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STA217: 'Four Weeks To Therapy Expo 2024!' with guests Molly Benson, Charlotte Speer, Vernon Smeed · The STA Clinician Podcast

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Music.
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And we are live. Welcome, people, to the Sports Therapy Association podcast, episode 217.
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My name is Matt Phillips, creator of one chat live dot com.
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And as always, this episode is being recorded live on the Sports Therapy Association
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YouTube channel and Facebook page.
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Right. Let's get straight into it. Therapy Expo 2024 will be opening its doors
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once again at the Birmingham NEC on the 27th and 28th of November,
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which means it is less than four weeks away.
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So joining me in this episode to discuss what's in store for those of you who
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have bought tickets and why those of you who haven't bought tickets really should
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be buying tickets are my special guests, Therapy Expo content producer Molly Benson,
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Therapy Expo show manager Charlotte Spear, Therapy Expo business development manager Vernon Smead.
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I'm just surrounded by royalty tonight. I'm feeling so intimidated.
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I've already them but as always if you have joined us live
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then do feel free to ask questions in the comments and
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if you're listening to the podcast then thank you very much do please leave
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a rating and a review and also if you have questions
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over the next four weeks until the illustrious event takes place then feel free
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probably the best place is put them in the youtube comments for this recording
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because youtube stays live it's active we get notifications so if you've got
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any questions you'd like us to forward to our guests we'll find out the answers
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for you then probably the best thing to do is head over to the Sports Therapy
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Association YouTube channel and stick them in the comments there.
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But for now, allow me to bring up my guests for Therapy Expo 2024, four weeks to go.
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Right, there we are looking like Charlie's Angels on the screen.
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Let's change that. That's a bit of a weird look.
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Right. So hi, guys. Thank you so much for joining us. And maybe for the benefit
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of the podcast listener, who I often forget about, sorry, podcast listener,
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maybe we could start off with a little introduction from each of you just to
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say what you're involving with Therapy Expo is so they can hear your voice and
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then that'll make sense later on during the show.
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So maybe Molly Benson, would you like to start?
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Sure. So I still feel like I'm fairly new to Therapy Expo, but actually it's
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been quite a while at this point.
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So I work on the conference programs. I invite our speakers along and I sort
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of oversee the topics and the themes that we build our program around. So yeah, that's me.
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That is way too short, Molly Benson. You're so modest. Yeah.
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And you can't play the, oh, I'm new to this thing anymore.
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I mean, you work terribly hard. I know because I'm one of the recipients of
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your many wonderfully organised emails.
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Okay, what's one of the most time-conscious things that you were involved in?
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What takes up most of your time in running a show of this proportion?
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I think making sure that there's something for everyone.
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There's so many people at our show and there's so many topics to think about
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and so many incredible people to hear from is trying to make sure everyone fits in the programme.
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There's a topic, there's a session for everyone, but also that we hear from
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as many people as possible. It's quite a challenge.
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It's true. And it is. I mean, we're taking for granted now that everybody has
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listened to the last time we got together, which was episode 209, I think, a while back.
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And that's where we were telling people, right, watch out, guys,
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you've got three months to go.
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That ship has sailed and we've now only got a month to go. But what are we looking like?
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Give us a few impressive stats, Molly, so people can understand,
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listeners can understand how big this event has got now.
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So we've got our three main theatres we've got
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our two partner theatres we've got our demo zone the
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Ven Innovations Theatre and the Rock Tapes there so that's a lot of theatres we're
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way over 100 speakers at this point I think
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we're coming up I mean even on my side there's over 60
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sessions so that's you know not including the whole programme there's a lot
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to do and a lot to see but it's all nicely organised into themes and times so
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everyone can find find a plan for the day How many delegates are you thinking
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are going to come through the door this year in the NEC?
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I want to say, Charlotte, you might have dealt me with this one.
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Well, I mean, year on year, you're looking at over two to three thousand is
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what we get year on year. Two days.
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Huge event. And that's something which I'm sure we'll drop into later on as
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well, is it's not just to go and see the speakers.
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There is some amazing CPD, over 70 plus hours of amazing content.
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But I think one of the things we've talked about on the show a lot and we talked
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about last time was it's not just to go and see the speakers.
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There's huge benefit of just going mixing with your fellow colleagues
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yeah there's an awful lot
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of networking opportunities i think i mean
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i've definitely been encouraging the speakers that i'm invited to sort
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of get out on the show floor to speak to people to stick around
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after their sessions you know to interact with people and
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really follow up on those conversations that that can only
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be had face to face so i think there's that invaluable element
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there as well yeah no it's definitely not one to miss
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there we go that's gonna be the sound bite
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we'll edit that bit later on fantastic charlotte you
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weren't with us last time so thank you very much for joining us like we've
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kind of already alluded to no absolute pleasure so therapy expo
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is i mean it's safe to say no one can really disagree it's the uk's leading event
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for sports therapists sports rehab specialists massage therapists.
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Physios osteopathic chiropractors and all sorts of other msk
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healthcare professionals and you charlotte spear
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are the show manager which sounds a big
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job big job yeah yeah yeah I mean
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look I get I get paid to talk on the
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phone for a living you know I chat all day long to
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speakers delegates exhibitors our
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sponsors partners everyone involved in therapy expo is you know who I have the
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pleasure of speaking to I am essentially the person who interacts with not only
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the sales team but the content team the marketing team the operations team.
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And I'm basically in charge of making sure that it's good, that it's worthwhile,
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you know, that the offering is there for the delegates, that the program is the best program yet.
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And also that our exhibitors want to come back. You know, that's my job,
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to make sure that everyone has the best time.
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Fantastic. Anne Vernon, sitting there patiently and quietly.
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It's time to bring you into it. So thanks for coming back again.
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You were on the show last time.
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You, like Molly, you haven't been involved for the full like 11 episodes of
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Therapy Expo. I think we can call them episodes now.
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It is a massive, fantastic, the nation's favourite. So you're a business development
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manager, which I think, correct me if I'm wrong, but it's a role that's kind
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of become needed because of changes in Therapy Expo over the years?
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Changes within Therapy Expo, but also changes in the industry as well.
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So it's kind of with my background and obviously being within physio supplies
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and within the sort of further within sport and going back into it within a bit more depth.
