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MSKMag OutLoud
MSKMag combines cutting edge clinical opinion with light hearted relief from the daily grind! Featuring insights from the finest minds in the MSK industry, MSKMag will keep you up to date with best practice evidence and the best topical memes.
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Episodes
MSKMag OutLoudFear, Frustration and the Fifth Round of the FA Cup
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com If you’re a football fan, you’ll know the feeling of cup draw day. If you are…
MSKMag OutLoudShoulder instability. It's all getting a bit silly
How many shoulder classifications systems are enough? Or rather, how many shoulder classification systems are too many? Five sounds fair? Ten seems a little…
MSKMag OutLoudThe Back Story: What to axially say to your patients
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com This summer, I was watching my two children running around the garden with…
MSKMag OutLoudACL and PFP: Related Risk Factors
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com ACL injury and patellofemoral pain (PFP) are rarely invited into the same…
MSKMag OutLoudThe Private Practice Barometer: What Is The State of the MSK Industry?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com I think I know the MSKMag audience well enough to know that we’re a bunch…
MSKMag OutLoudUnfogging Fibromyalgia
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Fibromyalgia is a symptom-based disorder characterised by persistent…
MSKMag OutLoudMaintaining the Streak - Editorial - MSKMag Issue 26
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com At time of writing, I am on Day 1335 of learning French on Duolingo. I am…
MSKMag OutLoudWith Great Power Comes Great Chiropractic Responsibility
Chiropractic manipulation has been around long enough to be both revered and misunderstood in equal measure. For some, it’s the magic button that fixes…
MSKMag OutLoudShould we treat neurodivergent patients differently?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Neurodiversity is estimated to affect 15% of the population [1], and despite…
MSKMag OutLoudThe Human Factor
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com In 2011 I took a year out to study for an MSc in Loughborough. At a…
MSKMag OutLoudThe road to failure is paved with good intentions
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com We’ve all heard the following words before and if we’re honest, probably even…
MSKMag OutLoudRheumatology and Tendons - Certainly No SpA Day
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Most of the time I talk about recognition of Rheumatological diseases that…
MSKMag OutLoudAuntie Version - MSKMag's Agony Aunt - January 2026
Hello! I’m Auntie Version and I am unbelievably excited to be MSKMag’s very own agony aunt. (We’re never going to be able to keep it secret so will immediately…
MSKMag OutLoudIt is Very Important You Don’t Ignore This - Editorial - MSKMag Issue 25
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Greetings and Happy New Year from my new role as Editor in Chief of MSKMag!…
MSKMag OutLoudFocus on POCUS: Not as Black and White as It Looks
In the UK, more clinicians are taking the plunge into MSK Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS). The buzz is real! Some are seeing it as the modern MSK clinic’s…
MSKMag OutLoud20 years of LBP care – What has changed (and what has not)?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Box 1. An acute non-specific LBP patient with no ‘red flags’ A 28 year old…
MSKMag OutLoudThe Incomplete Map: Rehabilitation for the Real Work of Real People
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Work: the thing that you love or at least the thing that pays for the thing…
MSKMag OutLoudDoes Ownership Matter?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com The Two Receptionist Problem I was treating a private equity investor one…
MSKMag OutLoud(Un)reasonable Adjustments
Definitions of Reasonable Adjustments (unofficial, but entirely reliable): * The Employee: “Anything that allows me to do my job while never being…
MSKMag OutLoudChanged for Good? - Editorial - MSKMag Issue 24
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com It remains to be seen if Wicked will dominate culture in the coming weeks as…
MSKMag OutLoudBeyond the ‘Licence to Kill’ Headlines: Assisted Dying and MSK Practice
When was the last time you held a conversation with a colleague or patient about assisted dying? Never? You’re not alone — and that’s precisely why I’m writing…
MSKMag OutLoudBuilding a Workplace Culture That Attracts, Engages and Retains – Getting the people bit right
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Recruitment, team journey and leadership are big topics that can often slip…
MSKMag OutLoudIce Ice Maybe?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com In recent years there’s been increasing debate and discussion around ice…
MSKMag OutLoudGame On: Gamification Revolutionising Rehab and Therapy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com The Motivation Problem Anyone who’s ever faced rehabilitation after an…
MSKMag OutLoudEvidence Based Practice – Making MSK Great Again!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com So, you think you know what evidence-based practice (EBP) is? I’m glad you…
MSKMag OutLoudChewy and Jim (and Beav?) - Nov 2025
Welcome back to Chewy and Jim! The lads are joined in this recording by Rob Beaven who, amongst other things (like a chiro but we don’t hold that against him)…
MSKMag OutLoudShould We Wish Things Worse? Editorial MSKMag Issue 23
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com I have a thing for counterintuitive things. It’s one of the reasons I…
MSKMag OutLoudDistal biceps ruptures – a ticking time bomb?
First up in this month’s MSKMag is a reprint of the wonderful Val Jones’ excellent article from earlier this year. We are re-publishing this as open access to…
MSKMag OutLoudUnder Pressure: Catching Cases of MSCC
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com The cells of a malignant tumour are restless. Every so often, one wriggles…
MSKMag OutLoudBeyond Biomechanics: Stepping Away from Structuralism to Sensible Training and Tolerance with Endurance Athletes
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Therapists treating runners, cyclists, or triathletes can often feel…
MSKMag OutLoudCompetency Over Profession in MSK Healthcare
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Last week, I spent three hours covering reception at our multidisciplinary…
MSKMag OutLoudDoes Physio Have a Future?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Whilst the existence of debate in MSK physiotherapy is not new, recently the…
MSKMag OutLoudThree Medic Behaviours That Could Be Hurting the NHS
The NHS is under super enormous pressure. Staff are walking, patients are waiting ridiculous amounts of time, and services feel harder to deliver than ever…
MSKMag OutLoudVideo Killed the Radio Star - Editorial - MSKMag Issue 22
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com I was reminded recently about my very first MSKMag editorial which I titled…
MSKMag OutLoudChewy and Jim - July 2025
Welcome back to Chewy and Jim!. In this recording there wasn’t anyone available to reign them in so we had to edit out some of their more ridiculous…
MSKMag OutLoudMSKMag OutLoud - Issue 3 - March 24
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Issue 3 Content The Rise and Fall of MSKR - Felicity Thow READ HERE When Your…
MSKMag OutLoudMassage, Needling & CPD
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Why do you care so much about the other MSK professions? CHEWY - One of the…
MSKMag OutLoudMSKMag OutLoud - Issue 2 - Feb 24
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com Issue 2 Content Is Stretching Due A Renaissance? - Sue Julians READ HERE So…
MSKMag OutLoudOA, Personalities & S&C Specificity
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mskmag.substack.com It turns out that if you give two MSK nerds who happen to be best mates 3…