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Real talk that is unfiltered from real clinicians who treat sports EVERYDAY! This isn't your ordinary sports rehab podcast.....welcome to the Sports Rehab Lab! In today's social media environment it's hard to know what information being presented out there is correct and is it coming from reliable sources that actually see a substantial amount of patients with those diagnosis. Join our expert sports rehab staff with over 20 years experience in the sports rehab world. Snay Patel, Terrance Sgr ...
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Thoracic outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a condition that plagues our overhead athletes, but often times goes undiagnosed. You may have athletes come into the clinic with the classic signs, but there are other signs and symptoms that are not so apparent and could stray you away from this diagnosis. The …
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! In this episode we are gonna finish up our conversation with Johnny Owens with Owens recovery Science on everything you every wanted to know about Blood flow restriction. We move the conversation on how BFR therapy started to come into the mainstream of therapy, and we try to debunk some of the m…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Blood flow restriction is a modality that is highly used in a good number of sports medicine and orthopedic clinics, but that was not always the case. This novel adjunct to treatment was introduced into the mainstream only a little over a decade ago, and we decided to have an absolute expert on t…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! This is Part 2 of our talk with Aaron Reynolds from Elite Orthosport in Los Angeles, California where we finish off talking about the article in the September 2024 issue of IJSPT. In this conclusion we will talk about how we determine when the patient is ready for higher level activity such as ru…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Welcome back for season 3! To start of this season we are talking to Aaron Reynolds from Elite Orthosport in Los Angeles California. In collaboration we recently published an article in the September issue of IJSPT regarding advances in rehab and return to sport after Achilles repair. We discuss …
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How to treat the Combat Athlete with Heather Linden from the UFC Performance Institute- Part 2
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! This is the conclusion to our conversation with Heather Linden from the UFC Performance Institute. We discuss what the mindset is of a fighter when they are training and when an injury occurs, and then we also get into the mental aspect of getting back to competition after an injury. Heather has …
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How to treat the Combat Athlete with Heather Linden from the UFC Performance Institute- Part 1
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We finally get to sit down with Heather Linden, Physical Therapy Director for the UFC performance institute in Las Vegas. The combat athlete is really unlike any other athlete and treating them takes a different mindset, and involves using every aspect of your toolbox to make these athletes succe…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! This is the final episode in the SRL ACL series! We discussed a lot of things over the past several weeks, but what people want to get back to is returning to sport, but just because they have passed all of their criteria are they ready to immediately return to high level sport. What other influe…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Moving on to that late stage rehab. we discuss a return to running plan and what we like to see from these patients when they get to this phase. There is also a change that needs to take place where we have to start thinking of the speed of actual sport and how we are going to get to that. Listen…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! In our 4th episode in the ACL series we are going to close out our discussion of mid-phase rehab with part 2 of our discussion of Phase II rehab. A lot of questions arise on when can I lift harder, and the most important question most of our patients have "when can I run". Listed to the crew abou…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We took a lot of time explaining our keys during that first 6 weeks of therapy, so this episode is going to focus on the mid-phase of rehab, that 6-12 week period. This is when your patients are getting past that acute phase, but now its time to progress them to get to higher level strength and c…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Here we go with Episode 2 of our ACL series. We are still going to be talking about the early phase of rehab, finishing off our discussion with weeks 0-6. We will talk about how we progress motion at this early phase, and how aggressive should you be getting at this phase. Also, where should you …
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We have talked briefly about ACL rehab in a lot of our episodes but we noticed that we did not have a specific episode that was dedicated to ACL rehab. So this will start our Sports Rehab Lab series on ACL rehabilitation, and we are going to start with early post op rehab from weeks 0-6. This epi…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Part 1 of the discussion of cartilage surgery and its advances in the past few decades was highly informational, and Dr. Williams has many more pearls of wisdom in this episode as well. Listen to the crew as we continue to discuss the advancements for high level athletes, and how rehab and advanc…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Cartilage surgery has greatly evolved in the last 2 decades. Surgical treatments along with technological advancements give patients many more options to potentially fix an early arthritic knee. Join the crew as we speak with Dr, Riley Williams, an early pioneer of cartilage surgery as we discuss…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! This