The E3 Rehab Podcast

Chris Hughen sat down with Eamonn Flanagan to discuss all things jump training. We dive into the different types of jumps, manipulating jump training characteristics, testing, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/5h6UIm9seSk 

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Part 1 with Eamonn

Eamonn's X

Eamonn's Sportsmith Profile

Eamonn's Instagram

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Chris Hughen sat down with Marc Surdyka to discuss ACL prehabilitation. We dive into the five priorities of Phase 1 of ACL prehab, including minimizing increases in pain and swelling, restoring knee extension and flexion, improving quadriceps function, and normalizing walking. We also highlight the priorities of Phase 2, non-operative management, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/xR1c8ew2BCY 

Episode Resources:

ACL Prehab Video

ACL Prehab Blog

Melbourne ACL Injury Decision Aid

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Chris Hughen sat down with Dermot Simpson to discuss his recent paper, "The Aspetar Hamstring Injury Rehabilitation Pathway." We dive into the initial exam, valuable clinical tests, training and rehab progressions, key milestones, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/qpjw-YL74SQ 

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Simpson, 2026

Wallace, 2026

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Chris Hughen sat down with Simon Wallace to discuss his recent paper, "The Aspetar Rectus Femoris Injury Rehabilitation Pathway." We dive into the initial exam, valuable clinical tests, training and rehab progressions, key milestones, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/lsmR-z3lJH8 

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Wallace, 2026

Simpson, 2026

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Chris Hughen sat down with Eamonn Flanagan to discuss all things plyometrics. We dive into the different strength qualities, extensive versus intensive plyos, progression methods, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/PNy0Qjck5VU 

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Eamonn's X

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Chris Hughen sat down with Jared Powell to discuss his recent paper, "Many Paths to Recovery: The Case for Treatment Pluralism." We discuss the similarities and differences between manual therapy and exercise, choosing your own path as a clinician, declaring your biases, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/RdgYRIfMCqI 

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Powell, 2026

Jared's Instagram

Jared's Website

Previous Episodes with Jared:

#57 - Abandoning Shoulder Impingement w/ Jared Powell

#144 - Rotator Cuff-Related Shoulder Pain w/ Jared Powell

#180 - Advice f...

Chris Hughen sat down with Peter Malliaras to discuss shockwave therapy and achilles tendinopathy. We dive into Peter's most recent systematic review and meta-analysis on this topic, navigating treatment options with patients, and much more. 

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/XN_77h_BrOo 

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Korakakis, 2026

Peter's Website

Peter's ResearchGate

Peter's Instagram

Peter's YouTube

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Chris Hughen sat down with Alison Grimaldi to discuss Gluteal Tendinopathy and Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome. We dive into common misconceptions and outdated beliefs, differential diagnosis, management options, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/zbLMJngoU4o 

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Grimaldi, 2025

Alison's Website

Alison's Instagram

Previous Episode with Alison

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Chris Hughen sat down with Q Willey, Alec Blenis, and Katie Dabrowski to discuss evidence-based practice. We dive into vetting influencers, shared decision-making, unpacking unhelpful beliefs, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/VulaoJXB6mE 

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Q's Instagram

Katie's Instagram

Alec's Instagram

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Chris Hughen sat down with Jie Deng to discuss all things Patellar Tendinopathy. We dive into the physical and imaging changes following a progressive tendon loading program, the long-term prognosis of patellar tendinopathy, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/nc8ymzmiLJY 

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Deng, 2024

Deng, 2025

Jie's Google Scholar

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Chris Hughen sat down with Wilfried Simon to discuss Piriformis Syndrome. We dive into common misconceptions and outdated beliefs, why Deep Gluteal Syndrome may be a more appropriate term, differential diagnosis, management options, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/AbwMTkz7JTk 

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Wilfried's Instagram

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Chris Hughen sat down with Aaron Kubal to discuss his pain and rehab mentorship, patient communication and education, analogies and metaphors, AI in rehab, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/UNiBtHOe5gA 

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Aaron's Instagram

Aaron's Pain and Rehab Mentorship

Previous Episodes with Aaron: #135 and #84

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Chris Hughen sat down with Brendan Butler to discuss his recent paper, "Do As I Say, Not As I Do": Clinician Return to Run Criteria, First Run Characteristics, and Running Assessment Analysis After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Compared to the Literature — Insights From an International ACL Rehabilitation Conference. We dive into the practical application of running criteria in the rehab process, progressing running sessions, addressing kinematic deficits, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/kVbyF9XcwFg 

