Reading Rehab
Episodes
Episode 49: How Do I Keep My Pitchers Healthy?
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to two dudes who don't know baseball talk pitching! The dynamic duo of Mike and Pat return to discuss "Throwing injury prevention strategies wi...
Episode 48: How Strong Are Baseball Pitchers?
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another shorter episode on a short article as we talk about "Athletic shoulder test differences exist bilaterally in healthy pitchers" by Trunt et al....
Episode 47: How Common Are Injuries in NCAA Men's Baseball?
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week is the first in a 3 part series about baseball! To start, we are talking about common injuries in NCAA men's baseball: "Epidemiology of inju...
Episode 46: What does optimal late-stage ACL rehab look like?
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for the final installment in our ACL series! This week we are discussing "Optimising the late-stage rehabilitation and return-to-sport train...
Episode 45: What does optimal mid-stage ACL rehab look like?
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Time for part 2 of our 3-part ACL series! Last week we discussed early stage ACL rehab, so this week is time for the middle stage! Our article this we...
Episode 44 - What does optimal early-stage ACL rehab look like?
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the start of our new ACL series! The next three weeks we are going to work through a great series of papers discussing early, middle, and l...
Episode 43 - How do I treat athletic groin pain?
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final installment in our adductor series! This week: treatment! We dive into "Clinical and biomechanical outcomes of rehabilitation target...
Episode 42 - How do I differentially diagnose groin pain?
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second week of our adductor series! This week's article is titled "Approaching groin pain in athletics: The falcon's perspective" by Weir ...
Episode 41 - What does the adductor magnus do?
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week is the first week of our new adductor series! This week we will talk about the structure and function of the adductor magnus, which will be ...
Episode 40 - What is the Minimum Effective Dose of Training?
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are back after the holiday season with a new episode about maintaining gains! This week's article is "Maintaining physical performance: The minimum...
Episode 39 - Muscle Activation During Hamstring Exercises
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike and Pat are back to talk about the article "Muscle activation during various hamstring exercises" by McAllister et al. This was published in 2014...
Article Review: "Repetitions in reserve is a reliable tool for prescribing resistance training load"
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Citation: Lovegrove S, Hughes LJ, Mansfield SK, Read PJ, Price P, Patterson SD. Repetitions in reserve is a reliable tool for prescribing resistance t...
Episode 38 - Experiences Working With Pregnant and Postpartum Athletes
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike and Pat talk about something they know nothing about: pregnancy! We take a quick detour from KPI's and Ongoing Process Trackers to bring you "Fil...
Episode 37 - Choosing Appropriate KPIs
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk goals! Specifically, let's talk key performance indicators: definition, use, utility, drawbacks, and, finally, an updated model to use alon...
Episode 36 - Don't Stress About Bone Stress Injuries
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The gang returns to "Return to sport following low-risk and high-risk bone stress injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis". This was published...
Episode 35 - Return to Sport Following Bone Stress Injury
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pat and Mike go over their highlights of "Return to sport following low-risk and high-risk bone stress injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis...
Episode 34 - Utilizing the Control-Chaos Continuum
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We conclude our conversation on the article "Progressing On-Court Rehabilitation After Injury: The Control-Chaos Continuum Adapted to Basketball" by T...
Episode 33 - The Control-Chaos Continuum
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The squad is back with a slam dunk of an article! We discuss "Progressing On-Court Rehabilitation After Injury: The Control-Chaos Continuum Adapted to...
Episode 32 - High Performance Clinic Owner
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Big changes in the lives of the squad has made it difficult to get together to record until now. Bryan recently accepted a position to work with USA R...
Episode 31 - Roles and Responsibilities of High Performance Directors
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are looking at a new article: "Clarifying High Performance and the Role, Responsibilities, and Requisite Attributes of the High-Performan...
Episode 30 - Training Free-Weights vs Machines
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back after a long hiatus due to the vacation, engagement, and a botched recording! Mike and Pat continue the conversation on "Adaptations in at...
Episode 29 - Are Free-Weights Actually Better than Machines?
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After taking a week off so Mike and Bryan could focus on the NPTE, the gang is back talking about a new article: "Adaptations in athletic performance ...
Episode 28 - Return to Sport After Shoulder Injury
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our discussion of the shoulder! We discuss the "2022 Bern Consensus Statement on Shoulder Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Return to...
Episode 27 - Bern Consensus on Shoulder Injury
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We haven't talked about the shoulders in a while, so here we are! The shoulder episode! We discuss the "2022 Bern Consensus Statement on Shoulder Inju...
Episode 26 - Getting A-Head of Concussion
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's our second week of talking about "Clinical Recovery from Concussion - Return to School and Sport: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" by Putuk...
