The New Grad Physio Podcast

Why is it that some hip patients respond well to your treatments and rehab... Yet other patients struggle and see their symptoms quickly return leaving them (and you) frustrated that they are not able to progress? To try fix this… You start trying different treatment techniques or rehab exercises... Looking for that quick fix to get on top of your patients symptoms but this does not seem to help… And your patient is quickly losing patience and trust that you can fix their hip problem. Sick of getting just short term results with your hip pain patients? Want to know what you need to do differently to make long-lasting changes and be confident your patient will not break down when they return to activity? Listen to this week’s podcast episode for a few key things to consider when treating any patient with hip pain! Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources head to www.newgradphysio.com

What is the best rehab exercise to use for a patient with knee pain? Listen to this week's podcast episode to find out. The answer might just surprise you!!! Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources head to www.newgradphysio.com

Do you feel your knee pain assessments go ok until you get to your special testing? Maybe you pick something up you weren't expecting... Or your patient tests fine with the tests you thought they would be sore with? Most new grad's make some simple, but critical mistakes during their objective assessments... Most of the time without even knowing! It is easy to get it wrong when you have been taught to do your special tests in a certain way (this is the way all Universities teach you). But this needs to change if you want to use special tests in the right way... To ensure you find the right patient diagnosis and that you do not miss a serious injury like a meniscal tear or an ACL rupture. Listen to this week's podcast episode to learn everything you need to know about knee special testing! Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources head to www.newgradphysio.com

Making sense of your lower back assessments and making the right diagnosis is difficult enough as a new grad... But taking a patient with back pain through a full rehab plan, from start to finish, without flaring them up can be even harder! Depending who you listen to some therapists tell you that hands-on treatments are really effective for lower back pain... Others tell you to avoid manual therapy with vengeance! Then where do you start with your rehab? Do you start with the 'core' or maybe try to activate the 'glutes'... Maybe you look at using variations of 'functional' exercises and variations of lunges, squats or deadlifts? There is a lot to consider and it is easy to get it wrong resulting in short  lived relief with patients coming back to see you at their next session much the same... And sometimes even worse! So to help you out listen to this week's podcast episode where you will discover 3 simple strategies that will help you get better results with your patients with lower back pain... To stop their symptoms quickly returning, saving you time, effort and to save you having to deal with frustrated patients that don’t feel like they are improving. Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources head to www.newgradphysio.com

Do you struggle with lower back pain patients? You are not on your own! It is the area of the body that most therapists struggle with the most. You've been there I am sure. You get the referral and it's a lower back. You run through those red flag questions in your head. You remind yourself of the most common pathologies that you need to look out for. You feel ready but as you start the assessment it does not go to plan. Something was missing... But you are not sure what. Sound familiar? Listen to the case study in this week's podcast episode to help you get your head around lower back pain patients. Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources head to www.newgradphysio.com

Patients presenting with hip pain can sometimes be tough to get a handle on. Often they might improve to your hands-on treatments and early rehab exercises… But as soon as they go back to things like the gym, running or sport the hip gets irritated and your back to square one!  Sound familiar? The hip is one of the most difficult joints to treat because it can be so easily aggravated. Just about every type of movement, like any form of squat, lunge, running, even walking. To make matters worse even simple tasks like your patient putting their socks or shoes on, sitting, driving and even sleeping can also set the hip off! But there is one simple thing you can do to make a quick change to hip pain. And this will not only help you take away a patients hip pain… But also help you keep it away. Find out what it is in this week's podcast episode. Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources head to www.newgradphysio.com

Working out how to make the right career decision can be tough. Do you start in the NHS and do your rotations...then decide which way to go? Is this the right thing if you know you want to work in private practice or sport... Or should you head straight into one of these areas? How do you transition from one area to another... Like private practice to sport full-time, or vice versa... Or climb the promotion ladder in the area you currently work when you lack experience? Sound like you? Then listen to this week's new podcast episode for some help! Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources

Sat in a supermarket cafe back in 2010 a short conversation as a new grad physio changed my career. I’d just started working at the Leeds Rhinos, a job I had took straight from University. I had skipped the usual academy and part-time roles to join full-time with the first team. Things were great but… A conversation I had that day in that supermarket cafe changed things. Learn what advice I got and how you can take the same advice to fast-track your own new grad physio career! Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources

You do not need me to tell you how important your patient assessment is. The assessment is at the start for a very good reason... As it informs everything else you do after that. It gives you your diagnosis... Helps inform your patient prognosis... And tells you what treatments and rehab to prescribe your patient. Even as an inexperienced physio and even with complex cases, you should always be able to identify a probable cause of your patients symptoms after your subjective assessment. Next you can use your objective assessment to prove or disprove this. The subjective assessment is so important. I'd go as far as saying it is probably the most important part of what you do as a therapist, because everything else you do after this is reliant on a good subjective assessment. But it is something that so many new grad physio's struggle with. Listen to this week's podcast and discover 3 tips to help you nail your subjective assessment. Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources

Assessing swelling during your knee pain assessments is something I am sure you already do... But are you missing the main point of this simple assessment? You might use tests like a patella sweep or patella tap test to assess for the presence of knee joint swelling... But what do these tests really tell you and how can you use these simple test results to accurately find the right patient diagnosis? Simple tests at the knee might appear just that, simple, but, they can give you highly important information you need to find the right patient problems and ensure you are treating the source and not just the site of your patient's symptoms. Find out how to maximise your knee special testing in this week's podcast episode. Enjoy the show! PS. Andy would love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Please leave a review or get in touch at andy@newgradphysio.com and he will get right back to you. PPS. To get a copy of Andy’s book ‘How To Become A Competent, Confident & Competitive New Grad Physio’ or to access ALL his FREE learning resources