https://primalphysiotherapy.com.au/thegradproject

The Grad Project, 780 Burke Road, Boroondara (2025)

19/07/2023

DO YOU STRUGGLE TO GET YOUR CLIENTS TO DO THEIR ANKLE REHAB? 🥲

I get it, ankle rehab can be boring. It’s why a lot of clients will stop doing them after their ankle sprain is better… a few months later we might see them again for the same issue 🤔

I find the way we explain things can help clients to really understand WHY they need to do exercises, even after they’re better. I have found these two points have worked really well in getting the compliance from my clients. Try these little explanations- they’ll make a massive difference! 🦶

26/10/2022

💥PRIVATE PRACTICE MENTORSHIP WORKSHOP💥

On the back end of our most recent workshop, we’ve had plenty of messages asking if we could run another one before the year ends. Due to the growing interests, we will be hosting a second workshop! 😎

Many university courses fail to give us the necessary skills to be successful in private practice. This is why so many new graduates suffer from imposter syndrome and effectively "burn out", believing that they just can't cut it in private practice. If you don't invest in your career, then your career will not reward you for your time and efforts. Did you know the general career span of a physiotherapist is 8 years? That is a lot of years to study for just 8 years of time in an industry. It is now time for us to develop a a system where we can create more success for new graduates coming into the private practice industry.
This intimate workshop is designed to get you READY for success in private practice. Achieve your potential as a therapist and learn from someone who has BEEN THERE and DONE THAT. In this workshop, we will:
✅ Identify common weaknesses in new grad therapists
✅ Work out individual strategies that will work for you to combat those weaknesses
✅ Common mistakes that new grad therapists make in their consultations
✅ Improve analytical skills for clinical cases
✅ Adopt an effective treatment model that will work for every initial consultation
✅ Improve confidence and overcome Imposter Syndrome
✅ Learn effective business and sales techniques that can make you successful for years to come
and much more!

To book, you can click the link on our bio! Limited spaces available!

19/10/2022

📚 Sorry I’ve been MIA for a while! Life has been really busy and social media has been quite low on the priority list for the past few months. I am reminding myself that it’s okay to be missing from social media because I have been focusing and channeling my energy on helping those around me and putting in 110% for ⭐️

But I also understand that my absence has been missed as I know so many of you enjoy the content and vision of The Grad Project and Primal…and for that I say thank you! 🫶

As we get closer to the end of the year, I can’t help but think of all the students who have come through our doors this year for placement. I am beyond excited for the next generation of clinicians to come through. Many of you will graduate soon and enter a career that is so worthwhile.

So on a beautiful day like this, reflect on your reason WHY 🤝

💥Why did you become a physio? An osteo? A myo?

💥What does success mean to you?

💥Why did you choose to dedicate your life to care for others?

💥What will make your career journey fulfilling? Who inspires you? And who do YOU inspire?

For me, I believe I was born to be a healthcare professional. I spent my whole life caring for others and it seems only natural to pursue a care career. My inspiration comes from those around me, wanting to achieve the same goals. Success to me, means being able to influence others to be the best they can be and to challenge their own limits.

💥What’s your why?💥

11/04/2022

It is estimated the 1 in 10 may develop plantar fasciitis in their lifetime (Riddle et. al, 2003) - it is important for us to be able to accurately pick up the most common signs and symptoms to help someone get into the right treatment pathway. The foot is a complex joint with many muscle attachments. Being able to accurately direct and tailor your treatment is so important!!

SWIPE RIGHT ➡️➡️➡️ and save this post for a rainy day 🌧

07/04/2022

Ankle and Foot Tendinopathy 🦶

Here is a little table for you clinicians out there! Foot and ankle tendinopathy is a pretty common occurrence in private practice! We see it quite often and being able to differentiate between all the structures of the foot is important.

Specific conditions require specific rehab! Figure out which tendon is affected and ensure to load that tendon appropriately!

14/02/2022

💥COMMON REHAB VARIABLES💥

There are many variables that we can change to adapt our rehab principles. Remember that changing up exercises doesn’t just mean sets and reps! We can change many, many variables and it’s important to understand the WHY behind our choices. Here are some commons variables you can change along with the WHY:

1. Sets/reps: think about the purpose of the exercises you are prescribing. Is it for endurance, strength, hyper trophy etc? I also like to think of the purpose of the muscle in action too! E.g long distance runners will do better with endurance reps for gastrocs!

2. ROM: every muscle has an optimal and sub-optimal length. We can use this principle to modify such range we want our client to work at. E.g Hamstring tears often happen at the lengthened position so eventually working the muscle in this range is important!

