PT Inquest

Finally a randomized controlled trial comparing physical therapy management to surgery for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS)!!! And what were the findings? Well, not impressive on either end. Of course this generates more questions than...

Determining when to return to play after concussion requires the use of testing to make sure that the athlete has returned to baseline. But what if you don't have a baseline measurement? Can having a history of common mental illnesses like anxiety and...

Female Athlete Triad may be more common than you think, and it turns out many male athletes can have it too! We take a deep exploration of the condition, how it works, and how to screen for it with special guest, San Diego State University PT School...

Do older runners run differently than younger runners? If they do, is it ?! Can this actually be used as a tool for training or useful information for return after injury? Join us with study co-author Blaise Williams from Nike! Paquette MR, Devita P,...

Many clinicians wonder is tests such as the quad index are good enough for returning an athlete to sport after ACLR. Turns out, clinicians aren't even doing that! In the episode we have special guests and discussing their recent paper that looked at...

The scientific community has made some mistakes over the past couple decades, leading people to think many effects were much larger than they actually are, if they even existed at all! So what is the reason for this? How has the current process...

Injecting tendinopathies is a popular practice; everything from PRP to steroids to saline to even sugar. But is there any efficacy? What exactly do these things do? Could there actually be a mechanical effect or is it chemical or just good ol'...

Injuries to the hamstrings are more common than just about any other muscle injury in sport. And once you do it once, you are more likely to do it again. What is the problem here? Are some people just good at injuring that muscle and simple are...

When it comes to using treatments which have effects that may be nothing more than placebo, the question that is often asked is "What's the harm?" Well, according to these authors, it could be more than you realize. If it works, who cares? Does it...

We all know that "correlation does not equal causation" but it is still counterintuitive. There are many questions in healthcare that just cannot be approached by the randomized controlled trial (RCT) requiring us to depend on observational data which...