PT Inquest

Desensitization treatments have known effects on sensitivity in healthy controls, but what about in those with chronic pain? Does it matter if the patient has low pain sensitivity or high pain sensitivity? Will JW remodel his clinic to have nothing but ice buckets and exercise bikes?

What hip movements are required for being an elite ice hockey goaltender? Does this make them at a higher risk for hip pathology? Can a person with a cam even GET to an elite level as a goaltender? Can Erik survive a pun avalanche???

What kinds of strength deficits remain after hamstring autograft ACLR? Will the quadriceps fare better? Do they just need more time? Was JW's poorly told joke left in the episode? (You bet it was!)

Can the kinesiophobic beliefs of a physical therapist have an influence on the people they are educating? Might this also occur in patient populations? When JW said in a previous episode, "You don't have kinesiophobia but dammit I can give it to you!" was he right?

When the literature starts to question an intervention that you use, how long does it take you to abandon it? Is JW a laggard?

Erik and JW have asked for more inquiry into the mechanisms of manual therapy and this article does not disappoint! What about those neurophysiological effects? Are they specific or non-specific? Does it matter? Why does JW carry a galvanized bucket of vomit in the car?

We take a look at whether or not lack of eccentric hip strength is a risk factor for developing patellofemoral pain in novice runners. How hard is it to do a prospective study like this? What conclusions can we draw from this? Does this fit with our previous understanding? Is JW afraid of chickens?

We take a look at a meta-analysis on nonsurgical management of lateral epicondylalgia which does not show much difference in the long term. Do short term changes matter? What exactly are we treating? No comment on the miscommunication that occurs during the episode.

We take a skeptical look at ACL injury prevention programs and whether they are doing what we think they are doing. Do we need to think differently? What can we learn from motor learning theory? Is reviewing a Level 5 article a waste of our time???

In Episode 46 we look at the effect of bogus visual feedback on chronic neck pain. Nociceptors, central sensitization - is this now something else? What effect does this information have on the care of these patients? Also, zombies.