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Clinical Education
Practical, evidence based articles on ACL, knee, shoulder, elbow and baseball rehab. Written for PTs, ATs and physicians.
4 Interval Throwing Programs: Matching the Program to the Injury
Our new IJSPT paper gives you four interval throwing programs, 6 weeks to 7 months, built on workload data. Here is how I match each one to the injury.
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What Actually Changes After ACL Surgery
A study tracked 30 athletes at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after ACL reconstruction. Here is what changed, and why symmetry alone does not mean ready.
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Why Your Quad Tendon ACL Patient’s Quad Is Lagging
Quad tendon ACL grafts are on the rise. Here is why the quad lags after a QT graft and the rehab change most clinicians are missing.
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Meniscus Repair Rehab: What Does the Evidence Actually Say?
Root, peripheral or complex, meniscus repairs are not all the same. What the research says on weight bearing, ROM and rehab for each repair type.
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Simplifying ACL Rehab
ACL return to play testing keeps getting more complicated. A simple, practical approach to ACL rehab and testing that works in a normal outpatient clinic.
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Diagnosed with an elbow UCL Tear- Reconstruction or Internal Brace surgery?
Diagnosed with a UCL tear? A plain English look at Tommy John reconstruction vs the internal brace, return to play times, and what the evidence says.
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Infraspinatus atrophy in a baseball pitcher with a UCL sprain
This post discusses the evaluation and treatment of a college baseball pitcher with a finding of infraspinatus atrophy due to a spinoglenoid notch cyst.
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ACL tears and bone bruises
Bone bruises often occur after an ACL tear. This post discusses how bone bruises may affect the rehab progression and long term success of a patient.
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Lumbar Spine Stress Injuries in Baseball Players
This blog post will describe the evaluation and treatment of baseball player wth low back pain from a diagnosis of spondylosis or spondylolisthesis.
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Risk Factors for Recurrent Instability After a Bankart Repair Surgery
In this post, I discuss the risk factors for recurrent instability after Bankart surgery with special attention to the younger athletic population.
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ACL Volume Changes over a Women’s Soccer Season
This blog post discusses a new paper that showd the influence of a soccer season on ACL volume changes in a women's soccer team.
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An Update on Diagnosing SLAP tears
This new paper in IJSPT by Clark et al talks about the best cluster of tests to diagnose a SLAP tear in someone with shoulder pain.
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