3. Speed/Tempo: tempo is a great variable to change up if we want to make exercises harder but keep the same exercise and weight. Remember loading isn’t just about adding weight, it can also be about time under tension! Speed is also important for certain athletes. E.g powerlifters will actually need quicker tempo exercises to help their performance 🏋🏻‍♀️

4. RPE: RPE is a great tool and understanding what RPE someone needs to work is important. We can work an older non-active client at 50% but it working make sense to do the same for a 20 year old looking to return to sports.

The key message is to modify these variables to your client and to remember that there are many variables we can apply 👏💯

09/02/2022

We hope you’ve all enjoyed January’s posts which have been focused on getting the basics of private practice. We now head to the next block of posts which will focus on training principles and how we can implement training into rehab 👍💪

An important concept to understand is being able to combine rehab and training together - we must be able to understand people’s sports, daily activities and be able to break down and analyse movements.

Watch out for this months posts which will help guide you through exercise principles ✅🏃🏻‍♀️⚽️

08/02/2022

🏋🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️ Half of the battle sometimes is making sure our clients understand, comply and also, does the right exercises that we prescribe 🤣

Here are some strategies to implement to help clients remember their exercises!!

1. Write it down: nothing is more simple than writing it down on a piece of paper with a simple drawing. Sometimes I get clients to stick it on their fridge, computer desk and even at staircases to help remind them to do their rehab!

2. Send a YouTube link: find the right video and send it to your client. This will help them remember what to do but also they can access this wherever and whenever!

3. Video them on their phone: this is a great one for more complicated exercises or those that require more cues. This is a tailored and effective way for clients to remember what to do.

4. Practice, practice, practice! What better way to remember than repetition. I always get clients to do one set with cues and reminders, and a couple of sets without. Remember that they can’t take you home with them - so we need to encourage independence and learning in our sessions too!!

05/02/2022

💥SHORT TERM VS LONG TERM SOLUTIONS💥

There is definitely value in short-term solutions to help manage pain. Don’t shy away from prescribing this, so long as you prescribe them for the intended use. To become an effective clinician, we need to understand our clients perspective- remember that it is CLIENT CENTRED CARE, not clinician centred. We work together with our client to develop a solid rehab solution, and that definitely does include short term pain management.

Empowering our clients to understand their injury, the purpose of short term solutions and the reward of long term management is imperative in getting them better.

30/01/2022

💭HOW DO WE CHOOSE THE RIGHT EXERCISES FOR OUR CLIENTS?

There should be MANY things to consider when choosing the right exercise for your client’s injuries and problem. If you don’t consider these factors, you run the risk of becoming a cookie cutter clinician who will just give clients the same thing over and over again. In the end, we become stagnant, we lose our creativity and ultimately our clinical reasoning.

Individualisation of exercise is super important - consider goals, aim, accessibility, client understanding and compliance!! These factors are often neglected where in fact, they are the most important!

You can’t get results if you clients don’t do their exercises! 😬

28/01/2022

⭐️ WOW, look at the space so far! ⭐️

We’re now waiting on equipment to arrive! Can’t wait to launch this space for educational workshops, seminars, professional development and mentoring 🙌 We’re committed and passionate for improvements in our healthcare - it starts with YOU! Commitment to learning and development is a must in the healthcare industry. Surround yourself with people who believe this vision and SUPPORT it 🙌💯

And yes, that is a handmade 3m oak conference table in the making 😬😍

17/01/2022

⏰ Time management in private practice is easily the most overlooked skill that can help with so many things! If we can manage time well, this takes a lot of pressure of us as clinicians and can leave us valuable time to build rapport and do our treatment to the best of our abilities! Here are our top tips for time management 👍

1. Section your consults: learn to allocate time to each section of your consult. You can refer to our previous post on how to section 👏

2. Plan ahead DURING your consult. While you’re doing your subjective, you should be thinking about your objective. While you do your objective, you should be thinking about your treatment. And you guessed it, while you’re treating you should be thinking about your plan! 😄 This keeps you ahead and in control of what you do!

3. Write notes as you go: you should note down important information that the client gives you during your consult. Leaving this to the end of the day means you have to spend so much time revisiting your day! Do it then and there 👏

4. Don’t do too much too soon: learn to prioritise measures and treatment options for what’s presented to you. You can always add more if you need to in your next session. Sometimes less is more!

5. Write down tasks: I always recommend keeping some sort of diary, list or reminders of things that I need to do. Sometimes tasks can get out of hand. Write them down as soon as it gets presented to you. That way, you won’t forget while you’re in the midst of treating!

