Category: PT Inquest

Pew! Pew! Pew! Lasers!!! What could be more high tech than that? Hold on a second…what exactly IS a laser? And how is it different than other sources of light? Knowing that, why would...

Thinking your ACLR patients are using compensatory strategies when they are squatting? Simple! Just watch them do a squat and you’ll see it with your own eyes…OR WILL YOU?! This week our super-special guest...

A topic we have discussed before, early activity after rotator cuff repair, but this is a different study design. What is meant by non-inferiority? Is this the same as saying equal? What if it...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) is a procedure that has a lot published on it yet there are still second injury rates as high as 40% in some populations. There seems to be some...

There is a lot of talk amongst medical professionals and the media about sitting being the new smoking. Is that true? How would we compare that? Even if that is not EXACTLY true, what’s...

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...