In today’s episode, Shaun talks to Tom Heeley, a Sports Therapist based in the UK about his career working with athletes and teams at all levels of many different sports. Working with sporting teams can seem to be an exciting and dynamic opportunity for health care providers. But how to you get your foot in the door, how to you work your way up in the ranks, how to make those connections in unique sports and how to you become a valuable member of the sports medicine team?
Tom will answer all those questions for you.

In this episode Shaun and Bo dive into the connection between pain, personal narratives, and the embodied experience of pain. A patient’s story isn’t just a reflection of their pain, it actively shapes how they feel, move, and engage with the world. This podcast will explore how the narratives patients hold can become part of their identity and influence their recovery.

In this first episode for 2025, Shaun chats to Gavin Kervill (The TCM Medic) from the United Kingdom about the challenges that exist between the Dry Needling and Acupuncture professions.
Gavin shared some fairly strongly worded objections to Dry Needling online, in the comments of one of the ACE posts about Dry Needling. So, Shaun invited Gavin to chat about these issues online and both agreed that if the conversation was a balanced and useful one, that we would make it into a podcast… And here we are!
We trust that this episode will help to build greater interdisciplinary understanding and to improve the respect shown between practitioners of each modality.
Enjoy.

In today’s episode, our last for the 2024, Shaun and Bo discuss the importance of reflection in the process of improving what we do clinically, but also more broadly about how reflection can be used in all areas of life.
It is the process that helps correct our direction when needed, it can help us avoid repeated mistakes, overcome adversity, reinforce positive actions, and get greater clarity about what we want and why.
We hope you enjoy this episode, and use it to undertake your own reflection, to help guide you toward your best year yet in 2025.

In this episode, Shaun and Bo continue their exploration of nerve-related conditions, following on from the previous episode about radiculopathy. They take a deep dive into radicular pain, breaking down what it is, how it differs from peripheral mononeuropathy, and why distinguishing between the two is important in clinical practice. Shaun and Bo also discuss the importance of patient education in managing these conditions, including the role of manual therapy.

In this episode Shaun Brewster interviews Bodine Ledden about radiculopathy. Radiculopathy is commonly misunderstood and can be an intimidating clinical presentation to manage. This information packed webinar provides insights to clinical assessment of radiculopathy, why it is important and what you need to know.

Welcome back to the podcast after a few week’s break.
In today’s episode, Shaun is joined by ACE educator and student support representative, Dalton Yates.
The topic of this discussion will help listeners understand how easy it is sometimes, to leave the patient behind in the way we communicate with them.
As clinicians, we may learn new things, develop new ideas and change our beliefs. It is important to remember though, that those changes happen over time, and when we share them with our patients, sometimes they aren’t ready, or miss the steps in understanding that got us to that point.
Tune in to get some real life examples, some simple to action steps to help you do you best work, guidance on how to explain it better, and help your patients get the best outcomes.

Possibly the single most important lesson to learn in health care, and the thing that can make the difference between a good and an exceptional practitioner, is the understanding of, and the ability to utilise the WHY.

Today Bo and Shaun will deliver some hard truths about not getting sucked into focussing on skills, but instead to invest yourself into understanding the reason WHY the body does what it does, WHY our treatment techniques produce the outcomes that they do, and Why we have to remember that the human body is a complex thing.