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Headfirst: A Concussion PodcastBest of 2025 Part 1: Concussion — History, Definition and the Impact of Repetitive Head Trauma and CTESend us a text In this special episode of Headfirst: A Concussion Podcast, we’re revisiting some of the most insightful, thought-provoking, and eye-opening moments from our past episodes. If you’ve missed any of the crucial conversations we've had about history, concussions and CTE, this episode is your chance to catch up with all the best bits. We’ve hand-picked highlights from each major theme, featuring expert guests who’ve shared their knowledge and research to shed light on the complexities of concussion and its long-term impacts. History
2025-12-0949 min
BJSM PodcastInside the concussion in sports group conference: key takeaways with Prof Jon Patricios & Dr Leigh Gordon. EP#574In this insightful episode, Dr Daniel Tadmor hosts two leading voices in sports medicine—Prof Jon Patricios and Dr Leigh Gordon—for a debrief on the Concussion in Sports Group (CISG) conference. The trio unpacks major updates to concussion management, emerging research themes, and the clinical implications following the Amsterdam Consensus Statement. Whether you're a clinician, researcher, or simply passionate about athlete brain health, this episode offers a sharp and accessible overview of where the field is headed.
2025-06-2724 min
SASMAInside the Concussion In Sports Group Conference: Key Takeaways with Prof Jon Patricios & Dr Leigh GordonIn this insightful episode, Dr Daniel Tadmor hosts two leading voices in sports medicine—Prof Jon Patricios and Dr Leigh Gordon—for a debrief on the Concussion in Sports Group (CISG) conference. The trio unpacks major updates to concussion management, emerging research themes, and the clinical implications following the Amsterdam Consensus Statement. Whether you're a clinician, researcher, or simply passionate about athlete brain health, this episode offers a sharp and accessible overview of where the field is headed.
2025-06-1824 min
The Jet Set BreakfastHealth Challenges and Mental Wellbeing for Rugby Players During and After Their Careers with Sports & Exercise medicine physician, Jon Patricios
2025-05-1810 min
Let's Talk - Your Health & Wellness PodcastLet’s Talk: S2:E4 - The Impact of Exercise on CancerJoin host Dr. Avron Urison, panelist Grant Austin, and special guest Prof. Jon Patricios—a global authority in sports medicine—as they explore the groundbreaking link between exercise and cancer outcomes. From new research insights and real-world advice to safe exercise tips during treatment and recovery, this episode unpacks how movement can be a powerful ally in both preventing and managing cancer.Whether you’re a health professional, a fitness trainer, or someone impacted by cancer—this conversation is for you. Let’s move together for better health.
2025-04-1656 min
Let's Talk - Your Health & Wellness PodcastLet’s Talk Podcast – S2, E4: The Impact of Exercise on CancerJoin host Dr. Avron Urison, panelist Grant Austin, and special guest Prof. Jon Patricios—a global authority in sports medicine—as they explore the groundbreaking link between exercise and cancer outcomes. From new research insights and real-world advice to safe exercise tips during treatment and recovery, this episode unpacks how movement can be a powerful ally in both preventing and managing cancer.Whether you’re a health professional, a fitness trainer, or someone impacted by cancer—this conversation is for you. Let’s move together for better health.
2025-04-1656 min
Rassie+Rassie+ | Steven Kitshoff & Dr. Jon Patricios the Bomb Squad, Career-Threatening Injury & Playing Abroad (Part 1)In this episode of Rassie+, Rassie Erasmus hosts an insightful discussion with Springbok prop Steven Kitshoff and renowned sports physician Dr. Jon Patricios. Kitshoff reflects on his career-threatening injury and how it impacted his journey, while Dr. Patricios provides a medical perspective on managing injuries and guiding players through high-performance careers. They also break down the evolution of the Bomb Squad formation and discuss the growing trend of South African players moving overseas.This is Part 1 of a 2-part series. Don’t miss Part 2 next week for even more insights and behind-the-scenes stories.
2025-03-2830 minHeadfirst: A Concussion PodcastFrom FIFA World Cup and UEFA Independent Advisory to International Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport With Professor Jon PatriciosSend us a textWelcome back to Headfirst: A Concussion Podcast. Today, we're joined by Professor Jon Patricios, a leader in sports medicine since 1996. He is the Director of Waterfall Sports Orthopaedic Surgery and a Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where he leads the Wits Sport and Health Research Group. With fellowships in sport and exercise medicine from South Africa, the UK, and Ireland, he also founded Sports Concussion South Africa. Professor Patricios consults for World Rugby and serves on various concussion committees, including the International Concussion in Sports Group. He's co-lead author...
