Episode 21
Creaking or grinding under your kneecap on the stairs is usually crepitus, and it can point to knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis does not mean pain, though. Here is what rehab can change, and what it probably won't.
15 Minutes – Feb 8, 2017
Episode 20
Ice feels good, but feeling good and healing are not the same thing. Here is when I use ice, when I skip it, and why rest and ice should never replace the rehab work for runner's knee and other injuries.
17 Minutes – Feb 1, 2017
Episode 19
Ten weeks of therapy and nothing learned? Usually that comes down to communication on both sides: rushed providers, jargon, and people who never ask. Here is what I see, and what you can do about it.
17 Minutes – Jan 25, 2017
Episode 18
I pulled out the low back MRI from my baseball injury at 16 and read it line by line. Here is what the scary words on your report mean, and why a finding is not always your pain.
30 Minutes – Jan 18, 2017
Episode 17
A masters track runner with three months of Achilles pain wanted to know if he could race. The ultrasound said not yet. Here is what I saw, the rehab gaps I found, and why his reason for running mattered as much as the image.
21 Minutes – Jan 18, 2017
Episode 16
Shoulder pain that runs down to the elbow during surfing or climbing is not always a shoulder problem. Here is how a weak posterior chain, a winging shoulder blade and old leg injuries can feed it, and what to do instead.
18 Minutes – Jan 11, 2017
Episode 15
Most shoulder rehab overtrains the big movers. Here are the three muscle groups of the shoulder complex, protectors, pivoters and propellers, and why the first two come first.
23 Minutes – Jan 4, 2017
Episode 14
Most muscle and tendon injuries repair on a predictable timeline. Here are the five phases I use, from the first five days to a year out, and what you can safely do in each one so fear doesn't keep you sidelined.
26 Minutes – Dec 28, 2016
Episode 13
Sixteen weeks after a right hip scope, a reader tried cutting drills in PT and now has sharp pain in the other hip. A healed hip is not a game-ready athlete. Here is what has to be in place before fast change of direction.
16 Minutes – Dec 21, 2016
Episode 12
Inside knee pain blamed on pes anserine bursitis for ten years is often not just a knee problem. Here is how I would think about tingling, back pain, look-alike conditions, and why passive care alone keeps people stuck.
19 Minutes – Dec 14, 2016