We chat about movement variability, biomechanics and rehab informed by a great paper that looked at these variables in participants with Athletic Groin Pain.

Please note, this episode is not intended to be medical advice.

We discuss a recent case of an Achilles rupture.

Why are they sometimes missed?

Where does our testing miss the point?

... and Jeff offends every football fan

Is three sets per exercise better than one set for women with patellofemoral pain?

We look at a randomised controlled trial that asks just that!

Please note, this episode is not intended to be medical advice.

James is left to run the Pod

Jeff has some... very unusual answers to a listener question

What happens when you scan over a 1000 shoulders in a health adult population?

Does this redefine what a normal shoulder is?

And how normal is a rotator cuff tear?

Incidental Rotator Cuff Abnormalities on MRI

Ibounig et al 2026

Could we be in the middle of the biggest breakthrough in MSK medicine?

James and Jeff check out the 2026 paper - Neuroimmune interactions in musculoskeletal conditions: An introduction for clinicianshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103469

We dive into a paper looking at a relatively novel measurement of quadriceps tendon alignment which has been associated with lateral patella tracking and lateral facet patellofemoral osteoarthritic changes.

Is it just the tendon or the whole muscle? Does VMO volume differ with tendon position? We then go on to discuss investigating recalcitrant anterior knee pain and the reasoning for this.

James takes some well deserved heat for missing two weeks.

Please note, this episode is not intended to be medical advice.

Unfortunately, James is still getting shown who is boss by bacteria so we were unable to release a new episode this week. Therefore we have seized the opportunity to re-release our episode all about exercise intensity and knee osteoarthritis, the results of which might surprise you if you haven't listened before.

Please note, this episode is not intended to be medical advice.

James was bunking off so Jeff seized the opportunity to talk about the 10 year results of the FIDELITY study comparing meniscal debridement for degenerative tears, to sham surgery!

Please note, this is episode is not intended to act as medical advice.