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It's kind of now with the industry we've got
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the opportunity to create partnerships with new exhibitors
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and where the industry is going as a whole so
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it's kind of good when we're dealing with sort of 13 or different
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types of multi-profession to have what's going to be the latest tech what's
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the last innovation at the event is something that I look to bring to the event
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and that enables a bit of research obviously to take place liaising with Charlotte
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liaising with Molly on the types of content that's going to be coming into the event as well.
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And that's where it's really, really good to have that development side,
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because it keeps us at the forefront of what's going on within everything related
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to the therapy community.
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So that's where the sort of need is there.
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I'm quite everyone's kind of got a favorite thing which they're
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looking out for and I'm sure if anyone joining us live has
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got some speakers for example that you're really interested in seeing then make
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sure you put them down in the comments so you get an idea but for me personally
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something I've followed was particularly in the last kind of couple two or three
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I keep saying episodes what should we call them events conferences but is it's
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how the exhibitors have suddenly started.
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Kind of working together with the speakers more
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and and it's just it's just been a change before when
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we first started back in 2013 in
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manchester it was very much what therapy was at the time
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there was an awful lot of exhibitors who were selling big
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products making good profit it was a big business and a
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lot of therapists were going along there and thinking like this is
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my chance to make a great you know deal and coming back after spending
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loads and loads of money and sadly in a lot of cases because
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we had the feedback realizing that on monday morning they spent an awful lot
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of money and they had something which they weren't going to use that much or they didn't
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really need that much it was kind of like a spur-of-the-moment purchase but
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i get the impression i'm excited for you to expand on
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this that the relationship now the dynamic
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between the exhibitors and the speakers and the delegates is
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very much different now it's kind of the way
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i look at it it's almost a big community what you've got
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is it's it's the perfect opportunity now for
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a networking event and and that's where different
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types of speakers different types of clinicians everyone can help
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each other you know and what we should be doing now and
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I think it will lead to some of the topics that go on in the MSK
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conference is where you've got a
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lot of different types of clinicians working together whether it's in their
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own clinics whether it's in with the industry this is where that health inequalities
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is now starting to kick in and I think people are starting to understand the
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benefits of what other types of profession actually do and by working together
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they can actually make it a more of a community feel.
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It's very good. And it links in so nicely with what we've been saying on the
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STA podcast for a long time, in that for true patient-centered care,
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all disciplines, regardless of the certificate on your wall,
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should be working together.
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And as far as massage therapists and sports therapists, a lot of the time there
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is a fear, a worry, a kind of imposter syndrome that you're not part of the
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rest of them. And that can really hold you back.
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It can create unnecessary kind of conflict and anger and a loss of opportunities.
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But ultimately it doesn't really help the patient as well who could need
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the massage therapist more than the physio or something so
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i'm really kind of happy to
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be involved in the conference like i say everyone's got
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different reasons because it is now really providing cpd
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for the patient as opposed to absolutely yeah
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and i think that's the priority with everyone now who
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comes to this event i think it's all to do with getting the best results for
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those patient outcomes and by working together if that's what it you know can
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achieve then we should be doing it more and more and that's where the networking
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side of Therapy Expo is great because it puts people together that wouldn't
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half the time never normally meet. Yeah.
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And then you realize everyone's human and everyone's kind of might have different
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angles and ways of approaching things, but they're all kind of on the same page.
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Yeah. And that's not bad. You know,
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that, you know, part of CPD is asking questions and finding an answer.
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And it might be that somebody does have a change of mind from talking to another profession.
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So, you know, I kind of think that questions is never a bad thing.
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Very healthy. There's four weeks to go.
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So does that mean that it's over? if someone hasn't got a ticket should they
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just realize oh well i better start playing for next year if you listen to the
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podcast you can molly nearly just dislocated her neck i think.
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There's still hope is there listeners who haven't got a ticket yet there
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is so much hope and we obviously halloween is on thursday and that is actually
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our deadline for the final ticket price drop so the full price therapy expo
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ticket is £299 which actually for what you get included,
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isn't you know bust in the bank however if you
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book before I think it's 12 p.m midnight on Thursday on the full moon you can
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get your ticket for £189 which I mean you know if you consider everything that
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you get included that covers you across both days the content is different on each day.
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The workshops are different on each day. Obviously, there's over 150 exhibitors
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to see, products, services, anything you need for your clinic,
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your job, helping clients and patients, whoever you're working with.
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We really have covered all aspects at Therapy Expo.
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So that's £189 after, you know, from one minute past 12 on Friday morning, £299.
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So it's well worth 35% off.
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And I just want to reiterate that, and it's not, I love being able to do this.
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I love being able to actually be on the same side as advertising and marketing
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because normally I'm not.
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But in this case, it's me, Matt Phillips, host of the Sports Therapy Association podcast.
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Normally the most cynical ass around, but no, it is.
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I mean, it's like, I don't want to sound like a marketer myself,
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but I mean, if you think of it as even if you're doing 30 pounds an hour, okay.
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Even if it's that if that is six clients you know
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which is and and if you are in the position because the reason we talk about
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this is because every year myself and gary and jake we get emails to
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scott and we look through them oh no i wasn't able to it's
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too late and i didn't you know i couldn't afford to
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take time at a clinic and it's and basically without kind
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of rubbing it in if you haven't sorted out a ticket yet
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it is bad management gang it's bad management and
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if that is a sign of what you're doing then
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maybe your business is suffering from bad management because is
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it's classic budgeting and i don't want to start getting a
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pedestal because i'm the worst when it comes to budgeting really honestly but
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one thing i do realize is because i get so many emails about
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what cbd should i do and how can i improve my business as i've
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been saying for the last seven months this is how to improve your business there's
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no such thing as the perfect cbd for everyone but when you've got such a large
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quantity of different choices and such a large opportunity to network so many
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people talking about businesses and different aspects of healthcare This is
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the best CPD as long as you manage to plan your year and get there.
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So it's great to hear that there is still a chance to get there for less than £200.
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And also just to reiterate, if you are with a professional association like
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the STA, you've got the discount.
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Whoever you're with, they hopefully should be able to, they should be involved
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and may well have their own personal discount as well. So check with the associations you're with.
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All of our partners are on our website at the bottom. So any of the associations
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that you're working with assigned to a member of, all of them will have a special
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discount code that you can benefit from.
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And just to add, I mean, the reality is Therapy Expo wouldn't still be running
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if it didn't work, if people weren't coming back every year.
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You know, that's really an indication for me why the show is worthwhile,
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because we get such a huge audience every single year.
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New faces come every year. And I think if you just if you've never been before
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and you just come, if if just for this year, just to see what you've been missing
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out on, I guarantee you'll be signing up for next year.
