Episodes
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Hi everyone and welcome to today's episode.
I've enjoyed putting together this short mini-series on the collective ability of using BFR in multiple different scenarios to assist with improving the operative outcome - in this case knee surgery.
Today's episode is around the cardioprotective ability of using Blood Flow Restriction prior to surgery. In particular, perioperative myocardial infarction is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality after major non-cardiac surgery. Therefore the ability to reduce myocardial injury and other ischaemic complications of surgery holds great benefit.
Using BFR in this instance, is a great option as traditional methods to reduce the risk are usually pharmacologically based which although the may reduce the risks they do have side-effects in some patients.
The article is pretty heavy with mechanisms so if you are interested please download the article.
Cardioprotection by remote ischaemic preconditioning.
British journal of anaesthesia, 99(5), 611-616. Walsh, S. R., Tang, T., Sadat, U., Dutka, D. P., & Gaunt, M. E. (2007).
If you haven't yet got a set of BFR cuffs please head to my website to buy your own and if you have any questions please ask as I really want to ensure you get the best use of Blood Flow Restriction for you. Head to https://www.sportsrehab.com.au
If there is anyone listening that may benefit from this, please share it.
Thanks for listen
Chris
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Welcome back to this episode which is a short series of paper reviews that highlights the different uses for Blood Flow Restriction around Knee surgery.
Today's episode looks at the positive effect of only 8 days of pre-operative strengthening with respect to density and function of the quadriceps within the first 4 weeks of ACL reconstruction. This is a great concept as it is well documented the outcome from surgery is improved with relative muscle strength and size. With the positive effects of training with BFR whilst using low-loads, this training methodology in a pre-operative state really highlight the advantages of blood flow restriction. This is also something to highlight in some people, where the injury may prevent any kind of meaningful strengthening program prior to the operation due to the inability to strength train through a suitable range and load.
The article for reference is called:
Preconditioning With Blood Flow Restricted Exercise Preserves Quadriceps Muscle Endurance in Patients After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.
Short–Term Frontiers in physiology, 9, 1150.
Žargi, T., Drobnič, M., Stražar, K., & Kacin, A. (2018).
I hope you are enjoying this mini-series that puts together a collection of different BFR papers of relevance to optimising recovery from knee surgery.
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See you soon for the next episode.
Thanks for listening and remember to keep the pump.
Chris
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Use Blood Flow Restriction to decrease joint and tendon pain - BFR after knee surgery
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Happy New Year.
Late last year I reviewed an article that highlighted the benefits of 12 strength training sessions using BFR post knee arthroscopy around improving muscle size, strength & function. This highlighted the ease and effectiveness of such a simple training addition.
Consequently I wanted to collate a few articles that built on this initial article to highlight the few different uses of BFR around surgery. In this case, we are focusing on the knee.
Today's article review looks at how BFR can decrease joint and tendon pain in the knee joint. I have had a lot of success using BFR for this reason and not just around surgery.
The 2 articles are:
1. Blood flow restriction-induced analgesia in patients with anterior knee pain.
Korakakis, V., Whiteley, R., & Epameinontidis, K. (2017). Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20, e100.
2. Quadriceps strengthening with and without blood flow restriction in the treatment of patellofemoral pain: a double-blind randomised trial.
Giles, L., Webster, K. E., McClelland, J., & Cook, J. L. (2017). British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(23), 1688-1694.
Join me in the next episode where we will keep building on the multiple ways that you can incorporate BFR around surgery to assist with improving your recovery.
If you want to know more about BFR and buy your own set of cuffs please head to my website: www.sportsrehab.com.au
Thanks for listening and remember to keep the pump.
Chris
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Hi there,
This is a short bonus episode just in time for Christmas. I regularly get questions emailed to me about how to incorporate BFR in their specific scenario. I thought that putting it in an audio format may be a good way to not only answer the question but also it may be relevant for some of you. Hence today's podcast.
Today's question is:
"I have just undergone a partial menisectomy and have had 40% of my medial meniscus in my left knee removed. I was wondering what you might recommend I could do to assist my rehab of the left leg at this stage. For example, I am allowed to start heel to toe walking, hamstring/calf stretch and a few other very low key exercises like mini recumbent cycling tomorrow but I was wondering would you recommend using the BFR in anyway yet even just passively?"
I actually liked doing this segment and think it can be an extra segment for BFR Radio. So, if you have any questions that you'd like to be answered contact me through my website or my social media channels.
https://www.sportsrehab.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisgaviglio/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisGaviglio
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sportsrehab.com.au/
Have a Merry Christmas and see you all in the New Year.
