Podcast

STA137: 'Healthcare for People with Learning Disabilities' with guest Alistair Beverley

As a soft tissue therapist, how well equipped are you to assess an MSK condition for an individual with a learning disability? Would you fall prey to the all too common trait of 'diagnostic overshadowing', i.e. where symptoms of physical ill health are mistaken or attributed to that person's learning diasability?

In Part 2 of this month's 'Focus on Mental Health & Learning Disabilities', we are joined by special guest Alistair Beverley of TheLDPhysio.com, discussing how we as soft tissue therapists can help promote & improve healthcare services for those with learning disabilities.

Topics discussed:

3:40 - Alistair Beverley at Therapy Expo 2022
6:50 - Diagnostic Overshadowing - one of the biggest killers of people with Learning Disabilities
10:40 What causes diagnostic overshadowing?
15:15 TheLDPhysio.com - 'Jon & Al': a personal blog about a normal childhood growing up with an older brother with a Learning Difficulty.
19:40 Definitions - What Is A Learning Disability?
26:50 What can Soft Tissue Therapists do to help people with Learning Difficulties?
36:50 NEW ONLINE COURSE: 'Learning Disabilities for Mainstream Practicioners'- Saturday April 22nd - Register your interest by emailing: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
41:10 Putting the FUN back into therapy
52:20 Follow Alistair Beverley on Social Media

Useful Links:

Twitter: @theLDphysio
Instagram: @_theLDphysio_
Facebook: @TheLDphysio
TikTok: @_theldphysio_
Website: TheLDphysio.com

Our sincere thanks to Alistair Beverley for giving up his time to be a guest on the show! In Part 3 of this month's 'Focus on Mental Health & Learning Disabilities' (to be recorded LIVE on Feb 28^th), our special guests will be Ryan Smith & Jack Coward, creators & hosts of 'Let's Be Frank Podcast' – a mental health awareness podcast that gives men a platform and a safe space where they can stand up and speak out about their life struggles and mental health challenges.

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Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

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STA136: ’Focus on Mental Health & Learning Disability’ Part 1 with guest James Chapman

Ep.136 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we start this month's focus on 'Mental Health & Learning Disability', looking at how as soft tissue therapists we can play a part in the healthcare of patients & clients with mental health issues and / or learning disabilities, as well as keeping an eye on our own mental health.

This Month's Guests:

IN THIS EP.136 - James Chapman of AllAboutTheMind.com, an instructor for MHFA (Mental Health First Aid)
Ep.137 (live recording date Feb 21^st) - Alistair Beverley of TheLDPhysio.com, promoting & improving healthcare services for those with learning and lifelong physical disabilities.
Ep.138 (live recording date Feb 28^th) - Ryan Smith & Jack Coward, creators & hosts of 'Let's Be Frank Podcast' – a mental health awareness podcast that gives men a platform and a safe space where they can stand up and speak out about their life struggles and mental health challenges.

Topics discussed in this episode:

4:50 - A little about James Chapman, MHFA (Mental Health First Aid) and what MHFA can offer soft tissue therapists.
8:50 - Does the modern soft tissue therapist need new skills to be able to know what to do when faced with clients with mental health problems?
11:50 SOUND IMPROVES!
12:10 Are mental health problems becoming more common?
17:40 How do adults help educate the natural rebellious tendencies of the young?
24:00 The responsibility & opportunity that soft tissue therapists have
26:25 The skill of Active Listening
36:50 Safeguarding
43:20 The 'Stress Container' - a great tool for keeping an eye on mental capacity
61:39 How to get in touch with James Chapman, including a discount code for STA members!

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Our sincere thanks to James Chapman for giving up his time to be a guest on the show!

STA135 ’Ask Tim’ #1 with special guest Tim Allardyce

'ASK TIM!' - special guest Tim Allardyce answers any questions that YOU, a soft tissue clinician, may have regarding work & survival in the healthcare industry. This is the first of a regular series that will be recorded LIVE on the first Tuesday of every month, at 8pm (UK) on the Sports Therapy Association YouTube channel. Join us LIVE! No need to be an STA member!

