Ep 221: Does it matter how you apply spinal manipulative therapy? With Dr Casper Nim
There's a range of different interventions at your disposal when managing spine pain.
Today we're focusing on spinal manipulative therapy, and asking questions like: does it matter how you apply a manipulation to get the best outcomes for the patient?
Answering the questions is Dr Casper Nim from the University of Southern Denmark. Casper is an Associate Professor, chiropractor, and senior researcher at the Spine Centre of Southern Denmark.
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RESOURCES
Does it matter how you apply spinal manipulative therapy? Network meta-analysis: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.12707
Does targeting a specific vertebral level make a difference? Systematic review: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2023.11962
Effect on clinical outcomes when targeting spinal manipulative therapy. Randomised controlled trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32884045/
Preference randomised trials: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/josptmethods.2025.0129
JOSPT Methods journal website: https://www.jospt.org/toc/jospt-methods/current
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Ep 220: There's more to the ankle than the ATFL, with Liz Bayley
The anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and the Achilles tendon captures much of our ankle attention. As JOSPT Insights listeners know, there's plenty more to the ankle than the ATFL.
Today, Liz Bayley shares her approach to diagnosing, managing and ideally, preventing ankle pain in active people. Liz covers diagnosing the problem, where imaging fits, and how to support return to function, including high-level sport.
Liz is a former professional dancer, who now works as a dance-specialist physiotherapist. Her clinic is in London's West End, in close proximity to the freelance professional and student dancers she works with, at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and on 'Matilda The Musical' in Covent Garden.
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RESOURCES
Lateral ankle ligament sprains clinical practice guideline: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2021.0302
Updated model of chronic ankle instability: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31162943/
Predictors of chronic ankle instability: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26912285/
Intrinsic foot muscle training systematic review: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35724360/
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for foot intrinsic muscles: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35142810/
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Ep 219: Are women less likely than men to return to sport after hip arthroscopy? With Dr Matthew King
Hip arthroscopy is a common surgical procedure in athletes and active people, and it's not surprising that this clinical population is focused on returning to sport. Today, Dr Matthew King, physiotherapist and Senior Lecturer from La Trobe University's Discipline of Physiotherapy in Melbourne, Australia, discussed return to sport outcomes after hip arthroscopy.
Dr King led a team that synthesised and analysed return to sport outcomes after hip arthroscopy from 45 studies and over 5000 participants. The team's focus was on sex and gender differences, and how the return to sport outcomes change with increasing time after surgery.
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RESOURCES
Are women less likely to return to sport compared to men following hip arthroscopy? A systematic review with meta-analysis: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.12813
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Ep 218: Putting the horse before the myofascial pain cart, with Dr Chad Cook
Myofascial pain syndrome is common - affecting somewhere around 1 in every 5 people. Yet there is plenty of debate about what causes myofascial pain syndrome, how to diagnose it, and even whether myofascial pain syndrome is a primary condition.
Today, Professor Chad Cook (Duke University) discusses whether it is even possible to differentiate myofascial pain syndrome from other pain conditions, and the implications for you, the clinician.
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RESOURCES
Myofascial pain syndromes - controversies and suggestions for improving diagnosis and treatment: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13072
International Association for the Study of Pain - Myofascial pain fact sheet 14: https://www.iasp-pain.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/14.-Myofascial-Pain-Fact-Sheet-Revised-2017.pdf
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Ep 217: Beast mode to build bone, with Dr Belinda Beck
Postmenopausal women can build some serious bone AND stay safe with the right instruction and the right load.
What’s the right load? Dr Belinda Beck can answer that, and in today's episode, she takes us through the
results of the LIFTMOR trial. With the right instruction and supervision, postmenopausal women can be lifting 85% of their 1 repetition maximum safely, and make a substantial change in their bone density, strength, and quality of life while doing it.
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RESOURCES
For more on the LIFTMOR trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30861219/
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.