Using Exercise to Fix Pain Guest Dr Ebonie Rio on Tendinopathy & Understanding The Patient Journey

Описание: Science, movement arts, and clinical practice are constantly evolving. Learning and new information shift what we see. Whether you're a coach, professional athlete, a teacher, a clinician, a performing artist, or just somebody who's trying to figure out about your own body.

How we see things, what we understand, and what we think we know today, it might change tomorrow.


When I first came across her research in 2015, I was thinking mostly about movement, muscle, and fascia. Her work made me realize tendons are a completely different story — how they respond to load, how pain fits into that picture, and that there are clear, evidence-based steps that help them recover.

Even when we recorded this episode, I was still learning new things, including how the speed of an exercise can determine whether a tendon actually receives load.

After returning from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, I had the chance to sit down with Dr. Ebonie Rio.

Ebonie is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Physiotherapist and one of the leading researchers in tendon health and pain science.

She’s a passionate teacher who presents at national and international conferences, guest lectures at universities on tendon health, foot and ankle rehab, and pain science, and supervises Master’s and PhD students.

She has worked with everyone from Olympic athletes to everyday people who simply want to move without pain.

Her career has taken her around the globe — the Paris Olympics, the Vancouver Winter Games, the Singapore Youth Olympics, the London Paralympics, and two Commonwealth Games.

Beyond sport, she spent eighteen months as a physiotherapist for Disney’s The Lion King during its Melbourne and Shanghai tours, and she serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee for Little Big Steps, a charity helping children stay active through illness and recovery.

What I appreciate most about her approach is the honesty: being clear about what we know, what we don’t, and helping people understand their bodies in a way that empowers them to be proactive.

Her work sits at the intersection of science, movement, and care — all directed toward one mission: helping people move better, recover smarter, and live healthier.

I’m really glad to share this conversation with you. Here’s Dr. Ebonie Rio.

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