Answering Your Frequently-Asked Sports Performance Questions with Mike St. George PT, DPT and Ryan Stahl PT, DPT
Season 3, Episode 11 | Podcast #47
This is Part 2 of the Return to Sport podcast with Jersey Duo. In part 1, we discussed approaches for assessment, treatment, and what happens after treatment to reduce the risk of injury. In this episode, we will be getting answers to some quick-hitter sports medicine questions that we get in the clinic all the time. Whether it be from our patients or PT students or new PT grads.
Mike St. George has his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of the Sciences located in the heart of West Philly. Mike is the Clinic Director at Ivy Rehab in Warminster, Pennsylvania. Mike has 10+ years of experience with areas of expertise in sports performance, return to sport, runners, endurance athletes, and hand injuries. He is trained in the Functional Movement Systems Philosophy including the FMS or Functional Movement Screening, SFMA or Selective Functional Movement Assessment, and FCS or Functional Capacity Screening. He has authored several articles Endurlite.com is the Co-Host of “The Coach Hos Podcast” and is a competitive Spartan Race athlete himself.
Ryan Stahl earned his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Arcadia University just outside of Philly in Glenside PA. He underwent residency training and achieved his Board Specialization in Orthopedics in 2020. He has been published in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy for Return to Sport Protocol following Nonoperative Ulnar Collateral ligament Tear in Fighting Athletes, and in The Journal of Scientific Research for Nutrition Considerations in Enhancing Patient Outcomes. He currently serves as Sports Performance Director for the Ivy Rehab Network, and currently treats in Cherry Hill New Jersey.
In this episode, we cover:
2:22 BFR or blood flow restriction training? Does it work? For what patient population?
4:20 #1 cause of biomechanical failure of ACLs
4:45 #1 reason why ACL reconstruction fails
5:10 Most preventable sports-related overuse injury
6:20 Top 3 courses every PT interested in sports medicine should take
6:45 The Kaehler core
9:15 One piece of equipment every sports-based PT clinic should have
10:50 Yes or no to Force Plates?
11:15 Ice or Heat?
12:00 Opinions on Cryotherapy
12:23 Opinion on Isokinetic Testing and what it is.
14:30 must-follow accounts on Instagram
Lenny Macrina MSPT, CSCS
ThePrehabguys
18:00 One Book you would recommend
Jacko Willink Extreme Ownership
The Mulligan Concept of Manual Therapy: Textbook of Techniques
20:11 Accept and understand that you need to take in information and evolve your practice. You can’t keep doing the same thing.
22:20 Develop an understanding of your child and know what they really need physically and mentally.
23:00 Advice to new grads and new physical therapists.
“Your rehabilitation profession should be able to answer why they are doing certain things”
24:30 Advice to parents of athletes
“It’s okay to say no”
“It’s okay to ask questions”
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