It is well known that quadriceps strength asymmetries are commonly seen in subjects who have difficulty returning to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), but does that asymmetry correlate to a specific...
There is a belief out there that weak hips may cause patellofemoral pain, but this article found the opposite. How can we make any sense out of all the ambiguity? If only we...
Orthopedic surgeons have a lot to consider when they are deciding whether or not to recommend surgery for rotator cuff tears, but how do they implement that decision process in practice? What makes...
There are a maze of treatment options for people with pain, “each backed by enthusiastic and highly motivated advocates, all of whom lay claim to ‘evidence’”. How do clinicians wade through all the different...
Many people that listen to the shows on the PT Podcast Network are new to podcasts. Because of this, we have found that some of our listeners may be making listening to podcasts harder...
Exercise-based interventions are known to be most effective for patellofemoral pain but how good are they really? Do adolescents with patellofemoral pain respond in a similar manner? What do we know, what don’t...
When talking about whether or not to repair someone’s rotator cuff, we often consider the Goutallier/Fuchs category which is a grading of the amount of fat infiltration in the muscle. Should we start...
80 years ago Ernest Codman proposed that calcific tendinopathy was initiated by tendon degeneration. This has never been validated. In recalcitrant cases, would surgical decompression lead to better outcomes than simple debridement of...
There is a lot of talk about “inflammation”, or lack thereof, around tendinopathies; but what does that even mean? Could this still be present in chronic conditions? Are NSAIDs pure evil or are...
The idea of hip strength having an effect on lower extremity dynamics is not new. Is there actually a correlation between the two? What is the difference between kinematics and kinetics? Is the...