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Butler, 2026

Fontenay, 2025

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Chris Hughen sat down with Steph Mundt to discuss knee chondral defects. We dive into Steph's own experience with a symptomatic knee chrondral defect, managing her own running and training around her symptoms, strategies and recommendations for others, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/G-wvZFUOmrA 

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Steph's Instagram

Previous Episodes with Steph: #168 and #206

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Chris Hughen sat down with Jake Tuura to discuss all things tendons. We dive into the purpose of tendons, tendon development, anatomy of a tendon and how they work, training considerations, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/YkJHJl0X3fY 

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Jake's Instagram

Jake's Podcast

Previous Episode with Jake

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Chris Hughen sat down with Benji Dutaillis to discuss his recent publication on jump testing during ACL rehab. We dive into the similarities and differences between different jump tests and jump metrics, minimizing redundancies, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/-nqZHYYF6CQ 

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Dutaillis, 2026

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Chris Hughen sat down with Lori Michener and Oscar Vila-Dieguez to discuss their recent paper on scapular dyskinesis. We dive into clinicians beliefs and their impact on identifying scapular dyskinesis, the rates of scapular dyskinesis in healthy populations, differential diagnosis and neuropathies, navigating patient beliefs, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/OGTEII_Jb2k 

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Vila-Dieguez, 2026

Vila-Dieguez, 2023

Vila-Dieguez, 2025

Dube, 2023

Previous podcast episodes with Lori: #15 and #68

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Chris Hughen sat down with Marc Surdyka to discuss how to improve five popular PT exercises, including bird dogs, BOSU ball squats, straight leg raises, doorway pec stretches, and posture exercises.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/q652CRRNl4k 

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Article

YouTube Video

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Chris Hughen sat down with Ben Steele-Turner to discuss all things osteoarthritis. We dive into nine common myths and misconceptions of osteoarthritis, including imaging findings and pain levels, exercise, weight management, wear and tear, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/NaNPP69FV3Q

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Ben's Instagram

Chris Hughen sat down with Kellen Cannon to discuss all things travel physical therapy. We dive into Kellen's decision to transition into travel PT, understanding contracts and compensation, negotiating contracts, managing student loans, the pros and cons of travel PT, the value of diverse career paths, and much more. 

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/AkrWIgByuic 

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Chris Hughen sat down with Q Willey and Katie Dabrowski to discuss low back pain. We dive into how we've managed our own episodes of low back pain, the value of social support, personalizing rehab, navigating patient experiences and emotions, normalizing pain, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/fzojUoRmVAk 

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Previous Roundtable with Q and Katie

Q's Instagram

Katie's Instagram

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Chris Hughen sat down with Brad Currier to discuss the new American College of Sports Medicine Position Stand, "Resistance Training Prescription for Muscle Function, Hypertrophy, and Physical Performance in Healthy Adults: An Overview of Reviews". We dive into the importance of evidence-based practice, key findings on strength, hypertrophy, and power development, individualization in training programs, the evolution of training recommendations, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/Nd9gn3N9fAw 

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Currier, 2026

Brad's Instagram

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Chris Hughen sat down with Megan Graham to discuss her recent publication, "Compensatory Movement Strategies during the Rearfoot Elevated Split Squat after ACL Reconstruction." We dive into inter- and intralimb compensations, constrained movement techniques, implications for clinical practice, and much more. 

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/7Jzmww3hDN8 

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Graham, 2026

Megan's Instagram

Megan's Previous E3 Episode

Q Willey Instagram Reel

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Chris Hughen sat down with Michael Battistone to discuss intellectual humility in musculoskeletal care and education. We dive into Michael's personal experience as a rheumatologist, the value of others' perspectives, balancing certainty and uncertainty, learning from failure, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/VgGUrL7yaBs 

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Battistone, 2026

Michael's ResearchGate

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Chris Hughen sat down with Chad Wesley Smith to discuss all things youth athlete strength and conditioning. We dive into the key components of developing youth athletes, progressing speed and change of direction qualities, weight room programming, refining training approaches over time, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/ZNEJH5lcIp0 

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Chad's Instagram

Juggernaut Website

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Chris Hughen sat down with Jose Afonso to discuss the role of warm-ups in injury prevention. We dive into the efficacy of warm-ups, the utility of injury prevention programs like the FIFA 11+, absolute vs. relative risk, questioning the use of cool-downs, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/cftULDyHYUc 

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Afonso, 2025

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Chris Hughen sat down with Dan John to discuss his reflections on strength and longevity. We dive into shark habits vs. pirate maps, the art of speaking and writing, core principles of coaching and training, keeping the goal the goal, and much more. 

