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Episode 127: MRIs, Hips, and Asymptomatic Soccer Players

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Article title: "What is the prevalence of extra-articular and intra-articular magnetic resonance imaging findings in football players with and without...

Episode 126: PT School and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Article title: "Depression, anxiety, and stress in doctor of physical therapy students: analysis of incidence and lived experiences" The article can b...

Episode 125: You Ever Heard of Freiberg Disease? Yeah Me Neither

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Article title: "Evidence-based treatment algorithm for Freiberg disease" The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37815268/ As a...

Episode 124: Running Doesn't Kill Your Strength Gains

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Article title: "Maximizing adaptations in concurrent training: an umbrella review of meta-analyses" The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi...

Episode 123: Why Do We Love Bullshit?

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Article title: "Bullshit makes the art grow profounder" The article can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366828165_Bullshit_mak...

Episode 122: How Does Quad Torque and Rate of Torque Development Impact Running?

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Article title: "The influence of quadriceps strength and rate of torque development on the recovery of knee biomechanics during running after anterior...

Episode 121: Managing Low-Risk Bone Stress Injuries in Runners

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Article title: "Optimal load for managing low risk tibial and metatarsal bone stress injuries in runners" The article can be found here: https://www.j...

Data Nerds: Long-Term Strength Delay Post ACLR

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 120: Assessing Ankle Dorsiflexion Range of Motion

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Article title: "Restoring ankle dorsiflexion range of motion in athletes: an individualized clinical decision-making system" The article can be found ...

Episode 119: Movement Variability with Athletic Groin Pain

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Despite talking about this article for 35 minutes, we don't have any clinical takeaways. Article title: "Movement variability and loading characterist...

Episode 118: The Good and Bad of Treatment Based Classifications for Low Back Pain

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this solo-cast, Mike walks down memory lane to an article that somewhat set him down the wrong path during grad school. Hopefully he does a good jo...

Episode 117: Rehab Protocols Following Osteochondral Transplantation

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We're following up on our discussion from last week about conservative management of osteochondral lesions to discuss post-operative rehabilitation fo...

Episode 116: What to Know About Knee Chondral Defects

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Pat throw it back to an article from 2018 going over surgical and nonsurgical management of patellar chondral and osteochondral defects. Chec...

Episode 115: Our Favorite Articles We Read in 2025!

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Pat recap their favorite articles that they read this year. Enjoy the 2 for 1 episode! The articles can be found below (Zanini et al., 2025...

Data Nerds: Isometric Strength 12 & 16 Weeks Post-ACLR

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 114: How Fear of Reinjury Impacts Rehab

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Throwing it back to an article from 2022: "Fear of movement and reinjury in sports medicine, relevance for rehabilitation and return to sport". Injury...

Episode 113: Why Assessing Deceleration Is Important

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Checking out an article that is hot off the press: "Assessing deceleration performance: methodological and practical considerations". Topics covered: ...

Episode 112: Efficacy of Telerehabilitation for Managing Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mike has a solo podcast going over a recently published article titled "The relative efficacy of different types of telerehabilitation for managing c...

Episode 111: Applying the British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This article is an oldie but a goodie. Published in 2019, "Hamstring rehabilitation in elite track and field athletes: applying the British Athletics...

Data Nerds: When Means are Misleading

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 110: Intra-Articular Needling is a Thing?

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss periosteal and intra-articular electrical dry needling as a treatment for knee osteoarthritis. We really show our biases in this....

Data Nerds: Single Leg Hop Testing

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 109: What Should I Know About P-Values?

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Mike and Pat break down "Interpreting p values and interval estimates based on practical relevance: guidance for the sports medicine clinici...

Data Nerds: Swimmer Post Shoulder Subluxation

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 108: How Does Strength Training Impact Endurance Performance?

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today is a solo podcast from Mike talking about "The effect of strength training on endurance performance determinants in middle- and long-distance en...

Data Nerds: Return to Soccer Post Patellar Dislocation

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 107: How Not to Create Normative Values for Strength

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back talking about "Relative values of maximal isometric strength in lower limbs across different sports disciplines in high-performance athlet...

Data Nerds: Young Gymnast Following Osteoma Removal

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 106: Is "Shin Splints" A Good Name?

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Pat discuss a recent article arguing for a new name for "shin splints": Load Induced Medial Leg Pain, or LIMP for short. While this is a fun...

Data Nerds: Baseline Data from Elite Runner

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 105: Is Regenerative Medicine Actually Regenerative?

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pat and Mike are back this week talking about something they don't know much about, but probably should: orthobiologics and "regenerative medicine". ...

Episode 104: ACL Return to Performance from Control to Chaos

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is the last episode of a shorts series on a very thorough case report of a professional female soccer player returning to play for the World Cup ...

Data Nerds: CMJ Post-ACLR

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 103: How Did They Return to World Cup Soccer After ACLR?

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week is the first episode in a shorts series on a very thorough case report of a professional female soccer player returning to play for the Worl...

Data Nerds: Rehab After Multi-Ligament Knee Injury

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 102: How Does Resistance Training Impact Muscular Endurance?

