A lot of people out there, including medical providers, believe that our understanding of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) or even concussions is complete and conclusive. As with many things, our understanding is very much...
Can psychosocial factors predict pain after rotator cuff surgery? Or could they be predictive of a poor outcome in general? Does this mean surgery shouldn’t be done in these cases? Also, does hunger have...
Sometimes it seems like ACL injury can be linked to all kinds of future problems. In this example there is a correlation to future myocardial infarction, although not statistically significant. We all know that...
This week we are discussing an editorial from Physical Therapy Journal. We get into how much we really enjoy editorials, especially from specific editors, but we also discuss the role of scientific journals. Many...
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...