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 surgeries. Our biggest takeaways: tear type matters, medial vs lateral tears matters less, and use criteria throughout the rehab process. Listen to the podcast for the full breakdown of recommendations!

The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40353298/

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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 from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab.

In this episode, Mike leads us through a case where he used a Tindeq to test isometric knee extension strength and the Runeasi to perform a running gait analysis. We think it's pretty neat!

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 from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab.

In this episode, Pat leads us through a case where he did an isometric knee extension and flexion "pop-quiz" for a patient with a suspected meniscal tear. Watch or listen to hear what his clinical takeaways were from the results!

This week Mike and Pat discuss a recent article from the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy which provides normative data for calf endurance using a new Calf Raise app. The standard 5/5 MMT 25 rep single leg calf raise stilll reigns supreme! What do you think about this app? It is free on the app store, so play around with it clinically and let us know how it is most helpful for you!

The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40020545/

As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!

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 end in mind. The authors feel there has been enough publications demonstrating why this is important in sports rehab, but not enough on how to actually do it. Listen to the podcast to hear us break down the different components and give some examples of how we use this process in our practice.

The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40267618/

As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!

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 can develop power. Some key topics we discussed are the force-time curve, importance of understanding sport demands, and using velocity to train different strength and power characteristics.

The articles can be found here: https://www.nsca.com/contentassets/3840c3dfe42742128e32c09bea3e1981/developing_powerful_athletes_part_1__mechanical.4.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoqlqmRoaDFASX7TMEetqLy7eUepfHlf4kTbnfsMWprSNe9of4NT

https://www.nsca.com/contentassets/e4dd144726594fd3ba2cc4af571d6079/developing_powerful_athletes_part_2__practical.3.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOopRvfkbYImmhNLxj1AT6U77uElSYdl-PWx0UdIoQiN69zVfBUc_

As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!

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 from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab.

In this episode, Mike talks through a case where he used the Runeasi gait analysis system to look at changes to a runner's gait over time to see if there were certain thresholds to when she started feeling pain.

This week we discuss knee and ankle strength demands during deceleration tasks. The biggest takeaway is that from a short acceleration, 5 meters, both knee and ankle strength were significantly correlated to deceleration performance. However, with a 10 meter accelereation, knee extension strength variables were the only ones to relate to deceleration performance. This was a great discussion about constraining environments for deceleration and isokinetic testing, to possible ankle exercises to address deceleration.

The abstract can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39882763/

As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!