Podcast: Back 2 Your Best Rehab Podcast

Daniel Rothenberg

Rehabilitation After a Significant Ankle Fractures: Nicole’s Recovery from Wheelchair to Running

A significant ankle fracture can result in a prolonged period of reduced weight-bearing, loss of strength and mobility, and reduced confidence with walking and everyday activities. Rehabilitation following surgery needs to progressively address these changes while respecting tissue healing and the individual’s stage of recovery. Nicole sustained a trimalleolar ankle fracture with significant soft tissue injury after slipping in mud.

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Daniel Rothenberg

Rehabilitation After Spinal Surgery: Jess’s Recovery

Spinal surgery can reduce symptoms associated with conditions such as disc herniation and nerve compression, but surgery does not automatically restore the strength, physical capacity and confidence required to return to normal activity and exercise. This is where structured post-operative rehabilitation can play an important role. Jess had experienced recurrent lower back pain and sciatica for several years before developing

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Sports Chiropractic
Daniel Rothenberg

ACL Rehabilitation: What Nat’s Second ACL Recovery Taught Her About Getting Back to Sport

An ACL injury isn’t just about getting your knee feeling better. Good rehabilitation is about progressively rebuilding the strength, capacity and confidence needed to return to the activities that matter to you. For Nat, that meant getting back to competitive squash. A mum of three, personal trainer and former Australian representative, Nat tore her ACL for the second time while

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Sports Chiropractic
Daniel Rothenberg

Exercise During Chemo: What The Evidence Says (with EP & PhD Candidate, Brent Cunningham)

Exercise During Chemo: What The Evidence Says (with EP & PhD Candidate, Brent Cunningham) Guest: Brent Cunningham — Exercise Physiologist, PhD candidate in Exercise OncologyHost: Dan Rothenberg — Scope Sports Injury & Exercise Clinic, Back 2 Your Best Podcast When you’re facing cancer, so much feels outside your control. Exercise is one lever you can pull—safely and meaningfully—when it’s tailored

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Sports Chiropractic
Daniel Rothenberg

5 Tips For Those With Chronic Pain

Living with chronic pain is tough. The day-to-day unpredictability. The frustration of feeling like you’re doing everything right but still hurting. The mental fatigue that comes with not knowing when things will shift. If that’s you, I want to share 5 things I’ve learned from working with people just like you—patients managing long-term pain and trying to reclaim their lives.

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Sports Chiropractic
Daniel Rothenberg

How Mindfulness is Changing Rehab: Lessons from Oliver Crossley (Yogic Physio)

At Scope and in our Back 2 Your Best Rehab Program, we’ve always believed that helping people in pain is about more than just the body. It’s about mindset, nervous system regulation, and meeting people where they are. In a recent episode of the Back to Your Best Podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Oliver Crossley—physio, yoga teacher,

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Sports Chiropractic
Daniel Rothenberg

Rehab Lessons from a Lifelong Lifter and Strength Coach Zane Bormann

Lessons from a Lifelong Lifter and Coach 1. Strength Training Is Rehab Zane emphasizes that lifting—done right—is one of the most powerful rehabilitation tools available. It teaches control, builds resilience, and, when coached properly, becomes a vehicle for healing rather than harm. 2. Mindset Is Everything Pain isn’t just physical—it’s emotional and psychological. Zane discusses the “mourning process” clients go

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Sports Chiropractic
Daniel Rothenberg

Navigating Running Injuries – Insights from Sports Chiropractor Luke Nelson

Running is one of the most accessible and rewarding forms of exercise, but it’s not without its challenges—especially when it comes to injuries. In this episode of the Back to Your Best Rehab Podcast, we sat down with renowned sports chiropractor Luke Nelson to dive deep into running injuries, particularly Achilles tendinopathy, and how runners in Ipswich can prevent, manage,

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Sports Chiropractic
Daniel Rothenberg

From Chronic Pain to Recovery – Adam’s Story of Resilience and Rehabilitation

Living with chronic pain is more than just a physical challenge—it affects your mindset, emotions, relationships, and sense of self. In this week’s Back 2 Your Best Rehab Podcast, we sat down with Adam Henry, a veteran and community member in Ipswich, to talk through his long and winding journey from debilitating back pain to reclaiming control over his body

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Sports Chiropractic
Daniel Rothenberg

The Power of Intention in Recovery – Lessons from a Figure Athlete’s Journey

Recovering from injury and chronic pain is rarely a straight line. In this episode of the Back 2 Your Best Rehab Podcast, we sat down with Leah, a professional figure athlete, to explore how pain, identity, and intention intersect in the rehab journey. Leah’s story is especially relevant for anyone navigating long-term injury, particularly those in Ipswich dealing with ongoing

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