
In golfers, low back pain is often followed by adductor pain, and the inner thigh is usually the link. Building adductor strength alongside hip rotation is how we address both.

A good foot or ankle surgery outcome depends on both an accurate decision about who needs surgery and the rehab that follows it, something Active Sports Therapy has seen firsthand working with Dr. Nick Strasser.

During a growth spurt, bones lengthen before muscles and tendons catch up, so the growth plates taking tendon pull get sore. That is Sever’s disease at the heel and Osgood Schlatter at the knee.

Some foot and ankle injuries can be watched and rehabbed, because they can still be addressed surgically later. Others need an accurate diagnosis within days, because delay can allow arthritis or lasting weakness.

A young soccer athlete in a growth spurt comes in tight and hurting. Dr. Jason explains the chicken or egg question behind it, and what Dr. Jordan is doing with the hip in this clip.

Swelling sets the ceiling on how far a joint moves and how much load it tolerates, which is why it is managed before the hard work and cooled again at the end of the session.

Dr. Dan Kelly says visual training is real work and can be overdosed, leaving an athlete exhausted through the visual system, ramped up at night and recovering poorly.

When an ankle still feels stiff months after a fracture, the joint itself is often not the reason. The real limiter is often tightness in the muscle and connective tissue around the ankle, or tension along the nerve running down the calf and shin, and the only way to know which one it is, is…

Chronic thickening of the ATFL is one of the most common findings on an ankle MRI, and on its own it does not mean the ankle is unstable. Dr. Nick Strasser said it shows up constantly, often on scans ordered for something else.