Concussion Rehab Course
Join the R2P Academy at our new in-person Blueprints 2 Concussion Rehab Course, coming to Maryland this October 12-13. Led by Dr. Chris Serrao, DPT, OCS, CSCS and Dr. Paula McCorkle, DPT, OCS, CSCS you will walk away confident in your ability to manage concussions in any setting, from sideline to discharge. At a time…
When Do Biomechanics Matter?
Thoughts from: Dr. Michael Reinhardt, DPT, OCS: Performance Physical Therapist, Resilient Performance & PT & R2P Academy Instructor I’m getting very tired of this debate… Biomechanics ALWAYS MATTER… the question should be to what DEGREE do they matter in the context of a given circumstance and when viewed through the lens of a specific…
ACL Rehab – Return to Sport
Thoughts from: Dr. Michael Reinhardt, DPT, OCS: Performance Physical Therapist, Resilient Performance & PT & R2P Academy Instructor Returning to sport or activity following an ACL reconstruction requires the careful consideration of multiple factors. Meeting only one or two of the above criteria does not provide a high degree of confidence or safety…
The Physics of Training
Thoughts from: Dr. Michael Reinhardt, DPT, OCS: Performance Physical Therapist, Resilient Performance & PT & R2P Academy Instructor Training, rehab, and performance all come down to force application. When looking through the lens of training, we are most often trying to increase local force-generating abilities at specific joints and/or tissues. Understanding the…
Specificity of Training
Thoughts from: Dr. Michael Reinhardt, DPT, OCS: Performance Physical Therapist, Resilient Performance & PT & R2P Academy Instructor What is “specificity of training?” Specificity is an often over-used and under-appreciated term within the fitness, strength and conditioning, sports performance, and rehabilitation realms. Specificity implies the ability of a training activity (something outside of one’s sports/activity)…
The Return to Sport Continuum
Thoughts from: Dr. Michael Reinhardt, DPT, OCS: Performance Physical Therapist, Resilient Performance & PT & R2P Academy Instructor It is easy to get a bit lost in the weeds at some point throughout a long-term return to sport process. A rehab process that takes place over the better part of a year can…
Understanding Patient’s Pain
Thoughts from: Dr. Michael Reinhardt, DPT, OCS: Performance Physical Therapist, Resilient Performance & PT & R2P Academy Instructor Why Does My _____ Hurt?! This is a question I hear countless times per day. “I just don’t understand why this hurts so much!?” Pain is highly complex, multifactorial, and unique to the…
Return to Training Hierarchy
Thoughts from: Dr. Michael Reinhardt, DPT, OCS: Performance Physical Therapist, Resilient Performance & PT & R2P Academy Instructor Returning to training following an injury or period of de-conditioning often boils down to understanding the relevant movement and force demands for the individual. The above return to training hierarchy can be a useful…
Stress & Strain: Capacity Exceeding Sports Injuries
Thoughts from: Jarred Boyd, PT, DPT, MSAT, SCS, CSCS | Director of Rehab, Memphis Grizzlies Excessive External Stress & Strain Loads > Internal Stress & Strain Capacity >> Tissue Fatigue/Failure Here is a schematic of my inherently reductionist view on stress/strain and the interplay between volume and intensity biased tissue insult This graphic serves…
Spectrum Thinking: Movement Retraining
Thoughts from: Jarred Boyd, PT, DPT, MSAT, SCS, CSCS | Director of Rehab, Memphis Grizzlies Movement Re-Training / Movement Competency : these are often denoted as the first “phase” / “stage” of the reconditioning process While I try to avoid binary biases : the tendency to impose categorical distinctions on continuous data and information :…