Episodes

Is Subacromial Impingement Even A Thing?
Dec. 17, 2020

Is Subacromial Impingement Even A Thing?

A recent systematic review has come out with the title, "No relationship between the acromiohumeral distance and pain in adults with subacromial pain syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis"✅ Often we are taught impin...
A Third Of The World Needs Rehab
Dec. 10, 2020

A Third Of The World Needs Rehab

🌏🌏 The Lancet recently released an OPEN ACCESS study titled - "Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 201...
Disc Herniation
Dec. 3, 2020

Disc Herniation

There has been discussion going around about discsDo they slip?Are clinicians spreading misinformation?What do people in pain believe?What does research say?How do you navigate a discussion of discs with patients?Join Jarod a...
SI Joint Dysfunction????
Nov. 19, 2020

SI Joint Dysfunction????

😩😩This joint nearly had me quit PT.😩😩😥😥 It convinced me that I will never be capable of feeling that millimeters of movement that supposedly were the key to "fixing" people.😥😥😀 Thankfully science has been very helpful in putt...
The Issues With Black and White Thinking
Nov. 12, 2020

The Issues With Black and White Thinking

A recent post was made in the DPT student group that peeked our interest.https://www.facebook.com/groups/DPTStudent/permalink/3566671440045574/It was a great example of how black and white thinking is not helpful when dealing...
F Our Differences
Nov. 5, 2020

F Our Differences

Jarod released a blog (link in comments) on our site that put into words a lot of the frustration we see and encounter daily.Are their truly special interventions out there?Are we arguing over the wrong things in patient care...
Clinician Roundtable Discussion on Exercise
Oct. 29, 2020

Clinician Roundtable Discussion on Exercise

We had a great discussion this past weekend in our Lifelong Learning Academy.It was so good we felt we needed to share it with you all.Jarod Hall, Marcos Lopez, and Mark Kargela got together to discuss their talks they shared...
Key Critical Thinking Skills to Survive and Thrive
Oct. 22, 2020

Key Critical Thinking Skills to Survive and Thrive

🤜🤛Critical thinking and sound clinical reasoning go hand in hand.🤜🤛😫It is not easy to teach in a classroom.🗣🗣We usually are quick to criticize the thinking of others.🤔Are we just as quick to criticize our own?🤔Do we conscious...
Does Exercise Need To Be Specific?
Oct. 15, 2020

Does Exercise Need To Be Specific?

🏋️🚴It's hard to argue over the value of exercise in the treatment of pain. 🚴🏋️🤔 But do we need to be specific?🤔 Around the spine do we need to be specific in our efforts at strengthening where we focus on attempting to isolat...
What do we do with a frozen shoulder?
Oct. 8, 2020

What do we do with a frozen shoulder?

Frozen shoulders are somewhat of a clinical enigmaWe don't necessarily understand their cause and have yet to find a great treatment that speeds up their natural history significantly.A recent study in the Lancet compared PT,...
Symptom Irritability - It's Complex
Oct. 1, 2020

Symptom Irritability - It's Complex

✅ Understanding symptom behavior is crucial to being able to appropriately plan your examination and treatments.✅ A big part of this is understanding the irritability of a symptom. Irritability has three components to make a ...
Can You Go Wrong Getting Strong?
Sept. 10, 2020

Can You Go Wrong Getting Strong?

💪💪"You can't go wrong getting strong!!!!"💪💪✅ That has been a popular battle cry lately in the rehab fields.🤔 Is this always the case?🤔Can you truly never go wrong?🤔Where does this fit in person-centered healthcare?🔥🔥Join Mark...
What Is The Deal With Trigger Points?
Aug. 27, 2020

What Is The Deal With Trigger Points?

🤯🤯Nothing seems to raise blood pressures and ev…
Why The Toolbox Approach May Not Be A Great Idea
Aug. 15, 2020

Why The Toolbox Approach May Not Be A Great Idea

🛠🛠Often you will hear clinicians discuss having…
Pain Science Is Not An Intervention
Aug. 6, 2020

Pain Science Is Not An Intervention

🤔🤔 Do we "pain science" people? 🤔🤔✅ That se…
How to Deal With Beliefs of Bone on Bone
July 30, 2020

How to Deal With Beliefs of Bone on Bone

😔 Most of us have experienced this and it can be…
Professional Debate in the Face of Opposing Views
July 27, 2020

Professional Debate in the Face of Opposing Views

👴👩‍🦱🧔🏿🧕🏼If you are human you have a unique…
Modern Pain Care For Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
July 9, 2020

Modern Pain Care For Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

🤔 What is patellofemoral pain sydnrome?🤔 Shou…
General Vs Specific Exercise For Low Back Pain
July 3, 2020

General Vs Specific Exercise For Low Back Pain

✅Many of us were taught that specific activation …
Using Manual Therapy to Evaluate Top Down Pain Modulation
June 19, 2020

Using Manual Therapy to Evaluate Top Down Pain Modulation

🤔 The research has not really supported many mec…
The Pain of Healthcare Spending
June 13, 2020

The Pain of Healthcare Spending

💸💸Healthcare spending is a major issue!! 💸💸…
Where Does Stretching Fit?
June 5, 2020

Where Does Stretching Fit?

🤔🤔 Where does stretching fit in current practic…
Why You Need Philosophy In Your Practice
May 28, 2020

Why You Need Philosophy In Your Practice

🤔🤔Critical thinking is vital to our growth and …
The Issues With Evidence-Based Practice
May 21, 2020

The Issues With Evidence-Based Practice

🤔 The evidence-based practice movement has given…