Muscle Interventions After ACLR
So, I see a lot of athletes after ACL reconstruction (ACLR). I also often share my thoughts and opinions on rehab after ACLR. You could even attend one of my courses on the subject...
A Brave New Profession
I’ve been in a little bit of a dilemma this past week. A couple years ago I used to post blogs regularly and have heard from many people how much they would like for...
Knee Course Sample: Knee Cases
This is a portion of my 8 hour online course, Knee: Complex Understanding for Simple Solutions. It is the review of two knee cases, looking at their underlying dynamometry information, how that changes over...
How to Review an Article
Here is a template you can use for reviewing an article by yourself or with your friends. One of the most common questions I get is along the lines of, “How should I go...
Why a Quad Index Matters
I test the quads on every knee patient who is returning to sport. Actually, I test a lot of things but it all starts with the quads. As I have said many, many times...
I Don’t Exercise
Yeah, it’s true. I don’t really exercise. Not in any way that most people would define as exercise. This may surprise a lot of people because I am often told that I believe everyone...
Flush Your Stool Down The Funnel
***This article has been rewritten from scratch and posted as a preprint here*** Ok. I’m just now realizing that I didn’t think that title all the way through. Anyway, evidence based medicine (EBM) is...
Tru Dat!
What is “truth” or “knowledge”? Can we have “alternative facts”, my reality vs your reality, or are ideas a simple black and white true or false? As with many things in life, the answer...
The Ethics of Healthcare Advertising
Many physical therapists are frustrated right now. They feel that at one end, the medical establishment is referring less, criticizing the profession for lacking efficacy and having only “low-value” effectiveness. From the other side, we...
Biomechanics Matter Even When They Don’t
I know. The title sounds confusing. Also, biomechanics can be scary to a lot of people. It always made sense to me but I remember the more “humanities oriented” students in physical therapy school...