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The Physio Pulse Podcast — 95 episodes

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Ep. 72 - One vs. Three Sets of Exercise for Patellofemoral Pain

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Ep. 71 - The Truth About Rotator Cuff Tears and MRI

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Ep. 70 - The Immune System And MSK Pain

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Ep. 69 - Lateral Patella Tracking: A Tendon, VMO or Bone Problem?

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Re-Release: High/Low Intensity Exercise vs Attention Control for Knee Osteoarthritis

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Clinical Pearl #7 - Discussing Surgery for Degenerative Meniscus Tears

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Ep. 68 - Rehab vs Surgery for Hip Impingement: UK Fashion and FAIT

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Ep. 67 - What Is The Best Physio Treatment For FAI? (Kemp et al 2026)

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Ep. 66 - We Wrote Some Articles

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Ep. 65 - Attention Focus in ACL Testing

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Ep. 64 - Is Your Neuro Exam Testing What You Think It Is?

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Case Study #12 - Fluoroquinolone Induced Achilles Ruptures

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Ep. 63 - Scapula Dyskinesis, when does it matter?

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Ep. 62 - Critiquing a Rehab Protocol For CAM Osteochondroplasty in 'Borderline' Hip Dysplasia

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Ep 61 - ACL Injury and Arthritis: Is Surgery Worth It? (Shah et al 2026)

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Case Study #11 - Medial Midfoot Pain

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Ep. 60 - The Largest Study On Bracing For Knee OA (Holden et al 2026)

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Ep. 59 - 10 Year Results of Placebo Shoulder Surgery (FIMPACT Study)

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Ep. 58 - What Is The Best Way To Manage Chronic Back Pain? (Re-Release)

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Ep. 57 - 70% Failure Rate after Cross-Bracing for ACL Rupture?

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Ep. 56 - The JUMPER Trial for Patella Tendinopathy (Jeff's Most Disliked Paper)

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Ep. 55 - Jack Chew: Reforming MSK Physio, and Rethinking the Profession

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Ep. 54 - Dan Cleather on Science, Coaching and Dynamic Systems Theory

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Ep. 53 - EPIC ACL Testing (Estimated Pre-Injury Capacity)

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Ep. 52 - Words That Belittle and Infantilise Patients, and Directness in Communication

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Ep. 51 - Sprinting Mechanics and Hamstring Injury Risk

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End of 2025 Questions and Nattering

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Ep. 50 - Return to Sport After Cuff Repair

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Ep. 49 - Reasoning Out Elite Rehab with Dr. Jarred Boyd

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Case Study #10 - An Acrobat With Big Toe Pain

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Ep. 48 - Saline Injections Vs Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis

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Ep. 47 - The Illusion of Improvement: Knee OA and Natural Regression

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Ep. 46 - Knees Over Toes Guy: Helpful or Harmful?

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Ep. 45 - Physio Or Surgery For Traumatic Meniscal Tears?

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Ep. 44 - Surgeons versus A.I: Who's better at counselling patients?

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Ep. 43 - How much running is too much running?

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Ep. 42 - Exercise volume and CAM morphology

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Ep. 41 - Shoulder Biomechanics and Stability

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Ep. 40 - The best way to manage cuff tears? The CALMER Cuff Pathway

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Listener Questions, Honest Rants and Beers - Summer Break Special

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Ep. 39 - Manual Therapy vs Exercise for Chronic Neck Pain

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Case Study #9 - Atypical Shin Pain

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Ep. 38 - Communication and Conflict with Ben Whybrow

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Ep. 37 - The GRASP trial (Hopewell et al 2021)

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Ep. 36 - ACL Graft Masterclass with Fin Murphy

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Ep. 35 - Everything Calf Rehab and Testing with Dylan Carmody

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Ep. 34 - Does an ACL that heals without surgery actually get good long term outcomes? (Filbay et al 2025)

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Ep. 33 - What happens after a meniscectomy?

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Ep. 32 - Loading vs Sham Exercise for GTPS (Ganderton et al 2018)

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Ep. 31 - ACL Reconstruction versus Rehab (Re-Release)

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Ep. 30 - Does Compression Matter For Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy Rehab? (Pringels et al 2025)

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Clinical Pearl #6 - 'In Defence of Bosu Balls'

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Case Study #8 - Bilateral Calf Wasting

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Ep. 29 - Are there any good injections for Tennis Elbow?

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Ep. 28 - Blood Flow Restriction Training For Knee OA (Jacobs et al 2025)

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Ep. 27 - Being Born Poor Increases Odds of Having Chronic Pain

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Clinical Pearl #5 - Pain Gate And The Ascending And Descending Pathways in 6 minutes

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Ep. 26 - The Realities Of Lecturing, Research And FCP With Joe Palmer

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Ep. 25 - Do your heel raise tests mean anything?

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Ep. 24 - Climbing, Injuries & Hand Rehab with Paul Houghoughi (The Climbing Physio)

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Ep. 23 - Surgery or Physio for Meniscal Tears? What Predicts Who Will Do Well? (Subgroup Analysis from the DREAM Study)

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Ep. 22 - Jared Powell (@shoulder_physio) on Causation, Complexity and Shoulder Pain

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Ep. 21 - Corticosteroids for Achilles Tendinopathy?

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Clinical Pearl #4 - 20 Minutes On Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain (do our patients need to get stronger?)

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Debate #1 - Should Imaging Be Done To Reassure?

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Ep. 20 - Is Shockwave Effective For Plantar Fasciitis?

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Ep. 19 - End of Year Special, Extra, Christmas Do... Thing

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Ep. 18 - Movement Patterns and ACL Injury Risk

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Ep. 17 - Patient Perceptions on Sciatica

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Case Study #7 - What's Causing This Shoulder Pain?

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Ep. 16 - Delving into the LEAP trial for Gluteal Tendinopathy

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Ep. 15 - Can new weight loss drugs be useful for OA?

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Case Study #6 - Bilateral Buttock Pain

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Ep. 14 - (Proper) Strength Training and Knee Osteoarthritis

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Ep. 13 - What happens when you pull on nerve roots? (Golden Oldie - Smyth and Wright, 1958)

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Ep. 12 - Erik Meira on A.I. in Healthcare & Biomechanics after ACL reconstruction

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Ep. 11 - Who Will Respond Well To Treatment For Chronic LBP? (Hancock et al 2024 - Secondary Analysis of the RESTORE Trial)

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Ep. 10 - Solving Patellofemoral Pain After ACL Reconstruction with Fin Murphy

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Case Study #5 - Progressive Neck Weakness!

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Case Study #4 - Bilateral Shoulder Pain in a 19 year old?!

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Ep. 9 - What's the Link Between Hip Impingement and Osteoarthritis?

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Ep. 8 - Does Weakness In Your Glutes Change How You Squat?

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Clinical Pearl #3 - 10 Minutes On Spondyloarthropathies

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Ep. 7 - Misinformation in Science

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Clinical Pearl #2 - Are Quads Overvalued in Return to Run Decisions?

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Ep. 6 - Challenging Pseudoscience with Diego Hidalgo (@skepticalphysio)

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Ep. 5 - Quads, ACL and Re-Injury

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Case Study #3 - Patella Instability

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Case Study # 2 - Weird Groin Pain

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Ep. 4 - UK Frost for Frozen Shoulders

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Clinical Pearl #1 - Bone Stress or Tendinopathy?

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Case Study #1 - Hip Dysplasia

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Ep. 3 - CFT vs Usual Care for LBP

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Ep. 2 - ACL Reconstruction versus Rehab

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Ep. 1 - Introductions