Physio Research

26/07/2025

25/07/2025

💡 Sling on the knee with knee flexion sling-bridge exercise can be recommended to selectively facilitate the muscle activity of gluteus maximus and improve the ratio of gluteus maximus/biceps femoris muscle activity without an increase in VAS and RPE in individuals with NSLBP.

👉🏻 This is from the new paper "Effects of sling location and knee posture on gluteus maximus, biceps femoris, and multifidus activity during sling bridge in subjects with non-specific lower back pain" by Bae et al 2025

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24/07/2025

🦵 Struggling to create an effective rehab program for patients with Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome?

💡 Learn the rationale behind each exercise and consider incorporating them into your own practice.

⬇️ Read this blog now: https://www.physio-network.com/blog/exercises-for-medial-tibial-stress-syndrome-aka-shin-splints-2/

24/07/2025

🤕 Chronic headaches are tough — especially when they just won’t go away.

💪 Could neck and shoulder training be the missing piece?

📚 This Research Review by Dr. Julia Treleaven breaks down a randomized controlled trial exploring how targeted exercise affects headache frequency in women.

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💡 Discover what works — and what doesn’t — when treating chronic headaches with exercise:

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23/07/2025

💡 Osteoarthritis (OA) commonly leads to chronic pain, and as OA pain becomes clinically apparent over time, brain adaptations to the disease have the potential to shape the characteristics and experience of pain.

👉🏻 This is from the new paper "The causal role of brain circuits in osteoarthritis pain" by Barroso et al 2025

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23/07/2025

✋ Know how to assess the scapholunate ligament?

If not — you’re missing a critical step in wrist injury diagnosis.

In this hands-on Practical, Dr. Ian Gatt (combat sports physio and upper limb expert) walks you through:
🧠 Key clinical tests
🔍 How to spot subtle signs of instability
💡 What to do when you suspect a rupture

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23/07/2025

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22/07/2025

🤔 What interventions do you use to treat Frozen Shoulder?

😕 It's difficult to know what intervention to use given the variety of options available including injections, manual therapy, exercise and surgery.

😍 Find out what the optimal treatment for Frozen Shoulder is in this excellent blog by Jared Powell

🔗 Read this blog now: https://www.physio-network.com/blog/june-literature-review-frozen-shoulder-how-do-we-treat-it/

22/07/2025

22/07/2025

🦵 Cross Bracing for ACL Healing — What Does It Actually Look Like Week by Week?

👀 If you’re curious how this emerging protocol is structured — here’s your cheat sheet.

From 0–90° ROM restrictions to loaded plyos by Week 12, this case study gives you the full roadmap.

💡 In this real case, Geoff Ford shares:
✅ Weekly ROM & weight-bearing progressions
✅ Key exercises at each stage
✅ Clinical decision-making behind it all

🎥 Watch the full case now inside Case Studies

👉 https://physio.network/learn-cross-bracing

21/07/2025

💡 Improvements in pain catastrophizing and pain self-efficacy were strongly correlated with increased trunk velocity—but not trunk or lumbar ROM—in people with CLBP who were undergoing CFT. These findings are consistent with CFT that explicitly trains “nonprotective” spinal movement in conjunction with positively reframing pain cognitions.

👉🏻 This is from the new paper "Relationships Between Changes in Forward Bending, Pain Catastrophizing, and Pain Self-Efficacy During Cognitive Functional Therapy for People With Chronic Low Back Pain" by Chang et al 2025

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21/07/2025

📈 Think high EMG = better glute gains? Think again.

🧠 This study shows EMG activity doesn’t always match force output — so more activation doesn’t necessarily mean more strength.

⏰ No time to read the full paper?

✅ We’ve broken it down into a quick 5-minute read.

👋🏻 With a clear focus on the “so what?” — how it actually impacts your clinical practice.

🔗 https://physio.network/EMG-study