This article is an oldie but a goodie. Published in 2019, "Hamstring rehabilitation in elite track and field athletes: applying the British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification in clinical practice" has a wealth of clinical pearls to assist in management of hamstring strain injuries. The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31300391/ As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!
Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab. Mike goes over a recent running gait analysis he did with the Runeasi system. He gives his interpretation for what the data means, shows how gait can change from easy pace to faster paces, discusses follow up exercises, and why it is important to also look at raw data instead of just the means.
This week we discuss periosteal and intra-articular electrical dry needling as a treatment for knee osteoarthritis. We really show our biases in this. We don't like it. Hopefully we put our thoughts together coherently enough to explain all the reasons why we don't like it. The article can be found here: https://spinalmanipulation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/periosteal-and-intraarticular-electrical-dry-needling-boosters-in-patients-with-knee-osteoarthritis-2025.pdf As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!
Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab. Pat walks us through some single leg hop testing that he did with a 14 year old female volleyball player coming back from a severe inversion sprain. We go over key metrics, some confusion we have with duplicate metrics, importance of knowing the units you're referencing, and how this testing impacts clinical decision-making.
This week Mike and Pat break down "Interpreting p values and interval estimates based on practical relevance: guidance for the sports medicine clinician". This is a short but dense article explaining the use and interpretation of p-values in research. Since p-values are so important to research and publication, clinicians need to know what they are telling us about the data and the potential limitations with them. While this paper was meant for clinicians, it can be hard to understand. We do our best to break it down and simplify according to our understanding. The article can be found here: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/13/bjsports-2024-109357 As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!
Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab. This week, Pat shares a case of a female, youth swimmer post shoulder subluxation. We go over the ASH test, why he tested, limitations of the test, exercise selection, return to sport decision making, and teamwork within his clinic.
Today is a solo podcast from Mike talking about "The effect of strength training on endurance performance determinants in middle- and long-distance endurance athletes: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis". While there are a lot of components to cover with this article, Mike's key takeaway is this: there are benefits of strength training to running economy and endurance performance (time trials or time to exhaustion), and there is no "magic formula" that is best. So, if you aren't doing any strength training to supplement running, you are leaving possible performance improvements on the table. The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40153564/ As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!
Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab. Pat presents countermovement jump data from a high school freshman female soccer player who returned to sport early against the advice of the treating physical therapist. He shows how her lingering quad strength deficits impact her movement patterns. Enjoy!
We're back talking about "Relative values of maximal isometric strength in lower limbs across different sports disciplines in high-performance athletes" an article published in Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research in 2025. The title and a quick skim brought our hopes up: having more normative values for the major muscle actions of the lower extremity would be nice. But our hopes came crashing down when we got to the methods. Measuring force:bodyweight not torque:bodyweight, different sports being analyzed as the same group, and not stabilizing during in-line dynamometry are some of the major crimes of the paper. Listen to the episode to hear our various rants! The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40440540/ As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!
Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab. Pat shows off countermovement jump data for a young gymnast coming back from osteoma in her knee. He sets the stage by going over isokinetic knee extensor strength, then demonstrates the importance of a battery of testing to uncover weaknesses.
Mike and Pat discuss a recent article arguing for a new name for "shin splints": Load Induced Medial Leg Pain, or LIMP for short. While this is a fun name for these not fun symptoms, we aren't convinced that the name is actually necessary. What should have been a much more interesting conversation is foiled by wifi connection issues, but we hope you can enjoy our frustration at our difficulty having a conversation. The article can be found here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13411 As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!
Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab. This week, Mike goes over recently collected baseline strength and run analysis data from an elite runner. He goes over his different isometric testing set ups with the Tindeq, his key takeaways from the strength testing, and how he uses strength metrics to form hypotheses from the run analysis.
Pat and Mike are back this week talking about something they don't know much about, but probably should: orthobiologics and "regenerative medicine". This is the future of medicine, whether we want it to be or not, so we should probably start learning about it. The article can be found here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03635465251357626 As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!
This is the last episode of a shorts series on a very thorough case report of a professional female soccer player returning to play for the World Cup following ACL tear. In this episode, we talk through the on-pitch progression utilizing the control-chaos continuum and return to performance. The article can be found here: https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000843 As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!
Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab. Our article from last week is spilling into Data Nerds this week! We thought the figures from this case report were fantastic for showing the different phases of a countermovement jump, variables of interest, when they were testing, what they found, and why that was important. Check out the video on YouTube to see what we're talking about!
This week is the first episode in a shorts series on a very thorough case report of a professional female soccer player returning to play for the World Cup following ACL tear. In this episode, we generally go over the case, exercise prescription, serial testing, and return to play timelines. Check it out and follow along for the next few weeks! The article can be found here: https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000843 As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!
Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab. This week on Data Nerds, Pat leads Mike through isometric strength testing with a patient following multi-ligament knee injury. We talk through the rationale for testing, test results, current exercise prescription, barriers to rehab, and general considerations for treatment of multi-ligament knee injuries. We hope you enjoy! Please be sure to check us out on YouTube to see the results!
Mike and Pat are back talking about resistance training for muscle endurance. A key distinction when talking about endurance is between absolute and relative endurance. Absolute endurance tests the same load at pre-intervention and post-intervention, while relative endurance tests the same % of load (ex. 60% 1RM) at pre and post. A key takeaway is that it is easier to see changes in absolute endurance measures than relative measures. While this is useful to know, it is hard to find many good clinical takeaways. Listen to the podcast to hear us give it our best shot! The article can be found here: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2025/04000/changes_in_absolute_and_relative_muscular.10.aspx As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!
Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab. We have a special gues on this week! Jason Tuori, a board-certified sports physical therapist, host of PT InQuest podcast, and co-presenter of the Dungeons and Dynamometers continuing-education course joins us to talk through all of the tech that he has and uses in clinic. Our conversation spans various pieces of equipment and their uses. No specific cases here, but if you want to learn more about what's out there in the world of force-testing, this is the place!
Mike and Pat come back with part 2 of the EU-US meniscus rehabilitation consensus from 2024. This consensus paper focused on non-operative management and return to sport. Some themes still hold true from the first paper: utilize tissue healing timelines and objective criteria for decision-making, and the type and location of the surgery/tear are important for determining prognosis. If you missed episode 100, check it out to learn about post-op meniscus rehab! The article can be found here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/epdf/10.2519/josptopen.2025.13539 As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!