MyoMatters: Recent Episodes
Myotherapy Association Australia
The Myotherapy Association Australia began life as Myotherapy Association of Victoria. As an emerging health profession, the popularity of myotherapy as a valuable career pathway in health sciences meant the association quickly identified the need for graduates and practitioners nationally for peak body representation. Today, the Myotherapy Association Australia are Australia’s only industry association dedicated solely to the needs of myotherapists and myotherapy profession. In essence, myotherapists help people in pain to move better and live their best life.
In this episode, Nadine Holgate, an Occupational Therapist and founder of Neurolinks, shares her expertise on the complex world of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and its often “hidden” impacts. Nadine unpacks what an ABI is, how it can occur, and the profound ways it can affect thinking, behaviour, and communication.
Through her 25 years of experience, Nadine offers valuable insights into the cognitive and behavioural challenges faced by people living with ABI — and how clinicians can better recognise and support these needs.
Whether you’re a myotherapist, allied health professional, or simply interested in the human side of neurorehabilitation, this conversation highlights the importance of collaboration across disciplines. Tune in to discover how myotherapists can play a meaningful role in recovery and help clients rebuild confidence, function, and connection after brain injury.
Register for Nadine's webinar "Brain Changes in Practice - Supporting Clients with Neurological Conditions" HERE
You can view Nadine's website here
Talking Sleep with Moira Junge.
Join us as we chat with Moira Junge from the Sleep Health Foundation about sleep, why it matters, how it impacts health, and what Myotherapists need to know for themselves and their clients.
Make sure you check out the free resources provided in the show notes!
Moira Junge - My Story Of Grief, Sleep, And The Paths They’ve Led Me On | Griefline
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) | Sleep Health Foundation
CBTi provider directory
Preventing Chronic Insomnia | Sleep Health Foundation
In this episode, we chat with Haydn Gambling and dive into the powerful technique of Counterstrain — a gentle, non-invasive manual therapy that’s gaining traction in the world of myotherapy. Whether you're a seasoned therapist or just starting out, understanding how Counterstrain works can elevate your clinical outcomes and expand your treatment options.
Tune in and discover why Counterstrain could be the missing piece in your therapeutic approach.
Informed Consent In Dry Needling—an area that can raise unique challenges and responsibilities for myotherapists.
Bodine is a Soft Tissue Therapist and Director of Education for ACE. He holds a Master of Educational Neuroscience and an Advanced Diploma of Health Science (soft tissue therapy).
Recently, Bodine led an in-depth industry review exploring how informed consent in dry needling is currently being approached across manual therapy professions. From that review, some key recommendations emerged—designed to support therapists in delivering clearer, more consistent, and legally sound consent processes.
We’ll be unpacking what good, informed consent looks like in practice, why it matters, and how you can integrate these best-practice principles into your dry needling treatments with confidence.
On this episode we are joined by Keira Donegan, the Managing Editor of the Australian Journal of Dementia Care, Australia’s only dementia-specific journal. Since 2012, the AJDC has been a vital platform for bridging the gap between research and practice, sharing practical, evidence-based insights from experts around the world. We chat about what dementia is, how to understand the early signs, how myotherapists can best support those living with dementia, and discuss advice for navigating the often challenging topic of dementia with patients.
https://journalofdementiacare.com/
Melinda is a certified practicing nutritionist and qualified counsellor working in private practice in Sydney’s inner west. She lectures in clinical nutrition, she at Torrens University, she is passionate about food as medicine and adopts a ‘food first’ approach to managing health and wellbeing wherever possible.
She is a member of the Polio Australasia Clinical Advisory Group and an approved practitioner with the Australian Centre of Eating Behaviour. Melinda is a wealth of knowledge on making good food choices to help manage your health and fit with your lifestyle.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/overallnutrition/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/overallnutrition/
Kimberley is a senior marketing, communications and stakeholder engagement professional with 15 years of experience across multiple industries including tourism, business events, government, aviation and professional services.
As the Head of Marketing and Communications for Cyber Wardens, she is passionate about raising awareness around the importance of small business cyber security and empowering small business owners and employees to increase their cyber resilience and learn how to stay safe online.
Today we are focusing on the relationship between exercise, movement and eating disorders and how this may present clinically with physiotherapist, Rebecca Gawler. In particular, we discuss how to assess, support and refer clients who exhibit signs and symptoms of a dysfunctional relationship with exercise and/or an eating disorder.
Bec is based in Melbourne and provides compassionate, inclusive, weight-neutral and trauma informed care. She has a strong interest in supporting those with eating disorders who are in the recovery process. This may include support to develop a positive relationship with movement, address bone density issues and manage associated musculoskeletal injuries, pain and tension. Bec also works with clients who are faced with the challenges of chronic illness and chronic pain, including hypermobility, POTS, CFS/ME, long COVID and fibromyalgia. She provides support in understanding these conditions, offering fatigue & pain management strategies and guidance in how to incorporate movement in helpful ways.
