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The Best of 702 Weekend BreakfastTips to navigate a high-performance career like Pro Rugby.Sports Physician at Wits & Sports medicine consultant to SA Rugby, Prof Jon Patricios on some tips for school rugby players on how to navigate a high-performance rugby career and the pros and cons of staking your life on rugby. 702 WEEKEND BREAKFAST WITH GUGS MHLUNGU PODCAST BOILERPLATE 702 Weekend Breakfast with Gugs Mhlungu is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station, on Saturdays and Sundays Gugs Mhlungu gets you ready for the weekend each Saturday and Sunday morning on 702. She is your weekend wake-up companion, with all you need to know for you...2025-04-2613 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
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 min
Headfirst: 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 min
The 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 University2025-01-1908 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 min
BJSM 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
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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
Sport LightSports ConcussionGUEST: Prof Jon Patricios, from Wits Sport and Health (WiSH).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 min