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Metabolic | Exercise and Gut Health - An EP Approach

On the back of a very successful Women's Health expo, join us as Georgia and Dan discuss the brain to gut connection, and the role of exercise in managing gut health, where they discuss:

• What is gut health, and why is this important? 
• How would you define the gut brain axis and what does this mean for the impact on the body? 
• What role can exercise have in improving gut health, and what does this mean for metabolic and mental health conditions? 
• How to apply the principles of gut health, mental health and exercise within an Exercise Physiology appointment and how to determine what clients this may be  appropriate for. 

Women's Health Expo Panel: 

Georgia McArdle

Natalie Weber- Psychologist Lotus Health

Kristen Demedio - Dietician Seed Nutrition

Dr Nancy Momoff - WH GP 

Rachel - So Brave Founder 

 

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Case Study | 40yr female with Chronic Shoulder Pain

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In this episode, Josh discusses his treatment plan for a 40 year old female with a left shoulder injury sustained from work. He unpacks the decision making and thought process behind when to use your clinical judgement for the presenting condition and how that can be overlapped with pursuing the client's interests and ambitions which could be harmful to the clinical condition. A great listen with some key takeaways to include in your clinical practice!  

 

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SPECIAL GUEST | Caitlin Scott Hip Conditions and Treatment part 2

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In Part 2, Gage and Caitlin cover the following:

• What is hip OA and who does it affect
• How to identify and diagnose
• What are some key assessments we can use and important prescription principles
• What are some common mthys around hip OA and what are we missing as physios and EPs
• Common treatment pathways - including surgies
• What is a physio and an EP's role of the treatment of hip OA

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SPECIAL GUEST | Caitlin Scott Musc | Hip Conditions and Treatment Part 1

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This will be Part 1 of a 2 part series on all things hips. In this episode, Gage and Caitlin cover the following:

• What is hip impingement and who does it affect
• How to identify and diagnose
• What are some key assessments we can use and important prescription principles
• What is a physio and an EP's role of the treatment of hip impingement

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SPECIAL GUEST | Robert Walsh UK Physiotherapist discusses all things Shoulder Pain

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Host Dan reaches out to an old friend to come onto the podcast. Introducing Rob - an Exercise Physiologist and a Physiotherapist who now resides over in the UK working for the NHS. 

Rob discusses his physiotherapy approach for patient's presenting with idiopathic shoulder pain. We delve into anatomy, pathophysiology and clinical reasoning behind subjective and objective assessments from a physiotherapists perspective. A truly enlightening podcast to ehance the knowledge and skillset of managing a client with shoulder pain! 

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Metabolic | Latest evidence on T2D and HIIT protocols

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Mackenzie, one of our Clinical Exercise Physiologists, sits down to discuss the effectiveness of HIIT training in T2D populations, including pathophysiological processes, considerations for practice, and research into optimal protocols.

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Oncology | Head and Neck Cancer Side Effects

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In this podcast, Oncology Clinical Team Lead Caitlin discusses the many different side effects associated with head and neck cancers and which allied health you should be referring to/working with for holistic patient care. Some of the side effects pertinent to an EP that we discussed are: 

• Osteoradionecrosis of the jaw
  
• Oral mucositis
  
• Xerostomia
  
• Dysgeusia
  
• Dysphagia
  
• Odynophagia
  
• Radiation fibrosis
  
• Cachexia

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Women's Health | Menstrual Cycle, REDs and Myths Debunked

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In this episode, Georgia and Dan cover the menstrual cycle, delving into a range of topics including:

• What is the menstrual cycle, and what do we consider to be "normal?"
• How to educate your clients on irregularities to look out for, and what to flag for potential referrals 
• Energy availability, relative energy deficiency syndrome in sport (RED-S) and what this means for working with young female athletes
• Periodisation around the menstrual cycle: Should we be doing it, and what does the research say?
• Key takeaways and future research directions

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SPECIAL GUEST - Monica Garner from the Obesity Collective

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Nicole sits down with Monica Garner, the Project Manager at The Obesity Collective, to discuss weight stigma, the complexities of obesity, and how exercise physiologists, and other healthcare professionals, can make small changes with huge impacts for individuals living with obesity. 