11/01/2022

Here some really good segways to help control your subjective. We don’t want to be spending a majority of our time doing just the subjective so we need to be smart about our questioning. Finding the right information will give us the clues 🕵️‍♀️ to what the diagnosis and plan will be.

Be effective! Be efficient!

Have you got any good segways to share? Comment below! 👇

08/01/2022

Choosing the right objective measures can be difficult 😣 There are heaps of tests out there. Some with high reliability, some with low. Some are subjective and different for every clinician, and some are standardised. So which ones should you pick!?! 🥸

Here’s our top tips to choosing the right assessments:

1. Choose a pathway: based on your client’s subjective, you should think about which clinical direction you are heading with your reasoning. Go with your (clinical) gut!
2. Don’t overtest: if you are testing multiple areas and structures, you will end up with a very long list! Considering you will have limited time, learn to prioritise the most important tests!
3. Introduce new tests as you go: sometimes symptoms change between appts and that is okay! If your client presents at the next appt with different symptoms that doesn’t match your initial diagnosis, don’t be afraid to delve into different tests.
4. Impairment testing is useful: if a client comes in with a main problem of pain with squats, it might be hard to know where the issue is coming from just by looking at them squat. Try to break down the movement and assess what you think could be leading to the functional deficit.
5. Retest! Retesting is extremely important as you need at least one test to be your baseline. It can be as simple as your clients VAS, how many squats they can do w/o pain and even ROM! Just make sure you have one ☝️

06/01/2022

🚩RED FLAGS 🚩
Once you are in practice, it will become quite clear when a red flag presents to you. Commonly, there are certain subjective points your clients might give you - however, a really good skill is to learn when to dig deeper into your questioning. It may be silly to all of a sudden ask a client if they’ve lost weight recently 🤪🤣

Here’s an example:
“What’s your 24h pain?”
If a client answers night pain only - then this is a cue to dig deeper and figure out whether pain is unexplained or mechanical. You may also ask as a follow up - “Do you experience fevers/chills/sweats with the night pain?”

Follow up questions and painting the full overall picture is important to picking up a red flag 🚩 It will never be just one piece of information that will lead you - learn to ask more relevant questions!

👈 These are the common points you may come across - however there are many more points that may present! Dig deeper - but only if you need to 😎

06/01/2022

⚡️GPO HQ UPDATE⚡️

We started works on GPO HQ in late Oct/early November 2021 and are so happy with how it’s coming along. It’s starting to take shape 👏

Mind you, all this work has been completed all by us . Everything you see here is being built from scratch. Blood, sweat and tears combined with 16 hour days is all worth it to bring you the BEST we can. We will be holding regular workshops and seminars for a variety of topics that will help you enhance your practice and careers. We’re all about bringing each other up and working together ⬆️

Our mission is to create a community of health professionals who give a sh*t about the care they provide to people and who won’t settle for less 🔥

We’re 110% committed to providing quality education to all and hope that you join us on our mission to update, modernise and improve healthcare 👏🙌👊

***y

20/12/2021

You asked for it, and we listened 🙌

Now a plan is in motion to deliver education like it’s never been done before. We are in the process of building The GPO HQ located in Melbourne VIC. Due to be completed in late Feb 2022 💯

Get ready for an awesome schedule in 2022 of face to face seminars and workshops designed to make you a successful and effective clinician. We are currently working on a schedule of topics to help new grads and students be confident in their skills and abilities in their new grad year.

The workshops and seminars are designed for all allied health and healthcare professionals. We believe that the title should not dictate whether you can help someone get better - it’s a matter of being able to analyse and formulate an effective plan 💪

More information on 2022 to come!! We cannot wait to deliver high quality education to you ✌️

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16/12/2021

Here’s a few more tips for you to take on board for your interview process. Know that every little thing makes a difference and will paint a picture of what you will be like to work with. Remember….

This is a career, not a casual job. Treat it with professionalism and think about the future.

1. Have questions ready: prepare this in advance. There will always be questions but nothing is worse than someone who can’t think of anything to ask 🤪

2. Understand company vision: this is pretty important for the future. Does the vision align with you? If you are working for a cause, you want to ensure that you give your best to that cause. Find out what the vision is and if it’s the one for you.

3. Be confident - but not too confident. Remember that you are newly graduated and will need some experience under your belt working as a therapist. A volunteer job and work experience will give you some tools to but no where near enough to confidently tell a potentially employer that you know it all. Know your limits!

4. Lasting impression: underrated but so important. I can tell you now, the ones that catch my attention are those that send an email, thanking us for our time and that they look forward to hearing from us. Sometimes things as simple as social etiquette and manners will travel a long way! Don’t be scared to send an email after your interview 😊

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