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A collection of 10 issues

PT Crab 🦀 Issue 136 - Let’s just call it spondy, okay?

I know, I know, there’s a big difference between spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, but if it’s so important, why did they call them basically the same thing? C’mon y’all. I have to go through a mental rubric of “lysis means breaking so listhesis must be the other

🦀 Issue 128 - It’s all in your head.

🦀 PT Crab Issue 67 - Hot CPGs and Wrong About Knees

🦀 PT Crab Issue 67 - Hot CPGs.

This week we have some hot hot hot drops from JOSPT who pumped out the 2021 revision to “Interventions for the Management of Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain”. Ryan Seacrest is expecting it to be on the Top 40 by the end of the week. If that’s not

🦀 Issue 49 - UI, Core, and Cobb

This week we’ve got two hot articles coming your way, one on core work for scoliosis and another about male incontinence. And if that doesn’t sound important, you should know that 69% of people rank incontinence as less desirable than death, so yea, it’s important. Our King

🦀 Issue 48 - Flex and Stab

Welcome to the long, hot summer everyone! Technically, summer starts next week but c’mon, it’s summer. Here’s a summer tip for you, especially those in medium to small towns: check out minor league baseball! It’s cheap (our Richmond Flying Squirrels are <$6 per game and the

Issue 12 Blue Crab Edition- Why You Should Be Checking BP and KT for Back Pain

Please Check Your Patient’s BPs. Here’s Why and How. The Gist - This exhortative article comes from PTJ and begs you to take a BP screening if you’re an outpatient therapist. The authors go through a ton of detail and arguments about why this is important and

Issue 10 Blue Crab Edition - Weird Tricks for Knees and Grammar's Effect on Pain

One Weird Trick to Reduce Knee Extensor Assymetry The Gist - I know, it sounds like clickbait, but it’s really not! This article from the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research presents a cool idea to equalize the work of each leg when reconditioning people with reconstructed ACLs. They

Issue 6 - Pro vs Joe Manips, A New Test for TKA Rehab, PFP Gait Training, and A New Approach to Goal Setting in LBP

Issue 5 - Back Manips, An App for Carpal Tunnel, Cupping for Neck Pain, and a Barefoot Case Study