Dr Greg Lehman – Challenging your own beliefs and reconciling biomechanics with pain science

Physio Foundations

This week I spoke to physiotherapist, chiropractor and strength and conditioning specialist Dr Greg Lehman about challenging your own beliefs and assumptions in clinical practice. We spoke about the challenges of keeping things simple whilst balancing this with the complexities of clinical practice. We then talked about some of Greg’s pet topics; applied biomechanics, strength training and movement preparation.

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In this episode

0:00 About this episode

1:54 Welcome Greg

5:50 What are the most important foundational knowledge and skills for practitioners? Find the common threads between people

7:03 Apply stress to someone and that causes some adaptation, then observe and consider when this could be wrong.

7:40 Keep things simple. Calm sh*t down, build sh*t back up

8:22 Finding the principles and techniques that work for you and you are passionate about and apply them

10:55 How do you reconcile the need to keep things simple with the known complexities in clinical practice?

13:55 How can asking questions make you a better clinician? Simplify and create options.

17:49 Do you have any beliefs that you have done a 180 degree turn on?

19:09 Changing beliefs about heavy loading and rehab – do tendons need heavy load? The process of challenging your own beliefs

22:30 Biomechanics – re-framing ‘impairments’ as movement variability. When is this appropriate and when is it misleading? Movement preparation is important.

31:30 Why can’t I just run? Debating whether you need additional strengthening in prevention and rehab.

33:55 Dialectic: The art of investigating and discussing the truth of opinions

37:02 How do students and young professionals reconcile biomechanics and pain science? Search for common threads

This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

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