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Fix your _____ with this one stretch…. Correct your posture with this one exercise… Load management > load accumulation to increase athlete trainability…. Kitchen versus gym for body composition …. And the list goes on. Black and white thinking is hardly ever justified or accurate. Parroting these sayings as fact and law when clearly exceptions exist in sports performance and medicine is naive at best, or in worse case, pure ignorance by a sports medicine team. Fluid situations require constant critical thinking with actionable interventionism taken by providers or coaches when providing guidance for goal attainment to their patients or athletes, respectively. You can't think the same way as everyone else, do the same things as everyone else, with the same frequency as everyone else — and expect differentiated results. If you're not actively engaged in building a competitive advantage, then you are likely passively engaged in losing a competitive advantage. Consistently building and updating your systems, blueprints, frameworks and processes for rehabbing, reconditioning, and coaching your athletes is a must for professional growth and competitive separation from your peers to occur. Point: be consistent in questioning everyone and everything because complacency kills innovation in human performance. P.S. Are you a coach or clinician who wants to save years of time and money building your professional foundation for your career? Check out the courses below as they are an assemblage of my time in various high-performance settings from within the sports medicine industry, as the perspectives I gathered and present here encompass elements of different learning opportunities I was a part of while working in the professional, private, military, and hospital settings. These perspectives are all very different and unique when compared to one another, but most importantly, tried and tested as they were instrumental in the ACL specific Bridge Program that I developed and oversaw for one of the top rated pediatric orthopedic hospitals in the country. For a limited time, BOGO special as well (use the third link down below) for bundle purchases! Periodized ACL Program: A Reconditioning Masterclass (2.0 CEUs by NSCA) https://lnkd.in/gP7HhcA3 Periodized ACL Program: Rehab to Performance (30 CE credits in 42 states) https://lnkd.in/gEJ-xtm3 Bundle BOGO Package for AT, PT and NSCA CEUs https://lnkd.in/g4bHzNqQ #training #physicaltherapy #coaching #learning #sportsperformance #sportscience #sports #coaching #performance #sportsmedicine #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #StrengthandConditioning #rehab #fitness #S&C #training #physicalpreparation #PT #health #training #coaching #environment

Hopping interventions can be viewed as a form of eccentric training when the intent is not minimal ground contact time, but rather, a utilization of a proper hip, knee, and ankle strategies in a sport specific manner. Here we demonstrate this skill, but in a reactive manner to verbal cues. This is being done in order to get the patient athlete more comfortable with performing under mental load as commonly encountered in sport.   Drills like this have a time and place, but for patients striving to return to sport or performance, drills like this are a must as they simulate the decision-making process that athletes must undertake during the field of play. It is important to realize that hardly ever are patient athletes solely being tested physically during a game... they mentally have to make hundreds of snapshot decisions during a game based on how they are interpreting their sensory environment. Wrong decision-making leads to patient athletes placing themselves in compromising positions, which can lead to injury.   Additionally, there is plenty of literature pointing to the fact that ACL rehabilitation by all clinicians or returning athletes back to sport or performance is deficient at least on some level. Newer research is pointing to a possible neurocognitive component that treating clinicians may be missing as ACL injuries are now being thought of a cascade of neuromuscular dysfunction (sensory-motor mismatch).   As the patient athlete progresses in their sport specific phase of ACL rehabilitation, dual tasks involving both a motor and cognitive component should be implemented with any prescribed impact, change of direction, or agility work. This is because these components never exist in isolation during the field of play as patient athletes constantly react to opposing offensive and defensive players while utilizing snapshot decision making.   Point: train both a patient athletes’ hardware (i.e. physical attributes) and software (decision making, reaction time, etc.) as they need both to perform optimally in sport!   If you are looking to learn more about how to blend ACL rehab with S & C principles, check out the courses down below as both are accredited for CEUs for both physical therapists and S & C coaches! For a limited time, BOGO free as well! Periodized ACL Program: A Reconditioning Masterclass (2.0 CEUs by NSCA) https://lnkd.in/gP7HhcA3 Periodized ACL Program: Rehab to Performance (30 CE credits in 42 states) https://lnkd.in/gEJ-xtm3 #patient #acl #training #athletes #sport #coach #rehab #rehabilitation #rehabtherapy #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy #sportperformance #sportmedicine #strengthandconditioning #strengthtraining #strengthcoach

