by Erica and Susan | Mar 8, 2023 | Assessment
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 sound clinical reasoning and a reflection back to the patient’s story. Looking at the injury and...
by Erica and Susan | Feb 23, 2023 | Assessment
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 hypermobile shoulder girdle region? How do you use sound clinical reasoning to design an exercise program to...
by Erica and Susan | Feb 16, 2023 | Assessment
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 am 85% better but I am still getting (insert symptom) when I do (insert activity).” or...
by Erica and Susan | Feb 9, 2023 | Assessment, Exercise Progression
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 advantage when positioning and prescribing exercise. Think of it...
by Erica and Susan | Jan 19, 2023 | Assessment
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 movement. You need a clinical decision tree to decide which muscles to release and which ones to let go...
by Erica and Susan | Jan 12, 2023 | Assessment
Join Susan and Erica while they present case studies to highlight clinical reasoning. This is part 2 of a 2-part series from a webinar. These case studies include pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain, an athlete with shoulder pain, and a few more. Follow along...
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