THE LAB COLLECTIVE
Step into the world of peak sports performance, cutting-edge sports medicine, and advanced physical therapy techniques with "The Lab Collective" podcast!
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The Strength Gap Physical Therapy Keeps Missing (opens the original)
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Pain can improve. Range of motion can return. A patient can pass testing and still leave rehabilitation without the strength or reserve required by sport, work, or daily life. Using persistent quadriceps weakness after ACL reconstruction as the opening example, Lou Fullenkamp examines the difference between giving someone an exercise and building an actual training stimulus. The discussion covers underdosing, load and effort, the limitations of manual muscle testing, progression toward meaningfu
Return to Sport Is Not Return to Performance | Tommy Otley (opens the original)
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Passing return-to-sport testing is not the same as restoring performance. In this episode, Louis Fullenkamp is joined by Tommy Otley, Lead Physical Therapist and Sport Scientist for the University of Miami men’s and women’s basketball programs. Tommy explains why medical clearance should be viewed as a transition—not the finish line. They discuss the limitations of rigid testing batteries, the value of individualized assessment, and the challenge of determining whether an athlete is prepared for
Why Athletes Pass Return-to-Sport Testing and Still Get Hurt (opens the original)
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An athlete completes a return-to-sport testing battery. Strength looks good. Hop testing looks good. Limb symmetry is above 90%. The athlete passes—and everyone assumes that means the athlete is ready. Then the athlete gets hurt again. In this solo episode, Lou Fullenkamp examines why passing return-to-sport testing does not guarantee safety. He breaks down the limitations of limb symmetry index, explains why the uninvolved limb can be an unreliable reference point, and explores what controlled
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