Luke Nelson - Helping people with running-related injuries

2022-04-04

This week on the Physio Foundations podcast I spoke to Dr Luke Nelson, AKA sports Chiro Luke, about the pathway he has been on from new grad practitioner, to highly experienced sports chiropractor and leader within his profession. Luke is a sports chiropractor with a special interest in helping people manage running related injuries. He is an active member of the Australian sports rehab and sports medicine world and a strong advocate for evidence-based practice and collaboration between professional groups. In part one of our ...

Luke is a sports chiropractor with a special interest in helping people manage running related injuries. He is an active member of the Australian sports rehab and sports medicine world and a strong advocate for evidence-based practice and collaboration between professional groups.

In part one of our conversation:

0:00 Welcome to Physio Foundations
2:50 Luke’s background and interests
4:40 Develop a thirst for knowledge
5:05 Sports chiro and sports physio – how are they similar?
8:30 The patient comes first
9:10 Interprofessional boundaries and working together to achieve the same things
12:41 What are the most important foundational knowledge and skills that practitioners should focus on?
13:30 Communication – look and listen more than you talk
16:40 Spend time observing other practitioners inside and outside your field
17:50 What got you interested in helping people with running injuries?
21:20 Career crossroads – pick who you want to work with
23:20 Do you have to be a runner to help runners?
24:58 Don’t be lazy – Keep the runner running
30:05 Running is mental – Keep people involved in some way when they are injured