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139. How to Use Soreness Rules to Properly Load Your Patients

139. How to Use Soreness Rules to Properly Load Your Patients

Update: 2025-07-15
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In this episode of the PT Snacks podcast, we dive more into the soreness rules for how to load our patients enough...without it being too much. We discuss how to use a pain monitoring model to safely and effectively guide patients through their rehabilitation. This research-based framework can be applied to various conditions including post-op patients, tendinopathy, and strength athletes. 

00:00 Introduction to Soreness Rules

00:42 Understanding the Research Behind Soreness Rules

02:22 Applying the Soreness Rules in Practice

04:15 Who Benefits from Soreness Rules?

05:15 Case Study: Applying Soreness Rules to a Patient

06:32 Tips for Educating Patients on Soreness

07:41 Conclusion and Additional Resources



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139. How to Use Soreness Rules to Properly Load Your Patients

139. How to Use Soreness Rules to Properly Load Your Patients

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