Hip Pain: Return to Sport Considerations
Pre-arthritic hip pain is a common occurrence among athletes, especially those competing in ice hockey1 and field-based team sports (soccer, rugby, and football).2 While this area receives less attention…
Crunch Time Decisions: Navigating Skin Issues in Athletes
The season is down to the final tournament. The team is playing well and the starting point guard is going to be returning after a significant ankle injury. You have worked everyday to resolve the swelling…
New Era in Orthopedic Special Tests for the Shoulder
Recently, I was invited to co-author an article on combining special tests to arrive at a diagnosis of shoulder pathology (PT in Sport, 2014). While authoring a publication is always exciting, the most energizing part…
Post-Op Shoulder: Using End Feel to Gauge Progression Speed
Therapists are challenged on a daily basis to get their patients back to normal function. Think about it: someone comes to you in pain, just out of surgery or unable to do a daily task…
When to Return to Sport? A Brief History of ACL Rehabilitation Approaches
In 1981, the staff of Cincinnati Sports Medicine provided a comprehensive article outlining knee rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction.1 This article was well referenced and complete – in many ways it was evidenced-based…
Why Therapists Love MedBridge