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Guarantee it because I've seen it from the past couple of years I've worked on the show.
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We've seen the retention on delegates first time coming that's it they're coming every year.
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That's something it's nice as well you you can offer
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that guarantee is that an official guarantee i don't know but you
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can offer that guarantee because you guys
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are all there you all and you guys are such you're
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so immersed into it the emails come from you
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the point of contact to you on the day there's you there
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seeing it all over so i think that's something that shines through
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with the organization of therapy expo is the people who are running it
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are actually there on the day and living it and seeing it and talking and getting
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feedback and walking around and all the things so um
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so well done therapy expo great team we do
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our best so how about
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let me go down the sort of things i wanted to make sure you're asking
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i should mention i want to mention anna maria was
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supposed to be here tonight anna maria matsieri at the st school and
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the hands on hub the hands on hub started about three
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years ago and i wanted to
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kind of hear from any of
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you all of you about how that came into play because the sta theater just
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to make sure that people don't forget the sta has been involved with therapy
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expo since the very beginning since 2013 in manchester we've been involved in
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it from some in some capacity or another and i spoke there at 14 15 and 16 and
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and gary and the sta theater and everything well the sta has been there giving
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presentations of one form or another.
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And I think for the last, I don't know how many years we've had the STA update,
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therapy update theatre.
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And that's been great. And it is great. And I love it. And I recommend it.
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But it was really interesting to see, I think, two years ago,
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three years ago, the Hands On Hub evolve as well, because that was a sign of a changing market.
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So I think, Charlotte, you were involved quite personally, weren't you,
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with Anne-Marie and that? Yeah.
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So my first therapy expo was the first one out of COVID 2021.
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Obviously it wasn't the best in the world. First one out of COVID.
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It wasn't the busiest we've ever had, but we still ran, you know, a really good event.
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And that's where I first saw, you know, lock size with Anna Maria at the event.
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This wonderful, wonderful woman who was just a wealth of knowledge.
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Knew everyone, very warm welcoming so you
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know naturally I gravitated towards her and just kind
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of kept a contact with her and the
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more I spoke with Anna Maria and the more feedback that
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she gave me regarding Therapy Expo
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it just seemed to me that we we weren't
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doing enough hand-on demonstrations you
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know it's all well and good sitting in the theatre learning but there's
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so many different ways to learn as a physiotherapist
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chiropractor obviously you know you you guys are very
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hands-on and you want to get stuck in you want
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to feel how things work touch and feel things so that's
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essentially just through conversations how can.
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We get more hands-on at therapy expo
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hands-on hub was born and then from
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there we snowballed ideas around I think initially it was
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kind of more of a target towards the massage therapist
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and then obviously as therapy everyone
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knows it's not just for massage therapists
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it's not just the sports therapist Anna Maria has
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actually been able to integrate so many different
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what's the word I'm looking for techniques allowing
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so many different job titles to actually attend her
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hands-on hub and get hands-on with the
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workshops that she that she puts on does that
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answer your question is oh yeah wonderfully definitely I'll
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be I'll be taking this clip and sending it to her she'll be over the moon yeah love
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Anna Maria amazing but it's interesting you and you said it was the year after
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COVID which incidentally you guys did really well because because a lot of people
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were very worried it was it was not everyone but a lot of people were naturally
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worried about coming to a place with so many people and you know it's kind of
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the first conference after everything being banned and stopped but you guys managed it really well.
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I think the fact that it had, like you said, it has continued was testimony
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to some good organization, you know, on the, on the event after COVID. So, but it is, I think.
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We've always said it on the show covid in a way i
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mean horrible disastrous tragic for so many
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people so many businesses but as far as
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health care goes it's kind of sped up a really good
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conversation and really collaboration collaboration people started
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realizing that they needed each other for advice and support and
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this is where the podcast came from i think what we're
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seeing at therapy expo is to a certain extent because of
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covid it's because health care has become
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more patient-centered it's because all those
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times we were thinking actually we can help people by talking to
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them over a cam we realized that the hands-on
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is important but not maybe for the reasons we thought the hands
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is providing a lot of the time the same care and
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empathy and nurture as we do with what's
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coming out of our mouth and when we're looking after people so and that's
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what's reflected now and it's wonderful like you said there's
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lots of hands-on stuff going on but you've got people walking around
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you can tell the kind of the allied health professionals they
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normally walk around with the hands behind their back just kind of
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like hearing and stopping and you know and then walking on
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and nodding at each other and and it's great because it's an
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opportunity again for each of us to see each
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other's trade and realize they're just the same as me they
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want the same thing they're actually really looking after these people and
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i love what they're doing i wouldn't have thought that was the approach and and
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suddenly there's conversation so so yeah once
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again yeah bravo to Anna Maria the Hanson hub I.
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Think does kind of show how the
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conference has evolved I think it's great to have interaction
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and encourage interaction I think that
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that's always been with a lot of conferences that I've been
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to and shows in the past you know
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without having some sort of interaction sometimes they can
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be a little bit boring and sometimes a bit of excitement comes in when you get
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to actually have a go on something or try a new technique and be be encouraged
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to take part in a session you know that's never really been done before until
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the hands-on hub really sort of took up shape yeah good show well done maria.
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I uh it's funny we were talking off air i was do i go yeah okay then i should really,
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give people an idea of what's going on the sta theater it's weird
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isn't it because here we are the sta podcast i feel almost guilty showing telling
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people what's going on the sta theater but that's what it's all about and I
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think the STA theatre again it's my bias
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obviously because I host it and everything but I think
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I feel that I mean a lot of the initial people
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who we started off in the STA theatre are now on the main stage you
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know and it's kind of like we've brought people to the conference and now they're
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main stage speakers and keynote speakers and stuff which is beautiful as well
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and that's one reason why this year myself and Gary and and Scott and And Jake
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kind of like scratched our beards and chins. And we thought, what are we going to do?
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Because we don't want to compete with the stages. It's ridiculous now.
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Half the people we'd normally have are actually in the main stages.
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So one of the feedback we got was...
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The people who come along, they do like, as Verne, you were saying,
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they like that interaction.
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They like being in a situation where they're on the same level field as the
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speaker, asking questions.
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Because, you know, a lot of the time, until you go to Therapy Expert,
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these people are a little bit like kind of gurus. They're sitting on a pedestal
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really high up. You think they're untouchable.
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And then the beautiful thing is you come to one of the open air theatres,
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not open air as in in the rain, but outside of the theatres.
