343: Expert Edition: Jack March (rheumatology.physio) ‘Rheumatology in Sports’
Release Date: 09/22/2022
The Physical Performance Show
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info_outlineJack March is the founder of Rheumatology.Physio and the Director of the Physio Matters ecosystem.
Jack graduated in 2008 from Plymouth University before settling into a specialty in Rheumatology. Jack is a teacher at heart offering full day courses on rheumatology, alongside his clinical work and his extensive work with Physio Matters podcast and ecosystem.
In this episode Jack outlines what rheumatology is, the incidence and prevalence of Rheumatology amongst athletes and the greater population, key rheumatological conditions that athletes may hear about or come across or perhaps even be experiencing themselves including gout, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and much more.
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