Category: Clinical Reasoning

One of the great things about the modern PT student is their level of education. Current programs, with the occasional unfortunate exception, do a pretty…

“…something serious in the woodshed…” (Cyriax 1982) As clinicians, we deal with diagnostic uncertainty every day and we seek to minimise the risk of missing…

Touch is an important part of human interaction. Pain is an unpleasant human experience. Touch conveys meaning that words often cannot. Pain is often hard,…

Load Training load has been defined as the cumulative amount of stress (physiological, psychological, or mechanical) placed on an individual from a single or multiple…

Why do muscles feel tight? Does that mean they are short? That they can’t relax? And what can you do about it? Here are some…

Background/objectives: How we should lift things up from the floor has always been a source of debate in both the worlds of healthcare AND fitness….

In Neil’s commentary, he keenly evaluates the clinical decision making from gathering evidence from a wider perspective and applies it to the particular case.  He…

Unlike drugs, orthopedic surgeries can be sold to the public before they undergo any rigorous testing to ensure they are safe and effective. Thus, millions…

Why exactly does someone feel better after massage? Or acupuncture? Or foam rolling? Or a chiropractic adjustment, or wearing K-tape, or doing mobility drills, or…