 

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SPECIAL GUEST - All things Knee Osteoarthritis with Caitlin Scott - Physiotherapist

In this podcast, Gage sits down with Caitlin Scott (APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist/ Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist.), a Physiotherapist at Milton Physio and a close allied health colleague of ours.

Caitlin has had extesnsive experience in the physiotherapy world and discusses all things knee OA, specifically on physiotherapy principles and how and EP can integrate effectively into the care of the patient. A great multidisciplinary discussion! 

 

Show notes: 

 

- What is Knee OA?

o Knee OA is a progressive multifactorial degenerative joint disease involving the articular surface of the joint

§ progressive loss of articular cartilage

o There are 4 stages

§ early, mild, moderate, severe

o 3 key areas in the knee

§ tibiofemoral medial compartment

§ lateral compartment

§ patellofemoral compartment

 

- Prevalence:

o 653.1 million >40 y.o with knee OA worldwide (2020).

o 73% of those with OA >55 y.o, 60% female

o Knee most frequently affected, followed by hands and hip

o 16% >15 year old

o 22.9 %> 40 y.o

 

- Risk factors:

o Previous trauma/Surgery

o Obesity

o Female gender

o Laxity

 

- Diagnosis:

o Individualised subjective and objective assessment

§ Consideration of history, symptoms, other health conditions, physical assessment, functional levels

o Symptoms

§ Persistent knee pain, limited morning stiffness and reduced function

o Signs

§ Crepitus, restricted movement and bone enlargement

o When all 6 signs/symptoms present – 99% accuracy in diagnosis

o No imaging required – diagnosis can occur on assessment alone

o Imaging considered for other alternate diagnosis as clinically indicated

§ Considering insufficiency fracture, avascular necrosis, inflammatory

o Impact on function

§ WOMAC, KOOS o Osteoarthritis Knee clinical care standard

- Treatment pathways for knee OA – Surakanti et al 2023

o Conservative

§ Education

· Including pain management (Lesmond et al 2023)

§ Weight loss and exercise

§ Medication

· Research supports Exercise> NSAIDS

o However need to consider if patient having an acute painful flair – is medication required to maintain exercise levels Thorlund et al 2022

§ Individualised program

· Considering other comorbidities. Activity levels, goals

§ Physiotherapy/EP

· Promoting restoration/maintaining movement

· Identification of contributing factors

o Adding hip strengthening to quads exercises improves patient reported pain and function: Ref: Hislop et al 2020

o Unilateral OA: hip add is lower affected side, hip strength is lower bilaterally, dynamic balance lower bilaterally, patient reported pain associated with knee ext strength but not hip strength/dynamic balance: Ref: Hislop et al 2022 § GLAD program - Good Life with OsteoArthritis: Denmark Ewa Roos

· 2-3 patient education sessions and 12 supervised exercise sessions over 8 weeks

o Improved pain and objective outcome measures

§ Roos et al 2021

· Need to consider this is a group exercise program – it is better than nothing but we need to have individualised programs ideally

 

 

o Injections

§ Cortisone, hyaluronic acid, platelet-rich plasma

· Need to consider limitations – chondrotoxicity resulting in increased cartilage damage, increased risk of infection if injection 3/12 prior to surgery (Wernecke et al 2015)

o Surgical

§ Total knee arthroplasty

§ Uni-compartmental: unicompartment knee arthroplasty, High tibial osteotomy · McCormack et al 2021

§ Less likely to see arthroscopy’s

- Criteria for Surgery – Hawker et al 2023

o Considers the need, readiness/willingness, expectations and health status.

§ Do not want to wait until extended period of being inactive with reduced quads and gluteal function.

o Need

§ Evidence of knee OA on clinical and radiographic examination

§ Reports knee OA symptoms impacting on quality of life

· WOMAC, KOOS, 4 item arthritis coping efficacy Scale

§ Adequate trial of non-surgical OA treatment

· Exercise, physiotherapy, weight loss, medications, injections

o Readiness/willingness

o Patient expectations – Quote Quentin.

o Health status

 

- Realistic improvements – Quote Dr Quentin Scott – Specialist MSK Physiotherapist

o 3 months before you are starting to do well

o 6 months before you are pleased you did it

o 9-12 months before you have forgotten about it

o Key is individual – everyone will respond differently depending on reason for surgery, prehab

o Post operative response can be affected by prehab: ROM, quads fn, understanding of initial rehab process

