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Inform Performance

Andy McDonald

Health & Fitness

Frequency: 1 episode/11d. Total Eps: 229

The Inform Perform Podcast is an industry show focussed on Sports Performance and Sports Medicine. The show interviews thought leaders and professionals that support elite athletes and teams. The aim of the show is to deconstruct the strategies and philosophies the guests utilise in their working environment or area of expertise. Featured guests have worked across the NBA, NFL, MLB, F1, World title Boxing, EPL and more.

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#73

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https://andymcdonaldperformance.com/
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https://www.valdperformance.com/
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https://informperformance.com/
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Athletic Shoulder: Edel Fanning - Return to Performance Testing

Episode 154

Thursday, September 19, 2024 • Duration 50:33

Episode 154: Ben Ashworth chats to Dr Edel Fanning, BSc, MSc, PhD. Edel is a chartered physiotherapist and leads the upper limb rehabilitation service at the Sports Surgery Clinic, Dublin. Prior to working in Dublin, she worked as a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in the UK National Health Service. She has a keen interest in shoulder biomechanics, the sporting shoulder and injury prevention and has worked with elite athletes from a wide range of sporting disciplines. She completed her PhD at the University College Cork investigating the use of return to play criteria post glenohumeral joint stabilisation. Her work explores the role of 3D biomechanics and the use of novel upper limb functional tests in assisting return to play decision making post shoulder reconstruction in contact athletes.

Topics Discussed

The Role of Isokinetic Testing in Shoulder Rehabilitation
Objective Markers for Return to Play in Shoulder Rehabilitation
Go-To Exercises for Shoulder Rehabilitation
The Role of Psychological Readiness and Confidence

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Jesse Elis (Director of Health and Performance at the Portland Trail Blazers)

Episode 56

Friday, November 6, 2020 • Duration 51:53

Episode 56: Andy McDonald chats Jesse Elis the Director of Health and Performance at the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team. Jesse is a PT with a background in professional tennis in the WTA and was formerly the Director of Physical Therapy at EXOS. In addition to this he is also the co-owner of Phoenix Manual Therapy. This conversation with Jesse is focused around communication, collaboration and biomechanics through Jesse's broad knowledge and appreciation for performance, leadership and sports medicine.

In this episode Andy and Jesse discuss:

Jesse’s background
Current role at the Trail Blazers
Communicating with players as a PT
Communicating with management
Risk management
PT S&C’ collaboration
Communicating diagnosis with S&C’s
Biomechanics

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Sponsor

Inform Performance is sponsored by VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training

Sérgio T Fonseca (Professor at the University Federal de Minas Gerais and Editor in Chief of the Brazilian Journal of Physiotherapy)

Episode 55

Thursday, October 29, 2020 • Duration 58:20

Episode 55: Andy McDonald chats to Sérgio T Fonseca. Sérgio is from a clinical background originally and currently works at the Department of Physical Therapy of the University Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sérgio teaches and advises in the areas of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences. His main research focus is on human movement, applying concepts of ecological approach and dynamical systems to human perception and action. This episode will focus on the philosophy of patient or athlete management as it relates to his work on systems.

In this episode Andy and Sérgio discuss:

- Sérgio's background
- Reductionism, complicated and complex systems
- Equifinality
- Evidence based practise
- Synergetic’s
- Evaluating your own systems

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Mike Friday (USA Rugby Mens 7's Head Coach)

Episode 54

Friday, October 23, 2020 • Duration 53:25

Episode 54: Andy McDonald chats to Mike Friday USA Rugby Mens 7's Head Coach. Mike began his sporting career as a player transitioning from the amateur rugby years into the professional era, before becoming renowned as a coach. He has enjoyed multiple coaching roles across the UK, Kenya and more recently USA. In this episode with Mike we will discuss his journey from player to coach and pick out some of the key lessons he has learnt along the way.

In this episode Andy and Mike discuss:

Mike’s playing career
Athlete retirement transitions
Effects of Covid on Rugby
Current state of World Rugby 7’s
Mike’s coaching background
Role at USA Rugby Sevens
Working for Kenyan 7’s
Lessons learnt coaching in different cultures
Sharing medical information with coaches

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Tendon Research Survey

The aim of this survey of physiotherapists is to identify criteria for diagnosis of tendinopathy. This study aims to establish the key clinical questions and tests physiotherapists use during clinical examination of Achilles tendinopathy. Establishing a set of clinical questions and objective measures for Achilles tendinopathy will allow the validity of these criteria to be investigated in future projects.

