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 [...]
June 2018
Identify, Specify, Modify: 3 Key Steps for Effective Exercise Prescription
How many times have you found yourself assigning similar exercises to patients with various conditions? Think about how many times you have prescribed basic exercises, such as clamshells or bridges to strengthen the gluteal muscles, [...]
April 2018
Are Special Tests Necessary? Why You Should Also Use Symptom Modification Procedures
We are always looking to provide the best, most specific treatment for our patients. With both special tests and symptom modification procedures in your toolbox, you can educate your patients on what anatomical structures are impacted, [...]