Pain is… well, a pain. It can debilitate you and get in the way of your progress towards healing. But why does it happen? What is inflammation and how does it work to help us heal? Let’s talk about inflammation in different phases of rehabilitation and what you can do to minimize it. First, the definition of inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s innate response to injury, resulting in pain, swelling, redness, and heat coming from the area. This is an immune reaction in response to a surgery or an acute injury, or it could be relatively chronic. This could happen in the middle of rehabilitat ..read more

Pain is… well, a pain. It can debilitate you and get in the way of your progress towards healing. But why does it happen? What is inflammation and how does it work to help us heal? Let’s talk about inflammation in different phases of rehabilitation and what you can do to minimize it. First, the definition of inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s innate response to injury, resulting in pain, swelling, redness, and heat coming from the area. This is an immune reaction in response to a surgery or an acute injury, or it could be relatively chronic. This could happen in the middle of rehabilitat ..read more

Pain is… well, a pain. It can debilitate you and get in the way of your progress towards healing. But why does it happen? What is inflammation and how does it work to help us heal? Let’s talk about inflammation in different phases of rehabilitation and what you can do to minimize it. First, the definition of inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s innate response to injury, resulting in pain, swelling, redness, and heat coming from the area. This is an immune reaction in response to a surgery or an acute injury, or it could be relatively chronic. This could happen in the middle of rehabilitat ..read more

Pain is… well, a pain. It can debilitate you and get in the way of your progress towards healing. But why does it happen? What is inflammation and how does it work to help us heal? Let’s talk about inflammation in different phases of rehabilitation and what you can do to minimize it. First, the definition of inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s innate response to injury, resulting in pain, swelling, redness, and heat coming from the area. This is an immune reaction in response to a surgery or an acute injury, or it could be relatively chronic. This could happen in the middle of rehabilitat ..read more

Pain is… well, a pain. It can debilitate you and get in the way of your progress towards healing. But why does it happen? What is inflammation and how does it work to help us heal? Let’s talk about inflammation in different phases of rehabilitation and what you can do to minimize it. First, the definition of inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s innate response to injury, resulting in pain, swelling, redness, and heat coming from the area. This is an immune reaction in response to a surgery or an acute injury, or it could be relatively chronic. This could happen in the middle of rehabilitat ..read more

Pain is… well, a pain. It can debilitate you and get in the way of your progress towards healing. But why does it happen? What is inflammation and how does it work to help us heal? Let’s talk about inflammation in different phases of rehabilitation and what you can do to minimize it. First, the definition of inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s innate response to injury, resulting in pain, swelling, redness, and heat coming from the area. This is an immune reaction in response to a surgery or an acute injury, or it could be relatively chronic. This could happen in the middle of rehabilitat ..read more

Strength training doesn’t always translate to real life. Does that surprise you? Some of the major reasons why people pursue strength training are because they want to be fit, look strong, or perform better. The question we have to ask ourselves is: does our training fit the intention?  To answer this question, we will share some wisdom from Dan John. Dan John has had a profound impact on the field of strength conditioning as a coach, athlete, and speaker. We hosted him on Episode 18 of our podcast. Our field of physical therapy and rehabilitation needs to look to the strength and conditi ..read more

The hardest question for me to answer with ACL patients was, “When can I go back to my sport?” And for me to give an honest answer and say, “I’m releasing you to go all out, no restrictions, and I promise there will be no non-contact re-tear on my watch”… that was always hard to say. At the time, I didn’t feel like there was any concrete information that I could give to the patient or test them with to really, truly say that. It really brought on this need to create a scorecard that encompassed all different facets of the challenges they’re gonna face on the field and the court. So that’s what ..read more

The end of 2020 is approaching, the year that everyone wants to forget. What are the opportunities as this year comes to a close? What should an athlete consider as they are still unable to return to the field? Let’s put a more positive spin to this year as it comes to an end and 2021 begins. We’ve seen competition has gone away for a majority of the high school athletes, maybe most of the college athletes in most of the country. Earlier this year, we began seeing some problems that have emerged because of the rapid return of professional sports and likely some lack of preparation. So, what sh ..read more

Have you ever asked your ACL patients to hold terminal knee extension on a towel roll? Lie prone with the knee hanging off the table for 2 hours a day?  Many physical therapists and sports medicine specialists have. But there’s a better way. At the end of the day, we’re on the ground with clients, working with people on a regular basis, and we have some insights we’d like to share. Firstly, we share a common important goal when working with our ACL patients: to gain extension in the knee right out of the gate and as soon as possible. But we think that how you gain that extension is somewh ..read more