The Physio Coach Podcast

Better Physio Group
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Welcome to The Physio Coach Podcast — where physiotherapy meets coaching. Hosted by Charlie Goodchild, Physio Coach and founder of Better Physio Group, a Central London-based physiotherapy company, this podcast explores the cutting edge of injury recovery, pain management, and long-term health and wellbeing. Blending physical and psychological insight with elite coaching science, Physio Coaching is about more than just feeling better — it’s about living better. Each episode features conversations with health experts, injury specialists, and top coaches, guiding you through your own journey toward better health and an upgrade to your physio skills. 

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    with Tim Beames - Chronic Pain Explained

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with chronic pain specialist Tim Beames to explore the true nature of pain. From research on learned behaviour to modern frameworks like predictive processing and embodied cognition, this conversation challenges traditional physiotherapy thinking. Topics covered: Chronic pain & biopsychosocial model Early life experiences and pain Predictive processing explained Why pain isn’t always linked to damage Clinician burnout & emotional load Treating the whole person ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT & LEARN MORE 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterphysiogroup ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Physio-Coach-Podcast 🏥 Book a physio appointment in London, UK: https://www.betterneverends.com 🎧 Guest: Tim Beames: https://timbeames.com/ Follow Tim on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timbeamespain 🤝 This episode is sponsored by Jane App Jane is a clinic management software designed to help healthcare professionals run smoother, more efficient practices — from booking and scheduling to notes and payments. 🔗 Learn more: https://jane.app 📸 Follow Jane UK: http://instagram.com/janeapp_uk 📅 Book a demo: https://jane.app/en-GB/demo If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it with a friend or leaving a review — it helps us more than you know.

    1hr 38min

  2. 23 APR

    with Rob Beaven (The Physio Communities Favourite Chiropractor) - Why Great Clinicians Question Everything

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with chiropractor Rob Beaven to explore what modern MSK practice really looks like — and why the best clinicians don’t just treat, they adapt, question, and coach. From clinical identity and traditional models to patient communication and behaviour change, this conversation unpacks how great practitioners think beyond labels and focus on what actually helps people get better. 🎧 Topics include: • Why “because it’s always been done that way” limits clinical progress • The rise of the “expert generalist” in MSK care • Differences (and similarities) between physio and chiropractic • Why patient beliefs and expectations shape outcomes • How to improve adherence and real-world rehab success • The role of communication in effective treatment • Why adding value matters more than adding techniques • How to make rehab fit into a patient’s real life ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT & LEARN MORE 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterphysiogroup ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Physio-Coach-Podcast 🏥 Book a physio appointment in London, UK: https://www.betterneverends.com 🎧 Guest: Rob Beaven: https://dyerstclinic.com/ Follow Rob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robthechiro 🤝 This episode is sponsored by Jane App Jane is a clinic management software designed to help healthcare professionals run smoother, more efficient practices — from booking and scheduling to notes and payments. 🔗 Learn more: https://jane.app 📸 Follow Jane UK: http://instagram.com/janeapp_uk 📅 Book a demo: https://jane.app/en-GB/demo If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it with a friend or leaving a review — it helps us more than you know.

    1hr 24min

  3. 7 APR

    with Ben Lombard - Bone Stress Injuries, Recovery & Running Performance

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with running specialist physiotherapist Ben Lombard to unpack the real reasons behind the rise in running injuries. From bone stress injuries and under-recovery to social media influence and training mistakes — we dive deep into why more runners are breaking down… and what actually works to keep them healthy. 🎧 Topics include: • Why “under-recovery” is the real problem for most runners • The truth about bone stress injuries and how they develop • How social media is quietly driving overtraining • Why strength alone isn’t enough for running performance • The biggest mistakes runners make with training and rehab ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT & LEARN MORE 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterneverends ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Physio-Coach-Podcast 🏥 Book a physio appointment in London, UK: https://www.betterneverends.com 🎧 Guest: Ben Lombard: https://www.benlombardphysiotherapy.com/ Follow Ben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benlombardphysiotherapy 🤝 This episode is sponsored by Jane App Jane is a clinic management software designed to help healthcare professionals run smoother, more efficient practices — from booking and scheduling to notes and payments. 🔗 Learn more: https://jane.app 📸 Follow Jane UK: http://instagram.com/janeapp_uk 📅 Book a demo: https://jane.app/en-GB/demo If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it with a friend or leaving a review — it helps us more than you know.

    1hr 25min

  4. 25 MAR

    with Simon Cabot - Why Pain Persists: Stress, Nervous System & Recovery

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with our very own pain specialist Simon Cabot to unpack the real drivers behind chronic pain. From stress and the nervous system to “pain memories” and the mind-body connection — this conversation goes deep into why some injuries don’t heal the way we expect… and what actually works.   🎧 Topics include: • Why stress creates real, physical pain • The biggest shift that changed Simon’s career • Pain as a protector (not just damage) • Why “one-size-fits-all” treatment doesn’t work • How beliefs alone can sometimes eliminate pain   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT & LEARN MORE 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterneverends ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Physio-Coach-Podcast 🏥 Book a physio appointment in London, UK: https://www.betterneverends.com 🎧 Guest: Simon Cabot: https://www.betterneverends.com Follow Simon Cabot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.paincoach 🤝 This episode is sponsored by Jane App Jane is a clinic management software designed to help healthcare professionals run smoother, more efficient practices — from booking and scheduling to notes and payments. 🔗 Learn more: https://jane.app 📸 Follow Jane UK: http://instagram.com/janeapp_uk 📅 Book a demo: https://jane.app/en-GB/demo If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it with a friend or leaving a review — it helps more us more than you know.

