Sports Therapy Association Podcast

About Sports Therapy Association Podcast

The STA Clinician Podcast - 'Connecting Clinicians Across Healthcare' - is recorded LIVE every Tuesday at 8pm (UK) on the Sports Therapy Association YouTube channel and Facebook Page, and then uploaded as a podcast to all popular platforms. After 5 years of broadcasting weekly as the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, the name of the podcast has been updated to reflect how our content is of value & interest to all health care professionals, with a major goal being to promote conversations that embrace & nurture multidisciplinary care. Hosted by Matt Phillips (creator of Runchatlive.com), we welcome all health care professionals to join us for the live recording, a chance to network with fellow therapists and discuss topics that together help us all move forward as an industry. The Sports Therapy Association (STA) is a professional representation for Sports Therapists, Sports Injury Therapists and Soft Tissue Therapists. We have worked passionately to develop a truly independent and ethical association that is committed to raising standards across the industry and progressing opportunities for our valued members.

Publisher

Sports Therapy Association

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Nov 2020

Latest episode

7 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

303 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Nov 2026

   Ep.307: 'Managing Low Back Pain In Youth Athletes' with special guest Angela Jackson

   In Ep.307 of The STA Clinician Podcast, host Matt Phillips is joined by Angela Jackson, creator of Kids Back 2 Sport, a specialist platform providing evidence-based, educational resources to help support getting injured children safely back to sport. Angela discusses low back pain in youth athletes, focusing on the symptoms and risk factors of lumbar bone stress injury, alongside early recognition and management strategies to ensure successful outcomes. It covers how growth, training-load spikes, and low energy availability increase risk, why this differs from adult back pain, and practical ways clinicians and parents can spot early signs. The episode also explains diagnosis (why MRI is preferred to X-ray), staged rehabilitation that avoids harmful extension loading, strategies for monitoring load and preparing end-stage, and Angie’s Kids Back to Sport resources. Angela will be presenting on this topic at the Therapy Show at The NEC Birmingham this November.

2. 

   29 Oct 2026

   Ep.306 'Clinical Conversations That Work' with special guest Jo Turner of Mehab

   In Ep.306 of The STA Clinician Podcast, host Matt Phillips is joined by Jo Turner, founder of Mehab.co.uk and co-creator of Coaching Unpeeled. The conversation explores practical coaching approaches that improve clinician well‑being and patient care, including active listening, asking permission, anchoring yourself in the consultation, and how tailoring communication can help neurodivergent individuals, and indeed all clients & patients. Jo also talks about her up & coming presentation at Therapy Show at The NEC Birmingham this November, alongside Coaching Unpeeled co-founder Joanne Elphinston.

3. 

   24 Oct 2026

   Ep.305 'Sports Medicine and the Pelvic Floor - Science to Practice' with guest Gráinne Donnelly

   Gráinne Donnelly is an Advanced Practice Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Doctoral Researcher, and Editor based in Northern Ireland, UK. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy and editor of the scientific textbook ”Sports Medicine and the Pelvic Floor: Science to Practice”. Her doctoral research focuses on compression garments to support postpartum return to running. In this episode of The STA Clinician Podcast, Gráinne joins host Matt Phillips to discuss key insights from the new textbook, her current research, and details of her upcoming presentation, ’Return to Sport after Pregnancy — a Sports Medicine Lens’, delivering at this year’s Therapy Show at the NEC Birmingham.

Who has been a guest on Sports Therapy Association Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Cecily Hislop
• Nichola Smith
• Rebecca Stone
• Jessica Janneman
• Bonnie Southgate

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

36 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

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Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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