Jarrod Antflick - Tendon Management (Consultant Sports Physiotherapist & Founder of Total Performance)

Episode 53

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 • Duration 44:42

Episode 53: Andy McDonald chats to Jarrod Antflick a Consultant Sports Physiotherapist in elite sport. Jarrod is the founder of Total Performance and has been working in elite sport for over 15 years as a consultant Sports Physiotherapist. His work resides in the UK consulting to teams in the English Premiere League and Premiership Rugby, and to NBA teams in the USA. Jarrrod also works as consultant physiotherapist at The Fortius Clinic London, as a specialist in tendinopathy undertaking research in the management and diagnosis of tendinopathy. In addition to this his expertise expands to profiling and motion analysis through biomechanical screening utilising IMU data and triaxial force platforms to provides context into how human force is produced. This conversation with Jarrod focusses on his approach to managing tendons in both a clinical and high performance context.

In this episode Andy and Jarrod discuss:

His background or interest in tendons
Optimal tendon function
Assessing tendons
Risk factors
Ultrasound Tissue Characterisation (UTC)
Using kinematics and kinetics to solve problems
RTP criteria for tendons

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James Moore - Hamstring Special (Co-Founder of The Health Development & Performance Network - HDPN)

Episode 52

Thursday, October 8, 2020 • Duration 01:04:26

Episode 52: Andy McDonald chats to James Moore the Co-Founder of the Health Development & Performance Network (HDPN). James also currently holds the position of Clinical Director of Sports & Exercise Medicine at the Centre for Health & Human Performance (CHHP). One of the highlights of James’ career, to date, was to be awarded the Deputy Chef de Mission Performance Service for Team GB at the Rio2016 Olympic Games. He has previously held titles such as Head for Performance for TeamGB, Manager for the Intensive Rehabilitation Unit for the British Olympic Association (BOA), Head of Medical at Saracens RFC, Consultant Clinical Lead Physiotherapist for UK Athletics for two Olympic cycles(Beijing & London), Consultant Physiotherapist for the RFU to the England Men’s Senior team in preparation for RWC2011 and Medical team leader for Gloucester County Cricket Club. James has worked with multiple sports throughout the UK, USA and Australia at the highest level and has expertise on hip & groin as well as hamstring injuries.

In this episode Andy and James discuss:

James’s background
Muscle Injury classifications
Communicating classifications & diagnosis
Communicating with radiology
Neuromuscular loading strategies for short & long head of Biceps Femoris
Adductor Magnus as a functional hamstring
Putting nordics in perspective
Torque ratios at the hip

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Mick Hughes - ACL Rehab (Co-founder of the Melbourne ACL Rehabilitation Guide & @learnphysio)

Episode 51

Thursday, October 1, 2020 • Duration 58:28

Episode 51: Andy McDonald chats to Mick Hughes a Physiotherapist and Exercise Physiologist who consults at The Melbourne Sports Medicine Centre, Collins St Melbourne. During his Physio career Mick has worked with elite junior sporting teams such as the NQ Cowboys U20s rugby league team and the Newcastle Jets National Youth League and Emerging Jets Academy soccer teams. In this episode Andy and Mick discuss ACL rehab following Mick recently presenting to England Rugby on the topic. Mick has a large following online and is a reputable educator in this space.

In this episode Andy and Mick discuss:

Updates in ACL rehab
Strength & Conditioning for ACL’s
Re-considering the term “Conservative Management”
Implementing OKC earlier
Moon registry of ACL’s
Baseline performance Data

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Nick Winkelman (Head of Athletic Performance & Science for Irish Rugby Football Union)

Episode 50

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 • Duration 59:04

Episode 50: Andy McDonald chats to Nick Winkelman the head of athletic performance & science for the Irish Rugby Football Union. His primary role is to oversee the delivery and development of strength & conditioning and sports science across all national (Men's and Women's XV’s and 7’s) and provincial teams (Leinster, Munster, Connacht, and Ulster). Nick was previously the director of education and training systems for EXOS (formerly Athletes' Performance), located in Phoenix, AZ. At EXOS Nick oversaw the speed and assessment component of the EXOS NFL Combine Development Program and supported many athletes across the NFL, MLB, NBA, National Sports Organizations, and Military. Nick has also completed his Ph.D. through Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions with a dissertation focus on motor skill learning and sprinting. In this episode Andy and Nick will be primarily discussing topics from his recent book - The Language of Coaching.

In this episode Andy and Nick discuss:

Nicks background
The language of coaching
Discussing how rather than what
The coach & athlete relationship
Cueing
Understanding athletes information needs
Monitoring language
Moving to Ireland

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