Introducing our new, longer form podcast, Physio Discussed, where 2 expert guests and our host explore everything you need to know about your favourite topics!

In this episode, we discuss exercise during pregnancy and postpartum. We explore:

• Pelvic floor screening and assessments
• Return to sport after pregnancy
• Pelvic floor rehabilitation
• Creating training programs for pelvic floor dysfunction
• Compression garments in pelvic health

Silvia Giagio is a PhD physiotherapist and researcher at the University of Bologna. Her research primarily focuses on pelvic floor health within the field of sports medicine. She has applied her personal and clinical experiences in sports, along with her passion for pelvic floor rehabilitation, to this research area. Currently, she collaborates with World Athletics as research consultant, promoting worldwide initiatives for élite athletes' pelvic health.

Gráinne Donnelly is an Advanced Physiotherapist in pelvic health, doctoral research student at Cardiff Metropolitan University and the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy. Her research focuses include i) postpartum return to sport and pelvic floor dysfunction and ii) diastasis rectus abdominis.

Link to the screening tool discussed in this episode (open access) - https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/14/899

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Our host is @James_Armstrong_Physio

In this episode, we chat with Dr Heather Linden who discusses her role as the senior director of medicine in the UFC and the unique nature of working with athletes within this sport. We explore:

• The unique role of working with a UFC athlete
• Specific injuries seen in this athlete population
• The mindset of these athletes and how to utilise this in an athlete’s rehabilitation
• The pathway of working with the UFC

Dr. Heather Linden serves as the Senior Director of Physical Therapy at the UFC Performance Institute (UFCPI). She oversees the sports medicine departments at both UFCPI locations in Las Vegas, NV, and Shanghai, China. In 2022, Heather received the prestigious “Trainer of the Year” honor at the World MMA Awards. Prior to her role with the UFC, she was part of the Sports Medicine Division at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and also led an outpatient orthopedic clinic in Los Angeles.

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Our host is @James_Armstrong_Physio

In this episode, we break down motivational interviewing into bite sized useful skills that you can implement with your patients in the clinic. We discuss:

• Microskills of motivational interviewing
• The different stages of change
• How to facilitate a conversation with your patient
• Unhelpful beliefs and the impact this can have on a patient’s pain

Dr Tim Anstiss is a medical doctor, educator, coach and coach trainer. After working various NHS jobs including in cardiology, orthopaedics, psychiatry and occupational health, Tim developed and led an MSc in Exercise and Behavioural Medicine at Thames Valley University. Tim has trained thousands of health professionals in motivational interviewing and health coaching, has been involved in several national and international behaviour change initiatives and has written several book chapters on different coaching approaches.

See the active conversations course here - https://movingmedicine.ac.uk/activeconversations/

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Our host is @James_Armstrong_Physio