In Zhu, et al. "Conservative therapy versus arthroscopic surgery of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI): a systematic review and meta-analysis" researchers use statistical tricks to make surgery for femoroacetabular impingement seem better than nonsurgical treatment. When you look closer, however, you'll discover that the paper is built on shoddy statistical analysis and fundamental mistakes that the researchers and the journal editors should have caught. Multiple quality problems plague this paper, and neither the researchers, peer reviewers, or editors caught any of these egregious errors.

Orthopedic surgeons claim that arthroscopic hip surgery will protect your hip joint from further damage. A 2021 paper showed that hip surgery to fix hip impingement actually resulted in worsening of the hip cartilage compared to patients who did not get surgery.

When surgeons tell you that they are confident in the effectiveness of their treatments, it's important to look for evidence. Multiple studies that have compared popular orthopedic surgeries to sham surgeries have shown that real and placebo surgeries have similar effects. The only downside? Real surgeries have REAL risks.

In this video you'll learn how to strengthen your hip flexors safely. You'll improve your hip flexion with two exercises to strengthen your hip flexor muscles. One exercise will activate your hip flexors in a shortened position. The second hip flexor exercise will strengthen them in a lengthened position. You'll also learn regressions and progressions for both hip flexor strength exercises.

Learn how to gauge the right level of effort to strengthen your hip flexors. Learn how to feel different levels of intensity so you build strength and stay injury free while strengthening your hip flexors.

Boris' squat like Slav video is amazing. Matt Hsu watches the video and shares his thoughts and reactions.

If you're suffering from knee pain, don't relax! In this video, I'm sharing with you the wrong answer for knee pain– a common mistake that can cause more pain and suffering. Knee pain can be a frustrating and debilitating condition, and the wrong answer for knee pain is to relax and do nothing. This is the wrong answer because knee pain can be caused by several factors, and the only way to find out what's causing your pain is to get relief from it. In this video, I'm sharing with you the right answer for knee pain– a strategy that will help you find relief and reduce the pain you're experiencing.

The vastus medialis oblique (VMO) is a small knee muscle right near the knee joint. Doctors and physiotherapists often claim that you cannot train the VMO directly. They are WRONG. To train the VMO directly, you need to work the knee into deep flexion and then extend the knees by a few degrees. The VMO gets stronger when you extend the knee from a deeply flexed position. This video shows you multiple progressions and regressions for VMO strengthening.

This video will help you feel warm and fuzzy when you're feeling frustrated. If you have chronic pain and are struggling with frustration, you'll find some motivation from these stories.

Before you allow someone to try hip distraction on you, watch this video. Hip distraction is something doctors, physical therapists, personal trainers, and massage therapists may try on you. Make sure you understand what they're doing before you let someone try to fix your hip pain with hip distraction.