How do we know a treatment is actually helping—and what should we do when someone feels better in the office, but the same pain keeps coming back?
Jeff Moyer, founder and performance coach at DC Sports Training, joins me to work through those questions. We start with a conversation about uneven hips and leg-length discrepancies, then get into how much confidence we should put in what we see, feel, and measure during an assessment.
We talk about manual muscle testing, imaging, repeatable measurements, and why we both want more information before building a treatment plan around a single finding. Jeff explains how he approaches posturology, including his use of sensory assessments and insoles, while I push on the questions that come up for me in the clinic.
We also discuss when to treat the painful area, when to step back and look at the bigger picture, and how to explain that shift to a patient or athlete. It’s an honest conversation about clinical reasoning, the limits of our tools, and staying willing to change the plan when the results aren’t sticking.