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And you realise that they're human and they're wonderful people.
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You know so that's one of the things which we're doing in the sda theater a
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lot of the sessions most of them in fact will be q a
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sessions which is what you ask for and what you're getting where you
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will be able to come along and the speakers will be there often
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coming straight from one of the main theaters earlier in the
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day to sit down in a more informal setting
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and just chew the fat with you and listen to you
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and and and reflect on what you ask them
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and give them what you need sort of thing so we're looking forward to that i'm going
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to share on the screen and just flick through them fairly quickly give you
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an idea of who we've got in the sta theater i'm trying
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to do this and involve you three as well maybe you could
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have some reflection oh if you notice some of
23:29
the names i'm talking and you and you realize that they're going to be in the main theater as
23:32
well as something and any any feedback you've heard
23:35
of them then feel free to bring them up or to mention
23:38
them but um i think you normally have a wealth of experience
23:41
on there don't you i think that that's the good thing is when
23:44
when people are asking questions and if anyone who's just
23:47
starting out in the industry you know it's the perfect opportunity
23:50
for people to ask questions to those people and
23:53
they've got a wealth of knowledge and experience from from what I've
23:56
seen we do and I shouldn't really say this out loud but I have a my my curse
24:01
in my life is saying what's in my mind and um and just telling you but one of
24:04
our goals at therapy expo is to cause bottlenecks and bring the whole circulation
24:09
to a halt sorry but that's our goal and uh for example.
24:15
In the photo that you can see here.
24:17
I mean, this was Michelle Lyons, who sadly can't be here this year.
24:22
She's had to pull out last minute because of circumstances.
24:25
But I mean, this photo, you can't see it in the podcast, obviously.
24:27
But one of the beautiful things about the STA Theatre, which we like,
24:31
and we think as the conference is amazing,
24:33
you fall upon interesting content by chance
24:36
because you're walking around and then suddenly you'll hear
24:39
someone talking and mentioning a few kind of like trigger words
24:42
which you're interested in and then you'll notice there's other people standing there and
24:45
you're free you can either stop and listen just on the
24:48
periphery or you can walk past if you want to but suddenly you
24:51
really are in control of whether you want to stay or
24:54
go and you can sometimes most of the best things
24:57
we learn in life are by accident and they're context based when you just
25:00
happen to be in the right place at the right time so we do love that
25:02
about the sda theater and again this year there will be plenty of
25:05
opportunity for you to walk past and get swept away by
25:09
what's coming up so allow me
25:11
just to run through a few things and like i say molly and charlotte and verne
25:15
i don't want to bore you to death with this because you've seen this program
25:18
more times than midnight actually you probably haven't but you've seen it as
25:21
many times as me and are aware of it but i'm just going to bring this up on
25:24
the screen for people in the room it's exciting stuff it is exciting stuff but.
25:29
I'm conscious that i'm more excited you've got the whole the rest of the conference
25:32
and stuff to get excited by but this is our baby which we're interested in so
25:37
just to run you through nice and quick people to give you an idea as you are
25:40
listening to the sports w association podcast so i'll give you an idea there
25:43
are plenty of other stuff going on in the con or huge amounts of other stuff
25:47
going on in the conference but this is what we're offering this year to give you an idea.
25:50
Obviously it's two days like i've said we've got the wednesday the 27th and
25:53
thursday the 28th and we're trying to cater for that because you realize not
25:56
everybody can go to both sessions both days not everyone has the luxury of doing
26:01
that you should do if you can but again that takes some planning,
26:04
So, sometimes if some of the speakers have been keynote speakers in the theatre,
26:09
and one day we're trying to have them in the STA theatre on the other day,
26:11
so you still get the chance to see the people you're really into.
26:14
But on day one, we're starting off the morning with a focus due to feedback
26:20
again on women's health.
26:22
It's something which, fortunately, at last is becoming more talked about,
26:26
lesser taboo topics. And also what's wonderful to see is male therapists as
26:30
well are realising, hell, half of my clients are women.
26:33
So I should really know about the sort of things which they're going through.
26:36
Things which maybe they will gladly talk about if I ask the right questions.
26:40
So we will be starting off the day.
26:42
It was going to be Michelle Lyons. But unfortunately, like I said,
26:45
Sally, she can't be with us.
26:46
But she has recommended Christian Bird, who's the co-founder of Menopause Movement,
26:51
who's going to be opening up the STA theatre with Power the Paws,
26:55
the Pelvic Floor and more.
26:57
Recommended by Michelle Lyons because again it's
27:00
going to be a fantastic speaker an opportunity for you guys to ask questions about
27:03
everything menopause related that will be followed by
27:06
the women in sports therapy panel where we're going to have
27:09
Sonia Fierro and Gemma Puzas and also Christian is
27:12
going to join them as well again a nice Q&A session for
27:15
everyone and last last time we did
27:18
this it was lovely to see some male therapists there as well it really showed
27:21
necessary evolving and healthcare just to
27:23
fire some questions they'll be delivering some staff and raising some bombshells
27:26
and stuff but be again a chance for you guys to ask questions and
27:29
say in clinic i have this problem or this so what we do here there's
27:33
going to be sponsored sessions as well as always and there's going
27:36
to be a lot of business development and clinic owner for example
27:39
from thrive andrew mccauley is one of my top
27:42
speakers who i met through therapy expo myself for networking is going to be
27:46
doing exercise dosage in clinical practice that's going to be at 11 40 and then
27:51
later on we move through to kind of lunchtime after lunchtime and we're going
27:57
to progress to and let me just bring this up on my.
28:01
Screen here 12 20 uh sonia fierro
28:04
fresh from the whist uh panel
28:07
debate is going to be talking about empowering pregnant and postpartum athletes
28:10
um sonia fierro for those of you don't know from recover stronger
28:13
fantastic athlete herself an italian deadlift record and all sorts of working
28:18
with all sorts of gb teams wealth of information and also host one of the co-hosts
28:22
of the whist podcast women in sports podcast that's gonna be a fantastic 25
28:27
minutes with sonia but we have got another sponsor session, HMDG,
28:32
talking about the future of marketing for clinics.
28:35
James Earls, another favourite from the STA theatre, is going to be talking
28:39
about anatomy for soft tissue therapists, 145.
28:42
What should I be learning? I mean, if you haven't heard James Earls,
28:44
and he's been on the show about three or four times, such a wealth of information.
28:48
He's also going to be in the hands of Hub, I'm sure.
