PT Inquest Episode 76: Getting Salty About The Literature
Is eating salt a good thing or a bad thing?! Why do we as physical therapists care? This study actually has to do more with the problem of opinion infiltrating the evidence in...
Author: Erik Meira
PT Inquest Episode 75: How a Tendon is Like a Doughnut
Jill Cook and Karim Kahn gave a very interesting lecture on understanding tendinopathy at APTA’s Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in February 2016. PT Inquest decided to take a deeper look. Can disorganized tendon...
PT Inquest Episode 74: Orthopedic Surgeons Are Bad With Uncertainty
Uncertainty is not just a reality in life it is a reality of professional practice. The ability to embrace uncertainty is known to have a positive effect on critical thinking and avoiding errors...
PT Inquest Episode 73: Lever Sign for ACL Injury
A couple years ago, Alessandro Lelli described his new test for ACL insufficiency via YouTube. Originally known as “Lelli’s Test”, he first published it in the literature as the “Lever Sign” in late...
PT Inquest Episode 72: How To Tear An ACL
Sure, we know that ACLs get torn and the vast majority of those mechanisms are non-contact. So what EXACTLY happens in those knees? We have some plausible ideas like dynamic valgus, but how...
PT Podcast Episode 21: Cory Blickenstaff
In Episode 19 we chatted with one of the hosts of The Pain Science and Sensibility Podcast, Sandy Hilton. Here on Episode 21, we talk to the other host Cory Blickenstaff. Cory works...
PT Inquest Episode 71: High Ankle Sprains
When dealing with a high ankle sprain (syndesmosis injury) Grade I never requires surgery whereas Grade III always requires surgery. But what about Grade II? In this episode we explore predictors of syndesmotic...
PT Inquest Episode 70: Epidemiology of Sports-Related Concussions
Sports-related concussions have been getting more and more attention over the past decade. The growing understanding of the potential for developing chronic brain disease is creating a cause for concern. Are sports medicine...
Holiday Extravaganza
It’s that time of year again and the PT Podcast Network crew are in the holiday spirit! The gang got together, as best they can scattered across the world, to share a little eggnog...
PT Podcast Episode 19: Sandy Hilton
Episode 19 is with one of the hosts of Pain Science and Sensibility, Sandy Hilton. To be fair, Erik conducted the interview with Sandy back in March of 2015, before the idea of...