The Ask Mike Reinold Show

Hamstring strains continue to be one of the most common injuries in sports. Returning these athletes to play can sometimes seem daunting.When is it safe to start running? Do you have to wait until they are pain-free?We answer these questions and more in this episode.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/when-is-it-safe-to-start-running-after-a-hamstring-strain/Save $200 off my online shoulder course this week only!  Click here to learn more. Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

As you probably know, we have a lot of clinical physical therapy students and strength and conditioning interns at Champion.Over the years we have found success in integrating them into working with our patients and clients.Here are some tips on how to do this while still being able to provide a great learning experience for the student and a great experience as the patient.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/how-to-integrate-students-into-clinical-care/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Some of the most common questions we get in regard to rotator cuff repair rehabilitation are when can we start range of motion and strengthening exercises.It will depend on several factors, but there are ways to build an evidence-based rehabilitation progression.In this episode, we talk about how we progress rotator cuff repair patients and how we determine if an exercise is safe to perform.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/what-exercises-are-safe-after-rotator-cuff-repair/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Many students and early career professionals want to get into professional sports.Here’s some of our advice on how to stand out when applying and interviewing for these high level jobs.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/interviewing-for-a-job-in-professional-sports Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Force plates can be very valuable in quantifying certain metrics that can monitor progress over time. We’re using these for both our performance and rehabilitation athletes.Here’s what we have seen so far.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/using-force-plates-to-show-progress/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

There are many options for graft sources when performing an ACL reconstruction. There are pros and cons to them all.One graft type, an allograft, probably deserves a different rehabilitation approach. We often go slower with this graft type.We talk about why in this episode.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/should-acl-allografts-go-slower-with-their-rehabilitation/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Hamstring strains are one of the most common injuries in sports. And as many of us know, it often can be recurring.In this podcast episode, we discuss why this may be the case and what you can do to minimize recurrence. To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/how-to-deal-with-recurring-hamstring-strains/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

It is important as physical therapists that we are exposed to a diverse range of the profession during school.Many students that want to get into sports or orthopedics feel like they don’t get as much out of the PT clinical affiliations outside of those areas.But, we think there’s a ton to learn in every environment that will help you with your future career.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/getting-the-most-out-of-your-pt-clinical-affiliations/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

As physical therapists, we often do a great job with the early phases of rehabilitation and helping people restore motion and strength.But many people, especially athletes, also need to develop their loading capacity to get back to advanced activities like running, cutting, and jumping.In this episode, we talk about how we progress people and build their loading capacity.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/building-load-capacity-after-lower-extremity-injuries/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

It’s unfortunate that many physical clinics have limits on the amount of time you can spend with a patient. We all want to spend a ton of time with our patients, especially in the later stages of rehab when there is so much to do.In this episode, we’re going to talk about some strategies on how to deal with these limitations.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/fitting-everything-into-a-physical-therapy-treatment-session/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

We treat a lot of baseball players at Champion. And one thing is certain, throwing a baseball sure does make a lot of people lose shoulder mobility!We often see this correlated with medial elbow pain, so when someone is rehabbing an elbow injury like Tommy John, we often focus as much on the shoulder as the elbow.We talk about this concept and more in this episode.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/baseball-pitchers-with-limited-external-rotation/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Any surgery that involves repairing a torn tendon will have the potential to have complications. Most commonly, this involves a loss of motion.Depending on the activity, some discomfort is expected. But you also don’t want to overload the healing tissue.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/improving-range-of-motion-after-a-patellar-tendon-repair/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

A lot of people assume that humans should be symmetrical. But I’m not sure that’s accurate, so I’m not a fan of blaming injuries on asymmetry.More importantly, many sports are unilateral in nature and require asymmetrical movements.In this episode, we talk about how we deal with asymmetry for both injury prevention and performance enhancement.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/restoring-symmetry-in-asymmetrical-sports/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Pickellball is exploding right now in popularity, and with it we are seeing an increase in injuries.In this week’s episode, we talk about some of the more common injuries and some things we can focus on to minimize them.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/minimizing-pickleball-injuries/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

It’s not uncommon to have some pain and discomfort during or after an exercise. But when is that OK to push through and when should you back off?In this week’s episode we talk about some of the reasons why we would modify an exercise based on pain.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/modifying-exercises-around-pain/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

The new Tommy John repair with an Internal Brace is an exciting option for UCL injuries.But is everyone a candidate for this new procedure?In this podcast, we talk about some of the factors to go into deciding who is the best candidate to have a great outcome.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/who-is-a-candidate-for-the-tommy-john-internal-brace-procedure/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Force plates can be a very important part of testing for things like strength, power, and rate of force development.But getting started can be overwhelming.In this podcast we talk about some tips on how to start using force plates to program athletes in the gym.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/using-force-plates-to-help-program-for-athletes-in-the-gym/Save $200 off my online shoulder course this week only!  Click here to learn more. Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Isometrics can be an important part of a treatment program designed for tendinopathies, helping reduce pain and return to activity.  But many people seem to be overly reliant on them.In this podcast, we talk about what we know about the use of isometrics for tendinopathies and how they can fit into a well-designed rehabilitation program using other types of contracts as well.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/using-isometrics-for-tendinopathy/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Restoring full knee extension after ACL reconstruction surgery is one of the most important goals in the early phase of rehabilitation.In this podcast episode, we talk about why people sometimes lose extension range of motion, and some of our tips on what to do when this occurs.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/restoring-knee-extension-range-of-motion-after-acl-surgery/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Anterior knee pain is one of the more common complications following ACL reconstruction surgery, especially if using a patellar tendon graft.There are many reasons why this may occur, but by keeping this in mind from the beginning, we hope to minimize this from occurring.Here's what we do.To see full show notes and more, head to: https://mikereinold.com/Anterior-Knee-Pain-After-ACL-Reconstruction/ Click Here to View My Online CoursesWant to learn more from me? I have a variety of online courses on my website!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show_____Want to learn more? Check out my blog, podcasts, and online coursesFollow me: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube