When engaging in athletic activities, many physical therapists recommend bracing with the abdominals for stability as a better way to manage loads, but is it? Is it possible that bracing actually increases forces through...
If your patient has completely torn their supraspinatus, then their humeral head must translate superiorly during arm elevation. Or does it??? In this episode JW and Erik look at a novel kinematic study...
Some patients complain of severe pain after rotator cuff repair way more than others. Is this something that can be predicted? Does the extent of the injury have any correlation to postoperative pain? What...
Erik and JW have a history of skepticism regarding the use of platelet rich plasm (PRP) injections for tendon injuries, but can it have an effect on osteoarthritis? What would they need to...
Can hamstring injuries be predicted? Does sustaining an injury permanently change something about its function? Is it just a matter of strength or is there something else? How does strength training effect it?...
Is eating salt a good thing or a bad thing?! Why do we as physical therapists care? This study actually has to do more with the problem of opinion infiltrating the evidence in...
Jill Cook and Karim Kahn gave a very interesting lecture on understanding tendinopathy at APTA’s Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in February 2016. PT Inquest decided to take a deeper look. Can disorganized tendon...
Uncertainty is not just a reality in life it is a reality of professional practice. The ability to embrace uncertainty is known to have a positive effect on critical thinking and avoiding errors...
A couple years ago, Alessandro Lelli described his new test for ACL insufficiency via YouTube. Originally known as “Lelli’s Test”, he first published it in the literature as the “Lever Sign” in late...
Sure, we know that ACLs get torn and the vast majority of those mechanisms are non-contact. So what EXACTLY happens in those knees? We have some plausible ideas like dynamic valgus, but how...