    1hr 27min

  5. 17 FEB

    with Alex Morrell - Why Great Physios Think Like Coaches

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, host Charlie Goodchild sits down with Alex Morrell, physiotherapist, clinic owner, and former sports physio, to explore the realities of modern physiotherapy careers. Alex shares his journey from early academic failure, into professional rugby environments, and ultimately into building a multi-service clinic focused on performance, systems, and long-term outcomes — not quick fixes. This conversation explores the crossover between physiotherapy, coaching, and business, and how clinicians can build careers that are both impactful and sustainable. This episode dives deep into: Failure as a driver for growth The realities of sports physio vs private practice Push seasons, pull seasons & avoiding burnout Why rehab needs to be harder Testing as a tool for behaviour change Performance beyond “pain-free” Mentorship, systems & business scalability Building clinics that run without you Redefining success through family & lifestyle ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT & LEARN MORE 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterneverends ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Physio-Coach-Podcast 🏥 Book a physio appointment in London, UK: https://www.betterneverends.com   🎧 Guest: Alex Morrell Follow Alex on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@alexmorrellphysio   If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it with a colleague or leaving a review — it helps more people find the podcast.

    1hr 23min

  6. 3 FEB

    Physiotherapy Needs To Change - Matt Todman (Founder of Six Physio)

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, host Charlie Goodchild sits down with Matt Todman, physiotherapist and founder of Six Physio, to explore nearly three decades of experience in private practice. Matt shares his journey into physiotherapy, why he believes the profession needed disrupting, and how Six Physio grew by focusing on communication, culture, and patient experience rather than quick fixes or volume-based care. This conversation dives deep into: Why physios struggle to value their work The art vs science of physiotherapy Communication as a clinical skill The 80–20 rule in rehab Building clinic culture that actually lasts Leadership, people, and long-term outcomes If you’re a physio, clinic owner, or healthcare professional looking to improve both your clinical impact and business thinking, this episode is essential listening. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT & LEARN MORE 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterneverends ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Physio-Coach-Podcast 🏥 Book a physio appointment in London, UK: https://www.betterneverends.com If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it with a colleague or leaving a review — it helps more people find the podcast.

    1hr 14min

  7. 20 JAN

    with Adrian D'Costa - Building a Values-Driven Physio Business

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, host Charlie Goodchild is joined by Adrian D’Costa, physiotherapist and founder of The Running Room in London. Adrian shares his journey from early-career physio to building one of the UK’s leading running rehabilitation clinics, alongside the lessons he’s learned from working with runners, mentoring clinicians, and navigating clinic ownership. This conversation goes beyond protocols and explores how great physios actually think. You’ll hear about: • How to work effectively with runners (even if you’re not a runner yourself) • Why many running rehabs fail and how underloading holds patients back • Load management vs technique in injury and performance • The role of strength & conditioning in MSK physio • Building clinical reasoning instead of relying on templates • The realities of opening and growing a physio clinic • Advice for early-career physiotherapists This episode is ideal for physiotherapists, rehab professionals, coaches, and runners who want to better understand injury, performance, and modern healthcare. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT & LEARN MORE 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterneverends ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Physio-Coach-Podcast 🏥 Book a physio appointment in London, UK: https://www.betterneverends.com 🎧 Guest: The Running Room (London): https://www.therunningroom.net Follow Adrian D’Costa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therunningroom If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it with a friend or leaving a review — it helps more us more than you know.

    1hr 31min

  8. 6 JAN

    with Steve Mayers - Why Great Physios Ask Better Questions

    The best physios don’t just treat — they coach. In the first Physio Coach Podcast of 2026, Charlie Goodchild is joined by London-based psychologist Dr Steve Mayers to explore the art of asking better questions. Looking at motivational interviewing, self-discovery, reflective practice, authenticity, AI in healthcare, and why strong therapeutic relationships matter more than technique alone. Dr Steve Mayers is a psychologist based in London, working with individuals, athletes, and professionals. Learn more at 👉 https://drstevemayers.com

    1hr 29min
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Welcome to The Physio Coach Podcast — where physiotherapy meets coaching. Hosted by Charlie Goodchild, Physio Coach and founder of Better Physio Group, a Central London-based physiotherapy company, this podcast explores the cutting edge of injury recovery, pain management, and long-term health and wellbeing. Blending physical and psychological insight with elite coaching science, Physio Coaching is about more than just feeling better — it’s about living better. Each episode features conversations with health experts, injury specialists, and top coaches, guiding you through your own journey toward better health and an upgrade to your physio skills. 

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  • Creator
    Better Physio Group
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    76
  • Rating
    Explicit
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