The Physio Coach Podcast

Better Physio Group
  • 5.0 (1)
  • Medicine
  • Updated Semimonthly

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. 4d ago

    with Benoy Mathew (Advanced Hip and Running Physiotherapist) – The Hip Conditions Physios Miss

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with advanced hip and running physiotherapist Benoy Mathew to explore commonly missed hip conditions, complex clinical reasoning and the rehabilitation of hip and running-related injuries. They discuss why hip dysplasia is frequently missed in young active women, how to identify femoral neck bone-stress injuries and why common MRI findings may not explain a patient’s symptoms. They also explore shockwave therapy, running with osteoarthritis, prehabilitation and why complex patients often need support from a wider multidisciplinary team. Topics covered: Commonly missed hip and groin conditions Hip dysplasia in young active women The limitations of relying on MRI findings Femoral neck bone-stress injuries in runners Sporting history, menstrual history and peak bone mass Proximal ITB syndrome Ischiofemoral impingement Osteitis pubis and referred pain Pudendal neuralgia Shockwave therapy and tendon rehabilitation Running with hip osteoarthritis Returning to running following hip surgery Prehabilitation and criteria-based rehabilitation Developing expertise through experience and mentorship Pelvic health, nutrition and multidisciplinary care The physiotherapist’s role as a health coach Specialist versus generalist practice ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 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://betterphysiogroup.com/ 🎧 Guest: Benoy Mathew 🌐 Website: https://www.instagram.com/function2fitness/ 🤝 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 Use the code PHYSIOCOACH2MO for two months free. If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it with a friend or leaving a review—it helps us more than you know.

  2. Jul 29

    with Dr Oliver Thomson (Osteopath and Researcher) - The Problem With Evidence-Based Practice

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with London-based osteopath, researcher and educator Dr Oliver Thomson to explore evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning and the realities of delivering patient-centred MSK care. They discuss why research doesn’t always map neatly onto the individual in front of us, what really makes someone skilled at manual therapy and how clinicians can balance evidence, experience and patient preferences. They also explore the similarities between physiotherapy and osteopathy, the importance of language and the ethical challenges of providing care in private practice. Topics covered: Evidence-based practice and clinical uncertainty Why research doesn’t always translate neatly to individual patients Experience, reflection and the development of clinical expertise The value and limitations of manual therapy What makes someone genuinely skilled with their hands The importance of touch, communication and clinical performance How language can reassure patients—or create fear Clinical reasoning, pattern recognition and patient-centred care The similarities between physiotherapy, osteopathy and chiropractic Professional identity within MSK healthcare Patient choice, shared decision-making and treatment preferences The ethics of overtreatment and running a private practice ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 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://betterphysiogroup.com/ 🎧 Guest: Dr Oliver Thomson 🌐 Website: https://www.droliverthomson.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droliver_t/ 🤝 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: https://jane.app/en-GB/demo Use the code PHYSIOCOACH2MO for two months free. If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it with a friend or leaving a review—it helps us more than you know.

  3. Jul 14

    with Rebecca Christenson - Everything You Need to Know About Ankle Rehab

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with specialist Foot & Ankle Physiotherapist Rebecca Christenson to explore what really drives successful rehabilitation. Using Charlie's own ankle injury and surgical recovery as the foundation for the conversation, they discuss how expert clinicians balance science, experience and coaching to help patients recover with confidence. Topics covered: Acute ankle sprains, bone bruising & why early protection matters Returning to running after injury Why flare-ups aren't failure—and how to manage them Tendon rehabilitation: overload vs underload Achilles tendinopathy & insertional tendon pain Clinical reasoning, patient expectations & reading the person, not just the injury Working with surgeons and making evidence-based rehabilitation decisions What decades of specialist practice have taught Rebecca about becoming a better clinician ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 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://betterphysiogroup.com/ 🎧 Guest: Rebecca Christenson 🌐 Website: https://puresportsmed.com/team/rebecca-christenson/ 🤝 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 Use the code PHYSIOCOACH2MO for 2 months free If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it with a friend or leaving a review — it helps us more than you know.

  4. Jun 30

    with Rodger Duckworth (Trauma Physiotherapist) – Why Great Clinicians Stay Curious

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with trauma physiotherapist Rodger Duckworth to explore trauma, chronic pain, manual therapy, the nervous system, and why the best clinicians never stop being curious. Topics covered: Manual therapy, therapeutic touch & the therapeutic alliance Trauma, the autonomic nervous system & chronic pain Why some patients don't recover as expected Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) & long-term health Clinical reasoning, intuition & pattern recognition Rodger's personal health journey and how it transformed his practice ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 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://betterphysiogroup.com/ 🎧 Guest: Rodger Duckworth 🌐 Website: https://www.rdphysio.com/ 🤝 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.

  5. Jun 16

    with Mehmet Gem (The Hip Physio) - Everything You Need to Know About Hip Pain

    In this special live audience episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with hip specialist Mehmet Gem (@the.hip.physio) to explore the realities of hip pain, labral tears, FAI, hip dysplasia, surgery decisions, rehabilitation, and what it takes to become a true expert in a niche area of physiotherapy. Topics covered: Hip impingement (FAI) & labral tears Hip dysplasia & instability When surgery is — and isn't — the right option How to choose the right surgeon The role of physiotherapy before surgery Why communication is a clinician's greatest skill Getting comfortable with uncertainty in practice Online physiotherapy & specialist consulting Building The Hip Physio brand Audience Q&A on complex hip cases ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 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: Mehmet Gem 📸 Follow Mehmet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.hip.physio 🌐 Learn more: https://www.thehipphysio.com 🤝 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: https://www.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.

  6. Jun 2

    with Yasmin Palfrey (Advanced Practice Physiotherapist) - What Physios Get Wrong About Female Hip Pain

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with Advanced Practice Physiotherapist Yasmin Palfrey to explore female hip pain, hip dysplasia, women's health, and the realities of building a specialist physiotherapy career. Topics covered: Hip dysplasia & female hip pain Why some diagnoses are commonly missed Endometriosis, hormones & musculoskeletal health Why women are often underloaded in rehab Strength training myths and recovery Imposter syndrome & building confidence in healthcare ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 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: Yasmin Palfrey 🌐 Website: https://thefitnessphysio.com 📸 Follow Yasmin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefitnessphysio_ 🤝 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.

  7. May 19

    with William Wayland (Elite Performance Coach) - Why Physios Underload Rehab

    In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with performance consultant William Wayland to explore the gap between rehab and true athletic performance. From movement quality and strength training to modern golf performance and return-to-play principles, this conversation challenges how we approach loading, rehab, and athletic development. Topics covered: Rehab vs performance Why physios often underload rehab Does technique matter? Strength training for golfers Ground reaction force & athletic performance Objective testing in rehab Mobility, movement & hip rotation Evidence-based practice vs coaching intuition Athletic development principles BOSU balls, Nordics & rehab trends ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 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: William Wayland Follow William on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachwwayland You can also find William's Hinge Mastery Course here: https://coach-wayland-collective.circle.so/hingemastery 🤝 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.

  8. May 5

    with Tim Beames (International Teacher and Author) - 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.

See All (83)

Trailer

About

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. 

Information

  • Creator
    Better Physio Group
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    83
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Physio Coach Podcast

You Might Also Like