The Right Exercise for the Wrong Person Is Still the Wrong Exercise
A systematic framework for exercise selection, progression, and execution in rehab and fitness
The Performance Practitioner
Dr. Tom Teter, The Performance Practitioner, is a chiropractor, educator, and creator of the Rehab to Fitness system, exploring evidence-based strategies to bridge rehab and performance, helping clinicians move people from pain to peak physical potential.
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How Soon Is Too Soon?
ACL re-injury rates, return-to-sport timelines, and what I think about Patrick Mahomes being back on the field at eight months
Lift Heavy Stuff, So That When You Lift Heavy Stuff, Heavy Stuff Is Not So Heavy
What a 74-year-old patient taught me about relative load, microprogression, and why your doctor is probably wrong about resistance training
Eliminating the Gap Between Rehab and Performance
Why "bridging the gap" isn't enough — and what a full continuum of care actually looks like
The Problem with Physical Therapy — Part 2
On licensing exams, educational gaps, and why exercise keeps getting treated as an afterthought
The Problem with Physical Therapy
Why passive interventions alone leave patients pain-free but not performance-ready — and what it means to put the physical back in rehab
Are We Doing Rehab the Wrong Way?
Why stopping at pain reduction leaves every patient half-rehabilitated — and what a full continuum of loading looks like
Why Collegiate Sports Medicine Is Broken
The four structural failures keeping athletic trainers from doing their jobs
The Goldilocks Zone of Loading
How to quantify load dosage during early rehabilitation when pain is your only — and worst — metric
What The Periodic Table Taught Me About Human Performance
How a governing framework finally gave load, intervention, monitoring, and recovery a shared grammar