Ep 70: Spotlight on inclusive sports physical therapy, with IFSPT President Dr Luciana de Michelis Mendonça

Dr Luciana de Michelis Mendonça realized very early on in her physical therapy career that something wasn't quite right in the sports physical therapy arena; very few of her women colleagues progressed through the ranks of general training to the specialist field of sports, and even fewer worked at the top level of sports, especially with elite or professional teams. She was determined to drive change. Register for the 4th World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy (early bird closes May 1): https://www.conferencemanager.dk/wcspt2022 Gender bias in sports physical therapy: https://www.jospt.org/do/10.2519/jospt.blog.20210825/full/

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The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy brings you the JOSPT Insights podcast every Monday. On each episode, experienced clinicians and researchers unpack musculoskeletal rehabilitation topics in under 30 minutes. Guests share clinical tips and research discoveries with host Dr Clare Ardern, Editor-in-Chief of JOSPT. Sports physical therapists Dr Chelsea Cooman and Dr Dan Chapman are frequent co-hosts.