

Sports Medicine Project
Blake Withers
Join Blake as he dives into the world of Sports Medicine — from injuries and injections to running and performance. Perfect for clinicians and healthcare enthusiasts, this fortnightly podcast blends real-life clinical insights with evidence-based discussions to help you treat smarter and work better. With a background in research, biomechanics, and podiatry, Blake shares practical tips you can actually use to improve patient outcomes and stay up to date. If you’ve ever felt like you’re drowning in conflicting advice on how to manage injuries — this podcast will cut through the noise.
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Nov 28, 2022 • 51min
Ep 54 - Andy Bryant Part 2 (The natural and minimalist man), Females quiting sport because of bod image, breaks from social media, how to go from a maximilst shoe to barefoot, Foot intrinsic exercises
Send us a Text Message.We delve into the following topics!You can always learn from people who have a different way of treating and thinking!People can see the ‘barefoot’ content as polarising where people say all pain is caused by wrong fitting shoes and then associated that with you, which we know there is more to it than that. For the listeners, what are your principles for your way of practising? What is the most common pathology you see and how do you tend to manage it?How do you us...

Nov 20, 2022 • 1h 5min
Ep 53 - Andy Bryant (The natural and minimalist man), Queenstown Marathon Recap, Preframing pain with patients, Bone stress injuries in female runners
Send us a Text Message.We are all people who need continue to learn, regardless of what we know now. It seems an easy way to become a better person, clinician and athlete is to be open-minded. We first met Andy (via Instagram), where we instantly had someone who was to challenge a lot of what we had learned at an undergraduate level and as a new graduate. Now, knowing each other for several months, I have had successful outcomes clinically from information you will get from this po...

Nov 13, 2022 • 1h 10min
Ep 52 - Ian Griffiths Pt 2- Sports Podiatrist, Lecturer @ Centre for Sports & Exercise Medicine and researcher talking everything lower limb!
Send us a Text Message.Skip 21 minutes in to miss all the chat with Kelly and I and straight to Ians episode!!Support the Show.Clinical content to help you day to day:https://patreon.com/SportsMedicineProject?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkSign up for a free weekly Research review about topics related to Sports Medicine straight to your email: https://gmail.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c3dca95db0740390c605a1...

Nov 7, 2022 • 52min
Ep 51 - Ian Griffiths - Sports Podiatrist, Lecturer @ Centre for Sports & Exercise Medicine and researcher talking everything lower limb!
Send us a Text Message.You're going to enjoy this!Ian is passionate about helping people enjoy their chosen sport and achieve their goals; and pain/injury management is a key part of this. A keen runner himself (currently chasing a sub 19min 5k and a sub 90min half marathon) he also enjoys playing golf and being kept busy by his two young sons. He understands how important it is to health and wellbeing to be able to stay active and exercise regularly, whatever your level of ability or partici...

Oct 30, 2022 • 20min
Student Edition #3 - Goal Setting. How to make it about the patient, tips for initials consults and where we can all go wrong
Send us a Text Message.How do you work out peoples goal?Does it matter if people are in pain if they can be doing their meaningful activity? Most people see us not for pain, but because their pain is stopping them from doing their meaningful activity. How do we work out what people want and how to plan for that? In most cases, a few questions will display their immediate goal and if you have the ability to show them you understand that, your outcomes and patient satisfaction w...

Oct 23, 2022 • 59min
Ep 50 - Tendons Tendons Tendons.. So...you’ve got Tendon pain? What does it mean? Everything Tendon management.
Send us a Text Message.Patient, student and clinical resource.Skip 10 mins to get to TENDONS (:So.. you’ve got Tendon pain? What does it mean? Everything Tendon management.Broad topics and concepts General consult with tendons What happens when you get a tendinopathy and why?What can we do about it and why?Causes?Treatment?Recommendations It’s not just active people that get tendon pain. Everyone can get it.This podcast is a resource for patients, students and clinicians....

Oct 16, 2022 • 1h 4min
49.Dr Steven Kent Pt 2 (Foot & ankle surgeon) - The ACL of the ankle (High Ankle Sprains & Syndesmosis injuries)
Send us a Text Message.Skip 22 minutes in to get straight to the episode with Dr Steven Kent Enjoy Pt 2 with Dr Steven KentLink to Future Health Network course details:https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/pain-in-performance-sydney-tickets-419973450897?aff=esfb&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=fb&utm-term=listing&fbclid=IwAR3mNwZlQ4Zr_LKojjRKZNrAR5I1t869SbNaTksavkWz1BPGe6TPKtmVA58Support the Show.Clinical content to help you day ...

Oct 9, 2022 • 60min
48. Dr Steven Kent (Foot & ankle surgeon) - The ACL of the ankle (High Ankle Sprains & Syndesmosis injuries)
Send us a Text Message.Dr Steve KentFoot & Ankle orthopaedic surgeonThe ACL of the ankle (High Ankle Sprains & Syndesmosis injuries)Dr Steven Kent talking everything high ankle sprains.What imaging is most appropriate?What are consequences if you miss it clinically?How do you manage them?How do they present?What happens in surgery?Want to become a better clinician? Come joint over 400 people at the Future Health Network. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1791557071152851/Support th...

Oct 3, 2022 • 54min
Ep 47 - Mick Hughes ACL rehab, surgery and management. Surgery V no surgery? Rehab times and more...
Send us a Text Message.EVERYTHING ACLSupport the Show.Clinical content to help you day to day:https://patreon.com/SportsMedicineProject?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkSign up for a free weekly Research review about topics related to Sports Medicine straight to your email: https://gmail.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c3dca95db0740390c605a128e&id=b41f1293caRead through our already written blogs:https://achie...

Sep 28, 2022 • 21min
STUDENT EDITION 2 - Everything medical imaging! When does it matter? When to send patients for imaging?
Send us a Text Message.The big question we get about imaging.When is imaging important?When does it matter?Do we always have to refer?We talk about the concepts we teach people to think about, they're worked for usSupport the Show.Clinical content to help you day to day:https://patreon.com/SportsMedicineProject?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkSign up for a free weekly Research review about topics related to Sport...


