Clinical Athlete

Redefining the standard of healthcare, human performance, and health. ClinicalAthlete x Level Up Initiative

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A fully virtual community for driven clinicians seeking the guidance, resources, and meaningful discussions necessary to help them realize their potential and provide care that they are damn proud of.
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P.S.
This is exactly the type of content we cover in our ClinicalAthlete Exercise Foundations - helping you build a reliable process for your exercise prescription. Enrollment for August is open now, so hit that *link* if you’re ready.

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So, you’re going to build an exercise-based rehab program for someone. You have a rough idea of the things you want to address, but are having trouble with where to start.

So, what informs your Entry Points?

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Stay flexible friends. The first version of your client’s exercise program isn’t supposed to be perfect.

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Note # 2: There are no right or wrong answers.
Don’t feel dirty if there are instances when you would intervene someone’s lifting technique. We are genuinely curious to hear different thought processes.

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Question for the Community:

If an athlete presents with “less than textbook” lifting technique, what is your process for deciding if or when to intervene?

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Note # 1: “Less than textbook” is purposely ambiguous.
Define it against your own mental model of lifting technique.

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Don’t know who needs to hear this, but your patient probably doesn’t need the 5 new exercises you just saw on social media.

The one you gave them is still working just fine.

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Unpopular Opinion: Slapping more weight on the bar is not synonymous with “progressive overload”.

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“Technical skills help you become a competent clinician, but communication skills help you become a transformative clinician.”

Agree? Disagree?

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“We have pathologized normal, and our patients are paying the price” - @GregLehman

What are your thoughts about this perspective? Agree? Disagree?

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We will be providing examples of these ‘big rocks’ soon.

For now, ask yourself, what principles guide my practice?

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Managing Uncertainty in Clinical Practice is difficult.

Here’s a tip:

*Create Your Own Clinical Process Framework*

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What’s included in your framework will depend on what you feel are the ‘big rocks’ of the rehab or training process.