Episode 25 - Clinical Recovery from Concussion
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
These next two weeks we are going to be talking about "Clinical Recovery from Concussion - Return to School and Sport: A Systematic Review and Meta-An...
Episode 24 - Returning to Sport After Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're talking about "A Proposed Return-to-Sport Program for Patients with Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy: Rationale and Implementation" an article p...
Episode 23 - Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're talking about "A Proposed Return-to-Sport Program for Patients with Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy: Rationale and Implementation" an article p...
Episode 22 - Sprinting Really Activates Your Hamstrings
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're still talking about this article from the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy published in 2017: "Comparison of hamstring muscle ac...
Episode 21 - Hamstring Activation During Sprinting and Exercise
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The whole squad is back with a quick overview of this artcile from the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy published in 2017: "Comparison...
Episode 20 - Utilizing ACLR Normative Data
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike and Bryan expand on last week's article, reflecting on previous clinical experience and suggesting tips to apply this data clinically. If you wan...
Episode 19 - ACL Clinical Outcome Dashboard
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hot off the press! We are talking about "Age-, Sex-, and Graft-Specific Reference Values from 783 Adolescent Patients at 5 to 7 Months After ACL Recon...
Episode 18 - Adaptive Community Resources feat Sarah Smith
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The gang is joined by special guest Sarah Smith who talks about her experiences volunteering with adaptive recreation opportunities in the Rochester, ...
Episode 17 - Living with Spinal Cord Injury
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are branching out from the MSK space! Today we talk about our key takeways from the recent article published in PTJ "Perspectives on Health With Sp...
Episode 16 - Let's Prevent Your Injuries
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We go through a case study of an injury prevention program that Mike made for college freshmen cross country runners. Hopefully you learn something! T...
Episode 15 - Strength Training for Injury Prevention
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Mike talk too much about this article: "Strength training as superior, dose-dependent, and safe prevention of acute and overuse sports injur...
Episode 14 - Exercises to Activate the Glute Med
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It depends. That's all. The article is not open access, but the abstract can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36918403/
Episode 13 - Glute Min: A Cinderella Story
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back. We talked. We conquered. This article discussion is about "Gluteal Muscle Forces During Hip-Focused Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation E...
Episode 12 - Best Practice for MSK Pain
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike, Pat, and Bryan continuing discussing this article: "What does best practice care for musculoskeletal pain look like? Eleven consistent recommend...
Episode 11 - Consistent Recommendations from CPGs
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike, Pat, and Bryan discuss this article: "What does best practice care for musculoskeletal pain look like? Eleven consistent recommendations from hi...
Episode 10 - External Focus In ACL Rehab
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Well, this started as a conversation about use of external focus of attention in ACL rehab. Then we took some winding roads. Good conversation: defini...
Episode 9 - External Focus of Attention
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is just 30 minutes of Mike and Pat saying how great this article is. The article in question: "Effective Attentional Focus Strategies after Anter...
Episode 8 - Using Resistance Bands at the Knee During Barbell Squats
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join our heroes as they embark on a journey to squeeze every last ounce of conversation out of "Barbell Back Squat: How do resistance bands affect mus...
Episode 7 - Let's Talk Squats!
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The dynamic duo of Mike and Bryan discuss "Barbell back squat: how do resistance bands affect muscle activation and knee kinematics?" This was publish...
Episode 6 - How Do You Implement Velocity in Resistance Exercise?
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're wrapping up our discussion of "Velocity-Based Training: From Theory to Application." Listen to us rave about Table 5 and Figure 7 for...
Episode 5 - Velocity Based Training
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan is back! Join the gang as we discuss "Velocity-Based Training: From Theory to Application." We can't wait for next week when the reins are off a...
Episode 4 - Use of Different Set Configurations for Specific Acute Responses
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Mike and Pat finish their discussion about the article "Acute Mechanical, Neuromuscular, and Metabolic Responses to Different Set Configurat...
Episode 3 - Acute Responses to Different Set Configurations
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mike and Pat as they talk about some things they know and other areas they know very little about! We are discussing an article published in the ...
Episode 2 - Still Talking About What Makes a Good Physical Therapist
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! In this episode we are continuing our discussion of last week's article, "An integrative review of the qualities of a 'good' physiothera...
Episode 1 - What Makes a Good Physical Therapist
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome! We wanted to start our first episode off right! So we discussed a 2021 article concerning the qualities that make a good physical therapist. ...
Introducing Reading Rehab
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Reading Rehab. In this short first episode, Mike, Bryan, and Pat introduce themselves and Mike describes what to expect from Reading Rehab ...