 

 

- How long should we approach conservative treatment

o No hard and fast rule

§ Individualised

§ Targeting limitations

§ Understanding comorbidities

o Surgical techniques and replacement technology has improved § 82% TKR last >25 years (Evans et al 2019) § 3.9% require revision within 10 years, 10.3 within 20 years (Bayliss et al 2017)

§ Age matter: >70 y.o 5% likely to require second replacement, 50 y.o men – 35% require second replacement (Bayliss et al 2017)

 

- What assessments should we do, measures, goals

o Baseline strengthening and loading

§ VALD

o Balance

o Range of Movement o Consider regarding exercise – Lawford et al 2022

§ Easily accessible

§ High quality

§ Develop by and for consumers

§ Different ways to deliver information

§ Different types of resources for self management

§ Resources on exercises and how to perform them/progress

§ Support motivation and track progress

§ Include options

§ Facilitate access to support

 

- What's a physio's and EPs role in rehab

o Physiotherapist:

§ Diagnosis, movement impairment identification, specific exercise prescription, manual therapy, education

o EP

§ Exercise prescription and modification, education, o Therapeutic exercise recommendations (Holden et al 2022)

§ Use evidence based approach

§ Consider exercise in context of living with OA and pain

§ Comprehensive baseline assessment with follow up

· Reported difficulties, physical limitations, functional restrictions, impact on participation, psychosocial factors

· Red flags, contraindication to exercise

· Overall health (comorbidities) and exercise precautions

· Baseline measurements and targets

§ Set goals

§ Consider type of exercise, dose, modification and progression

§ Individualise exercise

§ Optimise delivery of exercise and adherence

§ Education OA and role of exercise

 

Myth:

- Osteoarthritis is painful

o Not all osteoarthritis is painful – many show changes on imaging without pain or significant movement limitations

- Weights and running will make it worse

o Evidence indicates otherwise – positive outcome

§ Consideration regarding training into pain – exercises should not be painful and increase symptoms associated with OA

- I need an X-ray to confirm osteoarthritis

o Consider signs and symptoms as a diagnosis

 

 

References:

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in health Care 2017 – Osteoarthritis of the knee clinical care standard.

Cieza et al 2021, Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the global burden of Disease study in 2019: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019

Cui et al 2020, Global, regional prevalence, incidence and risk factors of knee osteoarthritis in population based studies

Dong et al 2023 Evidence on risk factor for knee osteoarthritis in middle-older aged: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Evans et al 2019 How long does a knee replacement last? A systematic review and meta-analysis of case series and national registry reports with more than 15 years follow up

GLA:D Australia https://gladaustralia.com.au/

Hawker et al 2023 Patient appropriateness of total knee arthroplasty and predicted probability of a good outcome

Hislop et al 2020 Does adding hip exercises to quadriceps exercises result in superior outcomes in pain, function and quality of life for people with knee osteoarthritis: A Systematic review and meta-analysis

Hislop et al 2022 Hip strength, quadriceps strength, dynamic balance are lower in people with unilateral knee osteoarthritis compared to their non-affected limb and asymptomatic controls

Holden et al 2022 Recommendations for the delivery of therapeutic exercise for people with hip and/or knee OA. An international consensus stydy from OARSI Rehabilitation discussion group

Lanois et al 2024 Associations between anterior knee pain and 2-year patellofemoral cartilage worsening: the MOST study

Lawford et al 2022 What should a toolkit to aid the delivery of therapeutic exercise for hip and knee osteoarthritis look like? Qualitative analysis of an international survey of 318 researchers, clinicians and consumers by the OARSI Rehabilitation Discussion

Lesmond et al 2023 Neurophysiological pain education for patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a Systematic review and Meta-analysis

Roos et al 2021 Immediate outcomes following the GLA:D program in Denmark, Canada and Australia. A longitudinal analysis including 28370 patients with symptomatic knee or hip osteoarthritis

Surakanti et al 2023 Surgical vs Non-surgical treatments for the knee: Which is more effective?

Thorlund et al 2022 Similar effects of Exercise therapy, nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory drugs and opiods of the management of osteoarthritis pain: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-analysis

Wernecke et al 2015 The effect of intra-articular corticosteroids on articular cartilage: A Systematic review

Zhang et al 2010 EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis