EBMP: Evidence Based Made Practical

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There is so much research giving us a multitude of ways to treat our patients. There is bound to be an article or two that can support any and every different approach out there- so how do we use the evidence without getting overwhelmed? 🤔

Understanding can guide you in choosing high quality of research like this article: a systematic review of glute muscle activation.📖

This study supports sidelying hip abduction, side bridge with hip abduction, and side stepping with a band at the ankles all as exercises with high MVIC on EMG studies for glute activation.📈

Always look at the quality of the study as well to ensure it’s something worth hanging your hat on 🧢

Why is this important? : when prescribing a plan of care- pick the exercises that you are shown to target the muscles you’re trying to strengthen the best! 1️⃣

Side note: If your patients can’t get into the positions- use your creativity to break the movement down and meet your patients in their capabilities vs changing paths altogether! 🦾

Try these out next time you patient needs some hip strength! 🦵🏼

Duh exercise is good for subacromial impingement but manual therapy can be helpful too! Are you confident in your manual skills?

✨Never stop seeking to diversify your knowledge✨

I keep coming across the topic of the dichotomized state of the PT profession. There are so many different “camps” ready to throw rocks at someone else’s tent because they have a different treatment approach. I think aggressive marketing on social media is to blame is some regard, but what if we decided to work together instead?

Personal experience speaks volumes about the stress related to fighting for a voice at the table when it comes to patient care. Interdisciplinary care outside of the inpatient/rehab world or specific programs built around working together for the patient benefit is a rarity. I constantly ponder why PTs continue to be seen as a secondary support in the medical field instead of medical providers who should be on the front lines of patient care.

I often land on the concept that we barely agree with each other in our own profession. How do we earn respect in the medical community if we continually bash each other within our own profession?

I hope that we can see that our wisdom only resides in the effort to continue to learn and listen. Listen to each other, challenge each other, embrace our differences as strength. If our common goal is to help the community thrive, our “camps” coming together will only give more ways for the people we serve to live fully.

Stop putting each other down to lift up your own biases as superior. We all have room to grow. I hope we can grow together.

Although we don’t personally love using tons and tons of passive treatments: sometimes a little tape can go a long way and give patients the feeling they’ve got an at home option for some quick pain relief and support. It’s not necessarily a bad tool in conjunction with loading the knee.

Atypical BPPV presentations are a whirlwind of fun! Interested in digging deeper into vestibular PT? DM me for one on one advanced learning opportunities!

Do you funnel well to an eval conclusion or do you gather a ton of information but left with no clear answer? We can help.