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Rotator cuff repair, instability, SLAP tears and the throwing shoulder. Much of my research came out of this area, and so did a lot of my blog posts.

How to Progressively Load the Rotator Cuff
The rotator cuff is small, but it is not weak. How we progress rotator cuff strengthening with load, pauses, volume and position, from the Ask Mike Reinold Podcast.
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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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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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Is Early Physical Therapy Safe After a Rotator Cuff Repair?
In this post, I dive deep into the literature to figure out if it is safe to initiate early physical therapy after a rotator cuff repair.
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Operative versus non-operative treatment for the management of full-thickness rotator cuff tears
A review of a meta-analysis looking at operative versus conservative treatment for atraumatic rotator cuff tears
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Simple steps to Rotator Cuff Rehabilitation
This goal of this post is to simplify rotator cuff rehabilitation in someone presenting with a shoulder dysfunction. A rehabilitation progression is presented to help the specialist better understand how to return someone back to their prior level of function.
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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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The Evolution of a Physical Therapist
A physical therapist can take many roads after graduation. In this post, I discuss my observations, the evolution and growth of a physical therapist and how this development has become somewhat tainted by social media.
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Kids and Sports Injuries: What are we doing wrong?
I am seeing a ton of kids that play baseball that often sustain an overuse injury. We need to reflect & be better about protecting our youth
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