2025-02-1831 minThe Jet Set BreakfastRegular physical activity before cancer diagnosis may lower progression and death risks, states a study by British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSP).GUEST: PROF. JON PATRICIOS - Professor in the Division Of Sport And Exercise Medicine at Wits University
2025-01-1908 min
Art of PreventionLeonard Wright's Guide to Concussion; Brain Injury Prevention and Healing in AthletesEmbark on a revealing journey through the realm of concussions in high-velocity sports with our esteemed guest, clinician Leonard Wright from the Parker Performance Institute. Leonard's expansive knowledge in functional neurology and chiropractic care illuminates the intricate process of treating brain injuries, as we scrutinize the critical role of education in averting and recovering from concussions. Through personal accounts and a deep dive into the clinical approach, we uncover the variegated symptoms that athletes face and the paramount importance of an integrated treatment strategy encompassing sports-specific care and neurological rehabilitation.We navigate the precarious landscape of concussion...
2024-04-1953 min
TOP SPORTOn The Money - Prof on Patricios talks about concussions in sportWe are joined by Prof Jon Patricios who gives us the lowdown on how to deal with concussions in contact sport and how those can be sustained and which steps to take in the event one occurs.
2024-04-0414 min
UEFA Medical PodcastThe Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT6) in Football, with Jon PatriciosLast month, our webinar focused on concussions in football. We hosted Claus Reinsberger and Edwin Goedhart, who shared their scientific and practical insights on concussion management. You can still rewatch this webinar on our YouTube channel through this link. In this podcast, we dig a little deeper and focus on the latest iteration of the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (the SCAT 6) and how this tool can be applied in football. Who else to guide us through this than Jon Patricians, board member of the concussion in sports group.Jon shared a lot of information. Here ar...
2024-03-1724 min
Your Route to WellbeingExercise is Medicine!There are few experts in the world who know more about the body and sport. Jon Patricios is a sports medicine specialist physician and was the pioneer of this field in South Africa. He has studied with and taught the very best clinicians and he has consulted the injuries and struggles of people from elite sports men and women all the way through to people who want to exercise and have fun with their bodies, but have developed pain of problems. His opinion is considered gold in the sports medicine and exercise is medicine arena and we are lucky...
2023-11-071h 03
Concussion Headliners: Behind the Scenes with the Experts, Hosted by Steve BroglioEpisode 17: Jon Patricios, Professor of Sport and Exercise MedicineWe’re heading overseas this time with Jon Patricios, Professor of Sport and Exercise Medicine. A third-generation South African from Johannesburg, Jon talks about his commitment to excel as a leader. From his first date 24 years ago with his now wife, to raising three successful children, we’ll get a sneak peek inside the family life of one of the big brains in concussion research. Along the way, we’ll learn a bit of South African history and about Jon’s weak spot for actor, Jack Nicholson. Tune in for this and more at this week’s Concussion Headliner’s Podcast.
2023-09-1345 minBJSM PodcastNo more cocooning! Return to school and sport after sports-related concussion EP#534This podcast Brooke Patterson hosts Prof John Leddy and Dr Margot Putukian, as a part of a BJSM mini-series on concussion, following the release of the 6th international consensus statement. They discuss the latest evidence on risks and benefits of physical activity, rest, cognitive activity, and sleep after sports related concussion. It will help clinicians guide athletes to return to exercise, school, and sport following concussion.
Links to reviews
Rest and exercise https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/57/12/762.full.pdf
Targeted interventions and their effect on recovery https://bjsm.bmj.com/cont...
2023-06-3026 minBJSM PodcastIt’s BJSM Concussion in Sport Month! Highlights from the 6th International Consensus on Concussion in Sport — Kathryn Schneider and Jon Patricios. EP#532In this BJSM Podcast, Brooke Patterson hosts Kathryn Schneider and Jon Patricios. This your one-stop-shop for the updates from the 6th International Concussion in Sport Consensus Statement. They summarise findings from 10 systematic reviews and five years of work on topics related to concussion prevention, assessment, management, return to learn and sport, later in life health risks, and retirement decisions. The rigour of the consensus process is very clear—with careful consideration of all stakeholders, medical ethics, all age groups and sports (including para-sport).
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/11/695
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/11/712
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2023-06-1545 min
Africa Business of Sport PodcastE52: Wits Commences Construction of R250 Million Sports Complex – Jon PatriciosLast week, Wits University announced the commencement of construction for the new R250 million Wits Brian and Dorothy Zylstra Sports Complex, a state of the art sports complex overseen by Wits Sport and Health, which is anticipated to be completed by 2026.
In this episode, Director of Wits Sports and Health, Jon Patricios, joins Edem and Jabu to provide an overview of the Wits Brian and Dorothy Zylstra Sports Complex including the world-class facilities and features of the complex, the role of Wits Sport and Health in relation to the new sports complex, how the sustainability of the sports complex will...
