Top 5 Blog Posts of 2017

Happy New Year Everyone! I have been on vacation for most of the holidays, out of town, so this post is a few days late, but better late than never! As usual, we had a ton of great blog posts from The MMT Team. Here are the Top 5 MMT Blog Posts of 2017 in case you missed them.

5) A Novel Mobilization for Frozen Shoulder

• most manual therapists (myself included a long time ago) just beat the tar out of frozen shoulders
• you can't rush true tissue extensibility/length changes any more than you can rush hypertrophy
• try this Novel Mobilization for a pain free tone reduction which enables the patient to move in a greater range threat free

4) A Novel Technique to Improve Lumbar Lateral Shifts

• this technique could be a good starter for lateral shifts that are too painful to accept load
• I used it successfully on an ipsilateral lumbar lateral shift with pain below the knee, normally having very poor prognosis
• I've since used it as the LCAP - Lateral Chain Arm Pull Test to quantify single limb stance stability and lateral chain strength

3) 5 Things That Should Be Retired From the PT Profession

• Dr. Dennis Treubig, star MMT Blogger and inventor of The Knee Terminator as usual dominates our Top posts of the year
• do you agree or disagree with his list items?

2) Why I Hate the Prone Knee Stretch and What You Should Use Instead

• it's a build up to why The Knee Terminator is a no-brainer for your post op knee patients, but as such, it was still very close to the top post of the year!
• honestly, if you use the prone knee stretch for LLLD stretching, you're somewhat of a sadist

1) Pain Free Subscapularis Inhibition

• this used to be one of my favorite go to pin and stretch type techniques; I used to hammer away at it until motion improved
• this variation gets the same results, but is much faster and is pain free

Thanks to everyone for your comments, questions, shares and support! Live Q&A/mentoring is coming to MMT Premium in 2018 (along with a price hike so now is the time to join before that happens!) See you in the new year, and check out our 2018 Eclectic Approach course schedule here!

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