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Pat are back talking about resistance training for muscle endurance. A key distinction when talking about endurance is between absolute and r...

Data Nerds: Talking Tech with Tuori

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 101: Consensus Meniscus Non-Op Rehab and Return to Sport

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Pat come back with part 2 of the EU-US meniscus rehabilitation consensus from 2024. This consensus paper focused on non-operative management ...

Data Nerds: Return to Activity Following Gastroc Release

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 100: Consensus Rehabilitation Following Meniscus Surgery

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The boys are back for big episode 100! We're talking about a recent consensus statement that came out about post-operative rehab for mensical surgerie...

Data Nerds: Pro Cyclist with PFPS

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Data Nerds: Isometric Testing for Meniscus

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 99: Technology to Measure Calf Strength-Endurance

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Mike and Pat discuss a recent article from the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy which provides normative data for calf endurance using ...

Episode 98: Start with the End Goal in Mind

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After a week off, Mike and Pat are back to talk through a short article about backward design in sports rehab. Essentially this is starting with the ...

Episode 97: How Do We Develop Powerful Athletes?

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Mike and Bryan talk through two articles that provide good foundational knowledge for what power is in sports and what are some ways that we...

Data Nerds: Gait Analysis of Runner with ITB Pain

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 96: Is Knee or Ankle Strength More Important in Deceleration?

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss knee and ankle strength demands during deceleration tasks. The biggest takeaway is that from a short acceleration, 5 meters, both...

Data Nerds: Baseball Motion Capture with Roy Krishnan

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 95: How Does Muscle Slack Impact Force Development?

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss limiters for rapid force production, specifically muscle slack. This narrative review breaks down the 6 processes that happen whe...

Data Nerds: Marathon Runner with Femoral BSI

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 94: Are Eccentrics or Concentrics Better for Hypertrophy?

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss use of concentric vs eccentric exercise to build muscle. Out the gate, our biggest suggestion is if you are trying to have a com...

Data Nerds: Impulse with Hector Wang

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 93: Stress and Strain When Loading Tendons

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss tendon stress and strain. This article was a review written by one author which was published in 2022. We found the definitions p...

Data Nerds: Isokinetic Serial Testing

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 92: Targets for Isokinetic Knee and Shoulder Torque?

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss knee and shoulder isokinetic torque strength targets among healthy athletes. This study had a sample of 233 athletes from 27 dif...

Data Nerds Cases: Runner with BSI post-ACLR

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases...

Episode 91: How Do I Manage Multi-ligament Knee Injuries?

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss multi-ligament knee injuries. These are uncommon, but devastating injuries. In athletes, return to sport rates are as high as 53%...

Episode 90: What Do We Know About Isokinetic Shoulder Strength Testing in Youth?

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss isokinetic testing for shoulder internal and external rotation strength! This scoping review had a lot of promise, but unfortunat...

Episode 89: How to Manage Posterior Medial Meniscal Root Repair?

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss considerations when treating posterior medial meniscus root tears. Each meniscus has an anterior and posterior root, and a root t...

Episode 88: What is an Effective Baseball Performance Testing Battery?

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss a proposed testing battery for baseball pitchers. The authors discuss the importance of a comprehensive testing battery to both m...

Episode 87: How Should I Screen For Cerebrovascular Pathology?

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss cervical examination for vascular pathology prior to cervical manipulation. In general, our biases are against cervical manipula...

Episode 86: What Should PT's Know About Marathon Training?

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss the training of marathon runners! Most PT's likely won't need to know about marathon training in the detail provided by this art...

Episode 85: How Should We Collaborate in Elite Sport?

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss a recent article from the Journal of Athletic Training which asserts transdisciplinary collaboration is required for high perfor...

Episode 84: What is an Appropriate Response to Loading?

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss appropriate responses to mechanical loading since it is likely that an appropriate amount of stimulus to drive adaptation in one ...

Episode 83: How Accurate Are Wearables?

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss wearable technology! This systematic review of systematic reviews is unique in that the authors plan to continue updating it ever...

Episode 82: What Outcomes Can I Expect When Treating FAIS?

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss outcomes with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome FAIS), defined as "as a clinical triad of symptoms, signs, and imaging findin...

Episode 81: How To Make Limb Symmetry Index More Useful?

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss considerations when utilizing the limb symmetry index (LSI) as a metric for return to sport testing following ACL reconstruction...

Episode 80: How Does Hamstring Architecture Change with Eccentric Training?

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss microscopic changes to muscle architecture following eccentric hamstring exercise. Twelve recreationally active participants in t...

Episode 79: How Do Tendons Adapt?

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss tendon adaption. This review aims to define the mechanoresponses that lead to tendon adaptation, and whether or not these are pos...

Episode 78: How Do I Classify the Stretch-Shortening Cycle?

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're talking about a new classification approach for the stretch-shortening cycle! The original distinction of fast vs slow movements based...

Episode 77: How Do You Assess Hip Extension Strength?

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are talking all about hip extension strength testing! The abstract can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/36617744...

Episode 76: Who is Meeting WHO Guidelines?

