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Ten weeks to start throwing after UCL surgery sounds like a miracle timeline, until you’re the clinician staring at a stiff elbow, a decondi...

We’ve all seen it: the acute ACL patient who drags their leg into the clinic, unable to squeeze their quad to save their life. We call it Ar...

We all have our favorite "go-to" exercises for patellar tendinopathy. For years, the single-leg decline squat has been the gold standard, of...

The use of ChatGPT and other AI models has exploded in recent years, and you're starting to see this in most professions, including the...

Mike Boyle had a great discussion on Instagram several weeks ago about adults lifting to failure and using low rep schemes. It sparked a lot...

Surgeons are adding more lateral extra-articular procedures to ACL reconstructions, especially in young cutting and pivoting athletes. On pa...

Wow, I can't believe it's been 10 years! It truly is an honor to be able to host a live episode celebrating the 10-year anniversar...

Quadriceps shutdown after ACL reconstruction is one of the biggest barriers we see in the clinic. Even with modern surgical techniques and “...

There is substantial variability in rehabilitation protocols following PCL and meniscus repair surgery. There is often a conservative period...

Baseball injuries continue to rise at an alarming rate. Over the years, we have seen the development of more advanced training velocity prog...

Blood flow restriction training is gaining popularity, and new research continues to show benefits and potential new uses. We review a brand...

If you treat a lot of knee pain, this week’s episode is for you. We review a new best-practice guide for patellofemoral pain that pulls toge...

Returning to sport after an injury is always a challenge. In the profession, a lot of attention has been given to objective testing to deter...

There is no doubt that back and hip pain are often linked and sometimes confusing to diagnose. But sometimes it's hard to differentiate...

A meta-analysis was recently published, suggesting that outcomes may be the same between nonoperative and surgical reconstruction after ACL...

One of the most essential parts of ACL rehabilitation is regaining strength in the leg. Traditionally, rehab specialists have been guilty of...

Hamstring strains continue to rise in sports. As we continue to learn more, the evolution of our rehabilitation programs has also evolved. H...

Objective strength testing is always important to document progress and ensure that patients are ready for the next phase of rehabilitation....

Low back pain injuries are common in athletes, and often present differently than the typical orthopedic disc-related neurogenic pain. In th...

As we continue to learn more and more about arthrogenic muscle inhibition after ACL reconstruction surgery, we can continue to build better...

In this podcast, we review a recent article on the effect of strength training on running economy and performance. Many people have been adv...

Swelling and quadriceps muscle weakness are not uncommon after ACL reconstruction, and can even persist for several months. Athletes want to...

Over the last several years, the PT community has grown more convinced that athletes should not return to sport earlier than nine months. Re...

The debate over postoperative rehabilitation after rotator cuff repair continues to evolve. In this episode of the podcast, we review a rece...

It's important to have objective test data to safely progress patients and return them to sport after injuries like ACL reconstruction....

Internal bracing is becoming a very popular procedure with orthopedic surgeons. Repairing ligaments and then augmenting the tissue with an i...

Oblique injuries are common in baseball players, and not so common in other sports. With baseball players training so much more in the offse...

Restoring range of motion after a rotator cuff repair is one of the most important factors in long-term patient satisfaction. Internal rotat...

Rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction is a long, sequential process. We look for specific criteria before progressing our athletes back to...

Little League Elbow is a common injury in youth baseball players. Little League Elbow is a growth plate injury typically seen in baseball pi...

Over the last decade, the amount of sports physical therapy residency programs has skyrocketed. There are so many great programs now. Our st...

Ah, the diagnosis of biceps tendonitis. We’ve all seen it so many times on script from doctors. Is all anterior shoulder pain coming from th...

It’s so awesome to see so many cash-based physical therapy businesses starting around the country. It’s really been an amazing experience fo...

We’re starting to see more and more ACL reconstruction procedures with an LET, or lateral extra-articular tenodesis. Especially in revisions...

If you want to help your athletes maximize their potential, you need to have a system to assess athletic qualities. This is important to ind...

One of the most common questions we tend to get over time is how to return athletes back to sport after an injury. This is one of the main t...

Limb symmetry index is often used to measure performance and determine return to play. Makes sense, but what if the other side isn’t perfect...

Rotator cuff tears are becoming more common in younger active patients in their 40s and 50s. Typically, they are small tears at this time, b...

There are a ton of scientific and medical journals these days. Seems like there are more and more each year. We’ve talked over the years abo...

Blood flow restriction training has been such a great addition to what we do in physical therapy. Just like everything else, the more we use...

We’ve all had the patient walk in the door with acute low back pain. It’s awful. They’re in a ton of pain and can’t function. In this episod...

We all know it’s important to challenge our patients with load during the exercise progression of a rehabilitation plan. Many people like to...

Rotator cuff repair surgery is one of the most common procedures in physical therapy, yet the recommended postoperative guidelines vary sign...

Our understanding of SLAP tears, or superior labral tears of the shoulder, continues to evolve. In the past, we often rushed to surgical rep...

Rate of force development has become popular in the strength and conditioning world, but not so much in rehabilitation. After an injury, we...

The future of ACL reconstruction and repair is evolving. One of the newer techniques to try to repair the native ACL ligament rather than ne...

One of the areas that physical therapists often report feeling a lack of confidence is building a return to running program after an injury...

Many people value getting back to the gym after surgery. They may be athletes needing to prepare for their sport or people who enjoy the gym...

Cervical spine pain is pretty common. Most of the time, it seems like we only see these patients when their symptoms progress to the point w...

Finding a good mentor is hard. Many people don’t have access to someone who wants to help them accelerate their career. We often start our c...