A former patient who loves soft tissue work was having it done for some "wrist tightness." She saw Erson years ago, and kept lamenting she wanted the "Old Erson Back." But was it wrist tightness, or something else? This was definitely a case of active strategies working over passive. What do you think? Have you ever had a former patient come back who subscribes to a treatment or assessment you no longer use?

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How do you know the difference between inhibition and weakness when someone tests weak? If any kind of reset automagically and dramatically improves a manual muscle test from a 1/5 to 4/5, it's inhibition. You can't rapidly cause hypertrophy! Listen to this case and let us know what you think.

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Ah, youth is wasted on the young, am I right? What Erson thought would be a home run case ended up being difficult for a number of reasons. What would you have done in this case?

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Grip strength, it's kind of a big deal.

Here are some of the associations a recent study found with grip strength:

• Higher handgrip values at baseline were associated with a minor reduction in mortality risk in the general population; cardiovascular death in mixed populations (e.g., diabetes, general, and other conditions), and incidence of disability.
• Chair rise performance over time has suggestive evidence
• Five other outcomes (walking speed, inability to balance, hospital admissions, cardiac death, and mortality in those with chronic kidney disease) have weak evidence.
• Two associations were found to be nonsignificant (incident hip fracture and cancer mortality).

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Two big points: While grip strength can help with many tasks (e.g. carrying objects) build grip strength will not reduce all-cause mortality, rather, grip strength is a marker of overall strength and health.

Grip strength should be routinely included in patient assessments.

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