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The Shoulder Physio Podcast

by Jared Powell

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#68: Is physical therapy just a therapeutic ritual? With Prof. Chad Cook

October 20, 2026 · 54 min

Jared is joined by Professor Chad Cook who is one of the great researchers and academics in the field of physical therapy. Chad is clear and cogent voice on many topics but I especially love his more recent work on treatment mechanisms…
#67 Shoulder impingement with Professor Jeremy Lewis

September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

Jared is joined by Professor Jeremy Lewis who really needs no introduction but we will give him one just for fun. Jeremy is a researcher, educator, physiotherapist, and one of the biggest names in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. In this…
#66: Does the supraspinatus muscle initiate shoulder abduction?

September 15, 2026 · 21 min

The supraspinatus is one of the most misunderstood muscles in the human body. This episode aims to correct that. Key resources Reed D, Cathers I, Halaki M, Ginn K. Does supraspinatus initiate shoulder abduction? J Electromyogr Kinesiol…
#65: Are upright rows bad for your shoulders?

September 1, 2026 · 12 min

A peanut isn't dangerous until it meets someone who can't tolerate it. Same with the upright row exercise. This episode scrutinises the "worst exercise for your shoulder" claim by tracing it back to a theory that's already dead, then shows…
#64: Is measuring strength useful? With Tim Cook

August 4, 2026 · 47 min

Jared is joined by Tim Cook who is Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the University of Chichester, Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner in the NHS, and doctoral researcher to discuss their new paper with Prof. Jeremy Lewis in the Journal…

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#63: The myth of perfect movement

July 21, 2026 · 24 min

Is there really one correct way to move? For decades, clinicians and coaches have acted like there is. In this episode, we prosecute that idea. We start in a 1930s Soviet forge, where Nikolai Bernstein filmed blacksmiths and found their…
#62: Pain during exercise: friend or foe?

July 7, 2026 · 20 min

The question of allowing pain, or avoiding it, during exercise based rehab remains contentious and uncertain. So, like any good scientist, we (led by Ivy Tran) studied the evidence-base and sought an answer to this clinical conundrum to…
#61: What is a physiotherapist?

June 23, 2026 · 22 min

What is a physiotherapist? Strip away the hands, the exercises, the modalities, what's left? In this episode I argue that the "fixer" identity, the clinician who finds what's broken and corrects it, isn't where our profession came from…
#60: The Burnout Episode

June 10, 2026 · 22 min

Burnout in our profession is widespread, with most studies reporting prevalence between 8 and 23 per cent, and up to 65 per cent of recent graduates planning to leave physiotherapy within ten years. In this episode, drawing on a recent…
#59: Exercise, sets, reps and the pharmacology problem

May 26, 2026 · 22 min

Is more always better? Is there a dose response effect of exercise for musculoskeletal pain? Should exercise be just like a medication, where the dose has to be sufficient in order for it to elicit a therapeutic effect? These are the…
# 58: Most rotator cuff tears don't hurt

May 12, 2026 · 26 min

The FIMAGE study scanned both shoulders of 602 adults from the general population using high-resolution 3-Tesla MRI. Only 7 had a structurally normal rotator cuff. In this episode, I walk through what the study found, why 78% of…
#57: Stop Looking for a Winner: The Case for Treatment Pluralism

April 28, 2026 · 18 min

In this episode, I walk through my recent JOSPT paper arguing that no single treatment modality has proven itself superior for musculoskeletal pain and that the profession should stop pretending otherwise. Drawing on Isaiah Berlin's…