Movement Optimism

A deep dive into the world of exercise, pain and injury with a Movement Optimism spin as opposed to the kinesiopathological model. The traditional view of the human body has considered to be much more akin to car when we should have been viewing like a robust ecosystem. This is a masterclass on critical thinking and hopes to get you challenging your biases as well as ours.

Dr Kim Hebert-Losier talks calf strength, testing, running and much more 06/05/2025

Dr Lori Michener - Who's afraid of scapular dyskinesis? 01/24/2025

Dr Bas van Hooren discussing running injury prevention, running technique and running economy 01/02/2025

Dr Peter Malliaras and Greg talk tendons, tendinopathy and rehab 12/12/2024

Dr Kate Jochimsen - how we think and feel influences our pain. 11/25/2024

Dr Steph Mundt - managing bone stress injuries and relative energy deficiency in our athletes 11/11/2024

Greg talks with Jeff Beran and Frank Tardi about exercise and private practice 10/23/2024

Dr Johan Lahti discusses hamstring injury prevention and training 10/01/2024

Dr Gerard McMahon talks strength training for tendons! 09/24/2024

Dr Falk Mersmann discussed the hows and whys of building tendon strength 09/17/2024

Dr Colin Griffin discusses optimal achilles tendinopathy rehab 09/10/2024

Dr Colin Griffin discusses optimal achilles tendinopathy rehab We had Colin on today to primarily talk about the pragmatic aspects of rehabbing an Achilles tendon in the sporting population. Part of Colin's PhD thesis was looking at this specific topic. In my opinion, a lot of the researched tendon loading programs aren't pragmatic, are boring, are hard to stick to and just don't seem like they would contribute to performance. Colin's program is NOT like that. His simple, progressive, performance based and pragmatic tendon and lower extremity program should be used as your "recipe" for care. Have a look at his paper here that outlines the . More about Dr Colin Griffin Colin is a strength and conditioning coach at the UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic with a role that includes the rehabilitation of lower-limb injuries and the delivery running performance services. He completed a degree in Strength and Conditioning with Setanta College in 2015 and completed Masters Degree in Coaching and Exercise Science in in 2016. He is an IAAF Level 4 certified endurance coach, coach eduaction tutor with Athletics Ireland and an accredited professional member of the Sport Ireland Institute in High Performance Sport Strength and Conditioning. He has over 15 years experience in high performance sport having represented Ireland at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games in the 50km walk as well as a number of top 12 perofrmances at world and european level. He has also coached other Irish athletes to Olympic level. In 2011 he founded The Altitude Centre Ireland and pioneered the development of Irelands first residential altitude training centre at the His main areas of interest include the rehabilitation of tendinopathies and muscle overload injuries, biomechanics, physiology and athletic development. Colin is undertaking a PhD on the biomechanics of muscle-tendon interaction at the achilles during exercise, working under JB Morin at the and in collaboration with SSC Sports Medicine. /episode/index/show/800ad7a1-513a-4f0b-9b2b-c22d4f917248/id/32990542

Guillaume Deville talks Motivational Interviewing in the rehab world 08/29/2024

Dr Stu Phillips - healthy aging and the importance of strength, hypertrophy and power 08/02/2024

Clifton Pho - A world class powerlifter and chiropractor's story of recovery 04/26/2024

Rachel Hannah - Registered Dietician and Elite Marathoner talks REDs 04/12/2024

Dr Anneleen Malfliet talks pain neuroscience, graded exposure and addressing adiposity to help with pain 03/26/2024

Erik Meira talking ACL injury, movement technique and working in elite sport 03/18/2024

Lars Berglund talking heavy deadlifting, technique and injuries and deadlifting for low back pain 03/15/2024

with Alex Hutchinson talking running injury prevention 03/11/2024

Dr Neil Meigh - The Kettlebell physio talks kettlebells and aging with strength 03/08/2024

Dr Jo Nijs - nociplastic pain and tailoring lifestyle interventions for persistent pain 03/04/2024

Dr Bronnie Lennox Thompson talking living well with pain 03/01/2024

Dr Jordan Feigenbaum of Barbell Medicine talks orthopaedic cost, getting healthy and specificity of training 03/01/2024

Dr Pak Androulakis‐Korakakis on deadlifting after 50, minimal effective dose and exercise prescription 02/26/2024

Greg Lehman is all alone talking about whether physios really do suck at exercise prescription 02/22/2024

Greg Lehman is all alone talking about whether physios really do suck at exercise prescription Physios have been lambasted awhile for not understanding the basics of strength and conditioning principles. I reject this idea. There two areas we explore in this podcast. 1. The idea that strength and conditioning basics are relevant for rehabilitation 2. Whether physios actually know these basics. I make an attempt at trying to understand the arguments againsts physios and try to provide a competing view. Here is how the AI summarized it (not really accurate but I don't want to piss off the robots): Recovery Mechanisms in Rehabilitation Programs Greg discussed the importance of understanding what facilitates recovery in rehabilitation programs, emphasizing that it's not always about building strength. He argued against the judgment of programs based on arbitrary ideas of what needs to change, as the actual mechanism of recovery can vary. He also addressed the concept of tolerance, suggesting that improving a person's ability to tolerate loads can lead to recovery, even without necessarily building strength. Greg rejected the idea that physiotherapists don't understand the basics of strength and conditioning, stating that they do and that the judgement often comes from bias. He also highlighted the need for more research to better understand what mediates recovery. Strength Training Program Design Debate Greg discussed the flexibility and options in designing a strength and conditioning program. He highlighted that the basics are simple and the key is to progressively overload the muscles. Greg also addressed the debate around whether to push to failure during exercises and suggested checking in to see how close one is to their failure zone. He further stated that there's no need to obsess over specific exercises, as the principle of progressive overload applies to them all. Greg concluded by stating that he'd like the debate to shift towards understanding when specific attributes are important and how to achieve them, with a focus on patient-centered care. /episode/index/show/800ad7a1-513a-4f0b-9b2b-c22d4f917248/id/30071193

Dr Karen Litzy - The business side of physiotherapy 02/19/2024

Antony Lo - talking movement technique, pelvic floor physio and working alongside people for behaviour change 02/16/2024

Dr Ebonie Rio - tendons duh, manual therapy and the need for specificity 02/13/2024

Dr Stefi Cohen - her low back pain journey, movement optimism thoughts and helping the world through exercise fundamentals 02/09/2024

Dr Bret Contreras takes on movement technique, social media and critical thinking 02/06/2024

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