Chris
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Hi there and welcome to this month's episode. In the last episode I reviewed an awesome paper highlighting the positive effect of just 12 BFR sessions after knee arthroscopy. This prompted me to put together a mini-series of papers that combine all of the positive effects of using BFR around knee surgery. So usually I'd follow up with the next article, however I've been trying to interview Matt Ham for a short while so I'd thought I put this interview out.
Similar to a previous episode where I interviewed S&C coach Tony Lewis (https://www.instagram.com/tonylewispt/), Matt was also born in the same town (Ayr, Queensland). This is remarkable considering the small size of the town.
Matt has worked in the fitness industry for over fifteen years and competed in professional football (soccer) for four years with Hyundai A-league teams including Gold Coast United, Brisbane Roar and the North Queensland Fury. He has held strength & conditioning positions with the Brisbane Roar (2016-2017), the Queensland Rugby League Referees, The Guam National Football Team and various young professional and semi-professional athletes.
Matt’s professional experience with sporting teams, coupled with his academic achievements in sports and exercise science and years of service in the fitness industry has subjected him to an expansive array of top-level strength and conditioning, resistance training, rehabilitation, group fitness and various cardiovascular training methods which has given him a well-rounded and superior approach to fitness training.
He has recently moved to Townsville and is the S&C coach for the Townsville Blackhawks Rugby league team which competes in the Queensland Rugby League competition.
In today's interview we talk through Matt's journey from a professional footballer (soccer for all of us Aussies) to how he got started as an S&C coach, opening his own business, working with elite footballers and of course all things BFR. This episode is more than just BFR so if you are an inspiring S&C coach or thinking about opening your own training business I think you'll get some great ideas and lessons learnt from this podcast.
If you are in Brisbane check out his facility:
Address: 3 Manilla St,
EAST BRISBANE Q 4169
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
BFR after Knee Surgery - improved muscle strength, size & function in 12 sessions
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Welcome back to this month's episode.
It's been a busy couple of months and so firstly a few updates.
1. Valve upgrade - from a product viewpoint, I have upgraded the valve connectors and I have been getting positive reviews and these are much more preferable from my customers. All products from now on will be supplied with this. If you want to upgrade your valves please contact me via my website and I we can discuss how we can make this happen.
2. Online strength & conditioning programming - over the COVID period I increased the amount of online clients and have really enjoyed it. So it you want a personalised training program from BFR specific, rehab, general fitness & strength or elite performance please contact me.
When I started to prep for this article, I started to think that this would be best served as a small series of paper reviews which highlight the many ways you can utilise BFR around a knee operation. The first episode will highlight how beneficial the inclusion of 12 sessions post knee arthroscopy can be around improving muscle size, strength & function.
The article I review is:
Blood flow restriction training after knee arthroscopy: a randomized controlled pilot study
Tennent, D. J., Hylden, C. M., Johnson, A. E., Burns, T. C., Wilken, J. M., & Owens, J. G. (2017). Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 27(3), 245-252.
What I enjoy about these papers is how simple the intervention are and how beneficial it is.
And across the spectrum of everyone, the advantage of BFR is that is portable and can be done anywhere. Also with restrictions to gym access during the COVID period, this furthermore plays a great advantage to putting BFR into your rehab program.
If you are looking to purchase your own set of cuffs or want more information please visit my website at https://www.sportsrehab.com.au
Thanks for listening and see you next month.
Friday Sep 04, 2020
BFR for Ballet, Back Rehab & Biking - interview with Tony Lewis
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Thanks for tuning into this month's episode.
I hope you enjoyed last month's podcast where I discussed a new training concept that I have been utilising. The results were absolutely surprising so in the mean time I've been working on a heavy load Isometric + BFR training program. I've just finished the testing for that 7 week training block so I'll have them to you all soon. Again I think you'll be surprised.
Onto this month's episode and a quick update around my product. I am about to update the valves which is a really nice touch to the product. The final function isn't any different but it's definitely is a good addition to the product.
In today's interview, I talk to S&C coach Tony Lewis. We both live in the same town (Brisbane) but more interestingly we were both born and grew up in the same town of Ayr (small farming town in North Queensland).
I primarily got Tony on to talk about his work with BFR in ballet but he had lots of really interesting uses for BFR in other facets of his work. I am sure you'll get something out of our chat.
A little about Tony:
- Like every kid in town, I played whatever sports were happening at that time.
- Started dancing in 1984
- Moved to Melbourne in 1986 to study full-time dance for 4 years
- After graduating from the Australian Ballet School, worked with the Australian Ballet for a short period before moving to Europe, where he danced professionally for 3 years.
