The Ask Mike Reinold Show
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.
Episodes
357 episodes
Return to Running After ACL Surgery - #AMR358
Rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction is a long, sequential process.We look for specific criteria before progressing our athletes back to running.Here are the criteria we look for and the progression we follow for plyometrics, r...
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20:29
Little League Elbow - #AMR357
Little League Elbow is a common injury in youth baseball players. Little League Elbow is a growth plate injury typically seen in baseball pitchers around the age of 13.At this age, the bone is typically the weak link, not the...
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20:42
Update on Sports PT Residencies - #AMR356
Over the last decade, the amount of sports physical therapy residency programs has skyrocketed. There are so many great programs now.Our students ask us all the time if they should do a residency.Our answer is always, “It depends....
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16:06
Evaluation and Treatment of Biceps Pain - #AMR355
Ah, the diagnosis of biceps tendonitis. We’ve all seen it so many times on script from doctors.Is all anterior shoulder pain coming from the biceps? How can you tell? How does this change your rehab?We’ll answer all this and more ...
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What it Takes to Start a Cash Based PT Practice
It’s so awesome to see so many cash-based physical therapy businesses starting around the country.It’s really been an amazing experience for us at Champion to be out-of-network with health insurances for over 10 years.In this epis...
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ACL Reconstruction with Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis (LET) - #AMR353
We’re starting to see more and more ACL reconstruction procedures with an LET, or lateral extra-articular tenodesis. Especially in revisions and younger female athletes.In this episode we talk about the technique, how it changes the reha...
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What Athletic Qualities Do We Test (and How)? - #AMR352
If you want to help your athletes maximize their potential, you need to have a system to assess athletic qualities.This is important to individualize programming and monitor progress.We follow a few steps in our system:1. ...
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14:41
Building Return to Sport Programs - #AMR351
One of the most common questions we tend to get over time is how to return athletes back to sport after an injury.This is one of the main topics in our online Champion Sports PT Mentorship, and probably the most popular portion of the pr...
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Is Limb Symmetry Index Our Goal? - #AMR350
Limb symmetry index is often used to measure performance and determine return to play.Makes sense, but what if the other side isn’t perfect?We prefer to look at more than just LSI, but there’s a bunch that goes into it. We discuss...
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Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery in Younger Patients - #AMR349
Rotator cuff tears are becoming more common in younger active patients in their 40s and 50s.Typically, they are small tears at this time, but what should we do with them? Should we consider surgery? Should we avoid it at all costs?
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Our Favorite Journals to Stay Current - #AMR348
There are a ton of scientific and medical journals these days. Seems like there are more and more each year.We’ve talked over the years about how there are actually some journals you want to avoid, and others that you want to follow....
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20:44
BFR Update for 2025: How We’re Using Blood Flow Restriction Training - #AMR347
Blood flow restriction training has been such a great addition to what we do in physical therapy.Just like everything else, the more we use it, the more we refine what we are doing.Here are our latest thoughts on how we are using ...
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19:56
How to Treat Acute Lumbar Radiculopathy - #AMR346
We’ve all had the patient walk in the door with acute low back pain. It’s awful. They’re in a ton of pain and can’t function.In this episode, we discuss our strategies for working with people with acute lumbar radiculopathy to get them o...
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19:28
How to Periodize a Rehabilitation Program - #AMR345
We all know it’s important to challenge our patients with load during the exercise progression of a rehabilitation plan.Many people like to poke fun at the concept of 3 sets of 10 repetitions, probably because some abuse it, but there is...
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15:04
Should You Delay Range of Motion after a Rotator Cuff Repair? - #AMR344
Rotator cuff repair surgery is one of the most common procedures in physical therapy, yet the recommended postoperative guidelines vary significantly.Different doctors worldwide disagree on what’s best. Some want to be conservative and d...
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Update on SLAP Tears: Good SLAPs vs Bad SLAPs - #AMR343
Our understanding of SLAP tears, or superior labral tears of the shoulder, continues to evolve. In the past, we often rushed to surgical repair of a SLAP lesion, but now we understand that not all SLAP tears need to be repaired. In fact, repair...
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Rate of Force Development in Rehabilitation - #AMR342
Rate of force development has become popular in the strength and conditioning world, but not so much in rehabilitation.After an injury, we often work on strength and power, but we must also work on producing force as quickly as possible ...
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ACL Repair Using the BEAR Technique - #AMR341
The future of ACL reconstruction and repair is evolving. One of the newer techniques to try to repair the native ACL ligament rather than needing a graft is using a bridge enhancement. This is called the BEAR technique for Bridge-Enhanced ACL R...
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Return to Running After an Injury - #AMR340
One of the areas that physical therapists often report feeling a lack of confidence is building a return to running program after an injury or surgery.There are a few things to consider, such as the type of athlete and what their...
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19:43
When to Start Training in the Gym After Surgery - #AMR339
Many people value getting back to the gym after surgery. They may be athletes needing to prepare for their sport or people who enjoy the gym recreationally.We’re big advocates for getting back into the gym as soon as possible, but after ...
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17:58
Strategies for Cervical Spine Pain - #AMR338
Cervical spine pain is pretty common. Most of the time, it seems like we only see these patients when their symptoms progress to the point where they are having radiculopathy and loss of strength or sensation down their arm.B...
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18:34
The Most Important Thing You MUST Do to Accelerate Your Career - #AMR337
Finding a good mentor is hard. Many people don’t have access to someone who wants to help them accelerate their career.We often start our careers and have so many questions. We’ve all been there.In this w...
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How to Deal with Stubborn Elbow Loss of Motion - #AMR336
Loss of range of motion after elbow surgery is common. The elbow is a very congruent and unforgiving joint.It’s important to prevent loss of motion with early activities as much as possible. But what do you do when you have a loss of mob...
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