Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA Top Tier) Reliability, Validity, Procedure and Normative Data sfma

Top Tier SFMA Protocol

The Top Tier Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) consists of a series of 10 screening patterns to assist practitioners in the identification of dysfunctional and painful movements.

Without warming up, the person should remove their shoes, stand with their feet t...

Podcast episode featuring expert discussion on creatine, protein, and energy drinks for athletic performance and recovery

Creatine, Protein, & Stimulant Drinks: Systematically Sifting Fact from Fiction for Performance medbridge nutrition podcast

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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Perfecting the Push Up push up

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...

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MedBridge Black Friday 2024 Review: What You Need to Know for 2025 (Plus My Year-Round Promo Code)

As a rehabilitation professional—whether you're a Physical Therapist refining your return-to-sport testing or an Athletic Trainer looking to implement evidence-based screening—you know that standing s...

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Hip Impingement (FAI) & Labral Tears: Is Rehabilitation Truly the Best Route? fai hip labral tear surgery

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...

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Electrical Stimulation & Quad Strength Testing after ACL Reconstruction acl podcast

Quad Recovery at Risk: Can You Afford to Skip NMES and Strength Testing?

If You Are Not Measuring This, Does It Say You Don't Care About Your Patient's Functional Outcomes?

How does an old-time business principle relate to ACL reconstruction rehabilitation? Well, the old-time business pri...

Do you need a professional mentor? mentoring

My career right now is pretty great. 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. 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...

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Why Open Kinetic Chain Exercises Are Not Just Safe, But Essential After ACL Reconstruction acl open kinetic chain

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...

A female athlete performing the Lower Quarter Y Balance Test in three directions: anterior, posteromedial, and posterolateral, using the standardized Y Balance Test kit.

Y Balance Test Lower Quarter Reliability, Validity, Procedure, & Normative Data y balance test

By Rolando (Ro) Rodriguez, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS & Phil Plisky, PT, DSc, ATC, CSCS

Overview of the Y Balance Test

The Y Balance Test Lower Quarter (YBT-LQ) is a widely studied, reliable, and quantitative assessment that is considered a gold standard for testing dynamic single-leg balance at the li...

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“I would have contacted you, but I didn’t have any concrete action steps or questions, so I didn’t want to waste your time,” She replied to me reaching out to see if she wanted a mentor meeting.

I asked if she was stuck. She said, “Yes, I don’t know my next step.” We met and it turned out to be one...

Beyond Eccentrics for Lateral Elbow Pain podcast

Is there more to lateral epicondyalgia than eccentrics, IASTYM, & TPDN?

I have always felt there was more than meets the eye when it comes to lateral epicondylagia. Frequently, it is a tendinosis (degeneration of the tendon). I hypothesized that compression in the cervical spine would be a mechanis...