Perspective is everything. What looks like an obvious and apparent choice to some people with regards to intervention selection is anything but to others. This is in part due to the fact of the preconceived notions that some clinicians and coaches have with regards to the utilization capabilities of certain pieces of equipment. How often do you see some coaches and clinicians use foam rollers for just soft tissue work or SMR? Or some coaches using sleds in the sagittal plane only for pushing and pulling interventions? Obviously, nothing is wrong with the above use of equipment, but the fact of the matter is creativity with regards to intervention selection can stimulate the patient athletes we serve much more than the same old boring and repetitive interventions that they are accustomed to. Sure, the basics have stood the test of time for a reason and in no way am I insinuating they should be disregarded entirely, but introducing variability in a rehabilitation or training program through progressively specialized interventions should occur also. The video below encapsulates some less commonly used intervention variations for sled and foam roller work. Feel free to use as indicated or to reach out with questions as needed! And as always, never perform interventions for the sake of being different..... perform interventions with the intent of doing things better than they are currently being done so that we coaches and clinicians can better serve the patient athletes we train and rehabilitate, respectively. If you are looking to learn more about how to blend rehab with reconditioning principles for return to sport, check out the courses down below as both are accredited for CEUs for both physical therapists and S & C coaches! For a limited time, BOGO free as well! These courses are the easiest way to satisfy all of your PT or PTA license needs for a renewal period while also obtaining 2.0 CEUs for the NSCA. The courses are very similar, as the reconditioning course omits the first 16 weeks of the program when compared to the original one, otherwise there is no difference between them, so it’s like taking one course in all to receive your CEUs for those of you that are dual credentialed providers! Periodized ACL Program: A Reconditioning Masterclass (2.0 CEUs by NSCA) https://lnkd.in/gP7HhcA3 Periodized ACL Program: Rehab to Performance (30 CE credits in 42 states) https://lnkd.in/gEJ-xtm3 #training #physicaltherapy #coaching #learning #sportsperformance #sportscience #sports #coaching #performance #sportsmedicine #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #StrengthandConditioning #rehab #fitness #S&C #training #physicalpreparation #PT #health #training #coaching #environment

You need to change your patient's symptoms quick... Or you risk your patient losing interest... And when this happens the first thing patient's do... Is stop doing the exercises you need them to do! If you want to get your patient pain-free and stop their injury coming back... They need to do their rehab... It is as simple as that! Naturally, a patient’s motivation levels are at their highest level at the start of the rehab journey. They come to see you… You tell them what is going on (diagnosis)… And what they need to do to get better (rehab plan)… To get back to whatever activity it is their injury is stopping them from doing. You give them exercises to go away and do at home or at the gym… And patient’s go away and do them… At least at the start! But then they stop. They stop because they lose motivation. This happens because they fail to see, or feel, any significant improvement, over those first few sessions. To stop patient’s falling away from the rehab plan… You need to be able to make a FAST-START. You need to be able to change patient symptoms quickly. If a patient fails to see any improvement, their motivation will rapidly drop... And poorly motivated patient’s rarely do their rehab exercises. Sound like some of your patient's? Want discover some simple strategies to keep your patient’s doing their rehab… So they go away and do every rep, of every set, you give them? Then head here to learn more about my new grad physio membership and how it could help you… >>> https://lnkd.in/gGyB8aHF #newgradphysio #newgradphysiomentor #newgrad #newgrads #physiotherapy #physio #physicaltherapy #students #therapy #MSK #physiotherapist #studentphysiotherapist #physiostudent #sportstherapy #studentphysio #sportsrehab #learning #cpd #sportsphysio #mentor

📢 Proud to present - STRENGTH & CONDITIONING FOR REHAB PROFESSIONALS Featuring Guest Lessons from Ben Ashworth Dan Howells Jonas Tawiah Dodoo Erik Meira Scot Morrison Jesse K. Wright ⁉️Why did I create this course? The physical demands & athletic standards an athlete must achieve in elite sport far exceed the scope of traditional clinical education. Then educational options traditionally available to up-skill on strength and conditioning (where you could learn about greater athleticism) is never contextual to rehab. So there’s a large knowledge gap to overcome before you can confidently provide rehab to high-performers... 🫵 Why you should take this course The Strength & Conditioning for Rehab Professionals Course shares essential S&C knowledge that is contextually specific and transferable to your professional context immediately. 🤔 IMPROVE YOUR REASONING Certifications & common content is often based on methodology and whilst that’s tempting, it becomes expensive, noisy and creates more confusion than clarity. Elite practitioners are outcome driven and that allows them to plan backwards to identify the right strategy at the right time. This course is about refining your reasoning to be efficiently prescriptive not overwhelm you with tricks 🧠 LEARN TO THINK NOT COPY Don’t just listen to experts presenters - Learn how they think! The expert contributors on this course don’t just tell you what they do, they explain how and why they do what they do. This allows you to model and integrate their way of thinking into own your practise 🚀 FEEL CONFIDENT AT THE ELITE END There is no longer a reason to feel intimidated or lost about how to rehab and manage physically high performing athletes. This course not only covers the physical capacities athletes need to perform, but how to test, make objective decisions and then ultimately improve those capacities or physical qualities. 🏁 SIGN-UP NOW & SAVE $250 (Offer Ends April 30th) https://lnkd.in/e9eZbTnp #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy #sportsphysio #strengthandconditioning #sportscience #sportsmedicine #coaching #highperformance #sport #athletictraining #sportsinjuries #injuryrehab #sportsrehab #sportsperformance #orthopedics #rehabscience

