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Joe Heiler PT
In this blog post I wanted to discuss the benefits of taping, specifically a technique known as 'low dye' taping, for relieving foot and heel pain while allowing the soft tissues of the foot time to heal. This is a technique we commonly use here at Elite Physical Therapy. Plantarfascitis is the common term for the pain in the arch of the foot or even in the heel. It's usually worse during walking or running -- activities that really stretch that tissue on the bottom of the foot. Our treatment model for plantarfascitis includes:...keep reading

Dr. Thomas Hyde, who has been a frequent contributor to the site, is putting on a conference Sept. 29-30 in Las Vegas dealing with 'Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment of the Myofascia'. Dr. Hyde will be presenting on how to solve your problem musculoskeletal and myofascial cases utilizing Functional and Kinetic Treatment with Rehab, Provocation and Motion (FAKTR©). Other presenters include Dr. Warren Hammer, Dr. Michael Schneider, and Dr. Shawn Farrokhi. Dr. Hyde is also offering a special discount to SportsRehabExpert.com members so be sure to take advantage of that.....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
With preseason very much on the horizon with the rugby team I work with I always to time at this point of the year to take stock and review our preseason screening model. This year I have changed a large proportion of the content. Rather than adding more tests, I have actually reduced the number of tests included in the battery....keep reading

Gray's new book will be coming out in August and will be titled, "Advances in Functional Training". Laree Draper has been nice enough to send over a few excerpts from the new book so here is the first from Michael Boyle. Got another one coming from Gray soon plus hopefully he can get on here and tell us more about himself....keep reading

Charlie Weingroff
Shirley Sahrmann's intro course was held a few weeks ago in NJ, and Charlie Weingroff was nice enough to transcribe some of his notes plus add a little commentary of his own. Unfortunately, I was shut out! Should have registered sooner, but here is the next best thing. If you have not yet read Sahrmann's book, "Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndromes", you should....keep reading

Gray Cook
My recent experience at Stanford was one of the most rewarding and exhausting endeavors I've ever confronted. I've practiced swings in front of Pavel Tsatsouline, done dry needling under Edo Zylstra and passed an oral anatomy exam at the University of Miami. Each was a trying endeavor that offered great rewards. Sharing the stage at Stanford with Stu McGill may have topped them all because of the public venue. Stu and I both survived, and I hope we reinforced a friendship in the process. Toward the end of what seemed to be a 40-hour day, we entertained some questions, and it quickly became apparent Stu has a standard answer: "It depends."...keep reading

Joe Heiler PT
In this installment of the 'Manual Therapy Technique of the Week' I'll demonstrate the use of Graston Technique to treat soft tissue dysfunction within the intercostal musculature. These techniques can come in quite handy with the treatment of rib dysfunction, shoulder dysfunction, loss of ROM post-mastectomy or other surgery....keep reading

Gray Cook
Hopefully, you've practiced some of the tall kneeling stuff and are ready to progress to half kneeling. In half kneeling, we're going to bring one knee up. We're going to leave the down leg in the exact same position and almost draw a perpendicular line from the mid-shaft of your lower leg through the heel and big toe of the foot in half kneeling......keep reading

Dr. Erson Religioso III, DPT, MS, MTC, CertMDT, CFC, CSCS, FAAOMPT
Erson has come up with a pretty cool tweak to a couple of the more popular PT exercises we prescribe these days using his mobility band. I'll be playing around with these for sure as a way to enhance mobility in the presence of greater stability....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
Real simple to do and a great self-treatment exercise to decompress the hip. Wrap the band something solid like a weights stack and then wrap the other end around the ankle. Use a high length sock or towel if needed to prevent skin traction if necessary. Then, keeping the knee straight use the upper body to move yourself away from the stack....keep reading

Robert A. Panariello MS, PT, ATC, CSCS
Recently while both attending and presenting at a professional conference, during a particular speaker presentation a conversation (actually a debate) arose by some attendees regarding their opposition (actually condemning) of the utilization of specific weightroom exercises which were a portion of the content of the speaker's presentation. A "pro vs. con" utilization of the exercises presented discussion evolved and continued until the next presentation was ready to begin. The "pro vs. con" weightroom exercise performance conversation resumed that evening with a number of strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches who were gathered at a local tavern where I also happened to be present. During the lengthy conversation there were yet again, some very strong opinions with regard to the performance of these same weight room exercises, and how these specific exercises, in the opinion of some, were unsafe and to be avoided like ...keep reading

Learn how to modify and scale the Turkish Get Up for shoulder rehab or performance/fitness training....keep reading

We can often learn something from other professionals in other fields and find ways of applying it our profession and clients. This is a talk about what we can learn from Psychology and Learned Helplessness, and apply it to pain....keep reading

Dr. Williams interview spurred a couple questions concerning manipulation of the foot and in particular the cuboid so I went in search of a good video to demonstrate assessment and treatment of the cuboid. I stumbled across a video from the NAIOMT folks which does a nice job of covering things. I also noticed they now have a series of videos posted covering different areas of the lower extremity so be sure to check those out....keep reading

Kevin Fay PT, DPT, CSCS
Sports Rehab Expert.com member Kevin Fay recently had the opportunity to tour a MLB facility in Arizona with the team physician. The facility housed both the 'big league' team and the minor league affiliates. Here is the Rotator Cuff Program this organization is using. I'm guessing this will generate some discussion. In part II Kevin presents the Eccentric Training Program....keep reading

Today's Exercise we will be covering is a very simple but extremely effective when utilized for the correct client.It looks really silly, but don't discount it's purpose to help improve pain free shoulder motion....keep reading

David Lasnier
Baseball is a sport that takes a beating on the shoulders, especially when you're a pitcher. You'll develop adaptation patterns over time in both bone structure at the joint and soft-tissue length and quality. Pitchers, like other throwing athletes, develop retrotorsion at the humeral head which results from years of pitching at high velocities (1). Obviously there isn't much that can be done about that. On the other hand, addressing soft-tissue related issues is something we have some control over and is very important to take of because of the adaptations in loss of ROM occurring in the throwing arm of baseball pitchers (2), but I digress, as this could be the subject of a whole article in itself. With that said, considering how much stress pitchers impose on their throwing shoulder and how important it is to keep them healthy in the long run, the strength coach as a responsibility to help minimize the stress put on the shoulders....keep reading

John D'amico, MSPT, M Ed, ATC,TPI-CGFI MP3
John discusses how he assesses his golfers, the common dysfunctions and injuries, and how he uses manual therapy and corrective exercise to get them back out on the course. He also goes into great depth on returning to golf following total hip arthroplasty and back pain....keep reading

Nick Lucius SPT, CSCS
If you were to ask anyone what constitutes someone as "strong," most would think of the man squatting 800 pounds or the 225 bench press test. While these are great measures of raw strength, they do not paint the full picture of that individual's ability to move in a dynamic and fluid fashion. Far too often we get stuck on the "big lifts," including the bench press, squat, deadlift, and countless shoulder/arm workouts....keep reading

The researchers looked at different breathing disorder tendencies and then looked at how the subject performed on the FMS to compare global movement competency....keep reading