The following blog post was written by TJ Moore, SPT, ATC who is currently a 2nd year DPT student at the University of Pittsburgh. TJ graduated from Western Carolina University with a bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training in 2010. Following graduation, he obtained a job at Duke University as an Athletic Trainer and worked with…
According to a retrospective case-control analysis by Taunton et al, of the 2,002 running-related injuries seen at a primary care sports injury facility, 42.1% (842/2,002) were knee injuries. Of these knee injuries, 39.3% (331/842) were due to patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), which made PFPS far and away the most common diagnosis found in this large-scale…
When I initially received my summer full-time clinical assignment at Excela Health - Latrobe Area Hospital (LAH) in the acute care department, I have to admit, I was a little disappointed. If you couldn't tell by the title of my blog, my interests generally lay with manual therapy, orthopedics, and sports medicine. So, I was…
According to a survey of 813 British physical therapists conducted by Foster et al, Only 58.9% Physical therapists utilize spinal mobilization (Grade I - IV) and only 2.8% use spinal manipulative therapy (Grade V) when treating patients suffering from low back pain (LBP). Additionally, a survey of 274 Canadian physical therapists published by Li et…
John Snyder, DPT 