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/F_ByCuNzcgc 

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Dan's Book

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Dan's YouTube

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Chris Hughen sat down with Jarod Hall to discuss vibes versus skill in clinical practice. We discuss how to create a positive clinic environment and culture, the importance of patient adherence, and much more. 

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Chris Hughen sat down with Marc Surdyka to discuss all things tennis elbow. We dive into the diagnosis of tennis elbow, the prognosis and natural history of the condition, recommended management strategies, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/rStn1HLUTYk 

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Practical / Resource Guides

E3 Rehab: Tennis Elbow YouTube Video

E3 Rehab: Tennis Elbow Article

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Chris Hughen sat down with Q Willey and Katie Dabrowksi to discuss movement assessments. We discuss the limitations of a purely biomechanical assessment, the importance of communication and a thorough subjective exam, understanding the continuum of rehab and training, movement optimism, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/g4Bb5l_9eOU 

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Q's Instagram

Katie's Instagram

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Chris Hughen sat down with Kevin McNamara to discuss his 10 principles of sports medicine and performance rehab. We talk about the value of a human-first approach to rehab, defining problems and aligning expectations, the importance of mutual responsibility, consistency over perfection, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/qAMTXkZ7mzA 

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Kevin's Instagram

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Chris Hughen sat down with Kelsey Collins to discuss osteoarthritis as a systemic disease. We dive into the traditional views on osteoarthritis, the role of systemic factors, adipose tissue and its influence on joint health, the importance of movement and activity, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/dm1kBmNxuUc 

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Collins, 2025

Kelsey's UCSF Lab for Musculoskeletal Crosstalk

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Chris Hughen sat down with Dan Cleather to discuss his new book, "The Practice of Change: The Art and Science of Training." We dive into the importance of consistency, principles over systems, understanding fatigue, creating a supportive learning environment, and much more. 

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/0C3e3bqynKo 

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Dan's Books

Dan's X

Dan's Instagram

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Chris Hughen sat down with Franco Impellizzeri to discuss risk factors in sports medicine. We dive into causal versus non-causal mechanisms, challenges in defining risk factors, the importance of transparency in research, the illusion of control in clinic practice, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/_-0yndWOf-w 

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Stovitz, 2025

Franco's ResearchGate

Franco's X

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Chris Hughen sat down with Payne Harrison to discuss recommendations for young clinicians. We dive into navigating burnout, strategies for continued learning, creating a sustainable work-life balance, acknowledging the unknowns, and much more.

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Chris Hughen sat down with Callum East to discuss avascular necrosis of the hip. We dive into Callum's mnemonic, STAIRS-P, for developing suspicion of hip avascular necrosis, differential diagnosis for hip pain, communicating imaging needs, management options, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/eE-1UpnQs8Q 

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Chris Hughen sat down with Shelbie Miller to discuss how to build a rehab training menu. We dive into the fundamentals of developing an exercise plan during rehab, key levers to pull, movement prescription examples for both lower- and upper-body rehab, and much more

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/5NUXUuw4GYM 

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Shelbie's Instagram

Rethinking Rehab Podcast

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Chris Hughen sat down with Justin Martino to discuss his recent BJSM editorial, "Reframing Exercise for Musculoskeletal Pain Relief." We dive into the role of specificity in exercise and pain relief, the allure and risks of certainty in treatment, the importance of attentive interaction, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/DXBQ5OFYVzw 

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Justin's Paper

Justin's Instagram

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Chris Hughen sat down with Marc Surdyka to discuss phase 3 of ACL rehab. We recap the priorities from phases 1 and 2, outline the new goals of phase 3, criteria for initiating running, plyometric progressions, building out a weekly plan, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/ebGwSt_omo8 

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YouTube Video: ACL Rehab Phase 3

Blog: ACL Rehab Phase 3

Previous Episodes:

#222 ACL Rehab Phase 1

#225 ACL Rehab Phase 2

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Chris Hughen sat down with Jim Eubanks to discuss prehabilitation for spine surgery. We dive into the components of a comprehensive prehab routine, psycholgical and physiological preparation for surgery, post-operative activity guidelines, and much more.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/OPbdh2ktml4 

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Previous Episode with Jim: #146 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Janssen, 2025

Eubanks, 2024

Eubanks, 2023

Jim's X / Twitter

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