28:49
Amazing 20 minutes, 25 minutes for you.
28:53
Alistair Beverley, who was on the show last week, the patient no one told you
28:56
how to treat. Again, again, I could go on for ages. How am I going to speed this up?
29:00
I mean, this is all about how we can learn through working with people with disabilities.
29:07
Because as we talked last week, we all think we're great communicators.
29:10
What do you do? How powerful is your communication with the person you expect to talk to?
29:14
It's not talking the same language as you. It's not able maybe to communicate.
29:18
So it's going to be a fantastic 25 minutes that I rarely say everyone should
29:22
go to this, but I really think everybody should go to this.
29:24
It'd be a real eye-opener. And again, just a wonderful demonstration of how
29:30
healthcare is evolving by taking into consideration people who normally would
29:34
shy away from or kind of smile at and refer on. So yeah, come along to that.
29:38
Later in the afternoon, the amazing John Scriven is coming over once again,
29:42
talking about integrating natural movement into clinical rehab.
29:45
And there'll be a Q&A with John Scriven, who's just a wealth of information
29:48
as well. Such a forward thinking, new practitioner.
29:51
I say he's been around for a long time, but just the stuff he delivers is so
29:54
contemporary and relevant to anybody who's working with people in pain.
29:59
And then Tim Stevenson, who was nearly on the show a while ago,
30:01
but it didn't record. Thank you, Sky Broadband. Goodbye. right?
30:04
But will be, thanks to Vodafone, coming on the last week before Therapy Expo. He's going to be back.
30:12
I persuaded him an absolute legend when it comes to shoulder injury.
30:15
So I mean, I can't believe now, just look to day one.
30:19
I'm not even going to go through day two, because day one has just blown me away.
30:23
It's just such a lineup. And that is just one relatively small theatre amongst
30:29
a whole continent of different CPD if you'd choose from.
30:33
I need someone else to talk now because I'm just going to think about this.
30:37
It's a fantastic programme.
30:39
I'm really, really excited for it. And like you said before,
30:41
there's some incredible speakers in there that will be coming from our main theatres.
30:45
So it's the perfect opportunity for them to go into more depth,
30:48
but also for them to get direct instantaneous feedback from people.
30:52
What are people on the ground actually struggling with? What do they want to
30:54
know more about? That sort of thing.
30:56
So it's an incredible relationship that works both ways. And it's really nice
30:59
to see from our perspective as the people putting the show together to see these
31:04
relationships being nurtured and
31:06
to see the community continuing to work together. It's really fantastic.
31:11
That's good. I'm glad to see it. And it is.
31:14
The fact that we've managed to evolve and now we're doing more of a Q&A format,
31:18
that's only because the speakers in the periphery, we love them as well.
31:22
Once upon a time, there'd be 50% of the speakers back in the early days.
31:26
We can talk about the early days. I don't think any of you are involved now.
31:28
But 50% of the speakers, we were like, oh God, here we go again, snake oil.
31:32
It's just not their massive names and they're selling this and selling
31:35
that but if they were doing the same speech in 1980 it's just
31:38
not evolved it's it's not patient-centered and
31:41
it's easy to criticize at the time but the people who were putting
31:44
on the show then were doing what they thought was necessary and that you know
31:47
it's bums and seats sort of stuff but when you're at
31:49
a conference now where i'm thinking i would gladly leave
31:53
my post at the sda theater and go and watch anybody in the
31:56
other theater and i know i'd pick up so much information it just
31:59
shows it's a great conference it's just so much quality there so can i just
32:04
jump in and i'd love you to just to highlight that this year for the first time
32:11
ever at therapy expo we have a headline speaker.
32:17
Mitchell Hooper, who is 2023 World's Strongest Man, which is cool.
32:24
You know, I'm a strong man fan. That is very cool for me. However,
32:27
that is not the reason that we have Mitchell Hooper coming to Therapy Expo.
32:32
So I just really want to kind of showcase why this is such an amazing opportunity
32:38
and such a big deal for us at Therapy Expo and everyone involved.
32:43
Because Mitchell Hooper, yes, he's a
32:46
strongman but he kind of came into the scene so in
32:50
2022 actually was when he first kind of entered the
32:54
the elite strongman competitions he won
32:57
world's strongest man in 2023 and has since absolutely dominated the podiums
33:03
I think he's won every event since he won world's strongest man apart from world's
33:09
strongest man this year and he had a hand injury but aside from all of that
33:14
He's got a background in powerlifting.
33:16
He was a pro golfer, a marathon runner.
33:19
He's done CrossFit, loads of CrossFit stuff. He's kind of a well-rounded athlete.
33:25
He's a physiotherapist by trade. He runs his own physiotherapy clinic in Canada.
33:31
He's got a master's in exercise physiology.
33:35
He trains with a more scientific approach and
33:38
he's got a real understanding around biomechanics and strength
33:41
and conditioning which obviously has assisted him in
33:44
how he recovers so quickly in my
33:48
opinion i think he's the best strength athlete of our
33:51
generation i think he's absolutely elite
33:54
we've got him at therapy expo not only doing
33:57
a keynote session around you know
34:00
his journey being a strong man but he's also
34:03
hosting a workshop on each day within
34:07
one of our breakout rooms where he's actually
34:10
getting hands on giving a demonstration on how
34:13
to lift you know deadlift squat pull push safely he's going to be talking loads
34:22
about recovery about how to train with injury and essentially offering biomechanics
34:28
and education that he can offer people within their own clinic.
34:32
So I just wanted to highlight that because it's so exciting.
34:36
And we're obviously, we've got 10 tickets left for his intimate session,
34:42
which is what we're charging for Mitchell Hooper session.
34:46
I think it's £199 if you'd like to
34:49
take a ticket and train intimately with Mitchell Hooper at his workshop.
34:54
But like I said, his attention to recovery and conditioning.
34:58
And the educational content that he has planned, not only are you going to get
35:03
one to one with Mitchell Hooper and learn how to lift, but he's also going to
35:08
be offering lots of educational content at Therapy Expo.
35:11
So what I'm trying to say, long story short, he's not just the world's strongest
35:15
man coming to Therapy Expo gimmick.
35:17
He's really bringing a wealth of knowledge and something different that we've
35:21
never had before at the show.
35:23
So, yeah, really, really exciting opportunity that I cannot wait for.
