In this episode, Connor welcomes Andy Barker of the @NewGradPhysio. Andy was a full-time physiotherapist with professional rugby league club Leeds Rhinos from 2010-2018 (7 of those years as head physio). He was dropped in the deep end 15-months into his tenure when he was made head physio of the club. Now he runs his own business @NewGradPhysio helping young physio's progress their career and he has a physiotherapy practice in Leeds. This episode is one of the best yet with some amazing information around injury, rehab and warm-ups. The topics we cover are: 

• Andy's background, education and experience
• His favourite coaching experience(s)
• What the most common joint or muscle issues Andy sees in his practice and why this is the case
• What are the common assumptions around injury that people ALWAYS get wrong
• Are there any particular prehab/warm up strategies that Andy has found to be really effective in reducing injury risk
• Does Andy this mini-bands are useful?
• Are there any common "release" techniques people can use themselves?

You can find out more about the New Grad Physio here: www.newgradphysio.com, follow Andy on Instagram @NewGradPhysio and if you have any questions for Andy you can email him andy@newgradphysio.com. 

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