David Pope 🎤🚵🏼‍♀️

Australian Titled Musculoskeletal and Sports & Exercise Physio, podcaster (Physio Edge podcast), mountain biker, BJJ competitor

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3 reasons a cortisone injection is worse than a placebo injection for lateral elbow tendinopathy. Couppé et al. 2022 discovered that patients that had a cortisone injection had more pain and severe symptoms after 52 weeks than patients who received a placebo injection.

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3 reasons a cortisone injection is worse than a placebo injection for lateral elbow tendinopathy. Couppé et al. 2022 discovered that patients that had a cortisone injection had more pain and severe symptoms after 52 weeks than patients who received a placebo injection.

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Is a cortisone injection or a placebo injection better for lateral elbow tendinopathy? Find out in this study by Couppé et al. 2022

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Is a cortisone injection or a placebo injection better for lateral elbow tendinopathy? Find out in this study by Couppé et al. 2022

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Three tests that will help you accurately diagnose lateral elbow tendinopathy.

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Three tests that will help you accurately diagnose lateral elbow tendinopathy.

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Will eight weeks of isometric exercises improve your patient's lateral elbow tendinopathy? Find out in this study by Vuvan et al. 2018 @vianavuvan @luke_heales

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Will isometric wrist extension exercises improve your patients pain, or aggravate it? It depends on how they do it. This study by Coombes et al. 2016 guides your isometric exercise prescription for lateral elbow tendinopathy.

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Will isometric wrist extension exercises improve your patients pain, or aggravate it? It depends on how they do it. This study by Coombes et al. 2016 guides your isometric exercise prescription for lateral elbow tendinopathy. @luke_heales @aoifestephenson @Bill_Vicenzino

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What is "tennis elbow" or lateral elbow pain called now? And why does it even matter what it's called?

Find out in this short video with David Pope (APA Titled Musculoskeletal & Sports and Exercise Physio)

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Here are 3 things that stood out to me in the 6 research articles I covered on groin pain and adductors this week.

What stood out to you? Let me know in the comments

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Do Copenhagen Adduction exercises actually improve the risk of groin pain injuries in your athletes or sports performance? This study by Quintana-Cepedal et al. 2025 challenged my biases and what I thought I knew about this exercise.

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Here are 6 variations of the Copenhagen adductor strengthening exercises you can use with your groin pain patients, from O’Connor et al 2025.

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What’s the most effective way to strengthen the adductors using isometric exercises in your groin pain patients? Find out in this new RCT by O'Connor et al 2025.

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What information does an X-ray actually give you in patients with groin pain? Find out in this study by Nielsen et al 2025.

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Which tests have you stopped using or changed how you use them? Let me know in the comments below.

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When your patient presents with low back, hip, and groin pain, how can you determine whether the hip, lumbar spine, SIJ, nerves, adductors, or other structures in this area are nociceptive pain drivers?

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Which one of these 4 muscles and tendons do you need to palpate to accurately identify adductor-related groin pain (ARGP)? Find out in this study by Heijboer et al 2024.

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Here's a link to the article https://t.co/gJV7KAVVxG

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What objective assessment tests can you use for inguinal-related groin pain? Find out in this study by Heijboer et al 2023.

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Which 6 objective assessment tests do you need to perform to identify adductor-related groin pain (ARGP)? Let’s go through them, from this study by Heijboer et al 2024.