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The Effects of Physical Therapy Management and Pain Neuroscience Education on Patients with Lumbar Hypermobility
Reviewed by Tyler Tice, PT, DPT, OCS, ATCIntroduction/BackgroundLumbar hypermobility is characterized by excessive movement in the spinal segments, often leading to instability and chronic low back pain. These patients frequently display central sensitization, a...
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Soft Tissue Therapy in the Treatment of Disorders and Postoperative Conditions of the Knee Joint
Reviewed by Tyler Tice, PT, DPT, OCS, ATCThis article is a systematic review of eight different studies on the effectiveness of soft tissue therapy (STT) for people who have knee joint problems or recovering from knee surgery. The different techniques used were...
Cupping Therapy
Reviewed by Tyler Tice, PT, DPT, OCS, ATCCupping therapy is a traditional healing method that has been used by practitioners around the world for centuries. Across the world the method used to perform cupping and the theory behind the practice is quite varied however...
How to Implement Micro‑Dosed Programming for TSAC Facilitators
A concise synthesis of the NSCA Tactical Annual Training session (Season 6) Reviewed by John Baur, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, FAAOMPT What is “micro‑dosed” training? The presenters define micro‑dosed programming as distributing the same weekly or micro‑cycle workload across...
Comparison of muscle adaptation to blood flow restricted versus traditional resistance training in healthy adults
A Brief Systematic Review and Meta analysis (Strength & Conditioning Journal, 2025) Reviewed by John Baur, PT, DPT, OCS CSCS, FAAOMPT This systematic review and meta‑analysis set out to determine whether low‑load blood‑flow‑restriction (BFR) resistance training...
Does Robotic-assisted TKA Result in Better Outcome Scores or Long-Term Survivorship Than Conventional TKA
Reviewed by Madison Hof, SPTIntroductionThough conventional Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) procedures have yielding good long-term results in the past, robotic-assisted TKA was introduced to improve implantation alignments, particularly in younger patients. These...
Tendon neuroplastic training: changing the way we think about tendon rehabilitation
Reviewed by Madison Hof, SPT Introduction Treatment for tendinopathies should be viewed as a multimodal approach, targeting not only the peripheral tissue but the neuromuscular adaptations that occur with persistent pain as well. Addressing the corticospinal control...
Effective Self-Stretching of Carpal Ligament for the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Introduction/Background Carpal tunnel syndrome is a prevalent condition characterized by compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel pf the wrist, leading to symptoms such as numbness, tingling, and weakness in the hand. Conventional treatments include...
Recommendations for Plyometric Training after ACL Reconstruction
Reviewed by Tyler Tice, PT, DPT, OCS, ATCIntroduction/BackgroundThe article introduces a four-stage plyometric training program as part of criterion-based rehabilitation for athletes post-ACLR. It emphasizes the importance of aligning plyometric tasks with the...
Using Graded Motor Imagery in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain
Reviewed by Tyler Tice, PT, DPT, OCS, ATCIntroduction/BackgroundChronic low back pain is complex and often not explained by a structural pathology alone. Modern pain neuroscience suggest that persistent pain may be due to maladaptive neuroplastic changes. In this...
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