Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab.

Pat leads us through a case of a 18 year old female dancer nearing 20 weeks post-op ACLR. Listen to learn about the serial isometric strength testing he has done with her and where they are going in the coming weeks!

Throwing it back to an article from 2022: "Fear of movement and reinjury in sports medicine, relevance for rehabilitation and return to sport". Injury can be a life crisis for athletes, with potential financial, psychological, social, and physical ramifications for injury. In this episode we cover topics including language around assessing fear and fearful movements, benefit of graded exposure to fearful movements, and how we can fear the unknown.

The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34971375/

As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!

Checking out an article that is hot off the press: "Assessing deceleration performance: methodological and practical considerations". Topics covered: why is deceleration important, different tests to assess deceleration, and developing the "coach's eye" for deceleration quality.

The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41307885/

As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!

Mike has a solo podcast going over a recently published article titled "The relative efficacy of different types of telerehabilitation for managing chronic musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis". Some topics he covers are telehealth as a mode not a method, telehealth modalities can be used together, and how can telehealth differ from in-person rehab.

The article can be found here: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13366

As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!

This article is an oldie but a goodie. Published in 2019, "Hamstring rehabilitation in elite track and field athletes: applying the British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification in clinical practice" has a wealth of clinical pearls to assist in management of hamstring strain injuries.

The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31300391/

As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab.

Mike goes over a recent running gait analysis he did with the Runeasi system. He gives his interpretation for what the data means, shows how gait can change from easy pace to faster paces, discusses follow up exercises, and why it is important to also look at raw data instead of just the means.

This week we discuss periosteal and intra-articular electrical dry needling as a treatment for knee osteoarthritis. We really show our biases in this. We don't like it. Hopefully we put our thoughts together coherently enough to explain all the reasons why we don't like it.

The article can be found here: https://spinalmanipulation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/periosteal-and-intraarticular-electrical-dry-needling-boosters-in-patients-with-knee-osteoarthritis-2025.pdf

As always, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform and on Instagram @readingrehabpod. If you have any article recommendations be sure to send them our way!

Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab.

Pat walks us through some single leg hop testing that he did with a 14 year old female volleyball player coming back from a severe inversion sprain. We go over key metrics, some confusion we have with duplicate metrics, importance of knowing the units you're referencing, and how this testing impacts clinical decision-making.