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Articles on the research behind our courses. Each post links to the course that earns contact hours on its topic, and to that course's podcast episodes.
Sports Medicine
5 min read · September 28, 2026
In a one-year prospective cohort of 911 adults, weekly running distance and two ankle measures were linked to new Achilles tendinopathy, and footfall pattern was not.
Orthopedics
6 min read · September 27, 2026
Two 2026 JOSPT Open papers describe the blood flow restriction protocol most often published after orthopedic surgery and compare it with heavy-load training after ACL reconstruction.
Women's and Pelvic Health
6 min read · September 27, 2026
A 12-week postpartum trial of hypopressive exercise and a twelve-year follow-up of pelvic floor muscle training versus sling surgery, read side by side for what each shows about lasting benefit.
Pain Management
5 min read · September 27, 2026
A 2025 randomized trial found active and passive multimodal physical therapy comparable for pain and mood in chronic neck pain, with the active program ahead on fear of movement and pain modulation.
Geriatrics
5 min read · September 27, 2026
The APTA Geriatrics guideline on fall risk in community-dwelling adults 65 and over names multicomponent exercise with progressive, challenging balance training as the most important intervention.
Orthopedics
6 min read · September 27, 2026
A 2026 multidisciplinary guideline for acute low back pain puts self-care first and lists exercise-based physical therapy among its strong recommendations for patients who do not improve.
Pain Management
5 min read · September 27, 2026
Cavaggion and colleagues found no clear difference between exercising into pain and pain-free exercise for chronic rotator cuff-related shoulder pain through six months.
Orthopedics
5 min read · September 27, 2026
In a 2024 meta-analysis of nine trials, open kinetic chain exercise was associated with better quadriceps strength after ACL injury and no added knee laxity, on very low to low certainty evidence.
Neurology
5 min read · September 27, 2026
Two 2025 network meta-analyses ranked exercise for Parkinson's disease, and the approach that ranked first changed with the outcome each team measured.
Orthopedics
4 min read · September 27, 2026
A 2026 systematic review found three randomized trials of knee osteoarthritis prevention; one lifestyle program showed promise for women with overweight.
Orthopedics
5 min read · September 27, 2026
A cadaver study compared two taught landmark methods for needling the gluteus medius tendon insertion, and one reached the target in 9 of 10 hips.