Feedback Calibration Specialists
If you asked a bunch of physical therapists what it is that they do, you would get a lot of different answers. I think for most physical therapists, they see their job as “helping...
Category: Terminology
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...
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...
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...
The False Dichotomy of Open vs Closed Kinetic Chain
Open kinetic chain (OKC) vs closed kinetic chain (CKC); we have heard it all before. There are arguments that OKC is more dangerous (it’s not) or that it puts more stress on the patellofemoral...
Measuring Outcomes is the Least We Can Do
Whenever an intervention is applied in a medical interaction it results in outcomes. Mind you, not just one outcome, but many. Take surgery for example. There are biological outcomes (new ACL graft, muscle strength,...
Sure, But What Does It Predict?
He takes a bite of his bacon cheeseburger, “Medical providers don’t know how science works.” “Tell me about it!” I’m having dinner in a noisy sports bar in the Midwest with an applied mathematician with ties...
What Is Your Razor?
“Often myths arise because a single claim or research finding has particular intuitive appeal. The claim makes sense, it supports a popular argument, and soon it is cemented as taken-for-granted fact even though its evidence base...
Does God Exist?
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME??? IS HE REALLY GOING TO TAKE ON THIS QUESTION??? Easy now, fella. This is just a thought experiment about scientific questions and has almost nothing to do with God....
Getting Rid of Something Positive
That title is a little misleading. Remember “positive” does not mean “good” when we talk science. It means “additive”. In my opinion, physical therapy is most effective at removing something positive from our patients....