35:28
Cannot wait exciting very exciting amazing guest here
35:30
like you say i mean it would be often with a lot
35:33
of shows would be enough just him because of his accolade of
35:36
successes as a strong man but the fact that he's working physio and
35:39
his knowledge and his masters and everything yeah yeah amazing opportunity
35:42
to hear from somebody who's who performs and
35:45
teaches how to perform so i think with the sessions as
35:48
well i think people sometimes have that in their mind if it's going to be you've
35:52
got to be big lots of muscles to go to this session it's totally not that it's
35:57
actually a session which is going to appeal to lots of different types of practitioners
36:00
for lots of different reasons you know it's not it's not every day that you
36:05
get someone that comes in with
36:06
an injury you know and here we've got somebody that's not only
36:09
used to dealing with injuries but he's also the man that's recovered quicker
36:12
from most of injuries that he has got and his recovery rate is actually second
36:16
to none so it's kind of actually you want to be taking that wealth of knowledge
36:21
and kind of really take that back into whether you're a PT or whether you're a S&C coach.
36:26
You know, there's so much information you can pick up from someone with that kind of knowledge.
36:31
That's why it's worth attending one of those sessions.
36:34
Without a doubt. And I guess, I don't know, are you setting yourself up for
36:37
a regular kind of guest appearance now?
36:39
You already cut it back in your brain thinking, oh my God, who do we get next year? I think so.
36:44
I mean, based on the feedback and the response of having Mitchell Hooper,
36:50
number one, just having Mitchell Hooper at the show, because he will be doing.
36:55
Like I said, his keynote session in Theatre C on day two.
36:58
He's going to be doing a meet and greet and he
37:01
he will be on the show floor but now
37:04
obviously the response that we've had to his workshop sessions
37:08
which is is limited to only 25 people per
37:11
day so one session on day one and then
37:14
a session on day two we've got 10
37:17
tickets left for his session
37:20
so you know merely just the response and feedback we've
37:23
had around that of course you know it'd be a no-brainer you
37:27
know see who we've got next year pop your
37:29
ideas in the comments if there's anyone you want definitely and
37:34
like we say if you listen to the podcast then then the comments
37:37
are also on youtube so you've got four well
37:40
you've got forever just um go to youtube and pop
37:43
down if someone particularly you'd like to see i mean i've still got frank
37:46
bruno's number i'm not sure i relevant to you these days but but yeah
37:50
but it's so entertaining there i've some stories of
37:53
frank but anyway but yeah pop them in the comments at
37:56
youtube because this team does actually listen believe
37:59
it or not they do definitely listen we do it's
38:01
an incredibly invaluable aspect to the content
38:05
production and i mean we were talking about it before but the advisory board
38:08
the help and support that they give us and it's such such a mix of varied perspectives
38:13
that i think the way that they've all come together with different ideas you
38:17
know we have regular meetings it's fantastic to see it then all come together
38:21
in one program so yeah I'm really pleased with it.
38:25
Excellent. Right, listener, I'm going to, if I can, quickly go through day two
38:31
in the STA Therapy Update Theatre.
38:35
Let's bring this onto the screen for those of you who like the image.
38:38
I think that's day two. Yes. Okay. So day two. So we're talking now the Thursday,
38:44
which is the 28th of November.
38:45
Still forwards away, people. If you are interested in getting a ticket,
38:49
then remember you've got the, that sounded so much like a commercial, didn't it?
38:53
Oh god i have to edit that out no but there is a deal to
38:56
before halloween midnight to knock 35 off
38:59
so make sure you're following therapy expo somewhere
39:03
on social media or the sda and you'll get details of that although if
39:06
you are with the sda then obviously there's the sda discount and if
39:09
you're not sure about that then just go to the members
39:12
page or send an email i mean to tell you the truth and
39:14
i've said this before if you're looking for a way.
39:17
To get to therapy expo and you're strapped then join the sta i
39:20
mean that's not just a marketing thing it's just talk send an email to
39:23
gary at the sta.co.uk or matt at the sta.co.uk and
39:27
you'll be amazed but anyway so day two let's
39:30
have a little look so we start off with me rambling for five
39:33
minutes and then we move into we've got another again
39:36
another such important area people who
39:39
listen to podcasts will know that one of the things that
39:41
we try and do is just open your
39:45
eyes to the multitude of people
39:48
you can help you don't even realize you can help because you
39:51
think it's out of your scope but a lot of people
39:54
who come to you will come with symptoms that
39:57
we often refer to as masqueraders because they've got a
40:00
sore lower back and they're aching they're tired
40:03
they're not sleeping well and and they think it's just a poor muscle when
40:06
really if you ask the right questions then you could
40:08
help with something that hasn't been diagnosed or has been misdiagnosed
40:12
for years for decades sometimes so hypermobility is once something that we've
40:16
talked about in the show quite a lot rightfully so because it is something that
40:20
goes undiagnosed we had some wonderful speakers on the podcast just go to the
40:24
go to youtube or go to the sta.co.uk and just do a search there for hypermobility
40:29
and you'll see it's the perfect example of where.
40:32
You ask the right question, like, have you got any party tricks?
40:35
Are you famous for being able to do the splits to people after you're having very stretchy skin?
40:39
And people go, yeah, yeah, I've got amazingly stretchy skin and I could do this
40:42
trick. Look, they put the leg behind the neck.
40:44
And actually, combined with other things,
40:47
this could, if you ask the right questions and you know what the significance of that is,
40:50
that could uncover something like hypermobility to the extent that that also
40:55
explains why they are suffering from a host of different systemic diseases,
40:59
including stomach problems and all sorts of issues that could develop
41:02
and get worse if it's not diagnosed now when they maybe they're
41:05
a teenager as opposed to waiting until they're 30 and
41:08
having all sorts of problems later on down the line so i'm
41:11
i'm absolutely thrilled to have another person who's a keynote speaker
41:14
um steph dath who's going to be with us at 9 35
41:17
on day two presenting recognizing and understanding hypermobility
41:20
which is going to be again a q a session which will follow on nicely from my
41:23
main stage and presentation and that's
41:26
gonna be at 9 35 that's can be followed by another guest
41:29
from the show dr claire boucher actually i think
41:31
it's voucher i say boucher because it's a bit like bouquet isn't it but i think
41:34
it's clear i have to check with that claire i've
41:37
forgotten i'm sure she said no it's voucher yeah how do you feel about working
41:40
with fascia again it's such i love this because i remember like nine years ago
41:45
when i was at therapy expo probably in manchester the first one in birmingham
41:49
i was slagging off people who work with fascia and i was getting on my pedestal
41:53
and go oh don't you know about the chowdhury kind of.