- 1993 - offered a position with Queensland Ballet
- 2003 - retired from Queensland Ballet as a Principal Artist
- 2004 - started working full-time in the fitness industry
- 2010 - started my own training business
- 2014 - Strength Coach with the Queensland Ballet Academy
- 2016 - Strength Coach for the Queensland Ballet Company.
- 2020 - continue to learn, run my own business and work for the Queensland Ballet and the Academy.
If you want to contact him give him a follow or get to him via the following:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonylewispt/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonylewisPT/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonylewispt
Email: tony@tony-lewis.com.au
For more information or to buy your own set of BFR cuffs please visit my website https://sportsrehab.com.au
Thanks for listening.
Chris
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Hi there and welcome to this month's episode.
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Welcome to this month's episode of BFR Radio.
In exciting news, gyms are back open!
During the COVID period a lot of people may not have had all of the equipment necessary for "traditional" strength training. So during the COVID period I challenged myself away from more traditional high load lifting to create a hybrid strength program that worked around the constraints of not having access to lots of weight. The program involved combining low load training (the max I lifted was 40kg). As I knew that this would be enough external load, I delved into my bag of tricks and used the addition of Isometrics (use of a tie down strap), lifting bands, Blood Flow restriction and Plyometric exercises with a goal to improve athlete performance.
As I‘ve always advocated, there is no substitute for higher external load (i.e. mechanical stress) and therefore the addition of bands and isometric straps provided an additional external loading with the “minimal equipment” challenge and then the addition of BFR was using metabolic stress as a proxy for the mechanical stress that was missing. I’ve been collecting both upper and lower body testing for a few months that has actually predated me even starting this type of training so my preliminary findings are quite interesting. Once I’ve put them together I’ll share with you the results.
In other BFR work, I’ve been working on BFR use framework. Consequently I’ve been increasing my literature reading. There is so much is so many different areas, so if there is anything of particular interest that you want to hear on the podcast let me know and I’ll review those papers.
Today’s guest is NSWIS Senior Coach, David Young who is the lead S&C coach for the Women’s national rowing team based out of Penrith in NSW. As I usually preview a paper before we go into this segment, I actually wished I’d waited for the Rowing Paper I reviewed a few episodes ago. With the information that David will share with us today, I feel that we could have really had a BFR rowing special. And add last month's episode review from Sam Halley on the effects of IPC on kayaking performance (with a potential for it to transfer to rowing performance) then this would have been a really sports specific episode.
I am sure you'll get a lot out of today's episode. David brings a wealth of coaching experience and he really brings some good practical take-aways for BFR use in an elite training environment.
Some more information:
David is a Senior S&C Coach with the New South Wales Institute of Sport, having previously worked at both the English Institute of Sport and the Sports Council for Wales. During his 16 years in High Performance Sport David has worked across a wide range of Olympic and Commonwealth sports. Since 2006, he has worked with rowing programs in the UK and Australia, being fortunate enough to support athletes to numerous World, Olympic and Paralympic medals.
His current role sees him deliver S&C services to Rowing Australia’s Hancock Prospecting Women’s National Training Centre based in Penrith. David has a Master’s degree from the University of Sydney and ongoing industry accreditations with the ASCA, UKSCA and NSCA.
Contact him via LinkedIn or via email: David.Young@nswis.com.au
For more information or to order your own set of BFR cuffs please visit my website: www.sportsrehab.com.au
Thanks for next listening and see you next month.
Chris
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Thanks for joining in for this month's episode.
In this episode I am joined by Sam Halley who hopefully by the time this episode airs should have officially completed and be awarded his PhD. His PhD focused on the area of Ischemic Preconditioning (IPC) and this podcast will essentially be 2 parts.
The first section revisits what IPC is, what this means for exercise performance and some of his own work looking at the effect of IPC on nqurmusucalr function during intense exercise. The second part takes the concept of IPC into the real world of sporting performance. It looks at how the application of IPC on kayak 1000m performance.
The advantage of IPC is that it is a passive intervention that comprises of three to four 5 minute alternating cycles of blood flow occlusion and reperfusion across limbs. Exercise performance trials have demonstrated small, albeit inconsistent, ergogenic effects during aerobic and exhaustive tasks. His work with kayak athletes is well worth the listen.
We also discuss how this type of intervention could be of benefit with other athletes and in particular he highlights the potential for big-wave surfers and swimmers. Sam covers a lot in this podcast with a lot of practical take-aways.
If you want to contact him, his details are:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beachshalleyball/
Email: slhalley07@gmail.com
Researchgate: Sam Halley
I hope you enjoyed this episode.
For more information or to order your own set of BFR cuffs please visit my website: www.sportsrehab.com.au