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Check out my new video on improving shoulder mobility and overhead reach! #ChadGOrthoOT

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🚨 INSTAGRAM LIVE: Ask An Orthopedic OT❗️

🔔 Tap here to select “Remind Me” for the LIVE:
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🎓 Are you an OT student, rehab student, or clinician with questions about orthopedic practice, career paths, confidence, evaluations, treatment ideas, social media, private practice, or outpatient orthopedics?

I’ll be going LIVE on Instagram to answer questions and discuss topics such as:

🎓 OT / Rehab Student Questions
• Orthopedic OT career paths
• Building confidence with evaluations & treatment
• Continuing education recommendations
• Manual therapy interests
• Getting into outpatient orthopedics
• Fieldwork experiences
• Job searching & interviewing
• Transitioning from student to clinician
• Mentorship and professional growth
• Social media, content creation, and building an educational platform
• Private practice and creating educational businesses

📈 A little about me:

I currently have the largest Orthopedic OT YouTube channel in the world with over 100,000 subscribers, and my educational content across platforms reaches millions of views each month.

I’m passionate about helping students, clinicians, and rehab professionals grow in orthopedic rehabilitation, confidence, clinical reasoning, and professional development.

👇 Drop your questions below, DM me beforehand, or ask them LIVE during the session!

🗓️ Date: 5-26-26
🕖 Time (CST): 7 PM
📍 LIVE on Instagram:
@ChadG_Ortho_OT

Join me over on Instagram, ask questions, and be part of the conversation! I’m looking forward to talking Orthopedic OT, rehab, private practice, social media growth, and helping students and clinicians navigate the profession 🙏🏼

Be sure to follow and stay connected for future LIVE sessions, orthopedic OT education, and rehab content.

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2 days ago | [YT] | 15

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❓What Is Your WHY?

Your WHY is the reason you keep showing up when you’re tired.The reason you continue learning.The reason you push through setbacks.The reason you stay consistent even when progress feels slow.

For some people, their WHY may be:

👨‍👩‍👦 Family💙 Helping others📚 Education & growth🏥 Improving patient outcomes💪 Health & longevity🙏 Faith🚀 Building something bigger than themselves🎓 Becoming the clinician they once needed🔥 Leaving a legacy
Your WHY doesn’t have to impress anyone else.
It only has to matter enough to YOU that it keeps you moving forward when motivation fades.
Purpose often outlasts motivation.
I’m curious…

👇 What is YOUR WHY?



#ChadGOrthoOT

3 days ago | [YT] | 18

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Check out my video on Golfer’s Elbow. Some easy tips that your patients can perform both in clinic and at home! Thanks for watching! #ChadGOrthoOT

1 week ago | [YT] | 2

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I am thinking of trying a live next week for a Q and A ! Would anyone be interested ? I have never went live on YouTube so I may have a learning curve.

1 week ago | [YT] | 2

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The Straight Leg Raise Test

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1 week ago | [YT] | 2

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The uppercut test checking for possible bicep or labral pathology. #ChadGOrthoOT

1 week ago | [YT] | 1

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Shoulder Impingement or subacromial pain syndrome. ​⁠Thank you for watching! ‪@ChadGOrthoOT‬

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 4

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💥 Snapping Biceps Tendon Syndrome (Shoulder)

Do you feel a clicking, snapping, popping, or shifting sensation in the front of the shoulder during lifting, reaching, rotation, or overhead movement?

You may be dealing with irritation or instability of the long head of the biceps tendon.

🧠 What Happens?

The long head of the biceps tendon normally sits within the bicipital groove of the humerus. If the stabilizing tissues become irritated, weak, torn, or overloaded, the tendon can partially shift or “snap” during shoulder movement.

⚠️ Common Causes

✔️ Repetitive overhead activity
✔️ Rotator cuff weakness or dysfunction
✔️ Subscapularis injury
✔️ Poor shoulder stability
✔️ Heavy lifting or repetitive pulling
✔️ SLAP lesions/labral irritation
✔️ Tendinopathy or inflammation of the biceps tendon
✔️ Shoulder instability or hypermobility

🚨 Common Symptoms

🔹 Snapping or popping in the front of the shoulder
🔹 Pain in the bicipital groove region
🔹 Pain with reaching overhead
🔹 Weakness with lifting or carrying
🔹 Pain with resisted elbow flexion or supination
🔹 Clicking during shoulder rotation
🔹 Discomfort sleeping on the affected side

🛠️ Rehab Often Focuses On

✔️ Rotator cuff strengthening
✔️ Scapular stabilization
✔️ Shoulder isometrics
✔️ Activity modification
✔️ Gradual tendon loading
✔️ Mobility work for the shoulder and thoracic spine
✔️ Manual therapy and therapeutic modalities as clinically indicated

⚠️ Important:
Avoid repeatedly forcing painful snapping or aggressive overhead loading early in rehab.

If symptoms persist, worsen, or significant instability is present, evaluation by a qualified medical professional is recommended.

This is not medical advice. For educational purposes only.

#ChadGOrthoOT #ShoulderPain #BicepsTendon #OrthopedicOT #ManualTherapy

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

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Any topics you guys want me to cover in my videos? Thanks for the suggestions!

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