Episode 343 is an Expert Edition featuring Jack March, (rheumatology.physio) ‘Rheumatology in Sports’
Jack March is the founder of Rheumatology.Physio and the Director of the Physio Matters ecosystem.
Jack graduated in 2008 from Plymouth University before settling into a specialty in Rheumatology. Jack is a teacher at heart offering full day courses on rheumatology, alongside his clinical work and his extensive work with Physio Matters podcast and ecosystem.
In this episode Jack outlines what rheumatology is, the incidence and prevalence of Rheumatology amongst athletes and the greater population, key rheumatological conditions that athletes may hear about or come across or perhaps even be experiencing themselves including gout, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and much more.
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“Delay to diagnosis is pretty much the worst prognostic indicator for these diseases”
“Axial spondylarthritis patients are almost exclusively under the age of 45”
“Lupus patients tend to be younger, so you're looking around 16 to 25 with their onset”
“Understanding the effect of everything you do on the symptoms, and what that's doing to you in the short, medium and long term” – Best Advice
“100 air squats” – Physical Challenge
Michael Atherton - former England international cricket player
Phil Mickelson - American Professional Golfer
Caroline Wozniack - Danish former professional tennis player
Venus Williams - American professional tennis player
Website: @rheumatology.physio
Instagram: @rheumatology.physio
Twitter: @physiojack
Website: @PhysioMatters
0:00 Start
03:00 Why Jack Specialised in Rheumatology
07:55 Definition of Rheumatology
10:05The Importance of disorders being diagnosed
15:30 The most common conditions
19:40 The Causes and Symptoms of Gout
26:55 The Symptoms, Age, Diagnosis and Management Strategy of Rheumatoid Arthritis
38:25 Definition of ankylosing spondyloarthropathy
47:20 Definition and Symptoms Psoriasis
48:50 Definition and Symptoms of Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's
50:05 Anterior uveitis Signs and Symptoms
51:10 Diagnosis and Management of Ankylosing Spondylitis
56:45 Some things to be thinking or asking if you're a practitioner
1:02:00 Tips around suspicion of potential connective tissue disorder presentations
1:10:30 Best Advice
1:19:12 Finish
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