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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...
Lumbosacral Pain Presentation – A Typical Clinical Pattern

Lumbosacral Pain Presentation – A Typical Clinical Pattern

by Erica and Susan | Nov 10, 2022 | LOW BACK PAIN

In this episode, Susan and Erica discuss a series of patients that all presented lumbosacral pain. Clinical pattern recognition is an important part of the assessment process.  The pattern does not dictate the intervention process, but the inability or ability of...
Hip Pain In A Golfer: Why It’s Not Going Away

Hip Pain In A Golfer: Why It’s Not Going Away

by Erica and Susan | Oct 6, 2022 | LOW BACK PAIN

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 iliopsoas tendon with resulting surgery. Two years later, he became symptomatic in his hip after...
Racquet Sports & Back Pain: Why You Should Look At The Foot

Racquet Sports & Back Pain: Why You Should Look At The Foot

by Erica and Susan | Sep 29, 2022 | LOW BACK PAIN

In this episode, Susan and Erica discuss a young squash player with long-standing low back pain. They highlight the importance of injury and movement history and looking at different movement patterns to tease out the driver. How can you apply your clinical reasoning...
Low Back Pain: Regional vs. Movement System Considerations

Low Back Pain: Regional vs. Movement System Considerations

by Erica and Susan | Sep 15, 2022 | LOW BACK PAIN

Low back pain is a descriptive term at best, indicating where symptoms present. Join Susan and Erica as they explore this Tough To Treat client with low back pain and mild stress urinary incontinence. Discover the history and the movement system examination and...
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