Its that time of year again!!… Every summer, over 600,000 intercollegiate student-athletes (NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA) receive some form of a “pre-participation medical examination” (PPE/PPME) from athletic trainers and other qualified healthcare professionals. Having their medical histories reviewed, documented, and treated in preparation for the upcoming competitive season. This critical, yet multi-faceted process helps ensure the health and safety of each student-athlete as they engage in sports activities by ☑ Identify Health Risks ☑ Monitor Chronic Conditions ☑ Promote Overall Health and ☑ Establish Baseline Health Data. Within the changing landscape in college sports, it is important for athletic training departments and sports medicine teams to also have a broader understanding of the "overall" burden of rising injury rates and their impact on administering sports medicine services. The ability to ACTION aggregated data in advance of the PPE is an important “value-add” to athletic training departments and sports medicine teams. “Data-informed” organizations leverage their integrated data ecosystem to extract key insights around PPE health characteristics of their larger athlete population(s) that can help positively influence... 🔹Overall Player Availability 🔹Optimize patient care, injury prevention, and outcome initiatives 🔹Healthcare cost burden and its impact of sports medicine operations The abstract below provides a few takeaways you might find insightful. Contact us, or DM for more information or if you may want access to the full text. PRIVIT #ATdatageeks #athletictraining #healthanalytics #PPEinsports

Clinical confidence is so key in our profession. I remember feeling like I knew NOTHING. I still feel like that a lot of the time. I think all good clinicians do sometimes! The detail required to properly rehab someone or know what was going on or what they needed was so hard and so much more than I had to offer when I graduated. The fear new grads have, without the structured support offered in some other professions (such as doctors) lends itself to hero worship and cult like following of the loudest voices on social media or other access points. They want a recipe to cling to but in reality it’s not there, no matter what course someone tells you to buy! It dilutes the quality and value we can add. Knowing your basics, drilling down your anatomy, your physiology, brush up on your biomechanics…. IMPROVE YOUR STATS ABILITIES AND CRITICAL READING/THINKING! Be a better scientist and you can solve most puzzles or at least know where to look/who to ask. I have a ‘physiology for dummies’ book that I go over when I get chance. Zero shame. Andy is a great clinician and fab human. He is a great soul to learn from and support you in feeling more capable after you pass your ‘driving test’… Having support/mentoring to develop you to stand on your own two feet in a space of ‘conscious competence’ is so valuable. But the terrifying stage of ‘conscious incomepetence’ hits you hard after undergrad. Reach out for help ☺️ I’m not the finished article by any means, so new grads sure as hell aren’t either. Put yourself in varied, uncomfortable spaces and gather your council of owls. I’ve got mine and I add to them all the time by building relationships. These are the people who will never hesitate to put me right or tell me I’m being a d**k head. Sometimes we all need it. #Mentoring #Support #ClinicalReasoning #Basics

Finding the right diagnosis, giving a patient an accurate prognosis or planning a great rehab plan is great… But your patient will only believe what you say… And do what you say (which includes their home exercise plan)… If they understand what you are saying. I hold my hands up as I got this so wrong when I first started out. To make up for my lack of experience and that fact that I was (and looked) like a young, fresh out of Uni physio… I used complicated language and medical jargon to try sound clever. If patient’s thought I was clever, then they’d listen… And go away and do their rehab exercises, right? How wrong was I! It actually had the opposite effect… As it just made my patient’s more confused. Put simply… You need to be able to communicate medical information to your patient in a way that they understand. The simpler, the better! If patient’s lack clarity about their injury and the plan to get them from A to B, from injury and back to full health… Then they will not do what you are asking them to do. And when you think about it, this makes sense. If you were the patient… Would you put your time, effort (and money) into doing something you lack understanding about? I hope not. Your patient’s are no different. Hope this helps. Andy Barker The New Grad Physio Mentor PS. I have one more key thing you need to be aware of to ensure your patient is fully onboard with their treatment plan. Failure to achieve this is the biggest reason patient’s stop coming to physio… As they think it is a waste of time and effort… And that you are NOT going to be able to fix them. Keep your eyes peeled for my next post! PPS. Want to learn some simple, yet effective ways to communicate a patient diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan to a patient… Even as a young and inexperienced physio? Then check out my new grad physio programme. >>> https://lnkd.in/gGyB8aHF #newgradphysio #newgradphysiomentor #newgrad #newgrads #physiotherapy #physio #physicaltherapy #students #therapy #MSK #physiotherapist #studentphysiotherapist #physiostudent #sportstherapy #studentphysio #sportsrehab #learning #cpd #sportsphysio #mentor