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss an article looking at adherence to aerobic and muscular strengthening guidelines across 32 countries. For adults and older adults...

Episode 75: What Strength Standards are Needed to Run Fast?

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss strength standards for fast vs slow linear sprinting speed in American football players. There is a known correlation between lo...

Episode 74: What is the Clinical Presentation of Sacral Stress Fractures?

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss sacral stress fractures in athletes. There are two distinct types of sacral stress fractures: fatigue and insufficiency. Fatigue...

Episode 73: Are Outcomes Different With Telerehab vs Traditional?

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss telerehabilitation vs in perosn rehab for chronic nonoperative shoulder pain. In this RCT, the digital health group performs 20 ...

Episode 72: What is Reverse Engineering?

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss reverse engineering strength and conditioning programming. Reverse engineering is a decision-making process which starts with the...

Episode 71: How Do I Lower Barriers to Exercise?

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week's article is a reivew of minimal dose resistance exercise programs among the general population from the article "Resistance exercise minima...

Episode 70: How Much Do Physical Therapists Need to Know About Tendon Biology?

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week's article is a narrative review titled "Biology and physiology of tendon healing." This article should be titled "Microbiology and physiolo...

Episode 69: Does Running Cause Knee Osteoarthritis?

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week's article is a systematic review of the literature investigating the impact running has on knee osteoarthritis. There were 17 studies which ...

Episode 68: How do We Advocate for Exercise in Cancer?

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week's article details the objectives from ACSM's "Moving Through Cancer" initiative's leadership team. They outline 5 priority areas: workforce ...

Episode 67: Should I Use Eccentric Exercise with Patellar Tendinopathy?

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week's article is "Effectiveness of progressive tendon-loading exercise therapy in patients with patellar tendinopathy: a randomised clinical tr...

Episode 66: How Do We Make Decisions?

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week's article, "Judgment and decision making in clinical and return-to-sports decision making: a narrative review," dives deep into decision ma...

Episode 65: How is Mental Health Impacted by Injury?

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With a musculoskeletal injury prevalence as high as 77% among adult athletes, it is easy to overlook the mental health consequences of an injury. Athl...

Episode 64: How Does Achilles Rupture Impact Return to Play?

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This scoping review investigated the impact Achilles tendon rupture had on performance in elite sports, and if there was a difference between operati...

Episode 63: How Do I Best Optimize My Resistance Training?

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week is about manipulating training variables. We discuss "Dose-response modelling of resistance exercise across outcome domains in strength and...

Episode 62: How Do I Screen Cutting Movements?

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about "The Cutting Movement Assessment Score (CMAS) Qualitative Screening Tool: Application to Mitigate Anterior Cruciate Ligament I...

Episode 61: What Are We Doing When We Stretch?

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the squad sits down to talk about stretching training with this narrative review "Discussing conflicting explanatory approaches in flexibi...

Episode 60: Does Impact Relate to Running Injury?

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Pat talk running again! This time, we talk about "The "impacts cause injury" hypothesis: running in circles or making new strides" by Gruber,...

Episode 59: Surgery or Exercise for Meniscus Tear?

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Pat talk about an article that is hot off the press: "Early Surgery Versus Exercise Therapy and Patient Education for Traumatic and Nontrauma...

Episode 58: Is BFR Safe for Older Adults?

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss "Effects of blood flow restriction training on muscular strength and hypertrophy in older individuals: a systematic review and me...

Bonus Episode: Running Biomechanics and Injury Risk

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Pat quickly sat down to record a bonus episode because the squad was unable to meet this past week. Our bonus episode is on an area that both...

Episode 57: How Does BFR Work?

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode dives into "Where does blood flow restriction fit in the toolbox of athletic development: a narrative review of the proposed mechanisms a...

Episode 56 - What Are the BFR Basics?

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Pat talk about "Blood flow restriction exercise: considerations of methodology, application, and safety" by Patterson et al., published in 20...

Episode 55 - When Can I Return After Ankle Sprain?

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The squad is whole once again to finish off our conversation about ankle sprains! This week's article is "Return to sport decisions after an acute lat...

Episode 54: What Impacts Ankle Sprain Prognosis?

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Pat discuss prognosis following lateral ankle sprain. Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of good research out there. This week's article is "Pr...

BONUS: Deep Dive on Pulley Injuries with Nick Koch

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a special treat for you today. Mike sat down to record a bonus episode with Nick Koch! Nick is a physical therapist with the University of Uta...

Episode 53: Where Do I Start With Ankle Sprains?

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week starts a new series on ankle sprains. There is no better place to start than the Clinical Practice Guidelines. We discuss "Ankle Stability...

Episode 52 - How Do I Treat Finger Pulley Injuries?

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on in our climbing series, we are discussing a common injury in climbers but not to the outside world: pulley injuries. The article, "Rehab...

Episode 51: How Do I Strength Train for Climbing?

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the second installment of our rock climbing series, we discuss strength training for rock climbing based on "Strength training in climbing: a sys...

Episode 50: Climbers Don't Just Injure Their Arms?

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for a new series! We are diving into climbing for the next three weeks. This first article discusses climbing injury epidemiology: "Descript...