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How to Use the Agility Resource to Upgrade Your Return-to-Sport Process agility return to sport

I’m so glad you’ve downloaded the agility resource. My hope is that it brings tremendous value to your practice by giving you a clear, systematic framework for returning athletes to full agility in sport.

Let’s walk through how to get the most out of it.

We created this framework to help you stay ...

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Unlock MedBridge Group Discounts: Power Up Your Team's Education medbridge coupon medbridge group discount

 

Stop Paying Full Price! Get MedBridge Group Discounts for Your Clinic or Small Group

Medbridge offers great group discounts. The immediate question is "What is the promo code or coupon I can use to get the best group Medbridge subscription price?" That is the interesting thing, there is no

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The Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE) Score sane

By Rolando (Ro) Rodriguez, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS & Phil Plisky, PT, DSc, ATC, CSCS

 

What is the Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE)? 

The Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE) score is a single-question, patient-reported outcome measure. It is a low-cost, reliable, and efficient tool ...

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Blood Flow Restriction: Is It a Game Changer for Rehab Professionals? medbridge podcast

I sat down with Johnny Owens, MPT, a trailblazer in blood flow restriction (BFR) therapy. We discuss how BFR has reshaped rehabilitation by allowing rehab practitioners to build muscle strength and improve recovery in patients unable to tolerate heavy loads. We talk about how BFR works physiological...

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Popliteus Treatment: Unlocking Knee Motion with Targeted Soft Tissue Work acl performance rehabilitation

When patients are struggling to regain full knee extension or flexion, especially after surgery or injury, we can’t overlook the role of the popliteus.

This small muscle behind the knee often acts like a parking brake – it tightens up to stabilize the joint early in the injury or post-op process . ...

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Single Leg Rope Slam: Total-Body Power in One Movement performance rehab rehabilitation

This isn’t your typical battle rope drill.

In this short clip, we’re using a single leg rope slam to build and transfer power through the entire kinetic chain. But the key here isn’t just generating the force – it’s receiving it.

We cue the athlete to generate force from the arms, absorb it throug...

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Shoulder Touches Power Position closed kinetic chain overhead athlete power position

Shoulder touches are a great way to reinforce control and stability from a foundational power position. But to get the most out of the drill, you need to coach it intentionally.

We start by helping the athlete find their power position: exploring end range, settling at midrange, then locking in wit...

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I really feel like I did something ridiculous . . . coaches club

I really feel like I did something ridiculous with this latest version of Coaches Club. We basically have four full on continuing education classes in addition to our great community, our great monthly Q & A’s great discussions, great forums. And actually when I first talked to people about it, they...

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Are You Missing Out on the Latest Treatment for Overuse Injuries? podcast

Dr. Katie Whetstone, PT, DPT, SCS, joins host Phil Plisky to discuss the latest treatment strategies for overuse injuries in athletes. Katie and Phil explore why these injuries persist, common treatment mistakes, and evidence-based approaches that emphasize tendon loading, rest-recovery cycles, and ...

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The Importance of Mindset and Your Career career coaches club

I think one of the saddest things for me is when people don't believe that they can have a great career, that they can have, you know, life balance, that they can have, you know, loving going to work every day. And that's part of what Coaches Club does, Is it really transforms a mindset so that you ...

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I had one of the best weeks career

Anyone that knows me won’t be surprised when I say that I had one of the best weeks.  To be fair, I frequently have great weeks. My superpower is a positivity that is able to turn a bad week into at least a decent one. But that’s not what made this past week so awesome. 

The week was extremely busy...

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The Origin of the Word Coach coaches club

I think one of the great things about Coaches Club is simply its name. If you go back to the origin of the word coach and what a coach is, one of the origins that I love is the concept of the stage coach. You know, so we're going from east to west. And the stagecoach driver is just simply there to t...

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