Podcast

STA99: ’Nutrition: Mind Over Matter?’ with special guest Dr Gary Mendoza

New month, new Focus Topic... NUTRITION! Join us for LIVE video recordings of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast throughout May at 8pm (GMT+1) with special guests discussing nutrition related topics.

Our special guest Dr Gary Mendoza, a behaviour change expert and lecturer in Nutrition for Sport & Exercise at Bath Spa and Cardiff Metropolitan Universities, opens the month with an episode entitled 'Nutrition: Mind Over Matter?'

Dr Mendoza was a guest back in August 2021 in Ep64 of the Sports Therapy Asspciation Podcast: 'Motivational Interviewing for Client Communication', and in this episode discusses how important an understanding of Behaviour Change is when working with patients or clients trying to manage their weight.

STA98: 'In-Home Polysomnography' with special guest Dr Amy M Bender

And so we reach the final part of our 'SLEEP AWARENESS MONTH' on the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, with special guest Dr Amy M Bender, Director of Clinical Sleep Science at Cerebra, talking about 'In-Home Polysomnography' and sharing the results of host Matt Phillips' recent five week sleep study.

What is in-Home Polysomnography?
The most comprehensive form of sleep study currently available requires going to a sleep-lab. However, for many the sleeping environment is unnatural and equipment uncomfortable. A popular alternative is the ‘Home Sleep Apnea Test’ (HSAT), which though convenient only measures breathing and respiratory functions, not sleep quality.

Enter the ‘Cerebra Sleep System‘ – an in-home, self applied polysomnogram (PSG) that provides the quality diagnostics of an in-lab study with the convenience of Home Sleep Apnea Testing.

For those of you who like the nitty gritty, Cerebra Sleep System uses the patented algorithm Odds Ratio Product (ORP) that micro analyses the Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal providing a continuous measure of sleep depth, moving beyond conventional scoring methods to dig deeper into brain activity.

STA97: ’Sleep: Injury & Performance’ with special guest Dr Jonathan Charest

Part 3 of our 'SLEEP AWARENESS MONTH' on the Sports Therapy Association Podcast brings you 'Sleep: Injury & Performance' with special guest Dr Jonathan Charest, Director of Athlete Sleep Services at The Centre for Sleep & Human Performance, in Calgary, Canada.

Dr Charest, a published scientific author in the field of sleep research, discusses the impact sleep quality/quantity can have on athletic performance, cognition, health, and mental well-being. He also talks about the role of sleep in reducing risk of injury, and how by delivering education, screening tools, and research-based strategies we can help establish healthy sleep for athletes throughout their career.

Topics discussed include:

Has there been an increase in our understanding of the relationship between sleep and athletic performance over the last few years?
Do athletes sleep worse than non athletic population?
Does going to bed earlier the night before early morning training help?
How relevant are Circadian Rhythms and Chronotypes when it comes to working with athletes?
Are potential future elite athletes slipping through the net because of insufficient sleep?
Do elite athletes for different sports tend to be of the same chronotype?
What are some ways we can help athletes who are suffering from inadequate sleep?
How useful are sleep trackers and wearables to athletes?
How much of a factor is the type of sport when it comes to sleep inadequacy?
Can athletes 'bank' sleep hourse and if so how long do saved hours last?
What strategies can we give to athletes to help them improve their sleep?

STA96: Sleep Awareness Month Pt2 - ’Sleep Trackers’ with guest Dr Olivia Walch

'SLEEP AWARENESS MONTH' on the Sports Therapy Association Podcast continues with Part 2: 'Sleep Trackables' with special guest Dr Olivia Walch, CEO of Arcascope, a company that develops science-backed apps to help people fix their sleep and circadian rhythms. Because SLEEP is such a massively important topic, this month's episodes are being recorded LIVE on not just the STA YouTube Channel but also Runchatlive Facebook Page!

With an estimated one in three people in the UK reporting regular sleep complaints, it is not surprising that sleep trackers have become enormously popular over the last few years. On waking up, our faithful Fitbit, Oura Ring or Withings Sleep Analyzer (to name just three) will inform you of the quantity & quality of your night's sleep, but just how accurate are they? Can the information these consumer sleep wearables provide be put to good use, or are they just another modern day gadget causing dependency and anxiety?

Special guest Dr Olivia Walch takes us through such questions to see how marketing claims hold up under the scrutiny of science, and discusses what role they can play in improving sleep health.

STA95: Sleep Awareness Month Pt1 - ’Sleep: The Silent Epidemic’with guest Jesse Cook

It's 'SLEEP AWARENESS MONTH' on the Sports Therapy Association Videocast & Podcast! Because SLEEP is such a massively important topic, this month's episodes are being recorded LIVE on not just the STA YouTube Channel but also Runchatlive Facebook Page!

APRIL 5^th- 'Sleep: The Silent Epidemic' with Jesse Cook, Clinical Psychology PhD Student and Sleep Researcher
APRIL 12^th - 'Sleep Trackers' with Dr Olivia Walch, CEO of Arcascope, PhD Applied Mathematics.
APRIL 19^th - 'Sleep: Injury & Performance' with Dr Jonathan Charest, Director of Athlete Sleep Service at Centre For Sleep & Human Performance
APRIL 26^th - 'In-Home Polysomnogram' with Dr Amy M. Bender, Director of Clinical Sleep Science at Cerebra, including results of my 30 night Sleep study! Amy was my guest in August 2021 in Ep63 ‘How Sleep Affects Sports And Fitness’.

Feel free to join us LIVE on Tuesdays throughout April at 8pm (GMT+1)!

STA94 'Recognising Rheumatology' with special guest Jack March

In the final part of this month's 'Focus on CPD', we welcome special guest Jack March of www.rheumatology.physio. Jack is Clinical Lead for the Rheumatology service delivered by Chews Health, and one of the voices behind The Physio Matters Podcast.

In this live hour, Jack talks to us about his 'Recognising Rheumatology' CPD courses, designed to help soft tissue therapists recognise symptoms and signs of rheumatologic conditions in clinical practice.

This is of huge importance because, as Jack explains, these sympoms often 'masquerade' as the type of lower back pain which most therapists and patients will be sorted via massage and manual therapy and as a result can go undiagnosed for years delaying important disease-modifying treatment.

Jack's website https://rheumatology.physio/ includes blogs, details of courses and the highly recommended Recognising Rheumatology Audio Book.

The next courses Jack has coming up are:

ONLINE - Recognising Rheumatology (half day): 12/April
BIRMINGHAM - Recognising Rheumatology (full day): 07/May
EXETER - Recognising Rheumatology (full day): 09/July