The Physio Coach Podcast

Better Physio Group

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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20 episodes
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Wednesday · 1 hr 24 min
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.
July 14 · 1 hr 27 min
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.
June 30 · 1 hr 55 min
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.
June 16 · 2 hr 14 min
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.
June 2 · 1 hr 14 min
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.
May 19 · 1 hr 32 min
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.
May 5 · 1 hr 37 min
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.
April 23 · 1 hr 24 min
with Rob Beaven (The Physio Community's 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.
April 7 · 1 hr 25 min
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.
March 25 · 1 hr 26 min
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.
February 17 · 1 hr 22 min
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.
February 3 · 1 hr 13 min
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.
January 20 · 1 hr 30 min
with Adrian D'Costa (Founder of The Running Room) - 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.
January 6 · 1 hr 28 min
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
Dec 9, 2025 · 1 hr 37 min
with Liz Bayley (Dance / Foot & Ankle Specialist Physio) - Why Dancers Get Injured: Foot Mechanics, Bone Stress & The Realities of Rehab
Charlie sits down with Liz Bayley — specialist dance and sport physio, foot & ankle expert, and one of the most experienced clinicians working in UK dance and musical theatre today. Liz shares her journey into dance physio, the realities of treating elite performers, how to manage hypermobility and bone stress injuries, why foot strength matters more than we think, and how to handle high-pressure performance decisions… all with honesty, clarity and depth.
Nov 25, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min
with Lewis Paris - Why Physios Should Think More Like Coaches
What does it take to craft a training system that lasts even when life’s full-speed? This week on The Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild sits down with London-based coach Lewis Paris — multi-award winning, built for high-performers, and offering real talk about mindset, movement, injury, and habit.
Nov 11, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min
with Dr George Bownes - Collaboration, Rehab and the Future of MSK Care
In this episode of the Physio Coach Podcast, Charlie Goodchild is joined by Dr George Bownes @citius.health — consultant in sports & exercise medicine and founder of Citius Health — to explore how elite-level sports medicine informs everyday rehab and pain-management.
Oct 24, 2025 · 2 hr 7 min
with Andrew Goodall and Dr Kash Akhtar - The Truth About Knees: Myths, Rehab, and Surgery
In this very special live episode, Charlie is joined by Andrew Goodall, specialist physiotherapist , and Dr. Kash Akhtar, consultant orthopaedic knee surgeon. Together, they dive deep into the world of knees — debunking myths, discussing real-world rehab, and exploring how physios and surgeons can collaborate for the best patient outcomes. A big thank you to @arthrosamid for sponsoring the podcast and those that attended.
Sep 30, 2025 · 1 hr 29 min
with Nicola Graham - From Physio to Coach to Entrepreneur
In this episode of The Physio Coach Podcast, host Charlie Goodchild speaks with Nicola Graham — ex-physiotherapist, entrepreneur, and strategy consultant in health and performance. Nicola’s journey spans clinical practice, business ownership, angel investing, and most recently, a candid battle with breast cancer. She shares how she reframed luck, why communication skills are the most transferable tool from physio to business, and how imposter syndrome can actually signal growth. Connect with Nicola on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicola-c-graham/
Sep 16, 2025 · 1 hr 36 min
with Rushabh Savla - The Physio Entrepreneur’s Playbook
What does it take to turn setbacks into success? In this episode, Charlie Goodchild sits down with physiotherapist and entrepreneur Rushabh Savla, who went from treating patients in the back of a barbershop to running multiple physio companies across London.