Today's interview is with physiotherapist Verona Chadwick (Platypus Award) who has qualifications in Physiotherapy, Acupuncture and Nutrition. We discuss with Verona how her career developed, why she became interested in nutrition, functional medicine and genetics and how they benefit the practice of Physiotherapy.

Biography
For more than three decades Verona Chadwick has charted a course to a new frontier of healing. Accomplished Physiotherapist, Acupuncturist and Nutritionist, Verona seamlessly weaves together traditional and contemporary treatment protocols, focusing her attention on elevating the health states of those anchored down by chronic fatigue, complex pain, insomnia, anxiety, and inflammatory conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome and arthritis. Verona holds graduate diplomas in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and Nutrition Medicine, a Graduate certificate in Acupuncture and has completed advanced ToyoHari acupuncture training. Verona is an Advanced Member of the Toyohari Association. She has completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition Medicine at RMIT University.

Links mentioned in the podcast

• Level 1 Nutrition for Allied Health Practitioners

Short courses on lifestyle and nutritional medicine

• Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
• Australasian Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine Association

Sources of education on genetics and methylation

• Bioceuticals have a genetic test for practitioners and basic training
• Ben Lynch (one of the world's best experts in methylation and genetic SNP's)
• MTHFR support (Carolyn Ledowsky)

Research Bullet
Do you consider sleep posture as part of your clinical assessment? Do you provide advice on sleep posture?
In this episode of the Research Bullet, Physio+10 host, Dr Doug Cary discusses vanguard research exploring relationships between sleep posture and waking neck and low back pain.

Find out more about current sleep posture research

Please note the links provided are for your own benefit to explore and are not recommendations of Physio+10.

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Today's interview is with physiotherapist Dr Leanda McKenna (Koala Award) who has extensive experience as a clinician and also a researcher. We discuss with Leanda her career journey and along the way Leanda shares clinical gems like her tips for time management and how to prioritise clinical time with patients.

Biography
After graduating from Curtin University in 1990, Leanda McKenna commenced clinical practice as a physiotherapist at public hospitals and private practice in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and the United Kingdom. She currently practices in Perth, seeing a diverse caseload of patients and has been an academic staff member at Curtin since 2000. Leanda gained her PhD in 2012, which examined shoulder pain in adolescent swimmers. Her research has focused on two areas - shoulder pain and women's health. Specifically for shoulder pain, her research has examined the clinical assessment of the scapular and humeral head position, differences between swimmers and non-swimmers for scapular, humeral head position and muscular characteristics, whether scapular and humeral head position can predict shoulder pain and whether scapular based treatments are effective in shoulder pain. In women's health, her research has examined the assessment and treatment choices that physiotherapists use when treating inflammatory conditions of the lactating breast, predictors to response to treatment in women who have pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain and the relationship between upper back pain and breast size in postmenopausal women.

Podcast Links
For new graduates looking to expand non-clinical skills like time management, you can check out a free 34 minutes video titled "Staying on Track, Staying on Time and scroll down to Course Curriculum.

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With over 30 years (Koala Award) of professional experience, today's guest has worked within all related physiotherapy business environments as a;

• sole practitioner
• multi-disciplinary centre manager
• national operations manager in a ASX listed company
• physiotherapy business consultant

During todays interview, we learn what are the most important elements of managing a professional services business like Physiotherapy.

Biography
Cameron Tweedie is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Business Owner and Manager in his 30th year in the profession.

His roles with LifeCare Physiotherapy have included Physiotherapist, Business Coach, State Manager, IT Manager, National Operations Manager, and Director of Allied Health.

He has been the Physiotherapist at Swan Districts Football club, as well as a number of State, National, and International events.

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Today's interview is with physiotherapist Dr Julia Treleaven (Koala Award) who has extensive experience as a researcher and clinician in the field of concussion, WAD and dizziness. Julia talks about the flexibility of work, the skills that experienced clinicians bring to the clinical table and what she considers the most important piece of advice for new graduates.

Biography
Julia is a Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Queensland. She has been researching whiplash and neck pain since 2000 and in 2004 completed her PhD focusing on the necks influence on sensorimotor control. Julia has continued her research in this area in idiopathic neck pain, headache, the elderly and post concussion. She has over 80 publications in this area, written several book chapters and is an author of the upcoming book “Management of neck disorders - an evidenced based approach”. Julia works part-time as a physiotherapist in a private practice managing patients such as those with whiplash, cervicogenic dizziness and post concussion syndrome. Julia is also an assessor at the Whiplash Physical Diagnostic Clinic and has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences and workshops in the area of neck pain, whiplash, concussion and dizziness.

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Today's interview is with Julie Ann Day (Platypus Award) who has walked the professional 'road less travelled';

• studying yoga in India after completing her diploma
• completing her degree 35 years later in a foreign language
• for a first job, worked in a 5 star hotel that specialised in mud therapy and
• has a nuanced opinion of how manual therapy fits within physiotherapy

Biography
Julie is originally from Adelaide, where she trained as a physiotherapist, qualifying in 1977. Julie has been living and working in Padova, Italy since 1984. In 1998 she began studying Fascial Manipulation with Luigi Stecco, the Italian physiotherapist who developed this method. Julie has since translated three texts on this subject from Italian to English (‘Fascial Manipulation for Musculoskeletal Pain’, 2004; ‘Fascial Manipulation - Practical Part’, 2009; ‘Fascial Manipulation for Internal Dysfunctions’, 2013).

