HIDEF PHYSICAL THERAPY BLOG

When recovering from an injury or surgery, knowing whether your muscles have truly regained full strength is crucial. Many physical therapy clinics rely on manual muscle testing, which often leaves therapists guessing about a patient’s actual recovery status. This guesswork can lead to premature return to activity or prolonged rehabilitation. The solution lies in strength testing through dynamometry , a precise and objective method that measures muscle strength accurately. Th

Listen, I am not saying I won't use backward walking for rehab. What I am saying is that it won't be the fix all for your knee. I have been treating knee pain for over10 years now and have not once seen someone resolve their knee pain from walking backward. Why Backward Walking Doesn't Really Work You may say, "well, I started walking backward and my pain went away". To that I would ask, did you stop doing everything else? Are you still doing everything you want to be doing a

Discover the 3 unbreakable laws of Physical Therapy. Apply First Principles Thinking to stop guessing and master the science of true injury recovery.