The YAHiR (Young Athletes Hip Research) Collaborative take over the JOSPT Insights podcast today with the second part of our explainer on hip dysplasia. Drs Inger Mechlenburg and Julie Jacobsen cover the key elements of an effective treatment program, when hip preserving surgery is an option, and how to balance loading, exercise and information to help people with hip dysplasia to stay active and healthy throughout life.

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RESOURCES

Learn more about how the YAHiR collaborative is partnering to promote and protect athletes' hip health through high-quality research: https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/research/yahir

You can register to access full recordings of the Young Athlete's Hip Symposium, and the Oxford-Aspetar-La Trobe Young Athlete's Hip Webinar Series (11 webinars): https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/events/Oxford-Hip-2022

The next Young Athlete's Hip Symposium is on 25-27 September, 2024 at Worcester College, Oxford University

The YAHiR (Young Athletes' Hip Research) Collaborative takes over the JOSPT Insights podcast today with Part 1 of a 2-part explainer on hip dysplasia. Tune in to learn about what causes hip dysplasia and how common the problem is, plus how to put the clinical history, pain and imaging puzzle together to diagnose and identify the major impairments that come along with hip dysplasia.

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RESOURCES

Learn more about how the YAHiR collaborative is partnering to promote and protect athletes' hip health through high-quality research: https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/research/yahir

You can register to access full recordings of the Young Athlete's Hip Symposium, and the Oxford-Aspetar-La Trobe Young Athlete's Hip Webinar Series (11 webinars): https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/events/Oxford-Hip-2022

The next Young Athlete's Hip Symposium is on 25-27 September, 2024 at Worcester College, Oxford University

Today’s sports corner is all about managing high-level basketball athletes. Dr Maggie Bryant, Director of Rehabilitation for the LA Clippers, explains the physical demands of basketball, common injuries, and important things to consider when planning rehabilitation with basketball athletes.

From the acceleration and deceleration demands, physical playing space restrictions, challenging anthropometrics of these athletes, and the variation in position demands—your rehabilitation plans for basketball athletes will require careful thought. Maggie’s hot tip: don’t forget about the foot and ankle!

Dr Chris Napier is a physiotherapist, Assistant Professor and Director of the Run Lab at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, and 2:33-marathoner. Who better to share tips for ramping up running training?

Today we discuss strategies for performing well and staying injury free while running, how to choose a new running shoe, and Chris shares his approach to designing an effective all-round running training program.

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RESOURCES

Chris' book 'Science of Running: Analyze your Technique, Prevent Injury, Revolutionize your Training' is available wherever you purchase books (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/612657/science-of-running-by-chris-napier/9780744022087)

The American Physical Therapy Association's Academy of Sports Physical Therapy is now in its 50th year. Today, Academy President, Dr Mike Reinold, is celebrating not only the achievements of the past 50 years, but looking forward to the future.

Mike has assumed the role of Sports Academy President at an exciting time of innovation in learning, professional development, and mentorship. Today we discuss how the Sports Academy is nurturing the physical therapy profession and its future leaders.

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RESOURCES

Academy of Sports Physical Therapy: https://sportspt.org/

Sports Academy Learning Centre: https://learn.sportspt.org/

Did you know that calf injuries are one of the most common soft tissue injuries in team sports? How comfortable do you feel assessing and managing calf pain, especially designing and progressing a program to help someone get back to their sport?

Today, Dr Seth O'Neill from the University of Leicester, joins us to blend the latest science in calf injury with high-level clinical reasoning. You'll get something out of today's chat whether you're beginning in your clinical career or whether you're looking for suggestions for advanced clinical practice.

Dr Dustin Jones, from StrongerLife, talks about the important impact that preventing falls can have on an older adult's wellbeing.

He explains how to assess falls risk and physical performance, and recommends his top measures and resources.

Dr Jones addresses why it’s important to focus, not only on preventing falls, but on helping older people prepare for falls too, and reviews some drills he uses with his clients.

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RESOURCES

STEADI: https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/index.html

Ability Lab: https://www.sralab.org/additional-resources

Stronger Life: https://www.strongerlifehq.com/

A surfer walks into your clinic with neck pain…What do you do next? And why?

Dr. Lynn McKinnis expertly walks through when and how to apply the Canadian C-Spine Rule when a patient presents with neck pain, types of vertebral artery injuries, and tips for diagnosing and treating acute neck trauma.

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RESOURCES

Learn more about the specific case here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/full/10.2519/jospt.2016.0416

Canadian C-Spine Rule: https://med-fom-clone-pt.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2014/01/C-spine-Rule-FAQs.pdf

NEXUS Criteria for detecting clinically-important cervical spine injury following blunt trauma: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200007133430203

Do you work with young people with ACL injury? Well, you're in the right place! Today, Drs Chris Kuenze and Adam Weaver walk through the story behind creating a brilliant, new normative dataset for function and strength outcomes. You'll learn how the project got started, and how you can use the information to help make even more informed clinical decisions.

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RESOURCES

Find the paper "Age-, Sex-, and Graft-specific Reference Values From 783 Adolescent Patients At 5-7 months After ACL Reconstruction: IKDC, PEDI-IKDC, KOOS, ACL-RSI, Single-leg Hop, and Thigh Strength" on the JOSPT website: https://www.jospt.org/doi/abs/10.2519/jospt.2023.11389

To access the normative database: https://dataverse.lib.virginia.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.18130/V3/JNPHUB