The Ask Mike Reinold Show

Some of the most common questions we get in regard to rotator cuff repair rehabilitation are when can we start range of motion and strengthening exercises.

It will depend on several factors, but there are ways to build an evidence-based rehabilitation progression.

In this episode, we talk about how we progress rotator cuff repair patients and how we determine if an exercise is safe to perform.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/what-exercises-are-safe-after-rotator-cuff-repair/

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Many students and early career professionals want to get into professional sports.

Here’s some of our advice on how to stand out when applying and interviewing for these high level jobs.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/interviewing-for-a-job-in-professional-sports

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Force plates can be very valuable in quantifying certain metrics that can monitor progress over time. We’re using these for both our performance and rehabilitation athletes.

Here’s what we have seen so far.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/using-force-plates-to-show-progress/

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There are many options for graft sources when performing an ACL reconstruction. There are pros and cons to them all.

One graft type, an allograft, probably deserves a different rehabilitation approach. We often go slower with this graft type.

We talk about why in this episode.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/should-acl-allografts-go-slower-with-their-rehabilitation/

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Hamstring strains are one of the most common injuries in sports. And as many of us know, it often can be recurring.

In this podcast episode, we discuss why this may be the case and what you can do to minimize recurrence.

 

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/how-to-deal-with-recurring-hamstring-strains/

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It is important as physical therapists that we are exposed to a diverse range of the profession during school.

Many students that want to get into sports or orthopedics feel like they don’t get as much out of the PT clinical affiliations outside of those areas.

But, we think there’s a ton to learn in every environment that will help you with your future career.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/getting-the-most-out-of-your-pt-clinical-affiliations/

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As physical therapists, we often do a great job with the early phases of rehabilitation and helping people restore motion and strength.

But many people, especially athletes, also need to develop their loading capacity to get back to advanced activities like running, cutting, and jumping.

In this episode, we talk about how we progress people and build their loading capacity.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/building-load-capacity-after-lower-extremity-injuries/

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It’s unfortunate that many physical clinics have limits on the amount of time you can spend with a patient. We all want to spend a ton of time with our patients, especially in the later stages of rehab when there is so much to do.

In this episode, we’re going to talk about some strategies on how to deal with these limitations.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/fitting-everything-into-a-physical-therapy-treatment-session/

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We treat a lot of baseball players at Champion. And one thing is certain, throwing a baseball sure does make a lot of people lose shoulder mobility!

We often see this correlated with medial elbow pain, so when someone is rehabbing an elbow injury like Tommy John, we often focus as much on the shoulder as the elbow.

We talk about this concept and more in this episode.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/baseball-pitchers-with-limited-external-rotation/

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Any surgery that involves repairing a torn tendon will have the potential to have complications. Most commonly, this involves a loss of motion.

Depending on the activity, some discomfort is expected. But you also don’t want to overload the healing tissue.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/improving-range-of-motion-after-a-patellar-tendon-repair/

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