41:56
Research which shows that it takes 790 newtons
41:59
just to change fascia by one percent and it was like it was relevant at the
42:03
time because the fasciaists were going over the top and there was just too much
42:07
going on about what we can do with fascia and all this but now it's coming around
42:11
and now we realize that there's probably ways which we can affect fascia and
42:15
we've always known it's important but we've always thought yeah you can't really.
42:18
Change whether you're dealing with fascia or whether you're dealing with muscle
42:21
or what but now thanks to researchers like dr
42:24
claire boucher slash voucher we there
42:28
it is again raising and it and it's lovely for old
42:31
people like myself because it shows me how when i was younger and and criticizing
42:36
and shouting out and as people still some people still do on twitter make a
42:39
good living out of it you've got to hold back things come around again things
42:43
change things evolve Very excited for people to come along and get some updated
42:47
information about working with fashion.
42:49
Again, in a Q&A session, which will be great at 10.15 on day two.
42:54
Andy Hosgood is one of my, again, a guest on the show a couple of times.
42:57
Such a wealth of information in terms of mentorship.
43:00
He's going to be doing client retention, the superpower for business growth. Wonderful Q&A session.
43:05
Such valuable CBD, which people, again, traditionally miss out on.
43:08
They're trying to look for new ways to use their hands. when really you just
43:11
need some solid foundation of information on how to run a business.
43:15
So Andy Hoskett is my go-to person for that. So he's going to be with us at 11.40.
43:21
Concussions is another area which is evolving and the information changes so much.
43:26
And we've got a fantastic previous guest on the show, Nicola Hunt,
43:29
who's going to be coming and talking about concussion causes,
43:31
risks and treatments, myth busting at 12.20.
43:34
Again, if you work particularly on pitch side and with people who can or have
43:40
suffered from concussion then it's going to be valuable for you i love nicola's comment.
43:46
That the word itself like oh yeah he's got concussion then he's to lie down
43:50
for a bit doesn't he yeah it'll be all right just shake it off or the coach
43:52
saying oh just a bit of concussion
43:54
if you change the word concussion for what it actually is which is brain damage
43:58
then your kind of approach would different oh yeah he's got brain damage just
44:02
sleep it off you'll be all right.
44:04
As Nicola will explain, concussion does result from damage to the brain.
44:09
It may only be temporary, but it is an actual injury to the brain.
44:12
Once you realize that, you realize the severity of it, the importance of it,
44:15
and how you really need to know how to deal with it properly and recognize it.
44:18
So I did enjoy that with Nicola. And it's great to be here in person.
44:22
We have also got Steve Miller. Another guest, is your client ready to return to sport?
44:28
Wealthy information with Sports Rehab. We're looking forward to seeing Steve again at 2.30.
44:31
We've got martin christensen who's coming all
44:34
the way from norway that's how therapy expo rolls these
44:37
days he's coming from norway to be at therapy expo and
44:40
to talk about what values truly make us professional therapists that's going
44:43
to be at 3 10 the afternoon on day two again just
44:47
a an amazing human being who's actually leaving physio
44:50
now to go and work with struggling teenagers with learning disabilities and
44:54
difficulties and things because his his passion is helping people and he grew
44:59
a bit despondent with physiotherapy but now he's still working with health care
45:03
in terms of how we should be working with people as opposed to just looking at injuries,
45:08
and then finishing off the day on day two in the
45:10
STA update theatre will be Tom Asley who I
45:13
think I first met the first therapy expo I went to I think it was probably in
45:17
Manchester it's lovely to have him back 10 years later and to do ankle rehab
45:21
in sport that'll be a Q&A session again following Tom's main theatre presentations
45:27
and a wonderful way to end the afternoon on day two, ladies and gentlemen.
45:32
Right, let's get to that. There you go. Right.
45:36
Yeah, amazing. But like I say, there's so much for people to choose from.
45:39
Maybe Molly and Charlotte and Vern.
45:41
Is there anybody in particular, you mentioned Big Mitch Hooper,
45:44
who apparently I've got to have a fight with at some point.
45:46
I don't know how that's going to work out, but we'll talk about that later.
45:50
But anybody in particular who you think is going to wow people this year or
45:54
who you'd like to highlight?
45:57
Everyone's brilliant. I think there's quite a few. But I mean,
46:00
one of the people actually you've just mentioned there about concussion management.
46:03
We've got Dr. Cameron Marshall coming from Complete Concussions Management.
46:07
So again, I mean, we're going to totally cover the area of concussion this year.
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And mainly because we've also got a lot of sports delegates coming to the event.
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So I think that that's going to be a real eye opener for a lot of people.
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Right. It's such an example of a topic that has evolved and new information needs to get out there.
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Yeah, very much so. And the great thing about therapy experts,
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I've seen it over the last two or three years since COVID again,
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because therapists talk now, which makes evidence informed therapy much easier
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because people are sharing and people aren't quite so scared of talking and changing and evolving.
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And they realised that not everything you were taught is the same as it was five years ago.
46:45
So people are much more receptive now to learning new things as opposed to just
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the backing up what they want to learn. So great stuff.
46:52
Charlotte and Molly, have you got anybody in particular who you'd like to highlight or?
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I'm really excited for, I think we've got Gary Rhodes coming along doing a session
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on basically bone health and just the energy he brings.
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I mean, I've had a number of Teams calls with him now.
47:07
Incredibly excited to see that energy in a theatre
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so during a session so yeah I'm really really
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excited for that session I think it's going to be fantastic definitely one to
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look out for amazing and Charlotte anyone
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any name come you must have your head so full of names I
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mean where do I start I
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do really is obviously aside from
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the enclosed theatres amazing names if
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you look at the program that's that everything's on our website
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look at who's speaking but I do also want
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to highlight the demo zone which is actually where
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our exhibitors offer hands-on product
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demonstrations sessions again everyone
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who's participating in the open air not rain
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open air demo zone is
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all on the website and also on top of that the msk theater
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we've got an amazing program which is
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run by or supported by key associations we're
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working with versus arthritis we've got
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armor and we've got the uk partnership msk
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partnership group working with us for this year which
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i'm sure molly can can delve into so yeah not i'm not gonna point highlight
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a name but i just wanted to highlight some other theaters where you can find
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amazing speakers no it's fantastic so all therapy expo ticket holders also have
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access to the MSK keynote theatre,
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where their topics for this year, I think they called it bridging the gap.
