸπžπ«πžπ§πœπž?” Also, Lizzy Robey and Emily Gilbert were unfortunately not able to join us in this episode due to connection issues at their end. We thank them for offering their time to be on the panel.

Host Matt Phillips – Speaker at Therapy Expo

If you are a clinician who is interested in improving your communication skills, be sure to attend Matt Phillips’ presentation at this year’s Therapy Expo: ‘Mindful Strides: Communication Skills For Working with RunnersΒ (and anyone else for that matter!)’. Theatre B, 3.50pm on Day 1 (right before the wonderful Michelle Lyons!) LINK: https://www.therapyexpo.co.uk/conference…

  • 00:00:00 – Welcome to Episode 262 of The STA Podcast!
  • 00:01:14 – Preview of Therapy Expo 25 and review of EP.261 ‘Therapy Expo 2025 In Less Than A Month!’
  • 00:02:50 – Matt Phillips Therapy Exp speaker feature Mindful Strides: communication skills for working with runners (and anyone else for that matter!)
  • 00:03:10 – Introducing guest panelists Aimi Healey-Bracher, Emily Gilbert and Tristen Attenborough
  • 00:09:25 – Panel debate ‘MSK Conferences: How Much Do They Affect Your Clinical Practice?’
  • 00:54:29 – Apologies for the sound loss
  • 00:55:25 – Thanks and links
  • 00:59:39 – Close

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