THE BLOG
Insights on sports physical therapy, injury rehab, and performance training from the Athletic Potential PT team.
Your Muscles Fail Before Your UCL Does: The Deep Science of Tommy John
The UCL doesn't blow out in isolation. It fails when the muscles protecting it can no longer do their job — whether they yield from fatigue or lock from damage. Here's exactly what happens inside the elbow, pitch by pitch.
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The Ankle Sprain You're Still Paying For
A 'minor' ankle sprain is also a brain injury, a muscle inhibition problem, and the starting gun for osteoarthritis. The standard of care makes it worse.
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Dead Arm in Baseball: Four Causes, One Nobody Catches
"Dead arm" is not one thing. It's four different problems — and the most underdiagnosed one is caused by a coaching cue every pitcher has heard.
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Why Your Hamstring Keeps Coming Back
You strained your hamstring. You rested. You stretched. It came back. Standard rehab misses the three mechanisms that actually drive recurrence.
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Better Mechanics Won't Save Your UCL: Here's Why
"Fix his mechanics" is baseball's most common advice, and a logical fallacy. The research says tissue capacity and workload are what actually matter.
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ACL Rehab Timeline: What Athletes Need to Know
Most ACL timelines are based on the calendar. The research says that's wrong — and it's why 1 in 4 young athletes re-tear. Here's what actually matters.
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Why Data-Driven Throwing Rehab Gets Better Results
Hope is not a return-to-throw strategy. Feel-based rehab ignores the metrics that predict re-injury. Here is what data-driven rehab actually tracks.
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Cash-Based PT vs Insurance PT: What's the Difference?
The difference isn't time or price. It's a broken system vs. one that works. Here's the research behind why we practice outside of insurance.
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