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Untold Physio Stories - How Can a PT Diagnose This?

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In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Alex Kirbach who recounts a case where a cervical patient just didn't feel like a normal musculoskeletal presentation. The patient was very grateful for his referral for further testing, but his specialists were baffled that a PT was able to differentially diagnose something they missed! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by EDGE Health and Tech Solution s - we level up your website with full SEO optimization, turn it into a referral generating machine and do full G Suite and Telehealth integrations  Modern Manual Therapy Insiders - over 650 Exclusive videos, Research Reviews, Webinars, Online Discussion - learn easy to apply Clinical Practice Patterns, integrate Pain Science with Manual Therapy and Patient Education  Also, be sure to check out EDGE Mobility System's Best Sellers - Something for every PT, OT, DC, MT, ATC or Fitness Minded Individual  Keeping it Eclectic... This article was originally posted on Modern M...

Scan Findings in Pain Free Spines

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Scan Findings in Pain Free Spines via @physicaltherapyresearch's instagram Spinal MRI Findings by Erson Religioso III โ„น️โ„น️ INTRO: Low back pain has a high prevalence affecting up to 2/3 of adults during their lifetime and Is associated with high health care costs and loss of work productivity. โ„น️ MRI & CT is increasingly used to evaluate patients with low back pain. โ„น️ Disk degeneration, facet hypertrophy, and disk protrusion are often found and thought of as causes of back pain. โ„น️ Previous studies have shown imaging findings are present in a large proportion of asymptomatic individuals. โ„น️ Brinjikji, et al. (2015), systematically reviews the evidence for the prevalence of common degenerative spine conditions on asymptomatic people through decades of age: (20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 years) โ„น️ 33 articles involving 3110 asymptomatic individuals were included. ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ“Š RESULTS: ๐Ÿ“Š Disk degeneration: 37% of 20yr to 96% of 80yr ๐Ÿ“Š Disk bulge: 30% of 20yr ...

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Top 5 Fridays! 5 Indicators of Bone Stress Injury

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5 INDICATORS OF POSSIBLE BONE STRESS INJURY๐Ÿ‘€ via Brad Beer's Instagram _ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸปWhen it comes to running various papers agree that the annual incidence of BSI is in the vicinity of 20% _ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸปThe aetiology of a bone stress injury can include biomechanical factors that load bone and the biological capacity of the bone to absorb the load ๐Ÿƒ _ ☝๐ŸปThese are 5 indicators that an athlete may have incurred a bone stress injury: _ 1️⃣ Prior history of bone stress injury (BSI) . There exists an elevated risk of BSI if there has been a prior BSI (Wright et al, 2015). 10-12% of runners who have a history of BSI sustained a second BSI within 2yrs (Bennell et al 1996, Kelsey et al 2007) ** excuse the snapped bone image -not meant to be alarmist! ♻️ . 2️⃣ Aching pain . Often times pathological bone stress may commence with an mild diffuse ache that occurs after a specific amount of activity. At the more advanced pathology stage which involved an inflammatory response night pain m...

Untold Physio Stories - Words of Advice with Dr. Dave Tilley

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Get ready for a powerful origin story with Dr. Dave Tilley of Shift Movement Science . Dave, one of Erson's original group of online mentees has since gone on to be one of the major voices in rehab and gymnastics social media, as well as being the first outside PT hire at Champion PT and Sports Performance in Boston. What lead up to his success? Was it only hard work? Or too much hard work? After listening, if you know anyone or yourself are going through something similar, please reach out to Dave on social media or his site! Untold Physio Stories is sponsored by EDGE Health and Tech Solutions - we level up your website with full SEO optimization, turn it into a referral generating machine and do full G Suite and Telehealth integrations Modern Manual Therapy Insiders - over 650 Exclusive videos, Research Reviews, Webinars, Online Discussion - learn easy to apply Clinical Practice Patterns, integrate Pain Science with Manual Therapy and Patient Education Also, be sure to...

Lateral Ankle Sprains: Injury & Treatments

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Lateral Ankle Sprains: Injury & Treatments INJURY GRADES GRADE I (mild): Ligament fibre stretch, no rupture. Minor swelling. Palpatory tenderness. Minor functional loss. No increased instability. GRADE II (moderate): Partial ligament tear. Moderate pain. Swelling and palpatory tenderness. Mild instability. Moderate functional disability. GRADE III (severe): Complete tear of ligament and joint capsule. Severe bruising, swelling, pain. Significant loss of function. Increased instability. Unable to bear weight. ✅✅ TREATMENT: Non-operative measures for Grades I–III have good to excellent outcomes. ✅ Treatment is based on the 3 phases of biological ligament healing: Inflammatory Proliferation Remodelling. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ INFLAMMATORY: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Avoid swelling and ongoing injury.  ๐Ÿ”ฅ POLICE 4-5 days: Protect Optimal loading Ice Compression Elevation ๐Ÿ”ฅ NSAIDs decreases pain without adverse events. ๐Ÿ”ฅ Manual therapy has minimal benefits. ๐Ÿ”ฅ ...