Write a Prescription for Play
As an early intervention therapist, I mostly play during my workday. When I’m visiting a child with a Down’s syndrome diagnosis, we play. At every appointment with a child who is language delayed, we play…
Goldilocks, Bayes Theorem, and the Clinical Search for Optimal Load
Tissue loading is one of the key variables that we can manipulate in rehabilitation. From the more passive loading (i.e. manual therapy) through the most active approaches (i.e. max effort lifts, plyometrics), the management of…
Differential Diagnosis: Superior Labral Anterior to Posterior (SLAP) Lesions
Amongst overhead throwing athletes, there are several injuries that typically come to mind, and at the top of that list is the Superior Labral Anterior to Posterior (SLAP) Lesion. While this is not an overly…
The Gut To Brain Connection. What’s Its Role in Development?
You are what you eat. How many times have you heard that? As adults, we certainly have considered this when it comes to our own food intake, but what about our children? As a Physical Therapist…
How To: Taping Mechanically for Arch Height
Excessive changes in subtalar eversion and medial longitudinal arch height and the velocity and duration of this change have been implicated in overuse conditions of the lower limb, including medial tibial stress syndrome, achilles tendinopathy…
Why Therapists Love MedBridge
