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Down Training Non-Optimal Movement Patterns to Make Exercise More Effective

Down Training Non-Optimal Movement Patterns to Make Exercise More Effective

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...
Manual Therapy Or Not? Hands Off Or Hands On? Or Both?

Manual Therapy Or Not? Hands Off Or Hands On? Or Both?

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...
Grow Your Clinical Expertise By Learning How To Treat The Complex Patient (Part 2)

Grow Your Clinical Expertise By Learning How To Treat The Complex Patient (Part 2)

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...
Grow Your Clinical Expertise By Learning How To Treat The Complex Patient (Part 1)

Grow Your Clinical Expertise By Learning How To Treat The Complex Patient (Part 1)

by Erica and Susan | Jan 5, 2023 | Assessment

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 treat”. They highlight common errors in clinical reasoning and how to avoid them. They...
How To Increase Proprioception – An Updated Approach

How To Increase Proprioception – An Updated Approach

by Erica and Susan | Dec 8, 2022 | Assessment

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 patient lacks sufficient motor control to move well. Make the clinical decision-does my patient need...
Reframing the Narrative for A More Effective Assessment

Reframing the Narrative for A More Effective Assessment

by Erica and Susan | Jun 30, 2022 | Assessment

Can you find clues in your patient’s narrative that will help you find the driver quicker? Make your assessment more efficient and save you time. Think about someone’s movement and injury history and how that can be relevant to their current symptoms. Their initial...
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