The Ask Mike Reinold Show

The Ask Mike Reinold Show

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The New Tommy John: The Rise of the Internal Brace - #AMR386

Ten weeks to start throwing after UCL surgery sounds like a miracle timeline, until you’re the clinician staring at a stiff elbow, a deconditioned arm, and a protocol that assumes the athlete is further along than reality. We’re seeing more internal brace UCL repairs and fewer “c ...  Show more

Risk Factors of Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition - #AMR385

We’ve all seen it: the acute ACL patient who drags their leg into the clinic, unable to squeeze their quad to save their life. We call it Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition (AMI), and for years, we’ve treated it as a stubborn, long-term enemy. But a fascinating new study from the Amer ...  Show more

Ranking the Top Patellar Tendon Exercises by Tendon Load - #AMR384

We all have our favorite "go-to" exercises for patellar tendinopathy. For years, the single-leg decline squat has been the gold standard, often introduced early in rehabilitation to target the tendon. But what if I told you that this specific exercise actually places more load on ...  Show more

Using ChatGPT and AI in Physical Therapy

The use of ChatGPT and other AI models has exploded in recent years, and you're starting to see this in most professions, including the medical profession.We've been using AI quite a bit at Champion for a variety of things and wanted to share our experiences. We go over some of t ...  Show more

Should Adults Lift for Less than 5 Reps Per Set? - #AMR382

Mike Boyle had a great discussion on Instagram several weeks ago about adults lifting to failure and using low rep schemes.It sparked a lot of arguments among people about which approach is best and whether there's always an answer to this question.We discuss whether adults shoul ...  Show more