For more information on how you can reach Bec and her follow her work, you can find her:
on Instagram @Intuitive.Movement_Physio
in clinic at Eat Love Live in Collingwood, Melbourne
Welcome to the next episode of MyoMatters. Today we welcome Dan Rothenberg to the podcast.
Daniel Rothenberg is a Sports Chiropractor and Strength & Conditioning Coach who is passionate about helping people with chronic pain rebuild their body so they can get back to feeling confident and regain their health and longevity. Dan owns Scope Sports Injury & Exercise Clinic, which he opened to be able to help people with pain & injury make a full recovery by creating highly effective treatment & rehab plans, providing a clear diagnosis, an optimistic recovery strategy and by helping his patients return to exercise & meaningful activities.
Dan is based in Brisbane with his clinic in Ipswich and is here to talk to us about providing high value care for his patients through evidence based care of chronic back pain.
Welcome to the next episode of MyoMatters.
Today we are focusing on pelvic health with Marnie Poiner, a Brisbane based Physiotherapist and the director of The Healthy Peach Physio. Marnie treats a variety of pelvic health conditions, with experience in treating persistent pelvic pain and sexual functioning issues. Marnie completed her Master of Science in Medicine (Sexual and Reproductive Health) through the University of Sydney, expanding her role to include sexual education and psychosexual counselling. Marnie takes a gentle and open approach in her treatment practicing through a trauma-informed lens.
Insurance is often a topic we ignore because it isn’t the “fun” part of business. However, it is a vital part of insuring safe and informed practices. We are joined by BMS to get into the nitty gritty of your insurances. This episode touches on the basics of allied health insurances, how you can mitigate risk and taking the right action in the event of a claim.
Note that any advice provided by BMS in this Podcast is general advice only and BMS has not considered whether it is suitable for your particular objectives, needs or financial situation. Please read the Policy Wording and BMS Terms of Engagement which contains the Financial Services Guide before making any decision about purchasing this policy.
Welcome to the next episode of MyoMatters. This podcast is with Catherine Doonan from COSBOA (Council of Small Business Organisations Australia). Throughout her career, Catherine has been dedicated to bringing together varied groups—government agencies, industry associations, and business owners—to ensure their voices are central in decision-making processes.
Currently, as Head of Engagement at the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA), Catherine advocates for the interests of small businesses across the country. Her work is further enhanced by roles such as co-lead for the Small Business Working Group within the National Cyber Strategy, member of the Independent Expert Panel for Female Entrepreneur Decadal Planning, and participation on the CSCAU Steering Committee, where she collaborates on strengthening cyber awareness and certification for small businesses.
MWax is proudly Australian owned and has supported the therapy and sports profession markets for over 19 years. Renee, Brad and their team put their experience in the manual therapy industry, their ideas and knowledge into creating the perfect lubricant for manual therapy treatment. They started out making it in the staff kitchen and gradually moved into a fully dedicated production facility.
From their humble beginnings they now have a huge customer base and their balm is used in their 4 clinics along with many others across Australia. And they are now taking MWax to a larger global audience.
We are very pleased to have them both with us today to talk about the evolution of Mwax.
In this episode, we have James McQuie, the General Manager of OPC here to talk to us. OPC are one of our proud partners for 2024 and we can’t wait to hear what James has in store for us today.
James joined OPC Health or Orthotic & Prosthetic Centre as it was known, in 1992 as a Sales Consultant. OPC was both an Orthotic/Prosthetic clinic and a distribution business that had been established in 1985.
James remained there until 2000 when he moved to be National Sales Manager for a company based in Sydney, still involved in Allied Health sales. In 2010 the owner of OPC Health approached him to return and so for the past 14 years he has been the GM at OPC. In the last four years they were sold to a German company OPED Ag, who already owned OAPL ( Orthopaedic Appliances) and in 2021 the two entities merged. OAPL is the clinical business with 16 O & P clinics around Australia and OPC is the distribution business with warehouses in Melb, Syd and Adelaide and 25 sales staff nationally. A far cry from the team of two he was part of in 1992.
Welcome to the next episode of MyoMatters. Today we are focusing on all things hygiene, the good, the bad and the ugly. Meet Ibrahim Samaan, the visionary Ahpra-registered physiotherapist behind Purifas — a groundbreaking healthcare company on a mission to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections, while simultaneously revolutionising comfort during therapy treatments. We are proud to partner with Purifas for 2024.
Ibrahim is here to talk to us about the vision behind Purifas and the science behind a spotless clinic.
Dr Calum Downie (PhD) is a highly qualified and experienced presenter in areas included ageing, exercise, anatomy, and biomechanics. He has more than 19 years’ experience in the fitness industry and has spent over 17 years in the education of exercise science and physical health professionals at all levels. He has also spent over 13 years in ageing research. Today Calum discusses the key factors relating to physical health.
Steve is a Sports Physiotherapist and has over 20 years of clinical experience. He is a Director of RockTape in Australia and is the lead instructor for the Australasian team of RockTape instructors. Steve owns and runs the Waurn Ponds clinic of the Marna Physio Group in Geelong. This ensures he stays up-to-date with all things patient-related.
