Movement Optimism
Greg Lehman
A deep dive into the world of exercise, pain and injury with a Movement Optimism spin as opposed to the kinesiopathological model. The traditional view of the human body has considered to be much more akin to car when we should have been viewing like a robust ecosystem. This is a masterclass on critical thinking and hopes to get you challenging your biases as well as ours.
Categories: Health
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Another very practical and pragmatic podcast. Dr Falk Mersmann is a leader in how tendons adapt to load and I would say an accidental leader in the minumum effective dose to get tendons to adapt.
Some topics we covered:
- Why having a good balance between tendon stiffness and muscle strength is important for tendinopathy prevention and treatment
- How personalized tendon loading can address this potential risk factor
- Specifics of tendon loading to achieve tendon positive tendon adaptations (e.g increasing stiffness).
- Why plyometrics don’t seem to influence tendon strength
- Why only doing the goal activity (e.g running) may not be enough for a healthy tendon
- Why stretching can’t decrease tendon stiffness
- Limitations of shear wave elastography versus measuring mechanical stiffness
Some relevant papers (all open access) 1. Addressing tendon - muscle imbalances
2. Comparing different loading volumes and frequencies to achieve tendon adaptations
3. A functional high load program to prevent/treat tendon related pain in athletes
Previous episodes
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22 - Dr Falk Mersmann discussed the hows and whys of building tendon strengthTue, 17 Sep 2024 - 0h
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21 - Dr Colin Griffin discusses optimal achilles tendinopathy rehabTue, 10 Sep 2024 - 0h
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20 - Guillaume Deville talks Motivational Interviewing in the rehab worldThu, 29 Aug 2024 - 0h
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19 - Dr Stu Phillips - healthy aging and the importance of strength, hypertrophy and powerFri, 02 Aug 2024 - 0h
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18 - Clifton Pho - A world class powerlifter and chiropractor's story of recoveryFri, 26 Apr 2024 - 0h
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17 - Rachel Hannah - Registered Dietician and Elite Marathoner talks REDsFri, 12 Apr 2024 - 0h
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16 - Dr Bronnie Lennox Thompson talking living well with painFri, 01 Mar 2024 - 0h
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15 - Dr Anneleen Malfliet talks pain neuroscience, graded exposure and addressing adiposity to help with painTue, 26 Mar 2024 - 0h
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14 - Erik Meira talking ACL injury, movement technique and working in elite sportMon, 18 Mar 2024 - 0h
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13 - Lars Berglund talking heavy deadlifting, technique and injuries and deadlifting for low back painFri, 15 Mar 2024 - 0h
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12 - with Alex Hutchinson talking running injury preventionMon, 11 Mar 2024 - 0h
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11 - Dr Neil Meigh - The Kettlebell physio talks kettlebells and aging with strengthFri, 08 Mar 2024 - 0h
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10 - Dr Jo Nijs - nociplastic pain and tailoring lifestyle interventions for persistent painMon, 04 Mar 2024 - 0h
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9 - Dr Jordan Feigenbaum of Barbell Medicine talks orthopaedic cost, getting healthy and specificity of trainingFri, 01 Mar 2024 - 0h
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8 - Dr Pak Androulakis‐Korakakis on deadlifting after 50, minimal effective dose and exercise prescriptionMon, 26 Feb 2024 - 0h
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7 - Greg Lehman is all alone talking about whether physios really do suck at exercise prescriptionThu, 22 Feb 2024 - 0h
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6 - Dr Karen Litzy - The business side of physiotherapyMon, 19 Feb 2024 - 0h
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5 - Antony Lo - talking movement technique, pelvic floor physio and working alongside people for behaviour changeFri, 16 Feb 2024 - 0h
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4 - Dr Ebonie Rio - tendons duh, manual therapy and the need for specificityTue, 13 Feb 2024 - 0h
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3 - Dr Stefi Cohen - her low back pain journey, movement optimism thoughts and helping the world through exercise fundamentalsFri, 09 Feb 2024 - 0h
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2 - Dr Bret Contreras takes on movement technique, social media and critical thinkingTue, 06 Feb 2024 - 0h
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1 - Introduction to the Movement Optimism PodcastSat, 03 Feb 2024 - 0h
