Dr Mitchell Selhorst continues his chat about spondylosis/spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis in adolescent athletes. After reviewing the who, why, and what in part 1, today’s episode is full of clinical pearls about rehabilitation and return to sport.
Dr Selhorst presents a 3-stage approach to rehabilitation, and shares how he thinks differently when planning rehabilitation for an acute vs. a chronic injury. Another big take-home message: how important it is to consider the psychological aspect of these injuries for youth athletes.
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RESOURCES
More on rehabilitation for spondylolysis in youth athletes: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7134351/
Micheli Functional Scale: https://pubmed.ncbi.nm.nih.gov/22382433/

Ep 136: Lateral elbow pain 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline, with Drs Ann Lucado and Joseph Day

The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy brings you the JOSPT Insights podcast every Monday. On each episode, experienced clinicians and researchers unpack musculoskeletal rehabilitation topics in under 30 minutes. Guests share clinical tips and research discoveries in musculoskeletal rehabilitation with host Dr Clare Ardern, Editor-in-Chief of JOSPT. Sports physical therapists Drs Chelsea Cooman, Dan Chapman and Marquis Sanabrais are frequent co-hosts.