Steve talks to us about the evolution of RockTape and how they have evolved to become the industry leaders that they are today.
Madelaine is a Mother, a Myotherapist and a Personal Trainer who is passionate about women’s health.
With over a decade of experience in women’s health, Madelaine initially began her journey as a personal trainer, specialising in pre and postnatal fitness and recovery. As her passion grew, she integrated her Myotherapy skills, focusing on pregnancy, postpartum and c-section rehabilitation.
In March 2023, Maddie launched her first course, C-Section Release and Rehabilitation with a mission to empower practitioners to support women. Her ongoing dedication sees her actively sharing her knowledge, and nurturing a community of practitioners committed to enhancing women's health. Maddie is currently running her C-Section Release courses in Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney for 2024.
Today we chat with Sally Mason from MIMT in Melbourne. Sally has been in private practice and running her own business since 2010. She has been a teacher at MIMT for 10 years and recently worked at the 2024 Australian Open Tennis Tour in Melbourne. We chat to Sally about how she become involved with Tennis Australia and how she brought her myotherapy skill set to Australian and international tennis players.
Today we are chatting with a powerful Myotherapy duo, who have not only conquered starting and running their own clinic, but have also conquered the elite sporting environment. Aleisha and Celeste from Nxt Level Integrated Health join us today to talk about their experiences tackling two different worlds within our industry.
In this episode we chat with Sue Butcher from the Oedema institute. Sue has a career spanning over 20 years and provides educational workshops and training for health professionals in how to best treat and manage lymphoedema and other oedema related pathologies.
Sue is highly passionate and incredibly knowledgable about all things lymphoedema. We discuss what lymphoedema is, how it can be diagnosed, how treatment has evolved and how Myotherapists can effectively treat and work with lymphoedema.
Emerging Myotherapist of the year winner Skye Meredith is with us today to talk all things navigating life as a new graduate Myo. Skye recently graduated in 2023 with a Bachelor of Health Science in Clinical Myotherapy from Torrens University in Melbourne. Skye is now working full time in private practice with a strong interest in working with running related lower limb and ankle injuries, particularly in trail runners. She is also our winner of the 2023 Emerging Myotherapist of the Year award.
Join us we chat to our Myotherapy of the Year for 2023 winner Jayden Seracino. Jayden is the owner operator of Myoactive a clinic in Burwood East in Melbourne. Jayden has developed a multimodality clinic that brings together Myotherapy, Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Remedial Massage, Personal training and more.
Jayden is a passionate and driven individual who is dedicated to the Myotherapy industry. In this episode he talks about his journey to building his business and running a successful multimodality clinic, what a day in the life of a myotherapist business owner looks like and where his passion and drive for the industry comes from.
Her Body Myotherapy & Massage owner Jessica Mazurek is here with us today to talk about all things women’s health and how we as Myotherapists can have a positive impact throughout pregnancy and postpartum. Jessica has a true passion for women’s health and is here to hopefully encourage many other therapists to delve into the women’s health industry.
Her Body Myotherapy & Massage provides a wealth of resources for her clients and guidance on further education options available to specialise in pregnancy and postpartum treatment.
In this engaging and enlightening episode we sit down with Tim Trevail from Torrens University to dive into the world of the Bachelor of Health Science: Clinical Myotherapy. Tim a seasoned educator in the field of myotherapy and will unravel the compelling reasons why aspiring Myotherapists should consider embarking on this educational journey AND why current Myotherapists looking to take their career to the next level should consider upgrading to the bachelor. Join us as we explore the Bachelor degree and what it can bring to your practice, including what you can expect to learn, how it can elevate your skills and open up opportunities for a career in Myotherapy.
The foot collective is a vibrant community and educational platform dedicated to promoting foot health & natural movement. Their mission is to help people reclaim their feet and reconnect with the ground. The Foot Collective provides a wealth of resources and practical guidance on foot care, rehabilitation, and optimizing human movement. We chat about foot habits, self-care and freeing your feet for movement.
This podcast covers all things about trigger points, chronic pain and MPS. In particular we talk about the role of trigger points and are they the chicken or the egg in chronic MPS? We talk with Jay Shah, a Physiatrist and Clinical Investigator from Washington DC in the USA. We will cover the key objective, reproducible and quantifiable muscle tissue properties of trigger points that clinicians can use in their clinic to effectively identify and treat myofascial trigger points and MPS.
We will also cover some of Jay’s fascinating history of his journey to studying trigger points, what led him to this areas of clinic research and what his favourite neurotransmitter is.
This podcast covers all things about women and training. We talk with Nicole Saxby, an accredited exercise physiologist and pelvic health physiotherapist. We will cover female specific training, injury prevention and the things as clinicians we should be looking out for with female clients.
This podcast episode weirdly explores, podcasts. Jackie Tann has worked tirelessly over the years to develop the Bodies Built Better podcast and we explore how practitioners can help expand into the world of podcasting.
