Overuse injuries
“Overuse injury” is becoming a well known term among health professionals, pro athletes, amateur athletes, and parents. The term overuse implies that there is a known level of activity that […]
Tag Archives: physical therapist
Educainment 12.21.12
Well folks, the Mayans may not have gotten it right, so here’s some stuff you should read to hold you over for the next few days (or weeks if you […]
Review: Captain Morgan, The Rum Pirate, Lends A Knee To Hip Dislocation
The first thing I thought after reading this was that I should put it into the educainment section of my blog. Then I had a few drinks compiled with some […]
Shruggernaut (to shrug or not)
I know you’ve seen him. You may even want to be him (although, I don’t know why). Walking through the gym with his ripped Everlast cut-off on. The Shruggernaut is […]
5 Misconceptions of Treating Older Adults
I knew I would be changing venues and patient populations roughly one year ago. I knew I worked in a physical therapy dream world (for those who like sports medicine) […]
(in)Direct Access
I work in California, a very liberal state. California is one of many states that offers “direct access” to physical therapy services. This means that if you have an injury, […]
“The knee bone’s connected to the hip bone…”
I was just thinking about how much I get asked why when [part A] of someone hurts I am always looking and treating other places around the body. Besides learning […]
Revisiting Plantar Fasciitis
What seems like a long time ago, I wrote about plantar fasciitis (PF). I think it was one of the first posts I wrote for an old blog. I have […]
Recommendations for obese TKR candidates being denied surgery
The following post was actually written a couple years ago and I thought I had lost it upon graduating. While cleaning out the old computer I stumbled upon it. It’s […]
“And on the seventh day, he rested”
This is not the most technical post I’ve written, and you may not even find it useful, but to me, the point of this post is one of the most […]
Mike Scott, DPT 