Perspective is everything. What looks like an obvious and apparent choice to some people with regards to intervention selection is anything but to others. This is in part due to the fact of the preconceived notions that some clinicians and coaches have with regards to the utilization capabilities of certain pieces of equipment. How often do you see some coaches and clinicians use foam rollers for just soft tissue work or SMR? Or some coaches using sleds in the sagittal plane only for pushing and pulling interventions? Obviously, nothing is wrong with the above use of equipment, but the fact of the matter is creativity with regards to intervention selection can stimulate the patient athletes we serve much more than the same old boring and repetitive interventions that they are accustomed to. Sure, the basics have stood the test of time for a reason and in no way am I insinuating they should be disregarded entirely, but introducing variability in a rehabilitation or training program through progressively specialized interventions should occur also. The video below encapsulates some less commonly used intervention variations for sled and foam roller work. Feel free to use as indicated or to reach out with questions as needed! And as always, never perform interventions for the sake of being different..... perform interventions with the intent of doing things better than they are currently being done so that we coaches and clinicians can better serve the patient athletes we train and rehabilitate, respectively. If you are looking to learn more about how to blend rehab with reconditioning principles for return to sport, check out the courses down below as both are accredited for CEUs for both physical therapists and S & C coaches! For a limited time, BOGO free as well! These courses are the easiest way to satisfy all of your PT or PTA license needs for a renewal period while also obtaining 2.0 CEUs for the NSCA. The courses are very similar, as the reconditioning course omits the first 16 weeks of the program when compared to the original one, otherwise there is no difference between them, so it’s like taking one course in all to receive your CEUs for those of you that are dual credentialed providers! Periodized ACL Program: A Reconditioning Masterclass (2.0 CEUs by NSCA) https://lnkd.in/gP7HhcA3 Periodized ACL Program: Rehab to Performance (30 CE credits in 42 states) https://lnkd.in/gEJ-xtm3 #training #physicaltherapy #coaching #learning #sportsperformance #sportscience #sports #coaching #performance #sportsmedicine #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #StrengthandConditioning #rehab #fitness #S&C #training #physicalpreparation #PT #health #training #coaching #environment

Registration for my next free live training webinar is now live... ‘Simplifying the Shoulder’ In less than 60 minutes you will discover... 👀 The Key Shoulder Clues To Look Out For During The Subjective Assessment To Help You Identify The True Cause Of Your Patients Shoulder Pain. ❌ The Not So 'Special' Shoulder 'Special' Tests...Learn The Special Tests You Should Be Using With EVERY Shoulder Pain Patient & The Tests That Are A Complete Waste Of Your Time & Effort. 📈How To Use Simple Objective Testing To Work Out Whether Your Patient Has A Glenohumeral Or A Scapula Driven Problem So You Know Exactly What The Main Issue Is So You Can Prescribe The Right Hands-On Treatment Techniques & Rehab Exercises To Get Quick & Long-Lasting Patient Results. This is not one of those webinars that sounds clever and gives you loads of theory (it does have this)... But it will show you real-life assessment techniques to help you differentially diagnose the shoulder... Hands-on treatment techniques that actually change patient symptoms (often in an instant)... And new rehab exercises that you have not seen before, that focus on fixing both the site and source of your patient's symptoms. Register now for FREE right here... ‘Simplifying the Shoulder’ >>> https://lnkd.in/eJweyMT3 🗓️ Wednesday 20th March 2023 at 7:30 pm (UK Time). We'll be done in under 60 minutes... And if you have any questions that's cool... As I'll be staying online after the webinar to do a Q & A, so I'll happily answer any questions you might have. Andy Barker The New Grad Physio Mentor PS. Please note there will be no recording or replay made available after this live event (unless your in my membership). So please do not ask for this after the event. PPS. I'll send out a CPD certificate to everyone that attends… So what are you waiting for!!! #newgradphysio #newgradphysiomentor #newgrad #newgrads #physiotherapy #physio #physicaltherapy #students #therapy #MSK #physiotherapist #studentphysiotherapist #physiostudent #sportstherapy #studentphysio #sportsrehab #learning #cpd #sportsphysio #mentor