This podcast episode explores the mechanisms of lateral hip pathologies and how we as clinicals can screen for them within our clinics. Bodine explains the research that supports evidence based outcomes and rehabilitations of lateral hip pathologies which may present in your clinics.
During this episode our events/marketing manager talks with our Co-CEO's about how they are working in a joint role, the future of Myotherapy and the vision they share for the association.
Speakers: Erin Baker, Tessa Verrier and Stephanie Kanaris
This podcast episode is a special edition to celebrate international women’s day 2023. We have an open panel discussion with women in myotherapy on the equity of the industry, challenges towards women and the growth they have seen in our industry. The episode is here to make women in myotherapy feel heard but also encourage others to consider Myotherapy as their profession.
A qualification as a myotherapist can be so much more than just private practice. We know this, because our Myos joining us on this episode of MyoMatters are excited to share with us their most recent experience working and volunteering at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Tune in to hear as Myotherapist Toby Glennon chats with fellow myo Kirby Bohan as she shares her unique experience at this years Commonwealth Games and provide their tip bits about how to tick off that bucket list experience and get involved in these world class sporting events.
Toby Glennon - MA member and Adv Dip Myotherapy Program Coordinator at RMIT has enjoyed being selected to work at multiple Commonwealth Games and last year at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Kirby - MA Member and Director of Inner West Health and Performance (Altona North, Vic) has been a myotherapist for the past 8 years. Attending her second Commonwealth Games, she shares her insights about being a health professional volunteer at these world class events.
This episode of MyoMatters is proudly brought to you by Myotherapy Association Australia
Join today's host and Association Manager, Madeline Ryan as she chats with Founder and Managing director, Jo Palmer from Pointer Remote. Pointer Remote aims to connect companies of all sizes with talent that works remotely.
Jo is particularly passionate about how remote work is an economic development tool to attract and retain populations in the regions. Pointer Remote runs training programs that support business owners to make remote and flexible work actually work in an organisation as well as supporting team members to be the most effective and efficient remote worker possible.
Her recognition includes 2021 COSBOA National Small Business Champion, 2019 AgriFutures Rural Women's Award National winner, 2018 Crow Awards Startup Superstar and Young Entrepreneur Awards, 2017 Soar Awards Regional Contribution winner and 2017 Finalist in the Regional Australia Institute's Lightbulb Moments and Regional Online Heroes competitions.
Reach out to Jo at https://pointerremote.com/
Join our host Tessa Verrier as she chats with myotherapy practitioner, MA Board Director and member Tom McLeod as they unpack what it takes to build a successful allied health practice. Tom shares his views on building a client base, patient and staff retention, the importance of planning and how he and his team now work seeing 300+ patients per week.
Tom McLeod has BHSc Clinical Myotherapist and Diploma in Bowen Therapist with 15 years of experience in the soft tissue industry and has recent (Oct 2021) joined as a Director on the Myotherapy Association Board. He has a special interest in the rehabilitation and treatment of sports injuries. Tom has taught Myotherapy at the Gordon and has continued teaching professional development courses.
Tom is a passionate sportsperson who loves to keep fit and be involved in sporting clubs. He has previously supported the following sporting teams and clubs to overcome and prevent injuries and manage their health.
This episode of MyoMatters is proudly brought to you by the Myotherapy Association Australia, the peak association for myotherapists and the myotherapy profession.
Learn more at https://www.myotherapy.org.au/
If Covid19 has taught us nothing else other than the need to be vocal, have the right conversations with the right people and stand up tall for what you believe in, then that'll do!
Our host, Anna Yerondais, will chat about all things Advocacy with Elaine Abery, MA Board Member and Owner/Director of Unravelling Red Tape where she takes a deep dive into how it works, her advice, and how it affected MA during the early days of the pandemic.
From an Association perspective, advocacy is all about advancing the myotherapy profession. That means getting what is best for myotherapy, myotherapists and myotherapy patients.
Are you interested in reaching out to chat with Elaine about your advocacy projects? Contact her at http://www.unravellingredtape.com.au/
Learn more about who we are and what we stand for - Myotherapy Association Australia
Join today's host and Association CEO, Anna Yerondais as she chats with Digital Marketing Manager and all-round Social Whisperer herself, Angela Duthie as she shares some informative tips around:
- boosting customer engagement,
- increasing traffic to your business pages,
- assisting your brand strategy, and
- discovering your authentic brand voice
...all without breaking the bank or a sweat!
Ange has worked for large corporates, NFP's, community businesses and has run her own digital media business, where she helped more than 30 clients navigate the world of digital marketing. She will share with our audience cost effective tips on how you too can get your business social, and some timely do's and don'ts about digital marketing.
Enjoy the show, and if you feel like adding a few more great businesses you follow on socials, be sure to connect with the Myotherapy Association Australia on:
Facebook
LinkedIn
Twitter
Instagram
YouTube
Learn more about who we are and what we do at www.myotherapy.org.au
Join host Tessa Verrier as she chats with research fellow Dr Daniel Harvie as she learns more about his innovative research work helping us better understand PAIN.