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So a massive focus on the collaboration between different professionals across
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the sector, and how that contributes to reducing health inequalities.
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So some really, really interesting content, we want to get everyone as involved as possible.
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And like Matt was saying earlier, it's not about which profession you're from,
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which sort of angle of the therapy world, it's about coming together and sharing
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that practice for the patient outcomes, you know, ultimately that's the most important thing.
48:59
So yeah, MSK, great topics in there.
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That's so amazing that I'm hearing those words coming from a Therapy Expo content producer.
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I'm using some ideas. It's just like, and our work is actually getting done.
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It's amazing. It's so cool to hear.
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And that's a really good point you raised with the MSK conference.
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For the first time this year, there is a clear passageway.
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I mean, traditionally, it's kind of been a little bit separate.
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But I think, again, that symbolizes how now we're all kind of coming together
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and realizing we need to work together for the benefit of the patient.
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Yeah, no, exactly. They've got, I mean, what they've got like pelvic health,
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digital health, rehab, physical and activity.
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And the underlying theme for the whole thing is bridging the gap.
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So, you know, really bringing together all those silos, those pockets of professionals
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that wouldn't necessarily talk to each other on a day to day.
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They're all going to be at the same show. So let's really make that a thing, you know.
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I would recommend sports therapists, massage
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therapists to wander in there there
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will be a force around it which you'll have to battle with and you'll
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get a bit of a baby sick in your throat and and
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you won't feel right but i would walk in
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there because it'll be it'll help your career it'll be really
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nice for you to see how things have changed a little bit
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i know i'll be going in there because generally the the
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the speakers sandwiches are nicer for some reason the
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msk conference they are outside i know
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that's going to change as well i mean small small steps obviously that's
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but um
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yeah i would i think it'd be really cool because guess what
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again our listeners massage therapists sport massage therapists
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sports rehabilitators they do it to
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us the amount of feedback we get where physios
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and chiropractors and osteopaths and and important
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high up people in allied professional healthcare
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have been walking around and they've stopped outside the hands-on harp or they've
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stopped outside the sda theater and they've watched intently and then they fed
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back to people who we talked to obviously going that was amazing that was so
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good we never realized that this is what they were talking about and how advanced
51:04
they are and how they're actually on the same page so.
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So they come to us. So now this year, I want you guys to go and return their
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favor by going to see them and realize that they're not all,
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I mean, a couple of them are, but they're not all nasty ogres and dinosaurs
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and people who are going to kind of snap your head off and laugh at you.
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They're actually really cool people. And it will help your career because it
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will help you forge relationships with other people in the chain of healthcare.
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And it will help your business and all sorts of things and your confidence.
51:32
So take advantage of that, people, is what I'm trying to say.
51:36
Right then well i feel quite empowered now i'm really excited for everyone who's going along.
51:45
Wonderful verne in terms of we haven't mentioned probably enough about
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exhibitors but is there anybody who you're excited who
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you know is there's loads i mean we'd like you were saying there about you've
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got a speaker coming from norway we we've got some of our exhibitors
51:56
coming from norway and finland yeah so i think we've
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got we've got representation for pretty much every part of
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the globe yeah i kind of i kind of think
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yeah this year is going to be really excited and we've got a lot of new
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exhibitors as well yeah so i think there's probably around sort of 50 55 new
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exhibitors i would have thought this year so so exciting yeah it's going to
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be an interesting one i mean what i would say to people is check the website
52:19
check the website check the conference program have a little think before you
52:23
even attend what's what do you want to see and why
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you know i think it's always worth just checking that definitely and it is a
52:31
great website i mean And even this year, I think, I don't know who looks after it,
52:34
but you can see that it becomes more functional.
52:38
Now you can filter so much better according to, if you want to see what's in
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the STA theatre, if you want to see what's on the Hands-On Hub,
52:42
it's so much more practical.
52:44
Every year it kind of gets better and better. So once again, we're just a great team.
52:48
Right, people? Oh, and we've got an app as well. Oh, and the app,
52:51
of course. Oh, you just reminded me. Game changer.
52:55
Game changer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I did comment.
52:59
There's a question, which I'm just going to put on the podcast,
53:02
because then it'll, I've done my job.
53:04
But there was a question that came in from somebody who sadly can't join us tonight.
53:08
They just want us to highlight, and I don't think any of you will be able to
53:11
deal with it, but you can pass it on because I know you will pass it on.
53:14
Apparently, there's a new add to calendar function on the program online, okay?
53:19
But apparently, and this is what has been reported to me, it doesn't,
53:24
when you click on it, it doesn't download the speaker details.
53:26
You've got no idea what you filled your calendar with. Oh, okay.
53:30
Now it might just be a one after them they might have to refresh but i just
53:33
thought i'd say it because this is how it works isn't it i tell you stuff which
53:36
someone tells me and then,
53:37
so that was we'll jump straight on that they'll jump
53:40
straight on that believe me i've just ruined their evening because there'll be
53:43
a meeting now livisines will
53:47
be sent out and people will be picked up someone's going
53:50
in the meeting someone is living in their
53:53
job yeah anyway right
53:57
wonderful right so like i said before people definitely if
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you're going then make sure you're following therapy expo
54:03
all the links obviously on the website but you can follow on instagram where it's
54:06
a therapy underscore expo on twitter one word
54:09
therapy expo facebook obviously therapy expo but yeah
54:12
keep in contact because what another thing we do is a lot of sharing and talking
54:17
and build up it is fun everyone's really emotive emotive about it so and even
54:22
on the day now and again it's worth having a look on social media what people
54:25
are saying because you'll find suddenly you speak on the other side that you're
54:28
interested in. Someone will be raving about it.
54:30
So, and also follow UK underscore STA and follow the ST school for hands on
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hub information and just become part of the family.
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Don't be by yourself. Don't wait until when you arrive to meet people and know what's going on.
54:44
Come and join us now on the journey in the four weeks lead up to it.
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And if you haven't got a ticket yet,
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I'll read it out and I'll also type it in the comments as well. Okay, amazing.
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Right. Wonderful. Thank you so much to everyone who did join us live.
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56:30
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57:19
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57:34
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57:37
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57:39
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57:42
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57:46
there we go thank you to Charlotte Spear and Molly
57:48
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Therapy Extra thank you so much thank you for having me on thank you so much
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57:59
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58:03
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58:07
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right that's it till we meet again yeah look after each other.
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Music.