The Rookie Physio Podcast
The podcast for students and new graduate physio's transitioning from university to life as a physio. Hosted by Nathan Mobbs experienced Physiotherapist and practice owner.
Episodes
14 episodes
Episode 13 Non Clinical Aspects of Patient Care
In Episode 13, Nathan interviews Garima Bharti, owner of Get Better Physiotherapy and Pilates, about the importance of understanding non-clinical aspects of patient care. Being aware of how you present to your patients and keeping the com...
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22:10
How to Stay on Time as a New Grad
In today's episode we are talking about time management and give you helpful tips to stay on time as a new grad. We review some tips from our very first episode, Common challenges in your 1st year out, these include a good admin support, using ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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12:44
How to choose your PD courses in your first 2 years
In today's episode we are talking all things professional development! This is a great topic for all new grads and those who are in their final years of study. We talk about our top 6 tips to choosing your PD courses, we mention a few of our fa...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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18:44
A Traffic Light Guide to Exercise Prescription
In today's episode we are talking exercise prescription, 80% of our treatment is prescribing exercise, so in order to be successful in prescribing exercise we need a framework to guide this. Nathan talks about the traffic light guide, usi...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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14:42
4 Stages to Recovery
In today's episode we talk about the 4 stages to recovery, we break down rehabilitation into stages of recovery. These include stage 1 reduce pain and inflammation, stage 2 restore ROM and strength, stage 3 return to normal activities and stage...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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16:25
What to look out for in your First Job
In today's episode we are responding to one of our listeners questions, What to look out for in your first job? Job hunting can be a daunting experience and many early careers physio's don't do enough research in the practice they are applying ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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17:28
5 Tips to Sharpen your Clinical Reasoning
In today's episode we talk about clinical reasoning and give you 5 practical tips. Clinical reasoning is really important in underpinning our decisions; our diagnosis, treatment and management of our patients. If you are lazy in clinical reason...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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13:30
How to build a full caseload
In today's episode we are responding to one of our followers questions, Racquel sits down with Nath to have a chat about how you can build a full caseload as a new grad. It's not as simple as waiting for new patients to book in with you, there ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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17:25
Directional Preference Exercises
In today's episode we talk about directional preference exercises. It is an exercise which is performed in a specific direction e.g flexion or extension, has a positive impact on your patients symptoms and mechanical presentation. It's develope...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:14
6 Steps to a Successful Initial Appointment
In today's episodes I will be talking about the 6 vital steps for a successful initial appointment. In order to achieve success you need to have structure for an initial appointment. We are unpacking the subjective and objective part of y...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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31:12
Test, Treat, Retest
In today's episode I will talking about the Test, Treat, Retest formula to get instant results for your patients. We need to be able to demonstrate change within our treatment sessions. This is a really powerful tool for you as the physiotherap...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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29:46
Compliance with a Home Exercise Program
In today's episode I will talking about how you can get your patients to engage in their home exercise program. Compliance with a home exercise program is one the biggest challenges in physiotherapy. We know a home exercise program can produce ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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21:31
Common Challenges in your 1st year out
IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! In today's episode I will be having a chat about the common challenges in your first year as a Physiotherapist. I will provide you with tools, tips and strategies to overcome these challenges to become a highly effective Ph...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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30:11