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This podcast will delve deep into the best and most clinically relevant new studies on tendinopathy. The focus is what questions the researchers tried to answer and why, how they did it, wha...

This week I talk about a feasibility cohort study which sought to determine whether a larger cohort study addressing this question would be...

We have known for a while that type of exercise intervention (e.g. intensity, frequency, etc) does not seem to influence self-reported outco...

This week, I had an engaging conversation with Anthony Nasser , an up-and-coming researcher on tendinopathy who recently completed his PhD o...

Palpation can be useful for the diagnosis and assessment of tendinopathy, but there are limits. This is because non-painful tendons can be t...

Interesting perspective paper from Arampatzis et al talking about how we should consider tuning of muscle tendon unit in terms of muscle str...

This talking tendons episode will discuss a study by Igor Sancho, PhD, assessing Achilles forces during common rehab exercises and habitual...

In this episode, I am discussing kinesiophobia in the context of tendon rehab and how rehab can be conceptualised as graded exposure for som...

In this episode, I talk about load test pain assessment and how this can also be used to assess kinesiophobia and movement apprehension. Ref...

This is an interesting study from the Delaware tendinopathy group among others investigating a host of structural, tissue property, function...

In this episode I talk about three qualitative studies that aim to understand the patient perspective and patient motivations in Achilles te...

This paper is more than 30 years old but it is a beauty. Farley et al talk about human preferred hopping frequency and how it relates to met...

There is so much debate about the use of steroids for tendinopathy. Opinions vary between 'you should never use steroid as will lead to recu...

This is a new and lovely to read randomised trial comparing pain science education (including lots of good biopsychosocial info) versus plac...

This is a new study from my PhD student, Igor Sancho. He looks at strength, psychological and other factors that may be different between he...

On this episode I focus on a new study from my PhD student Eman Merza. It is a cross-over randomised trial testing the effect of high and lo...

Had a lovely chat with Shawn Hanlon who is a PhD candidate about his relatively new paper exploring patient features and clinical characteri...

There is lots of debate about the pain mechanisms, particularly if there are central changes, in Achilles and other tendinopathies. Most stu...

This is one of my favourite narrative expert reviews that discusses the benefits of human biologic springs like the Achilles tendon. These b...

I had a great time talking Gluteal tendinopathy with Chris Clifford. Chris is an experienced clinician from Glasgow who is in the throws of...

Patients often ask about dietary supplements and if they may be helpful in recovering from a tendinopathy problem. There is a new systematic...

Will midportion Achilles pain improve if you wait and see? This is often a really important question to discuss with patients. Luckily we ha...

We all understand providing education for people with rotator cuff tendinopathy (and other conditions) is really important but we have very...

Here is my recent chat with Dr Ruth Chimenti about Achilles tendinopathy We touched on some interesting topics, including Kinesiophobia and...

Enjoyable chat with Colin Griffin who is undertaking an exercise trial for Achilles tendinopathy. We touched on so many important rehab cons...

In this episode I talk about a new systematic review on plantarflexor muscle impairments in Achilles tendinopathy. It is clear that the rela...

This high quality trial provides further evidence to shift us away from eccentric training for Patelar Tendinoapthy. See omnystudio.com/list...

In this episode I talk about a relatively new trial investigating pressure massage versus eccentric exercise for Achilles tendinopathy in a...

Hi All, On this talking tendons episode, I dive into the very murky world of isometric exercise and their effect on tendon pain. A new study...

Hi All, In this episode of Talking Tendons I have an enjoyable chat with PhD student and Spanish physio, Igor Sancho. He has recently publis...

Isometric exercise for tendinopathy has exploded onto the scene over the last few years. Unfortunately, the certainty of evidence surroundin...

Despite our best intentions, not everyone with tendinopathy will respond to conservative treatments. Clinicians need alternative options lik...

Understanding how tendon recovers from injury and adapts to load is so important and has huge implications on how we manage tendons and the...

In this week's podcast, I delve into the minefield that is isometric exercise. Is it the best thing since sliced bread? Does everyone respon...

In this podcast we consider some new research exploring psychological factors and tendinopathy. There is emerging evidence that, as per othe...

Hi all, this episode we focus on two recent randomised controlled trials evaluating education and exercise interventions for gluteal tendino...

This episode we focus on technology use in rehab. I'm inspired by the patient will see you now by Dr Eric Topol which I recently read so thi...

Hi all This week on Talking Tendons we discuss Non-uniform Achilles tendon strain and displacement and tackle the important questions&hellip...

This episode I discuss a recent systematic review that concluded that PRP is more efficacious than control injections for tendinopathy, but...