Mike Reinold

5 things you need to know about a SLAP tear

Found a funny, yet accurate, list of the top 101 things you wish you knew before starting medical school.  I could apply almost all of it to PT/ATC school as well!  I will warn you that it may be a bit on the lewd side at times, somewhere between PG-13 and R.  Just wanted to [...]

It seems like once or twice a year I read an article about a new test to detect superior labral injuries of the shoulder, or SLAP labral tears.  Seems like the “best” test has been published many times!  With so many tests out there to detect SLAP tears, how do you choose which to perform [...]

Arthritis of the glenohumeral joint is a challenging shoulder injury for athletes.  As our generations change, we will continue to see less and less sedentary patients in the later stages of life.  Their functional goals in rehabilitation will be much greater than in past decades.  Traditionally, care for the older individual with glenohumeral osteoarthritis was [...]

I always try to stay on top of recent research, both for my own clinical skills but also for my physical therapy blog.  I will use this blog to post some of the latest and greatest with some clinical implications, but this post is almost the reverse!  I was reading through the current issue of [...]

Wanted to let everyone know that there are free videos on Youtube that demonstrate a knee examination by Dr. Mark Hutchinson, brought to you by the British Journal of Sports Medicine.  I have included a preview of the Lachman test for ACL injuries below.  The videos demonstrate a typical examination by a physician, don’t expect [...]

There is fairly definitive evidence that females have lower hamstring strength and subsequently lower hamstring-to-quadriceps (H:Q) strength ratios in comparison to men. This has a significant impact on the ACL injury rates in female athletes, as the hamstring assists in protecting anterior tibial translation and strain on the ACL. Thus, ACL injury prevention programs have [...]

I wanted to take the moment to thank everyone for what a great month this website had in September.  I really had no idea what to expect from this website but I am pretty proud that we have almost 100 subscribers and well over 3000 hits over 100 subscribers and 4000 visitors in the first [...]