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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...
Starting your own practice can feel like standing at the edge of a cliff. You know the potential that lies ahead, but taking that first step is filled with uncertainty and fear.
In this video, I sat down with Dr. Casey Schack, a physical therapist and Coaches Club member, to talk about her journey ...
By Sophia Miller, SPT & Phil Plisky, PT, DSc, ATC, CSCS
Top Tier SFMA Protocol
The Top Tier Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) consists of a series of 10 screening patterns to assist practitioners in identifying dysfunctional and painful movements.Â
Without warming up, the person sho...
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...
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Let’s be honest—Cyber Week is usually chaos. Your inbox is flooded...
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We’ve all been there. You have the tab open, you plan to buy, and then life happens. ...
I still remember it like it was yesterday. Some of the best therapists in the country were rehabbing a collegiate volleyball player and they couldn't get her quad strength beyond a 65% limb symmetry index. That is a HUGE deficit! So they asked me for a second opinion.
They were doing everything rig...
Phil Plisky, PT, DPT, ATC, CSCS
I want to discuss some practical insights from a recent episode of the Rehab & Performance Lab where we tackled hip impingement, hip labral tears, and the burning question: Is rehabilitation truly the best route, or is surgery the answer? I was honored to be joined b...
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 pri...
My career right now is pretty great. Â I like what I do, I work with amazing people, and the flexibility allows me to be involved with my four boys on a daily basis. Â But, the journey to get here was not a straight line nor a direct route.
No, it was more of a wandering path. You could say that I t...
Not only are open kinetic chain exercises after ACL reconstruction safe, they're essential for the proper development of that graft tissue. That's one of the things we talked about in the Rehab & Performance Lab podcast with Dr. Lynn Snyder-Mackler on the open kinetic chain debate. We need to change...