Submit YOUR questions to Tim by either joining us for the live stream on YouTube or emailing them prior to the show to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Tim Allardyce is a leading physiotherapist & osteopath working across elite sport, NHS, and private practice. With over 17 years experience as a physiotherapist, he is founder of Rehab My Patient, an exercise software program for sports therapists, physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors, that can be used on any computer or tablet by the practitioner and the patient.

Questions Answered in this episode of 'Ask Tim':

12:15 - Question1: Can I have some advice on room/space/clinic renting. I am rubbish at it. I hate negotiating, it makes me cringe. I never know whether to charge per hour, or % of the their clients. To charge even if they don’t have any custom, cause it’s gives newbies a step up.
21:00 - Question 2: How do you get business in little villages? They have so little footfall compared to a busy city. I’m doing more marketing now than I ever did but had far more business when I was in a big city.
28:40 - Question 3: Now we are aware that working with a person involves more than just the biomechanical, should we be studying more about psychology (Eg ACT, CBT, MI, hypnotherapy?) and sociology? Should there be more of this in courses?
37:28 - Question 4: I’ve noticed a drop in interest since I removed sports massage from marketing and started pushing soft tissue therapy and pain management etc. Should I change back to calling it sports massage.
45:35 - Question 5: Soft tissue therapists are being urged to include more exercise based advice. What are the positives of this and what are your concerns if you have any around this fairly new acquired scope?”
52:09 - Question 6: What are some of your favourite home exercises for patients who aren’t into “gym/traditional weight training, to encourage buy in/motivation/fun factor/meaningfulness?

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Our sincere thanks to Tim Allardyce and STA Founder Gary Benson for giving up their time to be guests on the show!

STA134 Focus on The Hip Pt3 : 'Buttock Pain Case History' with guests Emer Acton & Dr. Sarah Rollins

Part 3 of this month's 'Focus on the Hip' is a follow up to Ep.133, in which guest Dr. Sarah Rollins of Pure Sports Medicine & the Ministry of Defence (MoD) returns, this time accompanied by Sports Physio Emer Acton to together talk about a real life posterior hip case which they saw in clinic literally that day!

Emer Acton is a clinical specialist MSK physiotherapist who works with Dr. Rollins for the MoD, but is about to embark on a new role with McLaren F1 Race Team as their Senior Specialist Physiotherapist. A big fan of the 'hands on' approach, Emer discusses the process she followed with Dr. Rollins to diagnose what the issue was with a patient who had presented himself to them that day with a rather strange combination of posterior hip symptoms that initially had them both a little stumped.

This episode is a wonderful example of clinical reasoning, and indeed something we may well start doing regularly on the Sports Therapy Association Podcast. There is so much to gain in this episode, the chance to listen to the step by step mutidiscipinary approach that two such highly experienced professionals followed in order to ascertain what was indeed causing the patient's symptoms. Enjoy!

Useful Links:

Twitter: @DrSarahRollins
Pure Sports Medicine · Raynes Park, London
Sports Therapy Association Website

Our sincere thanks to Emer Acton and Dr Sarah Rollins for giving up their time to be guests on the show!

STA133 Focus on The Hip Pt2 : 'Buttock Pain' with guest Dr. Sarah Rollins

In Ep.133 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you Part 2 of this month’s ‘Focus on The Hip’, with special guest Dr. Sarah Rollins discussing Buttock Pain (posterior hip pain), a condition treated by soft tissue therapists but all too often under the assumption that all buttock pain arises from the Piriformis muscle. Dr Sarah Rollins delves into the anatomy of the posterior hip and the many potential reasons for our clients & patients suffering from buttock pain.

Dr. Sarah Rollins spent 11 years training & serving as an Army GP. In 2009, she left the Army and took up a post with the Ministry of Defence as a Civil Servant GP. In 2012 she moved to the Regional Rehabilitation Unit in Aldershot to work in Sport, Exercise & MSK Medicine.

In 2017, Sarah completed her Masters in Medical Ultrasound and in 2018 wrote the FSEM UK training guidelines for MSK Ultrasound training & mentoring.