Why Pain?
What excited Daniel about researching pain?
What does he hope his research will help us when managing and understanding pain?
Dr Daniel Harvie is an NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, in the area of persistent pain, currently working in the Hopkins Centre at Griffith University in the Musculoskeletal Health & Persistent Pain research group let by Professor Michel Coppieters. Daniel's early career has a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration to innovate technologies in response to, and in aid of, modern pain neuroscience.
Daniel has collaborated with computer scientists to create virtual reality applications for research and therapy, and with engineers to create sensory training devices designed to test and retrain somatosensory function in the clinic. He has a combination of advanced clinical training and experience (B. Physio [hons], Masters of Musculoskeletal & Sports Physiotherapy), and research training (PhD, Body in Mind group, University of South Australia).
This episode of MyoMatters is proudly brought to you the Myotherapy Association Australia, the peak industry association for myotherapists and the myotherapy profession.
Visit us at www.myotherapy.org.au to learn more.
Join our host Tessa Verrier as she chats to Myotherapist, Anna Drum about her vision to expand access to quality healthcare in a remote, rural town. We'll hear about the challenges faced as a result of working in remote regions, how myotherapy has changed for Anna as a healthcare profession and learn about her tenacity and drive to make a BIG impression in a small town.
Anna Drum is a Queensland Myotherapist, and owner of a multimodality clinic - Capability Health. Anna studied and lived in Victoria before deciding to make the move to far North Queensland.
After spending some time here Anna was quick to realise the small community had very little access to health care. Anna continued to approach her work and business with an open mind and community heart as she grew her clinic from a one room therapist to a 12 practitioner-strong multimodality clinic. Learn more about Anna's practice by visiting https://www.capabilityhealth.com.au/
Learn more about Myotherapy Association Australia by visiting us at www.myotherapy.org.au
Our host Tessa Verrier chats with Timothy King, clinical myotherapist and Director of Fast and Functional - Training manual therapists to get brilliant results in half the time.
Tim has a special interest in Headache and TMJ (Jaw) pain presentations. He has completed hundreds of hours of additional training in these areas and, as well as working clinically, he delivers training to other health professionals nationally and internationally in effective treatment strategies for head and jaw pain.
Tessa chats with Tim to explore the TMJ (jaw) and temporal mandibular disorders. Timothy explains how and why this is often missed, and the common signs and symptoms often overlooked when it comes to TMJ.
Tim also explains the concept behind functional neurofascial technique and we can be cutting down treatment times by using this simple technique for the TMJ.
We thank our sponsor of today's podcast Fast and Functional - Training manual therapists to get brilliant results in half the time
Learn more at https://www.fastandfunctional.com/
Join host Kathryn Cross as she delves into the world of our CEO, Anna Yerondais.
We learn about Anna's journey as a myotherapy clinician, business owner and hear about her diagnosis with MS. Kathryn and Anna chat candidly about how Anna moved through her career from being a member of the Myotherapy Association to now taking a leadership role as the Association CEO and passionate advocate for the myotherapy profession.
Do you want to hear something from our MyoMatters Podcast, perhaps a suggestion of someone we can chat with, or perhaps you would like to share your story? Reach out to events@myotherapy.org.au
Tune in as our host Anna Yerondais chats with Myotherapist and MA member, Toby Glennon about his recent travels with the Australian Medical Team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Toby fills us in on his humble myotherapy beginnings, his journey from Advanced Diploma to Degree myotherapy studies, work commitments, challenges and celebrations as he accomplishes his ultimate goal - taking his myotherapy work to the Olympic Games.
Just goes to show - dream big - stay focused and smash those career goals out of the park.
This episode of MyoMatters is proudly sponsored by the Myotherapy Association Australia
Learn how you can be a part of Australia's peak myotherapy Association. The only industry association that represents the needs and interests of myotherapists and the myotherapy profession nationally.
www.myotherapy.org.au
Join our host Kathryn Cross as she chats with myotherapists and MA members, Mathew Richardson and Jordan (Jordie) Plint.
Matt and Jordie openly share their personal journey's of resilience and how their experiences and decisions have shaped the lives they live, including decisions (and often tough) that they have made to navigate their myotherapy businesses throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Matthew graduated from Melbourne's RMIT in 2002 and now runs a successful practice at Tecoma Myotherapy.
Jordie is a newer kid on the myotherapy block, having recently completed her Bachelor of Health (Myotherapy) degree from Endeavour college in Brisbane and enjoying her practice in Springfield Lakes in the Sunny QLD coast.
This podcast is raw, it's real and it's relevant. So pop on the trainers or kick back with a cuppa and pop your headset on and prepare to get to know two wonderful contributors of the myotherapy profession.
