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Single Leg Heel Raise rehabilitation

One of my favorite tests in early return to sport rehabilitation is the single leg heel raise test.Ā  We require the athlete to do 30 of them slow and controlled with full range of motion.Ā  This is going to tell me three different things. One, first off, obviously, the strength of the gastroc soleus ...

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Why should athletic trainers use MedBridge for CEUs? athletic training ceu medbridge nata boc

My wife and I are athletic trainers, so we understand what a challenge it can be to get your CEUs completed in each reporting period. Fifty is a lot of CEUs and my wife does all of her continuing education through MedBridge. While getting the required CEUs is important, if I have to go through the p...

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Things that Unlocked My Career career

I was at a conference, and someone asked a question that surprised me: 'What were the things that unlocked your career?'

It’s a powerful question, and it made me reflect. The answers I landed on weren't what I expected. They had less to do with a specific technique or certification and more to do w...

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What is the best renewal discount coupon code for a MedBridge subscription?

While it seems that most PTs, ATs, OTs, SLPs, and RNs know that the best price on MedBridge is $225 per year for unlimited continuing education if you use a promo or coupon code PLISKY, which gets you $150 off (or over 45% ...

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Best MedBridge Courses for Athletic Trainers acl athletic training ceu discharge testing low back pain medbridge medbridge discount medbridge promo code return to sport

There are so many great courses on Medbridge for athletic trainers. Sometimes it can be hard to decide which ones to take. That's why we have compiled this list of our favorite Medbridge courses for athletic trainers. If you are trying to decide if a Medbridge subscription is worth it for you as an ...

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Diaphragmatic Breathing Coaching Session breathing

I want to take you through some diaphragmatic breathing. So this is belly breathing. This is just going to help your core function a lot better.Ā 

So what we're going to do is, I want you to start . . . we're going to put your hand on your chest, one hand on your stomach.Ā  And I want you to take a c...

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Tibial Rotation Assessment

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Let's go ahead and bring your right foot out to the side. Slide it out. Keep that knee nice and still. Good. And let's see the left foot. Let's do both feet at the same time. And let's do internal rotation on the right and keep that foot, nice and flat. So that's really limited. Let’s go ahead on...

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A Skip

Hey everyone! Today we're going to be discussing an A Skip. The setup will be similar to the A Hop and A March like we did in the earlier videos. So for this we are going to assume the starting position. So our two big points of focus here are knee drive, toe up and then pushing through our toe on t...

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Rectus Femoris Self Stretch - Prone Hip Mobility

So once you're in the position, you're going to bend the knee up and you can use a strap a belt or even a sheet at home. And then go ahead and kick out against that belt so that you're getting a little resistance there. Good. And then relax and gently pull that up just a little bit farther. And t...

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Diaphragmatic Breathing - On Back breathing

For diaphragmatic breathing,Ā  go ahead and put one hand on your chestĀ  and one hand on your stomach and take a deep breath in.Ā  We want all the movement to be coming from the stomach,Ā  so your hand on your chest should be staying nice and still,Ā  while the one on your stomach is moving up toward ...

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Phil's Essential Products
These are theĀ equipment and products that I use on a regular basis.

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EQUIPMENT

Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Test Kit

I still prefer the PVC version, but call me old fashioned.

Y-Balance Test Kit

Be sure to get theĀ PVC one NOT the Professional Wood one. It is one of the few tim...

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