2023-05-1122 min
2020-12-1914 min
WiSH PodcastsConcussions with Prof Jon PatriciosIn this episode we ask Jon all about concussions. Including administration in sport and rule changes, assessing and managing concussions, current trends in the literature, and what we can expect from the Consensus Statement in Paris 2020.
2020-04-2930 minWiSH PodcastsIntroduction to WISHIn this intro episode we briefly discuss the Wits Institute for Sport and Health, as Prof Jon Patricios answers some questions pertaining to the Institute. What is WISH and why was it created? What are the Institutions goals, and how can clinicians get involved?
2020-04-2907 minBJSM PodcastConcussion at the coalface of collision sports. An audience with Prof Jon Patricios. Episode #399In this BJSM podcast, we hear from Associate Professor Jon Patricios, a South African Sport & Exercise Medicine physician who has extensive experience of working in Rugby Union. He has an interest in concussion, having written the concussion protocols for the BokSmart injury prevention programme and he is a member of the World Rugby Concussion Advisory Group.
In this discussion, we discuss (among various things)
- How things have changes from an immediate care point of view
- How the HIA works at present?
- The tools available that could help pick up a concussion at the
professional level
- What...
2019-09-2017 min
BJSMConcussion at the coalface of collision sports. An audience with Prof Jon Patricios. Episode #399In this BJSM podcast, we hear from Associate Professor Jon Patricios, a South African Sport & Exercise Medicine physician who has extensive experience of working in Rugby Union. He has an interest in concussion, having written the concussion protocols for the BokSmart injury prevention programme and he is a member of the World Rugby Concussion Advisory Group.
In this discussion, we discuss (among various things)
- How things have changes from an immediate care point of view
- How the HIA works at present?
- The tools available that could help pick up a concussion at the
professional level
- What...
2019-09-2017 min
BMJ talk medicineConcussion at the coalface of collision sports. An audience with Prof Jon Patricios. Episode #399In this BJSM podcast, we hear from Associate Professor Jon Patricios, a South African Sport & Exercise Medicine physician who has extensive experience of working in Rugby Union. He has an interest in concussion, having written the concussion protocols for the BokSmart injury prevention programme and he is a member of the World Rugby Concussion Advisory Group.
In this discussion, we discuss (among various things)
- How things have changes from an immediate care point of view
- How the HIA works at present?
- The tools available that could help pick up a concussion at the
professional level
...
2019-09-2017 min
Health MattersHealth MattersDR JON PATRICIOS, a specialist in sports medicine and Clinical Director of Morningside Sports Medicine, talks about iron deficiency anaemia. PROF PETER ZILLA, Head of the Christiaan Barnard Department for Cardiothoracic Surgery at UCT, talks about the invention of a pioneering heart valve and medical procedure that can save millions of livesDANIEL RABINOWITZ, Clinical Psychologist, talks about the impact that phobias can have on your daily life.Cape Behavioural Therapists 021 433 1721danielpsychologist@gmail.comAkeso Clinic helpline 0861 435 787SHELLY STEDMAN, PR for the Chaeli Campaign, talks about their annual Hope in Motion Walk4...
2017-11-2855 min
BJSMOnly 10 percent of concussions include loss of consciousness. Jon Patricios and Paul McCroryThe Berlin Concussion in Sport Consensus Meeting was held in October 2016 and the experts are currently writing the systematic reviews and agreeing on the final statement from this event. In the meantime, various panel members are sharing some key messages the world over. The knowledge translation needed from event such as this is extensive.
The experts are Dr Jon Patricios, sports physician and former President of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) and Paul McCrory, Associate Professor and neurologist at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia. Both attended the Berlin meeting.
Timeline:
0:45 Immediate management of concussion
2:54...
2016-12-0218 minBJSM PodcastOnly 10 percent of concussions include loss of consciousness. Jon Patricios and Paul McCroryThe Berlin Concussion in Sport Consensus Meeting was held in October 2016 and the experts are currently writing the systematic reviews and agreeing on the final statement from this event. In the meantime, various panel members are sharing some key messages the world over. The knowledge translation needed from event such as this is extensive.
The experts are Dr Jon Patricios, sports physician and former President of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) and Paul McCrory, Associate Professor and neurologist at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia. Both attended the Berlin meeting.
Timeline:
0:45 Immediate management of concussion
2:54...
2016-12-0218 minBJSM PodcastPreventing catastrophic injuries at the Rugby World Cup: Drs Brown and HendricksAvoiding catastrophic injuries at the Rugby World Cup. We explore effective injury prevention strategies and what other sports can learn from rugby with Dr James Brown and Dr Sharief Hendricks from South Africa.
