Episode 5: LTAD: Developing a Specialized Athlete Resilient to Acronyms

October 24, 2017Podcast, Rehab, Health, Sports Med, Strength & Conditioningclinicalathlete

Are children specializing too soon? How early is too early to pick one sport? What can we do to foster long-term development? In this episode, we discuss youth athletic development and whether early sport specialization is a risk factor for our young athletes.

Peer-Reviewed References:
Feeley BT. et al. When is it too early for single sport specialization? AJSM. 2015
Myer GD. et al. Sport specialization, Part I: Does early sports specialization increase negative outcomes and reduce the opportunity for success in young athletes? Sports-Health. 2015
Myer GD et al. Sports specialization, Part II: Alternative solutions to early sport specialization in youth athletes. Sports-Health. 2015

For resources and education in the fields of sports medicine, athletic rehabilitation, and performance:
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Episode 4: Pain Science: This Sh*t is Complicated

September 20, 2017Podcast, Rehab, Health, Sports Medclinicalathlete

What is “pain”? Does pain mean tissue damage? Can we, or should we, treat pain directly? Does the approach change in acute versus chronic cases? In this episode, we attempt to talk through the complex topic of pain science, as it relates to clinical application.

Logic of Rehab pain science blog:
goo.gl/f9PZG6

Peer-Reviewed References:
Williams AC. Craig KD. Updating the definition of pain. Pain. 2016.
Hauck M et al. Top-down and bottom-up modulation of pain-induced oscillations. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2015
Smith BE. et al. Should exercises be painful in the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BJSM. 2017
Sullivan MJL. et al. The influence of communication goals and physical demands on different dimensions of pain behavior. Pain. 2006

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Episode 3: Came for the Tendinopathy but stayed for the donuts.

August 28, 2017Podcast, Rehab, Health, Sports Medclinicalathlete

In this episode of the ClinicalAthlete podcast, we are joined by Jason Eure, DPT, to discuss the physiology and current best practice for the management of Tendinopathy.

Follow Jason on Twitter:
twitter.com/jmeure

Read Jason’s awesome blogs on Tendinopathy:
Squatting with Patellar Tendinopathy
Training with Biceps Tendinopathy

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Peer-Reviewed references used in the show:
1. Revisiting the continuum model of tendon pathology: what is its merit in clinical practice and research? Cook JL. 2016
2. Human tendon adaptation in response to mechanical loading: a systematic review and meta-analysis of exercise intervention studies on healthy adults. Bohm S. 2015
3. Heavy-Load eccentric calf muscle training for the treatment of chronic achilles tendinosis. Alfredson H. 1998
4. Heavy slow resistance versus eccentric training as treatment for achilles tendinopathy: A randomized controlled trial. Beyer R. 2015

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Episode 2: Voodoo Mind Tricks – Will this dorsiflexion help my shrunken head?

July 2, 2017Podcast, Rehab, Health, Sports Medclinicalathlete

In this episode of the ClinicalAthlete Podcast, Quinn Henoch, DPT, Michael Ray, DC, and Derek Miles, DPT discuss the current evidence for a popular modality – the infamous “voodoo” bands.

Reference:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28254581

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Episode 1: Do You Even Epistemology Bro?

May 22, 2017Podcast, Rehab, Health, Sports Medclinicalathlete

Epistemology – the theory of knowledge. How do we know what we know?

In the very first episode of the ClinicalAthlete Podcast, Quinn Henoch, DPT, Michael Ray, DC, and Derek Miles, DPT discuss the past, present, and future of evidence-based practice.