When it comes to sports science and musculoskeletal care, there are not many people with as much experience as Adam Meakins. Inspired by his curiosity and passion, Adam has continued gaining experience throughout his entire career first as a trainer before becoming a physiotherapist practicing in the UK. Since then, he has become a world-wide authority on musculoskeletal care giving international seminars, being a published author in peer-reviewed journals, and even an author for a textbook. He is also the host of his own podcast – the NAF podcast which I personally listen to!
In this episode, we discuss Adam’s straightforward and experienced approach to risk reduction in the field of MSK care. We discuss his thoughts on promoting prevention in the field, manual therapy, proper exercise prescriptions, and his own recent back injury. This is a fun episode, hope you enjoy!
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Topics Discussed:
- How did you chose on the path of becoming a physiotherapist and where does your passion for MSK care come from?
- What does preventive medicine mean to you?
- Physical therapy is often used after an injury, how can it be used for prevention?
- You are a well known critic of manual therapy despite being trained in it and previously using it, when did you flip the switch?
- Is manual therapy (including scraping, cupping, adjustments, etc) ever beneficial for preventing or treating sport related injuries?
- How do you write a proper prescription for exercise for patients and who should be writing it?
- Is it more important to start exercising or perfect your form first? Where do you draw the balance between the two?
- What is “natural history” and how do you tell whether something will heal on its own or not? Work in back injury with this
- If someone asks you how to get healthy at a coffee shop, what do you tell them in 2 minutes?
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