The Sports Rehab Lab

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! This is part 2 of our conversation with Russ Linville from Training Haus in Minneapolis Minnesota.  We will finish our conversation on Upper extremity return to sport, and discuss whether or not surgical advancements and technology can help speed up rehab processes for our upper extremity athletes!  Lets GOOO!!! The Sports Rehab Lab podcast is f...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! For this episode we have Dr Russ Linville as our guest to talk about everything upper extremity rehab related and return to sport.  Russ works at Training HAUS in Minneapolis Minnesota which is one of the leading sports medicine and athlet rehab centers in the US.  We talk about everything from post op rehab to advancements in throwing programs...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We cannot deny the fact that golf is one of the hottest sports out there for almost all of our patients of any age or athletic ability.  That's why it is super disappointing for people when an injury hits, and they are not able to play.  Some people may think that returning is so easy, but we need to make sure that our athletes are not only...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Its not just about treating one body part when an athlete comes in to rehab.  Sure we have to fix their knee or hip or shoulder, but they really need to return to competitive athletics.  That's why it's important to treat the whole body and makes sure that all body parts work together to output the optimal and maximal force that it can...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We end up discussing knee surgery all of the time, and our focus always ends up being on the ACL, but meniscus tears and meniscal repair is all too common with our athletic population.  But, when these individuals come in, especially after surgery, how are we treating them.  Are they non-weight bearing? Is there a ROM restriction? How long until...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Thoracic outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a condition that plagues our overhead athletes, but often times goes undiagnosed.  You may have athletes come into the clinic with the classic signs, but there are other signs and symptoms that are not so apparent and could stray you away from this diagnosis. The crew has some good thoughts on TOS with diagnosis...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! In this episode we are gonna finish up our conversation with Johnny Owens with Owens recovery Science on everything you every wanted to know about Blood flow restriction.  We move the conversation on how BFR therapy started to come into the mainstream of therapy, and we try to debunk some of the miseducation out there about the safety in the reh...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Blood flow restriction is a modality that is highly used in a good number of sports medicine and orthopedic clinics, but that was not always the case.  This novel adjunct to treatment was introduced into the mainstream only a little over a decade ago, and we decided to have an absolute expert on the subject matter on the show to give us the nitt...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! This is Part 2 of our talk with Aaron Reynolds from Elite Orthosport in Los Angeles, California where we finish off talking about the article in the September 2024 issue of IJSPT.  In this conclusion we will talk about how we determine when the patient is ready for higher level activity such as running and finally returning to more ballistic typ...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Welcome back for season 3! To start of this season we are talking to Aaron Reynolds from Elite Orthosport in Los Angeles California.  In collaboration we recently published an article in the September issue of IJSPT regarding advances in rehab and return to sport after Achilles repair.  We discuss all aspects of early to late stage rehab, especi...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! This is the conclusion to our conversation with Heather Linden from the UFC Performance Institute.  We discuss what the mindset is of a fighter when they are training and when an injury occurs, and then we also get into the mental aspect of getting back to competition after an injury.  Heather has seen it all when it comes to the MMA athlete, an...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We finally get to sit down with Heather Linden, Physical Therapy Director for the UFC performance institute in Las Vegas.  The combat athlete is really unlike any other athlete and treating them takes a different mindset, and involves using every aspect of your toolbox to make these athletes successful in their sport and in their lives.  Heather...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! This is the final episode in the SRL ACL series!  We discussed a lot of things over the past several weeks, but what people want to get back to is returning to sport, but just because they have passed all of their criteria are they ready to immediately return to high level sport.  What other influences are in the mix, and what do athletes need t...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Moving on to that late stage rehab. we discuss a return to running plan and what we like to see from these patients when they get to this phase.  There is also a change that needs to take place where we have to start thinking of the speed of actual sport and how we are going to get to that.  Listen to what the crew has to say about this as we co...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! In our 4th episode in the ACL series we are going to close out our discussion of mid-phase rehab with part 2 of our discussion of Phase II rehab.  A lot of questions arise on when can I lift harder, and the most important question most of our patients have "when can I run".  Listed to the crew about how we continue to progress these pa...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We took a lot of time explaining our keys during that first 6 weeks of therapy, so this episode is going to focus on the mid-phase of rehab, that 6-12 week period.  This is when your patients are getting past that acute phase, but now its time to progress them to get to higher level strength and cardio training.  How do we do this safely and eff...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Here we go with Episode 2 of our ACL series. We are still going to be talking about the early phase of rehab, finishing off our discussion with weeks 0-6.  We will talk about how we progress motion at this early phase, and how aggressive should you be getting at this phase.  Also, where should you expect your patients to be at the end of the fir...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We have talked briefly about ACL rehab in a lot of our episodes but we noticed that we did not have a specific episode that was dedicated to ACL rehab.  So this will start our Sports Rehab Lab series on ACL rehabilitation, and we are going to start with early post op rehab from weeks 0-6.  This episode will focus on the immediate concerns and me...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Part 1 of the discussion of cartilage surgery and its advances in the past few decades was highly informational, and Dr. Williams has many more pearls of wisdom in this episode as well.  Listen to the crew as we continue to discuss the advancements for high level athletes, and how rehab and advanced strengthening in this patient population is es...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Cartilage surgery has greatly evolved in the last 2 decades.  Surgical treatments along with technological advancements give patients many more options to potentially fix an early arthritic knee.  Join the crew as we speak with Dr, Riley Williams, an early pioneer of cartilage surgery as we discuss how cartilage surgery and medical intervention...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! This is part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Merideth Chaput from the University of Central Florida talking about neurocognitive rehab and visual cognition in the realm of the post ACL patient.  We talk more about the return to sport aspect of it in this aspect.  Are we doing enought to test athletes to make sure that they are able to meet these...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! ACL rehab continues to make progressions as the years go on.  We think that we have a good grasp on the rehab, and what it takes to return to sport, but do we really.  Neurocognitive therapy and visual cognition is something that we may not be spending a lot of time on, but as evidence continues to grow it may be something that we have taken for...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Rotator cuff repairs can range from simple small tears, to massive tears that involve a lot more surgical intervention.  The age old question is how fast can we really go when rehabbing a rotator cuff?  Can we push the limits with this surgery, or is it always that slow and steady will win the race?  Listen to the crew as we discuss the nuances...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! Our first hamstring episode was packed full of information, but we never were able to address post op rehab and what was beyond that as well, namely when to introduce running and high speed sprinting.  Listen to what the crew thinks about hamstring strains/tears, how we treat this non-surgically, and what are the basices to know after a proximal...

Like this episode or have questions? Send us a Text! We all have seen the "controversy" over the whole knees over toes concept.  is it really that bad, or should we be encouraging this with certain patient populations.  Knees over toes has gotten a bad rap by some over the years, so we are hear to clear things up in this episode.  Listen to the crew discuss where this whole controversy c...