Doctors 🥼-Nurses- Therapists- ANYONE:

It’s okay to say, “I don’t know, but let me take the time to find out”

From a simple therapeutic alliance standpoint, your patients will be forever grateful and loyal

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Students and new clinicians:

It’s ok to say, “I don’t know.”

No one has all the answers.

Stay curious and keep learning.

Dave Sherman, PhD, PT, ATC Zach Lentini, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS Brooks Klein, PT, DPT, SCS Harjiv Singh, PhD Dustin Grooms Meredith Chaput, PhD, DPT, SCS Here an example of how I use external focus with patients in early phase. These are very easy to understand

✅ try to make the bar green (which means desired activity for the quad)

⬇️ try keep the bar green on right side (high activity HS would turn bar red)

No one cares about how much you know until they know how much you care

For any clinician working with baseball players:

If you're not objectively measuring shoulder strength, you're missing a huge opportunity to improve your rehab process.

Buy a dynamometer. Start testing.

The more quality reps you get now, the better you'll be down the road.

Agree with all of this!

Pitchers are at greater risk for arm injury after a lower extremity or trunk injury.

Some considerations for rehab:
- Keep training the arm
- Evaluate the entire kinetic chain
- Make sure pitching mechanics aren’t altered

Don’t forget the arm when rehabbing the leg.

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Brooks Klein, PT, DPT, SCS Pull this bad boy out every once in a while for patient Ed.

The most common mistakes with rehab throwing programs:

- Starting throwing too soon
- Blindly following a program
- Not measuring throwing intensity

The fix:

- Objectively test before throwing
- Adjust throwing programs when needed
- Measure intensity with IMU, radar gun, etc

Things that happen after you pitch:

- Decrease in shoulder IR motion
- Decrease in elbow extension motion
- Decrease in shoulder ER strength

Things you should monitor in pitchers:

- Shoulder motion
- Elbow motion
- Shoulder strength

If a pitcher is a low arm slot, 2-seam guy who never throws past 90 ft...

Why write a rehab throwing program past 90 ft?

Focus more on velo/effort to prescribe intensity.

4-seam guy?

Stretch out the distance, get some carry.

Write the program for the player.

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This is an amazing post.

A common saying in the fitness world:

“Fatigue masks fitness.”

If your body is always crushed by tough workouts, it’s hard to see your fitness improve.

The same applies to pitching.

If you think you'll have all the answers a few years out of school, think again.

There is always something new to learn in sports medicine.

That's part of the fun.

Keep learning. Keep growing.

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One simple tip for sports medicine students:

Know your anatomy.

It's the foundation for everything you do.

From diagnosing injuries to developing effective treatment plans, it's the cornerstone of optimal care.