If you or someone you know is experiencing mental health challenges, reach out and be supported. Visit https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/mental-health-resources-for-me
This Episode of MyoMatters is proudly sponsored by MyoMix Growth Group - Myo Mix Growth Group is a group of people in the business of Myotherapy that wish to grow personally and grow their business.
Shaun Brewster is a clinician, educator and director of Advanced Clinical Education (ACE) in Australia. ACE delivers high quality professional education to allied health practitioners on topics ranging from joint therapeutics, dry needling, cupping, electrotherapy and Neurological assessment.
Shaun is a qualified myotherapist and exercise physiologist who has a passion to share knowledge and education. Shaun has dedicated several decades to our allied health industry through lecturing, speaking, training and treating.
Join our host Tessa Verrier as she chats with Shaun to unravel his very impressive portfolio, ranging from being a clinician, to lecturing, being a board member and delivering education through ACE and chats about electrotherapy, smart practitioner planning and expanding your skills.
Want to hear more from Shaun Brewster? Shaun joins us as a guest speaker at this years National Myotherapy Online conference 2021.
REGISTER HERE.
Thank you to our sponsors Advanced Clinical Education (ACE): Advanced Clinical Education exists to educate, mentor and support health professionals, to help them help even more people.
You've chosen to study myotherapy as your career pathway - congratulations!
You put in the hard yards and years of dedication and now you are a fully fledged myo graduate - amazing!
You are now faced with the business journey...what does this look like? How do you know which path to take? Where do you start?
Employee? Employer? Contractor? Sub-contractor? Tenant? Sham contracting....whaaaaat?
Join our host Anna Yerondais as she chats with Employment Law specialist George Haros of Gadens Law Firm as they navigate their way through what can seem like a web of 'i' dotting and 't' crossing. Know your rights and your obligations when it comes to employment law.
George practices in commercial, employment, industrial relations, and property law particularly with respect to disputes arising in those areas.
George is highly acclaimed for his advice to major corporates, senior executives and elite sportspersons in high profile employment and litigation matters, and is often called upon where the protection of reputation is a key focus.
We thank our sponsors:Electric Rocket - video production and other crazy creative services. Visit https://electricrocket.com.au/ for all your creative needs.
You've chosen to study myotherapy as your career pathway - Congratulations!
You put in the hard yards and years of dedication and now you are a fully fledged myo graduate - amazing!
You are now face with the business journey.....But wait, what does this even look like?
How do you know which path to take?
Where do you start?
Join our host Anna Yerondais as she chats with a couple myo veterans. Cher Hetherington of Fix Movement Performance and Samantha (Sam) Rigby of Elite Myotherapy have taken each and every one of these steps. Learn how they've grown their myotherapy businesses from humble beginnings to something epic.
We thank today's sponsor:
MyoMix: join today and become a part of a community of people in the business of myotherapy that wish to grow personally and grow their business.
Want to reach out to either Cher or Sam or both? Contact us at admin@myotherapy.org.au and we can assist.
Join today's host Kathryn Cross, Myotherapist as she chats with Robin Kerr about DermoNeuroModulating (DNM).
👉🏻 What it is? How did it evolve?
👉🏻 How does it work? And why?
👉🏻 How can myotherapist's apply this to their clinical bow?
Robin Kerr is an Australian trained physiotherapist with over 3 decades of clinical experience.
Her special interests lay in helping patients with pelvic floor and lumbo-pelvic dysfunction. Over the last 20 years Robin has moved towards a focus on motion and the BioPsychoSocial model in the management of persistent low back and pelvic pain.
She teaches physiotherapy and fitness related professional courses internationally, particularly in relation to 3D motion/ bespoke exercise prescription, the management of pelvic pain and DermoNeuroModulating (DNM).
Want to learn more about DNM? Register for our upcoming workshop in QLD here.
We thank our sponsors:
MyoMix Growth Group - Myo Mix Growth Group is a group of people in the business of Myotherapy that wish to grow personally and grow their business.
Resources referred to in the podcast:
Dermo Neuro Modulating: Manual Treatment for Peripheral Nerves and Especially Cutaneous Nerves by Diane Jacobs - purchase here.
Jonathan Moody is an experienced owner, investor, practitioner and educator of Allied Health businesses, learning many lessons from both his successes and failures in the health space.
As the strategic leader at Physio lnq, Jonathan is big on collaboration, through empowering staff to chase their passion and use Physio Inq as a vehicle to do it.
Established in 2006, originally limited to the Western Suburbs of Sydney, Physio Inq is now going Australia wide with its new unique & innovating franchising opportunities and mobile services. Physio Inq is on a mission; push Physiotherapy services and Allied Health Care in a new direction and recreate the client experience.
Join our host Tessa Verrier as she explores the journey that has been Physio Inq, understand the business model, the challenges and wins and where Jonathan sees myotherapy, alongside other allied health services, in the years to come.
Because 'being busy doesn't always mean being effective'. J.Moody
We thank our sponsors:
MK Healthcare Business Consulting: thebusiness that provides a range of packages from consulting services to practices and clinicians as well as face to face courses for allied health clinicians from new graduate level to those who wish to start their own business.
