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Why I Switched to Jane EMR as a Physical Therapist
If you're a physical therapist running or working in a clinic, you already know one truth: Finding the right EMR is a painful process. Some can feel too detailed, others aren't detailed enough, and the right EMR system [...]
How To Improve Knee Flexion After Surgery
After surgery, understanding how to improve knee flexion is absolutely critical. While we’ve discussed the importance of regaining knee extension extensively, restoring knee flexion is a close runner-up for your rehab [...]
Active vs. Passive Treatment for an Injury: What’s the Important Difference?
If you’ve ever been sidelined by pain or injury, chances are you’ve asked yourself: how can I speed up my recovery and prevent injuries like this from happening in the future? I’ve asked these questions too. Having [...]
The Crucial Difference in ACL Grafts and Why this Affects Recovery
An ACL injury affects you mentally as much as it does physically. Many ACLers feel like they’ve suddenly had a weight dropped on them as they try to navigate the thousands of decisions required to make a successful [...]
How To Progress To A REAL One-Handed Push-Up
Have you always wanted to learn how to do a proper push-up? How about a ONE HANDED push-up? Not simply a cool party trick, a one handed push up can be a great tool for shoulder and scapular strengthening and rehab! If [...]
Understanding Cortisone Injections – When to Get Them & What They Do
Cortisone injections are one of the most common orthopedic treatments offered to patients today. When you go to see a doctor for a musculoskeletal injury, that doctor typically has 4 options to offer you: surgery, [...]
The Prehab Exercise Library & Why It’s Elevating Rehab
Have you ever tried to draw someone doing a back squat with a barbell, it's a lot harder than you would think. Although, I'm sure if you are a healthcare provider reading this there may be a time in your career where [...]
The Importance of Isometric Exercise
“And now, with this next act, I’ll make your pain decrease and your muscles stronger with just an isometric exercise.” Pssh, yeah right. An exercise that diminishes pain but can also improve muscle strength and [...]
What is RED-S & Why Is It Important?
MENSTRUAL CYCLE. Say it louder for the people in the back! No longer taboo, hushed, or ignored, women’s menstrual cycles are making a statement in the world of female athletics. How so? The menstrual cycle can provide [...]
Scraping, Metal Tools and Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization
Scraping, or instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (those strange metal tools your physical therapist is using), is an interesting manual therapy technique that has gained a significant amount of traction in the [...]
VMO Exercises: Is The Vastus Medialis Oblique Legit?
Are VMO exercises real? Is the vastus medialis oblique legit? For years surgeons, physical therapists, and amateur bodybuilders have been trying to activate, strengthen, and grow their vastus medialis oblique (VMO). [...]
Jumper’s Knee Exercises
Jumper's knee is when there is irritation of the patella tendon, the tendon just beneath your knee cap. Patella tendon pain is a common source of anterior (front) knee pain often occurring from repetitive or excessive [...]