My Blog
New AAOS guidelines outline prevention and treatment strategies for ACL injuries, and provide rehabilitation and function checklists for return to play
New guidelines from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Good read. ROSEMONT, Ill., Oct. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors has approved Appropriate Use Criteria (AUCs) for anterior...
Mental Fatigue Impairs Soccer-Specific Physical and Technical Performance
Important--but not surprising--study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Researchers looked at two separate issues: 1.) mental fatigue and physical performance and 2.) mental fatigue and soccer skill performance. Mental fatigue was induced by 30...
“Learn to land softly and quietly”
On your toes . . . straight as an arrow . . . light as a feather . . . shock absorber . . . recoil like a spring. How many times have we heard that we need to teach athletes and patients to land softly from a jump or when running? How many times have we taught it?...
Strength Still Matters
Sometimes we, as physical therapists and strength coaches, get too wrapped up in the latest, greatest exercise or treatment approach (e.g., Graston, PRI, SFMA) and forget that strengthening weak muscles still matters. By strengthening weak muscles, I mean continuing...
Why do we still have patients and athletes exercise with a ball between their knees?!?
Ah . . . the VMO, the Holy Grail of treating patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS). Shortly before I began the physical therapy program at UNMC, one of my professors and mentors published a study in our professional journal, Physical Therapy; their findings "do not...
Galileo would have loved sports biomechanics . . .
I liked this editorial from the British Journal of Sports Medicine. By: Ben Clarsen, Hilde Moseby Berge Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) is often referred to as the father of modern science. Initially a medical student, his obsession with measurement soon turned him to...
Contact David
david@preventinjuries.org