Purchase MK Healthcare products at https://www.myotherapy.org.au/store/
Bronnie Lennox Thompson is a highly regarded and well-sought after leader in pain research and is a postgraduate lecturer in psychosocial and cultural aspects of pain.
Bronnie’s passion is to help people experiencing chronic health problems achieve their highest potential in life. She has worked in the fields of chronic pain management for twenty years helping people develop self-management skills using a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy as well as physical therapies. Bronnie is also a professor at the University of Otago in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Bronnie has graced the stage in previous years at Myotherapy Association Australia's National Conference, and we are absolutely delighted to again have the opportunity to chat with Bronnie and have her share her insights about chronic pain.
Connect with Bronnie via linked in at: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/bronniet
Thank you to our sponsor:
KLT Fitness: Kinetic Link Training (KLT) is a systematic approach to biomechanically balanced, full-body resistance training.
Wayne is a sports physiotherapist and fitness coach with 32 years experience in the health and fitness industries. He has been a sports physiotherapist for several national and international sports teams, including the Australian Netball team and the Australian Commonwealth Games team.
With an ability to convert complex high-performance, health and well-being concepts into vitalized messages and simple strategies.
Join our host, Tessa Verrier as she learns more about Wayne's work and educational resources in the are of Kinetic Link Training (KLT), a systematic approach to biomechanically balanced, full-body resistance training.
Participants of Wayne's KLT workshops leave with the confidence to achieve fantastic physical performance results with their patients, plus great long-term health and wellbeing.
This episode of MyoMatters is proudly sponsored by Kinetic Link Training (KLT): Learn more at https://klt.fitness/live-courses.html
Register toady for our upcoming KLT workshop at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/klt-1-functional-strength-conditioning-brisbane-14pd-tickets-132886664591
Here about the importance in building your brand equity. Understand why consumers choose you over your competitor and why they keep coming back and want to send all their mates.
More about you guest Sally Stabler
Sally is the founder of Get Out There Marketing and Get Out There Adventures.
Sally has been described as a dynamo, she has the ability to listen and understand the business problem to then create and implement clear strategies to ensure businesses are able to have a clear run way to achieve their results. She is extremely passionate to empower and connect business owners to the strategies, knowledge and tools to deliver these results.
She holds a Masters of Business (Integrated Marketing Communications) and a Mini MBA by Marketing Week – Mark Ritson. She focused her masters thesis on how digital is impacting brand equity which found the significance in how using digital platforms to streamline your business systems along with how you communicate to your ideal customers is profound in today’s world.
She is excited to be working with businesses to build strong strategies in their businesses to ensure they get more visitors, giving themselves more time and energy whilst delivering the results they need.
Get Out There Marketing aims to simplify and individualise marketing so you can dedicate your time to the most valuable portion.
Location: Brisbane , Queensland
Email: Sallyhstabler@gmail.com
Phone: 0439 601 588
Get Out There Marketing: @getouttheremarketing (instagram)
Get Out There Adventures: https://getoutthereadventures.com.au/
Learn more about becoming a part of Australia's peak myotherapy association at: https://www.myotherapy.org.au/
Hear our host Tessa Verrier chat with Tunteeya (Teeya) Yamaoka, Registered Psychologist as she chats about practitioner burn-out and the stress of managing today's ever-changing environment.
Tunteeya is often inspired by people who make the brave decision to change their life. Tunteeya’s goal in therapy is to explore what kind of thoughts and feelings lead you to make this commitment and help you take action to move forward towards a more vital life. She uses Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behaviors Therapy (CBT) to help you to become the person that you aim to be.
Tunteeya has a wealth of experience in clinical psychotherapy. She has worked with clients with a wide variety of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD and adjustment problems. Tunteeya spent several years in Sydney working for various different organizations including Charles Sturt University where she worked as a Psychologist and School Counsellor to support students with their social, emotional and educational needs. She has also worked in one of Sydney’s most prestigious developmental clinics with expertise in the treatment of ADHD for over 20 years.
Learn more about Teeya at https://www.ikigaipsychology.com.au/
We thank our sponsors CPD HEALTH COURSES
https://www.cpdhealthcourses.com/
TO BE OR NOT TO BE REGISTERED......THAT IS THE QUESTION?
The debate surrounding AHPRA registration has often floated in and out of forum discussions, MA events and over a friendly cuppa. However the COVID pandemic seems to have fueled that fire and very much brought it to the forefront of discussions again, particularly as it seems many governments often default to AHPRA registered health professionals when considering who can and cannot practice during the various lockdown stages.
So what does it mean to be a registered profession? And can we truly move forward as a health profession if we are not? Read more about 'what is registration' at https://www.myotherapy.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/What-is-Registration-myotherapy.pdf
Is registration the holy grail to solving all our challenges faced as an emerging health profession? From endorsed care plans to GST, private health rebates, allied health lists to myotherapy specific item codes, must we be a registered profession to gain access?
And if it's not AHPRA, what is the answer?
