PT Inquest

  We thought we were done but THEY KEEP PULLING US BACK IN!!! We are back for a full year of weekly episodes thanks to generous sponsorship from CSMi! In previous episodes we have explored the controversy around the best rehabilitation...

That's right everyone! It's that time of year again! All the PT Podcast Network voices (except for Adam) have gathered together to bring you some podcast holiday cheer! This very special episode is brought to you by My PT Insurance. Head on over to...

It's time for another season finale and we conclude with a discussion of one of the worst things in modern science, the predatory journal. These are journals that make money by publishing literally ANYTHING as long as you pay your fee. The authors of...

Accurate education on pain has become a popular mantra in physical therapy practice, specifically around chronic pain. A common argument is to educate at risk patients early in the process to reduce the likelihood of their pain becoming chronic. But...

Here we go again, hating on physical therapy (the theme song does say "I'm my own worst enemy"...) There have been some recent pushes in the physical therapy world to promote what we do, but has this been the most honest, evidence-based approach? What...

Pew! Pew! Pew! Lasers!!! What could be more high tech than that? Hold on a second...what exactly IS a laser? And how is it different than other sources of light? Knowing that, why would you use it? And can you have very high quality research on very...

Thinking your ACLR patients are using compensatory strategies when they are squatting? Simple! Just watch them do a squat and you'll see it with your own eyes...OR WILL YOU?! This week our super-special guest is study lead-author , . Sigward SM, Chan...

A topic we have discussed before, early activity after rotator cuff repair, but this is a different study design. What is meant by non-inferiority? Is this the same as saying equal? What if it was better? Would such a paper tell us? Jenssen KK,...

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) is a procedure that has a lot published on it yet there are still second injury rates as high as 40% in some populations. There seems to be some consensus in the literature as to how these patients...

There is a lot of talk amongst medical professionals and the media about sitting being the new smoking. Is that true? How would we compare that? Even if that is not EXACTLY true, what's the harm if it scares people into moving more? This article is...