Sarah is a runner and orienteer, and an ex-GB athlete herself having represented Great Britain at 11 World Orienteering Championships. She continues to compete at a Master’s level winning a Gold medal in 2022.

Topics discussed:

6:40 Dr Sarah Rollins role in the Army & Ministry of Defence.
9:00 Representing Great Britain at 11 World Orienteering Championships
11:55 Buttock Pain covers a large category of possible issues. More complex than often taught.
13:59 Research suggests 6% to 36% of buttock pain involves the piriformis.
15:35 The importance of not dismissing what a patient 'thinks' is the problem.
16:20 What percentage of piriformis syndrome is caused by the sciatic nerve piercing the piriformis?
18:44 Anatomy of the buttock area
26:23 Does the 'type' of pain described by the patient help in diagnosis?
29:30 Importance of the location & journey of the pain, and red flags
34:30 What can 'pain when sitting down' be caused by?
39:10 Subjective assessment: the importance of letting the patient speak
42:26 Motivational Interviewing: shout out to Dr Gary Mendoza of stagesofchange.co.uk
46.00 Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy
48:30 Gluteal Medius & Minimus Overload
50:15 How often is "weak glutes" the cause of buttock pain?
54:00 The usefullness of massage & passive therapy. Shout out to Paul Coker of movecornwallphysio.co.uk
56:00 How useful is stretching and yoga for buttock pain?
59:00 Back next week with Sports Physio Emer Acton to talk about rehab for these conditions!

Useful Links:

Twitter: @DrSarahRollins
Pure Sports Medicine · Raynes Park, London
Sports Therapy Association Website

Our sincere thanks to Dr Sarah Rollins for giving up her time to be a guest on the show!

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Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

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STA132 Focus on The Hip Pt1 : ’Hip Dysplasia’ with Holly Soper-Doyle

In Ep.132 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we bring you Part 1 of this month’s ‘Focus on The Hip’, with special guest Holly Soper-Doyle talking to us about Hip Dysplasia, a condition defined by the socket of the hip joint being too shallow.

Hip Dysplasia, more prevalent in women (8:2) than men, is known to be a common cause of developing early onset osteoarthritis. If left undiagnosed and/or untreated the joint can degenerate so much that it results in bone on bone contact and therefore requires a hip replacement.

Holly Soper-Doyle is Specialist musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and owner of Integrum Physiotherapy in North London. Her passion is highlighting the gap that exists in diagnosis of hip dysplasis, as well as evidence informed resources for rehabilitation, both conservative management and pre & post-operatively.

Topics discussed:

6:30 Poor diagnosis of Hip Dysplasia - not taught at university.
9:00 What is Hip Dysplasia? Different types if Hip Dysplasia
11:45 Risk factors for Hip Dysplasia? Are you born with Hip Dysplasia or does it develop after birth?
12:40 Can hip dysplasia be caused by swaddling?
14:40 Do all babies get screened for hip dysplasia?
21:00 Hip dislocations vs hip subluxations
24:00 Symptoms of Hip Dysplasia vs symptoms of FAI (Femoroacetabular impingement)
26:00 What can soft tissue therapits add to their subjective and objective assessment to help in diagnosis of hip dysplasia?
35:00 Can you be asymptomatic with hip dysplasia?
38:40 Hip Dysplasia vs Hypermobility
40:45 Rehab for Hip Dysplasia
50.00 Surgery for Hip Dysplasia
55:00 The psychological damage caused by late diagnosis of hip dysplasia
59:00 Contact Holly Soper-Doyle and connect on social media

Useful Links:

The Hip Dysplasia Physio Website: https://hipdysplasiaphysio.com/
I'm A Hippy Website: https://imahippy.org/
Help For Hip Dysplasia Podcast: https://www.helpforhipdysplasia.com
Holly Soper-Doyle on Instagram: @hipdysplasiaphysio
Integrum Physiotherapy Website: https://www.integrumphysiotherapy.co.uk/

Our sincere thanks to Holly Soper-Doyle for giving up her time to be a guest on the show, especially given the minimal sleep she is experiencing due to the joys of having a 9 month old son!

Want to join the live recordings?
Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available.

Please Support Our Podcast!
If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes.

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