Early evidence suggests that heavy load isometrics may be effective for acute reduction in patellar tendon pain in a laboratory setting, but is it effective for managing patellar tendon pain for athletes during their...
Can we predict which shoulder patients will get better with physical therapy? How much does the psychology of the patient play into their response? Does it have anything to do with the actual treatment...
Running on a treadmill is not the same as running over ground!!! Or is it? It appears that in most respects it’s a wash. But what about regarding loads to the patellofemoral joint...
Clinical depression has a known correlation with chronic pain. Can exercise be an effective treatment for these patients by using it to “treat the depression”? Well, before we can explore that, we need...
Deficits in quadriceps strength after ACL reconstruction are a well known problem. Is this specific to the quadriceps or is this just an example of general weakness throughout the lower extremity? What about...
When treatments don’t seem to work for a diagnosis we will often try to see if they work for particular subgroups. Sure, that’s a thing, but that is a very difficult thing to...
JW and Erik are having a lovely conversation about Bozeman, handball, and the number 86 when they are rudely interrupted by Adam Meakins from The NAF Physio Podcast to talk about preventing shoulder injuries....
Systematic reviews are a great tool to boil down decades of research into a single paper. But what if those decades of research were full of low quality studies? Can we make strong “Level...
Running is bad for your knees. It will wear them down and lead to arthritis. We’ve all heard it and it makes sense, right? But does that really happen? And what does this...
Can we predict injuries in athletes? Is it like screening for disease or is this kind of screening a different animal? Will this episode be the greatest thing since sliced bread?! Why screening...