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 | Mar 2, 2023 | Hormones
In previous episodes, Susan and Erica discussed the effects of decreased estrogen at peri and post-menopause with tendinopathies. In this episode, Susan provides the next half of the discussion, from a webinar, on hormones (particularly estrogen) and their effect on...
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...
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