The Ask Mike Reinold Show

Finding a good mentor is hard. Many people don’t have access to someone who wants to help them accelerate their career.

We often start our careers and have so many questions. We’ve all been there.

In this week’s podcast, we talk about what we recommend you do when you aren’t in a spot where you have a great mentor.

This is also why we started our new Champion Sports PT Mentorship online program. We know many people don’t have access to great mentorship, and we want to help, so Dan Pope, Dave Tilley, and I wanted to start this program to help you and your career. 

The first cohort starts in a couple of weeks!

• Click here to learn more about the new Champion Sports PT Mentorship

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/the-most-important-thing-you-must-do-to-accelerate-your-career/

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Loss of range of motion after elbow surgery is common. The elbow is a very congruent and unforgiving joint.

It’s important to prevent loss of motion with early activities as much as possible. But what do you do when you have a loss of mobility in the elbow?

Here are our treatment strategies.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/how-to-deal-with-stubborn-elbow-loss-of-motion/

Learn our proven system for sports PTs who want to master ACL rehab, confidently progress patients, and guide athletes safely back to high-level sport.

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The riches are in the niches, or so they say. But in all seriousness, I agree. Most people I know who love their jobs specialize in a niche they enjoy.

But how do you get started specializing in a niche? Here are some of our tips.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/how-to-specialize-in-a-niche-population/

Learn our proven system for sports PTs who want to master ACL rehab, confidently progress patients, and guide athletes safely back to high-level sport.

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We’ve all seen it before. Someone comes in saying that their “back locked up” on them!

They are in a lot of pain, guarded with their movement, and not sure what to do.

Here’s how we approach this and some pearls to help them get out of pain and spasm and back into their activities without setbacks.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/strategies-for-acute-low-back-pain/

Learn our proven system for sports PTs who want to master ACL rehab, confidently progress patients, and guide athletes safely back to high-level sport.

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One of the more common questions we get from students is knowing when to push someone or back off.

As always, the answer will depend on the situation. But, there are some principles to guide you.

We discuss what we do and how to avoid the ups and downs.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/how-to-know-when-to-push-or-back-off/

Learn our proven system for sports PTs who want to master ACL rehab, confidently progress patients, and guide athletes safely back to high-level sport.

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A common debate in physical therapy is whether we should cue people to “pinch their scapulas” together during exercises.

I don’t really think there should be a debate…

Here’s why we don’t use that cue and what we do instead.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/should-you-cue-to-pinch-your-shoulder-blades-back/

Learn our proven system for sports PTs who want to master ACL rehab, confidently progress patients, and guide athletes safely back to high-level sport.

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We all know that it’s super important to assess strength with our patients and clients. But is manual muscle testing enough?

We don’t think so.

Here’s why and what we use at Champion.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/how-to-measure-strength-in-the-clinic/

Learn our proven system for sports PTs who want to master ACL rehab, confidently progress patients, and guide athletes safely back to high-level sport.

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Over the last several years, we have seen the growth of the new repair of the ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace procedure. It’s been awesome to witness such great success with this new Tommy John procedure, and patients have been doing great.

Here’s an update on our experience so far, some clinical pearls on rehabilitating these athletes, and the differences we sometimes see with traditional Tommy John UCL reconstruction.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/rehabilitation-after-ucl-repair-with-internal-brace/

Learn our proven system for sports PTs who want to master ACL rehab, confidently progress patients, and guide athletes safely back to high-level sport.

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Hamstring strains continue to be one of the most common injuries in sports. Returning these athletes to play can sometimes seem daunting.

When is it safe to start running? Do you have to wait until they are pain-free?

We answer these questions and more in this episode.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/when-is-it-safe-to-start-running-after-a-hamstring-strain/

Learn our proven system for sports PTs who want to master ACL rehab, confidently progress patients, and guide athletes safely back to high-level sport.

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As you probably know, we have a lot of clinical physical therapy students and strength and conditioning interns at Champion.

Over the years we have found success in integrating them into working with our patients and clients.

Here are some tips on how to do this while still being able to provide a great learning experience for the student and a great experience as the patient.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/how-to-integrate-students-into-clinical-care/

Learn our proven system for sports PTs who want to master ACL rehab, confidently progress patients, and guide athletes safely back to high-level sport.

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