February 2021
The Need For Speed: From Athletes to Aging Adults
A physical therapy exam typically includes an assessment of alignment, movement analysis, symptom modification procedures, range of motion, and muscle performance. But in the many exams you have likely performed, when was the last time you assessed [...]
October 2020
The Future of Healthcare: Integrating Telehealth in the Care Continuum
Ten years ago, if you talked about meeting your significant other online, ordering a meal through an app, or asking your car for the fastest way home, you were definitely outside the norm. Today, however, [...]
June 2020
3 Tips for Delivering Better Care with Telehealth
Telehealth has come to the forefront as a viable option in this defining moment in health care. Faced with our current public health reality, many clinicians are struggling to transition their years of in-person treatment [...]
May 2020
Specificity in the Clinic: Basic Therapeutic Exercise Just Won’t Do
We are often tasked with rehabilitating athletes who have return to sport or intense physical activity as their primary goal. Are we adequately challenging these people in the rehab setting enough to smoothly transition them [...]
January 2020
Moving Beyond MMT: Diagnosing & Treating Movement Dysfunction
As therapists, we use manual muscle tests to assess a patient’s strength on a daily basis. But does the standard manual muscle test (MMT) give us all the information we need to assess patient [...]
May 2019
Muscle Performance Testing: Create Your Own Dynamometer
A Brief History of Strength Testing Manual Muscle Testing Manual muscle testing (MMT) is a widespread, nearly universal test used by physical therapists and other allied health professionals to determine muscle strength and weakness in [...]