We are back for another season of PT Inquest with more tendinopathy talk! There are a couple studies that have shown that high load, long duration isometrics reduce pain, but would short duration be...
Exercise and education is better than steroid injection for gluteal tendinopathy! Hooray for physical therapy! Or is it? What are the options and how great are they? We end this season with another example...
Blow Flow Restriction (BFR) training is a topic that is often requested for us to cover, but the research has not been very impressive to us regarding rehab application. That said, we aim to...
We love us some pain neuroscience and exercise for the treatment of chronic pain as a very plausible approach, but there is not very much research out there that truly tests it. This article...
Finally a randomized controlled trial comparing physical therapy management to surgery for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS)!!! And what were the findings? Well, not impressive on either end. Of course this generates more questions than...
Determining when to return to play after concussion requires the use of testing to make sure that the athlete has returned to baseline. But what if you don’t have a baseline measurement? Can having...
Female Athlete Triad may be more common than you think, and it turns out many male athletes can have it too! We take a deep exploration of the condition, how it works, and how...
Do older runners run differently than younger runners? If they do, is it A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING?! Can this actually be used as a tool for training or useful information for...
Many clinicians wonder is tests such as the quad index are good enough for returning an athlete to sport after ACLR. Turns out, clinicians aren’t even doing that! In the episode we have special...
The scientific community has made some mistakes over the past couple decades, leading people to think many effects were much larger than they actually are, if they even existed at all! So what is...