Making The Right Career Decisions

Making The Right Career Decisions

Do you feel you have more to give but the environment you are working in is holding you back?

I bet you got into physio because you want to help people, right?

You might dream of working in a certain role in the NHS, private practice or even sport…

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How A Supermarket Conversation Changed My Career

How A Supermarket Conversation Changed My Career

Sat in a Morrison’s cafe a short conversation changed my career.

I’d just started working at the Leeds Rhinos, a job I took straight from University.

For me this was already massive.

Leeds Rhinos were my boyhood team and I had just left University.

I had skipped the usual academy and part-time roles to join full-time with the first team.

Things were great but…

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A Game-Changer For Diagnosing Knee Pain

A Game-Changer For Diagnosing Knee Pain

Swelling is something you probably routinely look for during your knee assessments…

But what does it actually tell you?

Clearly it tells you that your patients knee is not very happy and hence swollen…

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Treat With Your Head & Not Your Heart

Treat With Your Head & Not Your Heart

I got caught out this week with a player.

She had sustained a knee injury and it did not look great!

I was actually at the game watching and it was a little unclear to see her exact mechanism of injury.

Possibly a pivot shift, which would be a prime mechanism for an ACL…

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The One Thing That Patients (And Head Coaches) Hate

The One Thing That Patients (And Head Coaches) Hate

I’ve learnt this the hard way.

Earlier in my career working in sport I did not appreciate the important of something so simple and because of this it led me to a lot of problems.

This was in sport, and when I got it wrong and the coach took the news the wrong way…

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3 Tips To A Better Knee Assessment

3 Tips To A Better Knee Assessment

The knee should be a pretty straight forward joint to test.

The joint itself is relatively simple.

It’s a modified hinge joint, it flexes and extends (it also internally and externally rotates when flexed)…

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