I was recently featured on my buddy Scott Gray’s podcast, a great clinician in the Florida area who I have a lot of respect for.
Before we dive into the podcast, let me tell you a bit about why I like this guy so much.
It’s not just because he is a part of the IFAST family.
I’ve been going back to the basics as of late, reviewing concepts such as tissue pathology, anatomy, surgical procedures, and the like.
If there is anyone who has the fundamentals down savagely well, it is Scott Gray.
He put out an Ebook called “The Physical Examination Blueprint”, which you can download by subscribing to his newsletter. Here he details all the essentials on screening your patients.
To me, the most important aspect of patient care is knowing who you can and cannot treat. Stratifying your patients based on who needs to be referred out, and who you can help is essential to providing the best care.
Quite simply, there are few better resources out there that outline how to do this than Scott’s ebook.
In it, he delves into what relevant questions to ask, tests to perform, and establishing a relevant diagnosis. Often underlooked, yet exceptionally important components of the clinical examination.
Again, I cannot recommend Scott’s ebook and site enough. It’s a great resource for many things PT, including many of his eclectic and unique manual therapy techniques. Definitely check this guy out.
Rehabbing a 5th Metatarsal Fracture to High Level Basketball
In this podcast, I outline a case I worked on back when I was in the NBA D League.
This kid suffered a distal 5th metatarsal fracture with only a couple minutes to spare in a game. It was a brutal injury after one of the worst games in my life that I experienced, namely because we had three guys go down in one game.
Talk about awful.
I outline my entire process and every detail of what I did to get this kid back to high level basketball. A process that started with a fracture and ended with him establishing a franchise rebounding record the last game of the season. Pretty spectacular to say the least.
I feel very fortunate to have worked with such a driven and hardworking guy, and ultimately that was what his success hinged upon. Though minor, it was an honor to be this guy’s guide back to high level performance.
In this podcast, we dive into the following topics:
- Immediate post-injury rehabilitation
- Post-surgical care
- The non-weight bearing phase
- The weight bearing phase
- Return to play Criteria
- Return to performance criteria
- Acute:chronic workload monitoring
Again, thank you to Scott Gray for featuring me on the podcast. I had a blast doing it.
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