If you're a physical therapist, chiropractor, or personal trainer struggling to know when and how to choose multi joint exercises, like the main barbell lifts, over single joint isolation therex, this episode is for you.

 

In this episode we discuss the benefits of starting at the top with our exercise selection (the main barbell lifts) instead of the bottom and why we feel therapists and coaches default to isolation or therapeutic exercises. We further discuss if there is a difference between training and rehab and how do we bridge the gap if there is.

 

In our discussion with Clinical Coach and Exercise Science profession, Dr. John Petrizzo, PT, CSCS, SSC, PRSCC, we have engaging and exciting discussions answering the following questions and much much more:

 

• Is the functional movement screening or other movement screening system contributing to false beliefs about the client's ability to perform higher level exercise?

• Do we need to spend time working on specific isolation exercises if the person has the functional prerequisite to perform the main squat, bench, deadlift, and overhead press or close variation thereof?
• How do we screen someone's ability to perform movement?
• Should we use isolation/therapeutic type and mobility exercises to address injuries or movement maladaptations in strong barbell trainees?
• Why is the single joint exercise/therex mentality so pervasive in physical therapy?
• What is the unspoken advantage of utilizing large multi joint barbell exercises into rehabilitation?
• In what situations would you try to start with a barbell or multi joint exercise and in what situations would you default to starting with isolation exercises?
• What are the biggest problems we see in the rehabilitation realm when it comes to exercise?
• What's the problem with "return to sport" or "discharged from PT?"
• Is there a difference between rehab and training?

 

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