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I want to talk to you about the Group Testing Calculator and how you can use it. You can use it any time you are going to do testing of a group. That could be a pre- participation physical of a sports team or performance testing of a group or even in industry or the military we've used it a...
I think one of the things I don't do often enough in rehab, especially long term rehab like ACL reconstructions, is revisit the discharge testing checklist.
I do it at the beginning. I'll do it pre-operatively to talk about it. I'll do it post-operatively and describe the...
I know there's a lot of controversy in rehabilitation about using post-op protocols, and I get it. It's not supposed to be cookie cutter. It's not supposed to be cookbook type of thing, what we're doing. It should be based on the individual.
But here's why I really like rehab...
I want to tell you how to use the discharge testing checklist. It's organized in such a way that it goes from simple activities all the way down to complex. So it starts off at range of motion and strengthening and goes all the way through hop testing, agility testing and that type of...
I really think that the lower body return to sport checklist and discharge checklist can accelerate your practice, can really amplify what you're doing because it does a few things. One, it makes sure that we're being comprehensive in nature. The guidelines go from simple range of...
In this Q&A video, I address the following questions:
- How do you handle knee pain in the 6-9 month timeframe post ACLR?
- Do you have any suggestions on improving quad strength at 10 months post op?
- FIFA 11+ is helpful for soccer injury reduction. Are there other programs for other...
I want to tell you about using the upper body return to sport checklist. This is a little bit different. We don't typically see or use return to sport tests as frequently as the lower body. The lower body is a lot more common, but the upper body is just as important. The problem...
I use this exercise all the time to improve multisegemental rotation and rotary stability. I frequently use it after segmental rolling or if someone uses lumbar extension to perform the upper extremity segmental flexion rolling. I know it has been called “hard rolling” but I prefer to...
With upper body return to sport testing, should you do both a Y Balance Test Upper Quarter and Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (CKCUEST)?
What do they tell us? Is one a replacement for the other?
One of the ways I like to look at the upper extremity closed...
While it seems that upper body closed kinetic chain testing might not be relevant to ankle and knee injuries, its importance and the connection may surprise you.
