Category: Episodes

Determining when to return to play after concussion requires the use of testing to make sure that the athlete has returned to baseline. But what if you don’t have a baseline measurement? Can having...

Female Athlete Triad may be more common than you think, and it turns out many male athletes can have it too! We take a deep exploration of the condition, how it works, and how...

Do older runners run differently than younger runners? If they do, is it A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING?! Can this actually be used as a tool for training or useful information for...

Many clinicians wonder is tests such as the quad index are good enough for returning an athlete to sport after ACLR. Turns out, clinicians aren’t even doing that! In the episode we have special...

The scientific community has made some mistakes over the past couple decades, leading people to think many effects were much larger than they actually are, if they even existed at all! So what is...

Injecting tendinopathies is a popular practice; everything from PRP to steroids to saline to even sugar. But is there any efficacy? What exactly do these things do? Could there actually be a mechanical effect...

Injuries to the hamstrings are more common than just about any other muscle injury in sport. And once you do it once, you are more likely to do it again. What is the problem...

When it comes to using treatments which have effects that may be nothing more than placebo, the question that is often asked is “What’s the harm?” Well, according to these authors, it could be...

We all know that “correlation does not equal causation” but it is still counterintuitive. There are many questions in healthcare that just cannot be approached by the randomized controlled trial (RCT) requiring us to...

Being positive in life is usually seen as a good thing. Try to identify the silver lining and highlight it. But when it comes to research, that “spin” can have detrimental results for developing...