Tips for working in sports physiotherapy, with Mat Prior

This week’s Physio Foundations is part 2 of my conversation with Mat Prior, sports and exercise physiotherapist and lecturer at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia.

This week Mat and I spoke about his tips for breaking into, and succeeding, in sports physiotherapy.

We spoke about when doors open for you, and when you knock on doors to see if they will open. We spoke about Mat’s experiences working with adults, kids and people with disabilities in elite and recreational sport. Then we finished off our discussion talking about how Mat implements new research into his practice.

This was a great discussion, thanks Mat. Please let Mat and I know what you think and join the conversation in the YouTube comments or via social media @PerratonPhysio.

In this episode:

• 0:00 Welcome back Mat. About this episode
• 1:30 How do opportunities to work as a sports physio come about?
• 4:15 Proactive, or lucky? How do you land sports physio jobs?
• 5:25 What are the differences between working with adults, kids and people with disabilities
• 7:30 What are the challenges of working with adults with disabilities?
• 10:40 Develop broad skills as a physio
• 12:00 Tips for using exercise effectively in rehab – prepare people for the load they are returning to in sport
• 15:40 How does physio fit in with sports science, high performance and coaching?
• 18:25 How do you stay on top of research evidence?
• 22:50 Where can we continue this conversation?

 

Find out more about Mat here: https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/mat.prior

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