Mike Reiman

@crburgi @clare_ardern @JmagillPT et al

Burgi et al. (2019) on ACL Return-to-Sport Criteria Practitioners must move away from time-only protocols toward criterion-based batteries that include validated measures of activity, psychological readiness, and sport-specific participation. Are we better 7 years later?

69% of female athletes return to sport after ACL reconstruction, with an average return time of 10.5 months. However, these pooled estimates should be interpreted cautiously given the substantial heterogeneity across studies and evidence of publication bias.

Link pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41710220/

Systematic narrative review on decision for pediatric ACL management Open access-link in comment

Zheng et al. provide a comprehensive framework for addressing the psychological barriers that often prevent athletes from RTS post surgery-requires a biopsychosocial approach that integrates pain management, cognitive correction, & supervised functional training. Thoughts?

Study sportperfsci.com/wp-content/upl…

Swiss Ball Jump: A Proof of Concept Better than bands? Cool study The SBJ is a simple, cost-effective, and highly reliable tool for athletes needing to target the high-velocity portion of the force-velocity spectrum. Vacher et al. 2026 (SPSR - 2026) @jb_morin (author & video)

Definite limitations w study, but love the approach. Save visits for high end rehab Supervised encounters in the later stages of recovery—where the focus shifts to high-load strength, impact training, and agility—are strongly associated with superior RTS test performance

HIIT is superior to MVICT for improving maximal aerobic and anaerobic capacities, but the modalities yield comparable results for submaximal markers and performance Context-dependent; practitioners should prioritize individualized strategies

EU—US meniscus rehab consensus jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jo…

@LambdaStrength Appreciate the work the authors put into the update. Worth a deep dive read.

Great breakdown of the updated ACSM position stand. The distinction between strength, hypertrophy, and power prescriptions is something most people in the gym blur together. The intensity recommendations are what stand out to me. Heavy loads above 80% 1RM for maximal strength, variable loading for hypertrophy, and moderate loads with speed emphasis for power. Most general fitness programs try to do all three at once and end up optimizing none of them. Periodizing these goals separately usually gets better results for most lifters.

The 2026 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Position Stand (Currier BS, et al) provides a comprehensive update to the 2009 guidelines on resistance training (RT) for healthy adults Utilizing an umbrella review methodology, synthesized data from 137 systematic reviews

If you are longing for a simpler time that is now gone forever, this video will likely hit HARD… 🥲

@DocBottsNY Topic is Achilles tendon repair…definitely more work needed here

@MikeReiman Nice inforgraphic. More studies on tendinopathy are needed. But picture = metabolism has a lot to do with why your tendons aren’t healing! ❤️‍🩹

Busà et al. 2026 provides a critical examination of the current lack of standardized protocols for clearing athletes to return to sport (RTS) following an Achilles tendon (AT) repair.

The long road back from #achillestendonrepair

They returned to sport — But, did they return to performance? — Return to sport literature is littered with messy definitions, lack of clarity, and ambiguity. — We need to look for return to performance #injury #athlete #rehab #returntosport

Post-Achilles tendon repair return to sport rates — Would you be satisfied with such rates? — What are some potential reasons for such rates? — Check out tomorrow’s post to see what the literature says #injury #athlete #rehab #returntosport

Achilles Tendon Tear and Subsequent Repair  Matsumae Y, et al. 2024; Miyamoto W, et al. 2017; Eliasson P, et al. 2018; Grassi A, et al. 2020; Mansfield K, et al. 2022; Saggar R, et al. 2025; Saxena A, et al. 2022; Brumann M, et al. 2010; Busà MF, et al. 2026 #achilles #injury