An authorised teacher of Fascial Manipulation since 2002, Julie has taught Level I & Level II courses of Fascial Manipulation in Italy, Canada, USA, UK, Poland, Finland, Denmark, and Australia, as well as presenting numerous workshops and presentations on this subject at International conferences. She is also one of the founding members of the AMF (Asssociazione Manipolazione Fasciale) and currently holds the position of Teachers’ representative on the AMF’s Executive Council.

Podcast Mentions
Julies' edited book of case studies
called Fascial Manipulation-Stecco method: The practitioner’s perspective

Manuscripts
Calsius, J., et al. 2016. Touching the Lived Body in Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms. How an Integration of Hands-on Bodywork and Body Awareness in Psychotherapy may Help People with Alexithymia. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00253

Day, J. 2011. From clinical experience to a model for the human fascial system. doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2012.01.003

Research Bullet
Provided by Lawrence Steinbeck, USA Physiotherapist with his experience incorporating pragmatic clinical research into day to day clinical practice.

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Today's interview is with Physiotherapist Dr Peter Selvaratram (Platypus Award). In addition to telling us about his distinguished journey as a researcher, author, clinician and educator, Peter provides his personal insights into;

• COVID and orofacial pain
• working as an overseas volunteer and trauma counsellor
• the importance of integrity in the Physiotherapy profession
• and three things he wanted to know a an early stage Physiotherapist

Biography
Peter qualified in 1980 and soon after completed his postgraduate musculoskeletal physiotherapy course in Melbourne. Peter was keen on the question of referred pain, especially referred pain to the upper limb and commenced a Masters in 1983 and then a PhD in 1985. His research was on the Brachial plexus tension test in patients and cadavers. The research involved assessment of patient’s following open heart surgery with shoulder and upper arm pain with a high probability of brachial plexus involvement during open heart surgery and sports people with a high probability of a shoulder component and controls from both groups. In conjunction with discussions with the late Bob Elvey and Prof Lance Twomey, Peter evaluated the Brachial Plexus Tension Test (which is now referred to as the upper limb neurodynamic test) to assess the discriminatory validity of the upper limb neurodynamic test.

Peter completed his specialisation in musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in 2007. He has since mentored colleagues and been an examiner in the specialist programme and now lectures at The University of Melbourne to Doctor of Physiotherapy students.

Peter has a strong interest in the orofacial region and has published book chapters in Sports Physiotherapy in 1995 and in 2009 co-edited and authored Headaches orofacial pain and bruxism: Diagnosis and multidisciplinary approaches to management with 39 other medical practitioners from different specialities and health professionals.

Peter has been performing voluntary community work at Jesuran Wellness Centre conducting trauma counselling to Australians, refugees, and asylum seekers. He also travels overseas to empower people. Peter published a book in 2019 with Hilda Samuel and Helelena Kauppinnen on Healing of the Hurting and helping the wound. This book is being translated into three other languages.

Peter’s sporting interests led him to be a physiotherapist to the Australian men and women’s basketball teams in 1982 and in the same year he was involved with the Australian National hockey competitio

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Today's interview is with Physiotherapist Liz Santos (Kangaroo Award). Liz is an early career Physiotherapist who has already;

• Obtained 2 degrees in allied health professions
• Written a book to assist new graduates transition into private practice

In this episode you will learn how to recognise the 3 key features of burnout and what you can do to avoid this professionally and personally limiting condition.

Biography

Elizabeth Santos is an Australian physiotherapist, naturopathic practitioner and author of ‘New Graduate’s Guide to Physiotherapy: Avoid Burnout and Injury, Build Resilience and Thrive in Clinical Practice.’ Liz completed a bachelor of physiotherapy at the University of South Australia in 2006 and then went on to work across a range of clinical areas, from acute care within the public hospital system, to aged care, rehabilitation in the home, and musculoskeletal physiotherapy where she now works exclusively. Liz also completed a second bachelor degree in Health Sciences, Naturopathy in 2014 so that she could provide a holistic and integrative approach to her clients.
She has a special interest in maternity healthcare and supporting women during the childbearing year. Liz is an active member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) and member of the University of Adelaide Physiotherapy Advisory Board. She is also available for mentoring new graduate physiotherapists nationally and internationally and is keen to support the 2020 cohort of new graduates.

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Today's Physio+10 interview is with Mr Paul Tucker (Koala Award). Paul has dedicated the past 20 years of his professional life to the prevention and management of injuries at the West Coast Eagles. Being one of the first 'employed' Physiotherapists in the AFL, In this podcast Paul outlines the role of a Physiotherapist in an elite organisation and how it has changed over the past 2 decades, plus the three most important tips he has learnt as a Physiotherapist.

Biography
Paul completed his B App Sci (Physiotherapy) at LaTrobe University (initially starting at Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences) in Melbourne, in 1989 and then completed a Grad Dip Sports Physiotherapy at Curtin in 1994. He also completed the APA level 3 Sports Course in Canberra in 2007. Paul spent the initial few years after graduating in Darwin – working at the Royal Darwin Hospital and in private practice from 90-92. After a brief period at Royal Perth Rehab in Shenton Park in 92 Paul headed off to work near London – at Hemel Hempstead Hospital, followed by private practice in the Channel Islands, before returning to Perth in 1994.

Paul has worked with the Darwin Buffalos in the NT Football league, as well as WA state swimming and WA Athletics teams prior to working with professional organisations such as Perth Reds rugby league and Perth Glory. For the past 20 seasons Paul has been at West Coast Eagles football club, becoming senior physiotherapist in 2002. He was involved in 4 grand finals during this period, as well as being selected as the Australian team physiotherapist in one of the International Rules series against Ireland.

Paul has recently begun working at Latitude 33.7 in Vasse and will begin some work in Perth in the new year, at West Coast Health in Lathlain.

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