Thoughts

PT CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASS

Karena and I went to a continuing education course held at the LAX Westin. In addition to hearing various surgeons and physical therapists speak on the spine, we were privileged to also hear USC football's Strength and Conditioning Coach Chris Carlisle. Since I'm a Bruin, I didn't care for him too much. But maybe, I'm still bitter over the way they killed us last week.

What was much more exciting and interesting (and most relevant for us as PTs working on patients) was having the Lakers' PT Alex McKenchnie give a talk and demonstration. He developed several exercises with resistive bands to improve an athlete's core strength. Afterwards, we spent about 15 minutes talking to him along. It was amazing to shake his hand and then have him use me to demonstrate some of his techniques and principles. Seriously, I could have listened to him talk all day.