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Does stretching work when a muscle is over-recruited? Not if you don't change the movement pattern. This is an excellent follow-up to episode #162, showing...
The purpose of release is to train. Remember that. Long gone are the passive release positions for patients. Think about the connections in the regions of the...
Where do you start with a client with complex regional pain that has full-body implications? Listen to their story, look for the change talk, and gain active...
What is the referral pattern for the Trigeminal System? What does that mean for our clients? The cervical nucleus of the trigeminal system can...
This episode is all about low back pain with a pelvis component in a 33-year-old male weightlifter. Erica and Susan discuss how his history of chronic low back...
In this "shortie" episode Erica discusses different ways she assesses the knee. There are 3 parts to the knee joint and assessing a movement pattern that takes...
Erica and Susan have presented several podcasts discussing the exercise progression of the foot as the primary and secondary driver. Today they discuss the idea of...
This is part 2 of a short webinar on the interactions of the functional anatomy and physiology of the GI system, presented by Susan Clinton. This will give listeners a...
Answer: A dominant movement pattern that is the same across all this patient's activities. No 1- weightlifters brace and dump their shoulder blades when they rack...
This is part 1 of a short webinar on the interactions of the functional anatomy and physiology of the GI system. Listen to the unique anatomical arrangements and the...
How do you rehab someone who is VERY hypermobile and suffers from persistent low back pain? Carefully and specifically! When someone who is hypermobile complains...
In this episode, Erica discusses the fine points of what to do when your patient stops improving. AKA a plateau. Problem-solving through a patient plateau requires...
In previous episodes, Susan and Erica discussed the effects of decreased estrogen at peri and post-menopause with tendinopathies. In this episode, Susan provides...
Many of our episodes have included clients on the hypermobile end of the spectrum with a stiff thorax. How do you balance increasing thorax movement around a...
In this episode, Erica throws out some clinical gems when it comes to clinical reasoning through these scenarios. What do you do when your patient says, "I...
In this episode, Erica and Susan discuss how to identify someone's non-optimal movement pattern, aka the "dominant pattern" or "the impairment", and use it to your...
Hormones have a significant influence not only within the balance of the endocrine system but also the effect on the MSK system. Join a discussion Susan has had...
Shoulder pain, stiffness, and lack of functional mobility are uncommon in clients with post-breast cancer. Join us as we discuss the evaluation and treatment...
When do you make the clinical decision to put your hands on your patient or take them off? We are changing brain maps and our hands act as facilitators of...
Susan and Erica present case studies during part 2 of a webinar to highlight clinical reasoning.
In this 2 part episode, Susan and Erica discuss what it takes to become a clinical expert, and how that translates into effectively assessing and treating the "tough to...
Let's talk about breathing patterns. Somewhere along the line, chest movement with diaphragm movement became unpopular. Was this because people equated the term "chest...
Your patient has a dysfunctional thorax and it's driving their symptoms, wherever they are. How can you clinically reason treating a non-painful thorax for distal...
What are the clues and the keys to increasing somatosensory awareness in your patients? Putting someone on a dynadisc or a foam pad does not cut it anymore when your...
What is the cause of bilateral calf pain in this young fencer? Start to finish, it shows the power of a thorough evaluation, a specific exercise progression and a...
In this short episode, Susan discusses the upper cervical region and its effects on the rest of the body: core, pelvic floor dysfunction, muscle recruitment, balance,...
In this short episode, Erica discusses her perspective on how to handle patients whose treatment has stopped working. We’ve all been there. The proverbial...
In this episode, Erica and Susan discuss how to begin and progress treatment with a knee OA without exacerbating their symptoms. Knee pain can be quite provoking as we...
Join Susan as she shares a segment from a course she teaches on GI Dysfunction. This clip is dedicated to the Gut-Brain Axis and why the complex interactions can...
In this episode, Susan and Erica discuss how very old drivers can present in a novel situation as well as why new driver will appear if compensatory patterns are...
In this short episode, Erica highlights the importance of center of mass by assessing a semi-competitive golfer with hip pain. He suffered an avulsion fracture of his...
In this short episode, Erica gives her perspective on when you should tape and why. This is one of the most commonly asked questions in her practice and this episode...
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