Welcome to Brian's Corner!  Every month I will have a featured guest who is in the sports physical therapy world or a unique entrepreneur in physical therapy.   In today's episode, I interview Brett Bousquet.  Brett is a physical therapist with the NBA's best record Milwaukee Bucks.   In this Episode... - Learn about Brett's story that took him around the US working as a PT before landing a job in the NBA - Learn about what the return to sport process is like in a team environment - Example case study with a basketball athlete - Brian and Brett discuss Return to Sport and ..read more

Welcome to Brian's Corner!  Every month I will have a featured guest who is in the sports physical therapy world or a unique entrepreneur in physical therapy.   In today's episode, I interview Zac Cupples.  Zac is a sports physical therapist in Las Vegas, NV and former NBA physical therapist.  In this Episode... - Learn about Zac's background in physical therapy, strength and conditioning, and the NBA - Learn about how Zac is educating fitness and physical therapists alike - What Zac does at EXOS in Las Vegas, NV - His experience in the NBA as a performance therapist/stre ..read more

Welcome to Brian's Corner!  Every month I will have a featured guest who is in the sports physical therapy world or a unique entrepreneur in physical therapy.   In today's episode, I interview Ziad Dahdul.  Ziad is a private sports physical therapist in Los Angeles, CA,   In this Episode... - Learn about Ziad''s story into physical therapy & performance - Learn about what challenges he has faced with owning his own practice - His ACL scholarship and how to apply for it ​- Brian and Ziad discuss ACL rehabilitation in athletes and Ziad's RTS process ​ Want to learn mor ..read more

Welcome to Brian's Corner!  Every month I will have a featured guest who is in the sports physical therapy world or a unique entrepreneur in physical therapy.   In today's episode, I interview Zach Cogen.  Zach is a graduate of USC's Sports Physical Therapy Division 1 Fellowship and current physical therapist at EXOS in Los Angeles, CA.  In this Episode... - Learn about Zach's story into physical therapy - Learn about what USC's Division 1 Sports Fellowship is all about - What Zach does at EXOS in Los Angeles, CA ​- Brian and Zach discuss Return to Sport and what is missi ..read more

A few months ago, a PT student reached out to me asking about sports residency programs.  He wanted to know what my experience in one was like, how it helped my career, and what he should do to try to put himself in a position to get one.  This was not an uncommon question as I get at least 15-20 emails like this yearly.  However, my answer to these type of questions has changed over the last few years.   What was my experience like in a sports residency? If you would have asked me this question during my residency I would have told you amazing and also very stressful ..read more

Return to sport testing is still a process that is (in my opinion) under utilized.  However, part of the reason I believe more clinicians don't do consistent return to sport testing is because they are unfamiliar with the process.  The research has demonstrated step by step how to do many of the tests that have been validated and reliable but they don't show us how.  Fortunately, there are now many videos showing us how to do them (see here for example).  Yet, knowing how to do the tests aren't enough.  In this article, I am going to show you the benefit of performing ..read more