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Mike Reinold PT, DPT, SCS, ATC, CSCS
The baseball season is only a few weeks old and we've already seen an impressive amount of MLB pitchers need Tommy John surgery. This pace could lead to a record breaking amount of injured pitchers. While many have speculated about the causes of this rise, I wanted to share my perspective as someone that has worked with healthy and injured players from Little League to Major League Baseball....keep reading

I've uploaded a couple videos to the site from a member struggling with a patient who is post Rotator Cuff repair and has developed adhesive capsulitis. I'm unable to download videos to the discussion forum unless they're posted on YouTube, so I'm posting them here and will start a thread in the forum if anyone would like to share their thoughts. I know we've all seen this person...keep reading

Quad strength is a know factor to be paramount in keeping an athlete healthy....keep reading

JJ Thomas MPT, CMTPT
In today's world, everyone is pressed for time. Patients are appreciative when we maximize their treatments through more efficient ways of accomplishing goals in PT. I am sure you have all seen this already, with the use of dry needling allowing faster response time in terms of ROM recovery, reducing motor inhibition, and returning function. How can we maximize our patient's (and our) time even further through the exercises we are giving to reinforce the gains made with manual techniques?...keep reading

Today's research review I am going to go into Treatment Based Classification approaches for low back pain....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
Similar to my previous video on standing active foot supination, this assessment technique is easy, quick and gives a great deal of useable information. Similar to the standing active foot supination test, standing active hallux extension will also indicate issues both locally in the foot and higher up the chain. Optimal hallux extension is said to be around 60 degrees at the metatarsal-phlangeal joint. Inability to achieve this will result in altered mechanics during both walking and running....keep reading

Gray and Dr. Mark Cheng discuss the varying transitions from the half get-up to the full get up. The high bridge is the way it was originally taught in the 'Kettlebells from the Ground Up' DVD, but it's not the only option. In this episode, they show the switch and the low leg sweep transitions, plus discuss how a higher center of gravity with a kettlebell changes the way you must react and stabilize during with movement....keep reading

Joe Heiler PT, CSCS
The pillow press is a simple exercise that can be used to gain shoulder ROM, enhance scapular stability, and facilitate thoracic rotation/extension....keep reading

Deceleration drills and exercises are very common in the rehabilitation and sports performance environment. In fact, it should be included more into the general population as it is a necessary part of a highly capable human being....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
The hip hinge is considered by many to be the holy grail of lower limb lifting technique. Most lifters and athletes struggle to hip hinge, attempts to re-educate this pattern are often difficult, particularly so for more experienced lifters....keep reading

This is a great way to start exploring movement and introducing variability of motion once your typical single leg RDL has been mastered. Start including these variations to develop better body awareness. It also can effectively be used as part of an athletes warmup....keep reading

Allan Phillips SPT, CSCS
This case study deals with a 30 year old 2:29 marathoner when came to us with persistent anterior hip pain. He was a former D-I collegiate track & field and cross country runner who continued training after college. This guy had some mileage on his body but in general had been able to sustain high workloads with no serious injury. Like many, he was injury-plagued on a low mileage/high intensity program in college with frequent racing, but settled into a groove in his post collegiate running career before his setback....keep reading

Kyle was nice enough to send over a list of references that he discussed in his interview last week, plus a few extra on rehabilitative ultrasound imaging and FMS/Y balance for those of you interested. I also managed to get my hands on one of the 'pain and motor control' journal articles so I've linked to that as well....keep reading

Andy Barker PT BSc (Hons) MCSP
This article will focus on the use of imaging and objective testing to diagnose an ankle syndesmotic injury. In addition, an idea of what management strategies might be useful to protect and rehabilitate such an injury. The initial presentation of your athlete or patient will guide you as to your initial intervention. Any marked bony tenderness at the base of the fibula, inability to weight bear and large joint effusion may indicate a bony injury. In this instance an x-ray would be advisable to rule out or rule in a fracture. You should not use any of the objective tests shown below until a fracture has been ruled out....keep reading

Robert A. Panariello MS, PT, ATC, CSCS
Appropriate exercise prescription is a vital component during the physical rehabilitation of patients that present with a specific pathology as well as the performance enhancement training of athletes that present with a history of pathology. Suitable exercise implementation is essential to assist in resolving the patient's condition as well as not to exacerbate the athletes past or recent disorder during the training process. This commentary will include considerations for the selection of appropriate exercise recommendations based on various anatomical pathologies....keep reading

In this series of videos, my PT student Scott McKeel takes you through his favorite warm-up drills for runners which include upper and lower quarter drills plus addressing running mechanics. Scott has gotten some great results with his runners just by adding simple movement and stability skills into their warm-up routines. These are things that many runners never do so there can be quite a bit of benefit to adding some of these drills to their routine....keep reading

John D'Amico, MSPT ATCa, Michael Betlach, MPT, MSa, Ryan Senkarik, MSPTa, Robyn Smith, MSPT, SCSb, Michael Voight, DHSc, PT, SCS, OCS, ATCc
Research indicates return to golf is a safe activity following total hip arthroplasty(THA). Frequently, individuals have shown both physical faults and swing faults after THA, which can persist even following rehabilitation. Physical limitations and pain often lead to faults in the golfers swing, most notably "hanging back." These problems may not be improved after surgery unless the proper re-training takes place. North American Journal of Sports Physical Therapy...keep reading

Gray Cook
This is the last episode to date of the FMS Unplugged series. In this video Gray goes into quite a bit of detail on the differences between the squat and deadlift, when you might want to choose which exercise, movement competency for each, corrective exercise options, and more......keep reading

This past week I spent some time going over the Brettzel stretches with my students, and figured it would be a great topic to revisit on the site as well. This is the original FMS Unplugged video so its been around awhile but a fantastic explanation of how to do the stretches as well as why you would want to do the stretches....keep reading

Nick Tumminello
Another great piece from Nick who has a nice way of taking complicated subjects and translating them into easy to understand articles and exercises that can be immediately implemented into any program: rehab or performance....keep reading