Welcome to the second episode of Physio Foundations, a podcast about the knowledge and skills that provide the foundation of expert physiotherapy or clinical practice.
In this episode I talk to tendon expert and researcher Associate Professor Peter Malliaras from Monash University about how he built his foundations in physiotherapy practice and research and the most important things to consider for people with tendinopathy.
In this episode:
0:00 Introducing Peter Malliaras
2:05 Find your passion
2:44 Work with people you admire and want to work with
3:30 What are the fundamentals of tendinopathy?
4:50 Old ways of treating tendinopathy, oh my...
5:30 Be critical of your practice
6:30 Goals of management of tendinopathy
8:30 Why do people get tendinopathy?
11:10 Look broadly at the problem and the person
11:55 Foundations of physical examination
14:10 Avoid confirmation bias
16:05 People who measure and people who don't measure
18:30 Not everyone with tendinopathy will be weak
20:12 Prognosis. Who goes well, who takes longer? Psychosocial factors
23:20 Look how far we have come
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Peter's tendinopathy website
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