is part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Merideth Chaput from the University of Central Florida talking about neurocognitive rehab and visual cognition in the realm of the post ACL patient. We talk more about the return to sport aspect of it in this aspect. Are we doing enought to test athlete…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! ACL rehab continues to make progressions as the years go on. We think that we have a good grasp on the rehab, and what it takes to return to sport, but do we really. Neurocognitive therapy and visual cognition is something that we may not be spending a lot of time on, but as evidence continues to…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Rotator cuff repairs can range from simple small tears, to massive tears that involve a lot more surgical intervention. The age old question is how fast can we really go when rehabbing a rotator cuff? Can we push the limits with this surgery, or is it always that slow and steady will win the race…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Our first hamstring episode was packed full of information, but we never were able to address post op rehab and what was beyond that as well, namely when to introduce running and high speed sprinting. Listen to what the crew thinks about hamstring strains/tears, how we treat this non-surgically, …
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We all have seen the "controversy" over the whole knees over toes concept. is it really that bad, or should we be encouraging this with certain patient populations. Knees over toes has gotten a bad rap by some over the years, so we are hear to clear things up in this episode. Listen to the crew d…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We are very focused and diligent in rehab to make sure that range of motion, strength and general function are achieved by our patients. We even progress them to the point where we are comfortable with returning them to their sport. But, do we really do enough? Are we making sure that we are just…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! How complex to rehab programs have to be? There is an influence of social media on rehabilitation programs and the trend of making them overly complex, but do they really need to be this way. Listen to the crew as they discuss the complexity of their rehab programs, and how they progress through …
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! What happens after someone has passed their return to sport testing metrics? Are they completely ready to go back to competitive sport, or are we missing the fact that returning to play is just the fist step in returning to high level competitive sport. .Listen to the crew as they share their ins…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Have you ever encountered that stiff joint after surgery and just get confused as to how much you should be pushing to get that motion back? Or should you be pushing it at all? This can be very confusing and there are a lot of schools of thought and influences out there that may confuse you as to…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Treating a professional athlete is something that most if not all sports physical therapists strive to do. Luckily we are fortunate to do this on a regular basis. But, is treatment really different when treating one of these individuals. Listen to our thoughts of how we started out on this path, …
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Part 2 of our conversation with Dr, Beamer Carr focuses on UCL repair, the use of weighted balls in training, and things he looks for in a physical therapist when sending them his patients after surgical repair. Let's Goooo The Sports Rehab Lab podcast is for general information only and does not…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Dr James "Beamer" Carr is our guest for this special 2 part podcast. Listen to his perspective on elbow and shoulder surgery of today's overhead athlete, and advances that have happened in the past few years, along with his his insight on how he implements the skills and knowledge of his physical…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! As a new or established clinician the concept of loading after lower or upper extremity surgery can provide a lot of confusion. It can be daunting to know that a patient your are seeing post op day one will have to sprint and or throw at high velocities. How do we acheive that? The conversation e…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We have dealt with a lot of hip impingement and post hip arthroscopy patients over our careers, and have had the privilege of learning from the best there is. With that said we all have had our struggles of this patient population, and sometimes it is a struggle to get them better once they have …
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Total Shoulder Arthroplasty has become much more prevalent in todays active adult population, but how far can they get after surgery. Are we looking at them getting back to just functional activities, or is some sort of athletic function a possibility with them. Listen to the discussion this week…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Articular cartilage surgery has seen a lot of advancements in the last several years. With progressed rehabilitation patients should advance as well. Listen to our experience in treating this patient population over the years, and things we have leraned to effectively return these patients to hig…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Almost every clinician in an outpatient clinical setting will see a rotator cuff repair at some point in their career, but can you treat it efficiently? Listen to our take on rotator cuff repair and rehab from our active adult population to our professional athletes, and the nuances we use to get…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! With youth sports getting more competitive, more explosive and the constant participation with minimal rest we have seen common injuries go way up. With that we are seeing a lot of