Join our host and Myotherapy Association Australia CEO Anna Yerondais as she chats with CEO's of Osteopathy Australia - Antony Nicholas and ESSA - Anita Hobson-Powell to discuss what it means to be registered and what self-regulation means.
This is a discussion you do not want to miss.
This episode of MyoMatters is proudly sponsored by:
Corporate.Work.Health.Australia
Join our host, Tessa Verrier (Clinical Myotherapist and Business owner) as she chats with today's special guest Michael Hall.
Michael is a chartered accountant and founder of The Accountables Professional Advisors and NDIS Plan Manager. Listen as Michael and Tessa chat about all things relating to starting a business and some key considerations to support and guide you when making financial decisions.
Michael explains how important it is to have the right support staff to help guide you through cash flow and financials decisions of a start-up business. So don't let the numbers scare you when starting or growing your business.
This epsiode of MyoMatters is proudly supported by:
Evidence for Exercise
Learn more or connect with Michael Hall on LinkedIn at https://au.linkedin.com/in/micheal-hall-0a529a70
Join our host Kathryn Cross as she continues her discussions with our special guests Cher Hetherington and Lucy Frostick of Fix Movement Performance located in Victoria's regional Victorian town of Shepparton and more recently opening their doors to the residents up north in Noosa, QLD.
Today Kathryn discusses what a CovidSafe clinic looks like:
- how can we use this to our advantage
- what a CovidSafe plan looks like
- how to modify your plan specific to your clinic and jurisdiction requirements
- infection control, hygiene and laundry requires, and
- how to best manage the 'covid-deniers'So kick back or plug in those ear pods and take a listen to how you make a CovidSafe clinic work best for you your team and clients.
Thanks to our sponsors
MyoMix Growth Group - a group developed for people in the business of Myotherapy that wish to learn, share and grow personally and professionally.
Download your CovidSafe template developed by MA in conjunction with the FIX team here.
Covid has posed many challenges for business, and for private practices that were forced to close their doors during hard lockdown periods the question remains, how do you ensure you can attract your patients back without it seeming like cold calling after periods of closure?
Join host Kathryn Cross (Clinical Myotherapist) as she chats with seasoned business owner/operator and fellow myo Cher Hetherington and staff member Lucy Frostick of Fix Muscle Performance (formerly Shepparton Myotherapy) about ethical ways in which she and her team work to ensure they attract and maintain their clientele following Covid lockdowns.
Cher is originally from Wahgunyah, Victoria. Cher started her business in 1995 in Shepparton as a single owner operator.
Shepparton Myotherapy became Fix Muscle Performance and moved to new location in March 2017 and now employs up to 30 staff members at 116 Corio Street Shepparton, Victoria.
Cher has been involved in World Cycling working with Garmin Cervelo and Orica Green Edge between 2009 to 2014.
Cher created an App called MyoCycle in 2013 alongside World Champion and Australian Gold Medialsit Brett Lancaster.
Cher is the founder of the event “Prepare Like A Pro” daubing in 2015 and has recently launched Myo Mix Growth Group, for people in the business of myotherapy keen to networked with like-minded individuals and businesses keen to grow personally and professionally.
After over 25 years in business Cher still has fierce passion for Myotherapy and the future of the industry. The clinic accepts many High School Work Experience Students as well as Myotherapy University Students needing to complete their observation hours, Cher is happy to provide this opportunity as she believes this is how you nurture the future of this fabulous profession.
Deep dive as we discuss:
- how to attract patients back following lockdown periods
- challenges experienced with a return to practice
- strategies on how to prepare to practice
- how clinicians in our Sunshine State were impacted and managed their return to clinical care
- how to make your business CovidSafe for you and your patients
Thanks to our Sponsors:MyoMix Growth Group - Hear and learn from industry experts
Download a copy of your CovidSafe Plan template developed by MA in conjunction with FIX here, and remember as recommended by our guests, update your plan relevant to government announcements for your jurisdiction.
We welcome you to our first Episode of MyoMatters.
Join our host, Tessa Verrier (Clinical Myotherapist and Business owner) as she chats with today's special guest, Ebonie Rio.
Ebonie Rio is a post doc researcher and physiotherapist from Latrobe University who has dedicated her time to understanding tendon pain, rehabilitation, pain perception and education. During this episode she touches on tendon rehabilitation protocols, pain perception and the importance of pain education.
Ebonie Bio: https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/display/erio
Ebonie Publications: https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/display/erio
ACE (Sponsor): https://advancedclinicaled.com/
Read more about the research Ebonie refers to in this episode of MyoMatters:
- ICON 2019: International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: Clinical Terminology
- Revisiting the continuum model of tendon pathology: What is its merit in clinical practice and research?
- Eccentric or Concentric Exercises for the Treatment of Tendinopathies?
- Using visuo-kinetic virtual reality to induce illusory spinal movement: the MoOVi Illusion
Where to search for reputable research resources?
Google Scholar, PubMed, BMJ Journals