Ep 228: The worst pain is unexplained, with Dr Paul Mintken
Pain is often what prompts patients to seek the care of a musculoskeletal rehabilitation clinician.
In today's episode, Dr Paul Mintken guides listeners through different ways to work with a person to help make sense of, and explain, unexplained pain.
Dr Mintken (Hawai'i Pacific University) is a board-certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic and Manual Physical Therapists.
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RESOURCES
JOSPT Viewpoint article - The Worst Pain is an Unexplained Pain: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13167
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Ep 227: SPORTS CORNER: Concussion challenge in the UFC, with Dr Olivia Abdoo
In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr Olivia Abdoo (Ultimate Fighting Championship), we dive deeper into one of the most common injuries in mixed martial arts (MMA) - concussion.
Dr Abdoo's experience treating UFC athletes provides an insight into working with athletes for whom skills including wrestling, striking, and grappling are crucial to performing well.
How to approach educating the athlete and everyone involved with them about concussion, ensuring the athlete can participate safely while recovering from concussion, what an MMA-specific concussion evaluation looks like, and the importance of sport-specificity in concussion rehabilitation - we hit on it all!
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Ep 226: A CALMeR Cuff, with Dr Kathryn Fahy
Given how common rotator cuff tears are, chances are you will work with someone who has a tear at some point in your career.
Do you know what patients will want from their rehabilitation? Are you confident with your approach to managing rotator cuff tears?
Today, Dr Kathryn Fahy, physiotherapist and researcher from Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha discusses the CALMeR Cuff pathway. Dr Fahy developed CALMeR Cuff with patients, clinicians and researchers to guide care for people with large to massive rotator cuff tears.
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RESOURCES
Co-design of the CALMeR Cuff pathway: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13342
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Ep 225: OA in the ballet (dancer)? with Dr Melanie Fuller
A mention of pre-professional or professional dance might conjure thoughts of relentless, gruelling training hours, incredible performances and bodies pushed through high musculoskeletal demands.
Dr Melanie Fuller (University of Southern Queensland) has devoted her clinical career of almost 20 years to working with dancers - helping them stay healthy and performing well - and she has a similar focus in her research work.
Today we discuss the prevalence of musculoskeletal injury, specifically focusing on osteoarthritis.
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RESOURCES
Osteoarthritis in dancers (systematic review with meta-analysis): https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.12918
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Ep 224: Saving the meniscus, with Dr Arielle Giordano
Tune in today for the latest consensus on rehabilitation approaches for people who have had meniscus surgery.
Orthopaedic surgeons and physical therapists from Europe and the US debated the best research evidence, and brought extensive clinical experience to the table, ultimately producing a 2-part series of summary papers.
Dr Arielle Giordano (University of Delaware) was one of the physical therapy leads on the project, and today she shares the most important messages from the consensus.
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RESOURCES
EU‐US Meniscus Rehabilitation 2024 Consensus - Rehabilitation after meniscus surgery: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/josptopen.2025.0162
The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy brings you the JOSPT Insights podcast every Monday. On each episode, experienced clinicians and researchers unpack musculoskeletal rehabilitation topics in under 30 minutes. Guests share clinical tips and research discoveries with host Dr Clare Ardern, Editor-in-Chief of JOSPT. Sports physical therapists Dr Chelsea Cooman and Dr Dan Chapman are frequent co-hosts.
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