our youth athletes start to get injuries that we would predominately see in our professional population. Listen to u…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Rehab after an Achilles tear and subsequent surgery can be tricky. When to start weightbearing, how much should we be moving, what are the restrictions and rules with the post surgical boot? Most importantly how do we progress these people so that they can return to a high level of function? List…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We hear a lot about the optimal testing for LE extremity post surgical patients to return to sport safely and effectively, but what about out upper extremity athletes? Beyond popular belief this includes more than just our baseball population. We have a good idea on how to return our baseball pla…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We discuss in depth on our episodes on how proper interventions help our athletes move forward in their rehab journey. With this, its also important that our healing athletes fuel themselves properly after surgical intervention. Proper nutrition is a mainstay for healing athletes, but many of us …
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Is open chain knee extension really bad for the graft after ACL reconstruction? This topic has been debated for decades now, and there are still a lot of questions regarding the validity of it. Listen to this episode to hear our thoughts along with discussing a recent article that really makes us…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Returning to sports is fundamental issue that all of us face when trying to treat our athletes. How are we going about it and more importantly what metrics are we using to make sure that our athletes are ready to return to the levels of sport effectively and safely. Listen to the crew explain the…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Medicine and physical therapy is changing! Listen to our thoughts on the future of healthcare, longevity and Physical Therapy. Everyone wants to live longer and stay active. We will give some pointers on the trends that we have observed over the years and the direction we see the field going. Let…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Anterior knee pain can be challenging to diagnose and treat. It is not always from weak VMO's and tight ITB's. Tune in to hear about how we assess and treat anterior knee pain as it is one of the more common orthopedic diagnosis. Listen to some of the tips our knee experts offer for successful an…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Tune in to listen how we handle difficult rehab situations. Sometimes things don't go as planned and management of these situations can alter the outcome of our patients. We all have had to deal with these difficult situations so tune in to hear how we manage them. Let's Go!!!! The Sports Rehab L…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Everybody is busy when they are in the clinic. From treating patients, to documenting, and answering patients calls, the tasks can seem endless in a work day and there never seems to be enough time in the day. Listen to how we manage our busy schedule along with giving advice on how you can do it…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Force plates can be used in the rehab setting in many different ways. Listen up to see how we use them for both treatment and testing for our patients. Hear how we implement them for return to play testing and why we feel that they are an important tool for all of our patients. Lets GO!! The Spor…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Strength testing has come a long way in the last 10 years. Listen up to hear how we use to assess strength and how we are doing it now? Hear what equipment we use and what positions we put our patients in for testing. We will discuss both upper and lower body testing using multiple devices. Lets …
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! In this episode we will talk about what a sports hernia really is. Listen to our experts discuss treatment for a sports hernia and their experience returning players back to the field. Hear about our treatment strategy, rehab progressions and return to play guidelines. Do they all need surgery? L…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! In this episode you will hear how we assess and treat the "stiff" shoulder. A stiff shoulder can cause many problems during rehab. When and how you intervene is crucial. Hear what techniques we use to treat a stiff shoulder and how we prevent them. Hear how our experts determine whether a shoulde…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! You need good mentors in sports rehab in order to further your career. Join us as we talk to one of our mentors Pete Draovitch as he shares his thoughts on the progression of sports rehab over the years, and his journey through sports rehab over the years. Pete is currently an associate athletic …
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Not all shoulder problems require surgery. Listen to how we typically treat shoulder labral injuries. Hear our treatment strategies, how we attack general shoulder instability and help return these patients back to the sports they love. Lets GO!! The Sports Rehab Lab podcast is for general inform…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Tune in to hear our thoughts on key training principles for youth baseball players. Hear what our S&C coach Jamie Osmak has to say and hear our opinions on what some of the trends are in this population. Focusing on the basics are more important than getting too fancy!! Lets Go!!!! The Sports Reh…
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Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Tune in to hear our thoughts on social media, its influence on Physical Therapy and how to manage a social media site. Times are constantly changing and staying up to date on social media might be a good idea. That being said, it is also important to know the source of the information and being a…
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