A Discussion With Troy Walker - First Nations Senior Research Fellow - Covering Commercial Determinants Of Health, GLP-1 Medications, Turf Wars Between Physio & Chiro & MORE
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A Discussion With Troy Walker - First Nations Senior Research Fellow - Covering Commercial Determinants Of Health, GLP-1 Medications, Turf Wars Between Physio & Chiro & MORE

2026-03-19

01:16:59

Troy is a Yorta Yorta man, an experienced registered chiropractor, strength and conditioning coach and senior research fellow with a demonstrated history of working in Aboriginal health, clinical health, wellbeing, nutrition and physical activity.

He is active in - and passionate about - nutrition research and practice, clinical pain management, Aboriginal lifestyle health, social and emotional wellbeing, photobiomodulation and neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation.

Troy and I have enjoyed getting to know each other on LinkedIn.

In this discussion, we chatted about:

Commercial determinants of health GLP-1 medications What Troy loves & loathes about his research The turf war dynamics between Physios and Chiros Pseudoscientific clinical reasoning in past Physio education
No. of episodes
8
Latest episode
2026-10-28

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This podcast is hosted by Tim Karajas, an ex-Physiotherapist turned Personal Trainer. Tim is Head Coach and Owner of Extension Fitness.

The focus of this podcast is on:

- health & fitness for middle aged and older adults
- improving performance & enjoyment for recreational distance runners
- other eclectic topics which interest the host!

About Extension Fitness:

Extension Fitness is a family owned, boutique personal training and running coaching service in Perth, Western Australia.

We help middle-aged and older adults improve their health through strength training.

We help recreational runners get faster and reduce injury risk. We do it through technique assessment & coaching, online running coaching via Final Surge and strength training.