Exercise-based interventions are known to be most effective for patellofemoral pain but how good are they really? Do adolescents with patellofemoral pain respond in a similar manner? What do we know, what don’t...
When talking about whether or not to repair someone’s rotator cuff, we often consider the Goutallier/Fuchs category which is a grading of the amount of fat infiltration in the muscle. Should we start...
80 years ago Ernest Codman proposed that calcific tendinopathy was initiated by tendon degeneration. This has never been validated. In recalcitrant cases, would surgical decompression lead to better outcomes than simple debridement of...
There is a lot of talk about “inflammation”, or lack thereof, around tendinopathies; but what does that even mean? Could this still be present in chronic conditions? Are NSAIDs pure evil or are...
The idea of hip strength having an effect on lower extremity dynamics is not new. Is there actually a correlation between the two? What is the difference between kinematics and kinetics? Is the...
There is some evidence that repeated loads can fatigue an ACL in a cadaveric model. There is some other evidence that lack of hip internal rotation is a risk factor for ACL injury....
On this episode we look at the correlation between hip weakness and femoroacetabular impingement/labral tears. Is it all about the glute med? Can we just strengthen out of intra-articular hip injuries? Also, have you...
We are back from hiatus and on this episode we look at the correlation between quadriceps weakness and patellofemoral chondral damage after ACLR. Might the chondral damage progress due to quadriceps weakness? Is...
In this last episode before the hiatus, we explore exercise interventions for chronic low back pain (CLBP). Are they truly effective for the treatment of CLBP? If they are, does the type of...
Desensitization treatments have known effects on sensitivity in healthy controls, but what about in those with chronic pain? Does it matter if the patient has low pain sensitivity or high pain sensitivity? Will...