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
348 episodes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How to Specialize in a Niche Population - #AMR335
The riches are in the niches, or so they say. But in all seriousness, I agree. Most people I know who love their jobs specialize in a niche they enjoy.But how do you get started specializing in a niche? Here are some of our tips.
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Strategies for Acute Low Back Pain - #AMR334
We’ve all seen it before. Someone comes in saying that their “back locked up” on them!They are in a lot of pain, guarded with their movement, and not sure what to do.Here’s how we approach this and some p...
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18:05
How to Know When to Push or Back Off - #AMR333
One of the more common questions we get from students is knowing when to push someone or back off.As always, the answer will depend on the situation. But, there are some principles to guide you.We discuss what we do an...
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Should You Cue to Pinch Your Shoulder Blades Back? - #AMR332
A common debate in physical therapy is whether we should cue people to “pinch their scapulas” together during exercises.I don’t really think there should be a debate…Here’s why we don’t use that cue and what we do instead.<...
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How to Measure Strength in the Clinic - #AMR331
We all know that it’s super important to assess strength with our patients and clients. But is manual muscle testing enough?We don’t think so.Here’s why and what we use at Champion.To see ...
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Rehabilitation After UCL Repair with Internal Brace - #AMR330
Over the last several years, we have seen the growth of the new repair of the ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace procedure. It’s been awesome to witness such great success with this new Tommy John procedure, and patients have been...
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When is it Safe to Start Running After a Hamstring Strain? - AMR#329
Hamstring strains continue to be one of the most common injuries in sports. Returning these athletes to play can sometimes seem daunting.When is it safe to start running? Do you have to wait until they are pain-free?We answer thes...
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How to Integrate Students into Clinical Care - #AMR328
As you probably know, we have a lot of clinical physical therapy students and strength and conditioning interns at Champion.Over the years we have found success in integrating them into working with our patients and clients...
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What Exercises Are Safe After Rotator Cuff Repair - #AMR327
Some of the most common questions we get in regard to rotator cuff repair rehabilitation are when can we start range of motion and strengthening exercises.It will depend on several factors, but there are ways to build an evidence-based r...
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