Associate Professor Gavin Williams - TBI, Power training, High level mobility

Erin and Matt sit down and chat with A/Prof Gavin Williams to hear his thoughts on Traumatic Brain Injury management, returning to higher levels of mobility, strength training, spasticity and trail blazing the clinical academic role with Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, Australia.1:50 - Introduction2:10 - Career Pathway3:00 - Inspiration behind the HiMAT4:25 - Why TBI and why running? 7:15 - What to consider when treating TBI patients9:45 - Avoiding compensations, are we delaying independence?11:00 - The mobility hierarchy13:30 - Safety and Improving higher level mobility16:55 - Spasticity in Neurological Rehabilitation19:50 - The state of spasticity and the current arguments21:30 - SPECIFICITY!23:12 - Observation and bias 25:10 - How Gavin created an army of researchers at Epworth Healthcare27:00 - Fellowship, management or researcher: Mentors are essential28:55 - Bridging the gap between researcher and clinician33:40 - How to start your research journey35:25 - Where Gavin's research is going nowLinks:Contact Gavin:[email protected]’s Twitter pageReferences and Papers:Gavin’s University of Melbourne Profile                https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/28437-gavin-williamsEpisode webpage: https://aneurophysio.com/gavinwilliams/Like our podcast and want to support us?Share the show with your friends & colleagues, give us a rating on your podcast platform or Buy us a coffee. Matt & Erin run the podcast out of their own time and resources. We'd love to update our recording equipment & cover our podcast publishing costs. Buy us a coffee if you can.