Force plates can be a very important part of testing for things like strength, power, and rate of force development.

But getting started can be overwhelming.

In this podcast we talk about some tips on how to start using force plates to program athletes in the gym.

To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/using-force-plates-to-help-program-for-athletes-in-the-gym/



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Using Force Plates to Help Program for Athletes in the Gym - #AMR313

Answering all your physical therapy, fitness, strength and conditioning, sports performance, and career advice questions.  Join me, Lenny Macrina, Dave Tilley, Dan Pope, Mike Scaduto, Lisa Russell, Kevin Coughlin, Diwesh Poudyal, and others from my team at Champion Physical Therapy and Performance in Boston, MA and learn how we help people feel better, move better, and perform better.  Ask your questions at http://mikereinold.com/askmikereinold.

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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/



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Strategies for Acute Low Back Pain - #AMR334

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/


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How to Know When to Push or Back Off - #AMR333

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/


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Should You Cue to Pinch Your Shoulder Blades Back? - #AMR332

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/

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How to Measure Strength in the Clinic - #AMR331

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/



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Using Force Plates to Help Program for Athletes in the Gym - #AMR313

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