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- CSCS recertification requires 6.0 CEUs every 3 years – no more than 5.5 can come from Category C (online courses), and at least 0.5 must come from a second category.
- MedBridge is ...
- Screen & categorize symptom profiles using the CP Screen Tool (anxiety/mood, cognitive/fatigue, ocular, migraine, vestibular) and autonomic dysfunction early
- Ditch the dark room – use the 2/10 symptom rule and action pacing to keep patients safely active during recovery
- Teach mult ...
- OA is driven by low-grade chronic inflammation – not wear and tear. Pain does not correlate with structural severity, so treat the impairments, not the image.
- Exercise is the #1 first-line intervention for OA at every joint. Progressive strengthening, aerobic conditioning, walking, ...
What does dry needling do?
Mechanistically, dry needling induces a local twitch response that physically and biochemically alters the environment of tissue. Research confirms it locally normalizes electrical activity and modulates biomarkers, including increasing endogenous opioids (like beta-endor...
Diagnostic imaging isn’t overused because it’s ineffective. It’s overused because it’s often ordered without clear clinical reasoning, referred without context, and explained to patients poorly. In this episode of the Rehab & Performance Lab Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Lance Mabry to clarify how re...
Shoulder rehab is often treated delicately—using yellow therabands like they are caution tape. Certainly in the beginning of rehab, we have to respect tissue healing and physiology, but are we actually slowing down recovery by playing it too safe? In this special live episode of the Rehab & Performa...
In this episode of the Rehab & Performance Lab Podcast, we tackled the complex, and sometimes messy, world of nutrition – specifically, creatine, protein timing, and what we think are energy drinks. I was honored to be joined by Leslie Bonci and Roberta Anding, co-founders of Performance 365, who ha...
Quad Recovery at Risk: Can You Afford to Skip NMES and Strength Testing?
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If You Are Not Measuring This, Does It Say You Don't Care About Your Patient's Functional Outcomes?       Â
How does an old-time business principle relate to ACL reconstruction rehabilitation? Well, the old-time business p...
Cupping therapy is hot topic that's everywhere from social media to the clinic and in the athletic training room. We recently tackled this on the Rehab and Performance Lab podcast in What Is Evidence-Based in Cupping and Fascial Science? I was joined by Dr. Chris DePrato, who has spent a significant...
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...
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 ...
Dr. Eric Robertson, PT, DPT, MFA, FAAOMPT, a leader in orthopedic physical therapy and education, joins Phil Plisky to explore the top five updates rehab providers need to know. Eric shares insights on how to implement the latest clinical practice guidelines, with practical strategies for improving ...
