[Physio Discussed] Hands-on or hands-off? Rethinking manual therapy with Johnny Smith and Darren Collin

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In this episode, we discuss manual therapy. We explore:

• Patient expectations of manual therapy
• How does manual therapy work?
• Current evidence for manual therapy
• Is manual therapy an important part of our Physiotherapy toolkit?
• How is the current teaching of manual therapy?
• What is the future of manual therapy in Physiotherapy?
• How manual therapy differs between the public and private settings

Johnny Smith is the Director of Thorpes Physiotherapy and has worked in private practice for the last 11 years. Prior to that, he was an Extended Scope Physiotherapist in the NHS. He qualified in 2003 and completed his MSc in Musculoskeletal Medicine in 2008. He have been teaching with SOMM since 2008 and is currently the Chair of Education for the Society and Module Coordinator for the Foundation courses. He is also an injection therapist.

Darren currently works as an Advanced Clinical Physiotherapist in Cumbria. He qualified from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2009 and has worked in a variety of settings in the NHS over the past 16 years. He completed his MSc in Musculoskeletal medicine in 2017 and following this completed my Teaching Fellowship with SOMM and have been lecturing on SOMM courses since then. He is now a module co-ordinator on the foundation diploma. He is an injection therapist and a non-medical prescriber.

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Chapters

1. [Physio Discussed] Hands-on or hands-off? Rethinking manual therapy with Johnny Smith and Darren Collin (00:00:00)

2. How manual therapy differs between public and private (00:02:26)

3. How does manual therapy "work"? (00:06:29)

4. Current evidence in manual therapy (00:10:30)

5. Is manual therapy an important part of the Physiotherapy toolkit? (00:17:26)

6. Preferences in manual techniques (00:21:18)

7. Current education of manual therapy (00:23:46)

8. Do Physios need to upskill our manual therapy skills? (00:28:24)

9. What is the future of manual therapy? (00:34:15)

10. Final takeaway tips for listeners (00:36:55)