Dr James Brown (@jamesbrown06) and Dr Sharief Hendricks (@Sharief_H), Post-Doctoral researchers from the division for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (ESSM) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), share their expertise in rugby science in our “Emerging Voices” series led by BJSM editor Nicol van Dyk (@NicolVanDyk).
Dr Brown focuses on rugby injury prevention for both BokSmart (www.boksmart.com) and the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Play...
2015-10-0209 min
Run Talk SAInjury prevention and conditioning tips from Dr. Jon PatriciosWelcome to this week’s edition of the Run Talk SA podcast, I’m David Katz, Mr Active joining you once again. A very interesting topic today; I’m going to get straight to the point. I’m joined by Dr Jon Patricios, one of the most foremost spots physicians in the country. He’s a sports medicine consultant to none other than Kaizer Chiefs, SA Rugby, Cricket SA, MTN-Qhubeka, of course about to become the first African team to race in the Tour de France, and he also works as a concussion specialist for World Rugby. Dr Patricios, thanks for joinin...
2015-06-2317 min
Run Talk SAInjury prevention and conditioning tips from Dr. Jon PatriciosWelcome to this week’s edition of the Run Talk SA podcast, I’m David Katz, Mr Active joining you once again. A very interesting topic today; I’m going to get straight to the point. I’m joined by Dr Jon Patricios, one of the most foremost spots physicians in the country. He’s a sports medicine consultant to none other than Kaizer Chiefs, SA Rugby, Cricket SA, MTN-Qhubeka, of course about to become the first African team to race in the Tour de France, and he also works as a concussion specialist for World Rugby. Dr Patricios, thanks for joinin...
2015-06-2317 min
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine - The Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine PodcastA Conversation with Jon PatriciosOur guest is physician Jon Patricios, President of the South African Sports Medicine Association and the 2015 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Travelling Fellow.
2015-04-0642 min
2015-04-0642 minBJSM PodcastJon Patricios - Hip injuries in sport, in association with SASMAJon Patricios, President of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) and editor of BJSM July 2014, Volume 48, Issue 14, chats to Dr Josep "Chuck" Cakic, a renowned Croatian-born South African Hip Arthroscopist, chair of the South African Society for Hip Arthroscopy (SASHA) and an executive member of the International Society of Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA).
They discuss key issues regarding hip injuries in sport, accurate diagnosis and selecting patients for surgery.
See also:
Hip Stage Screening Protocol: http://goo.gl/7BNrY2
Hip Joint Screening Initiative: http://goo.gl/kkEkvQ
Risk factors for groin/hip injuries in field-based sports: a systematic review: http...
2014-07-0826 minBJSM PodcastManaging the PAINFUL hip and groin in sport – a focus on conservative Rx – Prof Mike Reiman (Part 2)This podcast logically follows (Part 1) below but it stands alone as well. Painful hip and groin pain requires a careful history looking for aggravating factors and risk factors, as well as targeted physical examination including but not limited to the hip and groin. Duke University’s Associate Prof Mike Reiman shares specific tips for both assessing, and rehabilitating, the patient with hip and groin pain.
See also:
Jo Kemp, Kay Crossley, Ewa Roos. What fooled us in the knee may trip us up in the hip: lessons from arthroscopy: bit.ly/1pifElu
Per Holmich, Kristian Thorborg, Pedersen Nyvold. Does bony hi...
2014-07-0214 minBJSM PodcastDuke University’s Assoc Prof Mike Reiman on managing the stiff hip in sport – is it FAI? (Part 1)Managing the athlete with hip stiffness detected at a physical exam or in a PPE is one of the hottest topics of 2014. Some would argue that nothing needs to be done given that the patient is asymptomatic but on the other hand many orthopaedic papers argue for ‘preventive’ osteotomy. Is this ‘overdiagnosis’ and ‘overtreatment’? Mike Reiman is a highly respected clinician-academic and he has integrated the literature on this topic with his clinical expertise. A ‘must’ podcast for physiotherapists, ATCs and doctors who take care of active people.
See also:
Diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests of the hip: a systematic review with meta...
2014-07-0216 minBJSM PodcastSouth African Sports Medicine Association theme issue - with Jon Patricios and Timothy NoakesSouth african sports medicine has advanced rapidly in recent years. In this podcast, president of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) Jon Patricios, and University of Cape Town professor Tim Noakes, share their views on the past, present and future of sports medicine in Africa.
Patricios and Noakes review the influence of the 2011 FIFA World Cup on african sports medicine, and highlight the ‘Football For Health’ program which is underpinned by research published in BJSM in 2010 and 2011.
Professor Noakes also discusses the Central Governor Model of performance and the role of industry in excessively prom...
2013-04-2332 min