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Happy Holidays gents. Coming here to share a few papers I've been combing through related to programming and assessments of actual mechanical properties of tissues over time. As someone who doesn't see 100's of clients on a weekly basis as some may in a clinical setting, I've been trying to find ways to be more precise with reactive strength programming, and with getting smarter on the tools and techniques used for assessing actual tissue mechanical properties related to FRA findings. Most recently, I've spent some time combing through a few articles tied to achilles tendon ruptures, based on being frustrated with the writing in a CNN article and USA Today article that...to put it nicely....did not give people anything meaningful in terms of actual Calls to Action as to what they can do to try and better prepare their achilles to not reduce the risk of experiencing a rupture. Here are the articles:
Here are some relevant papers I've found interesting that I'm coming here to reference, in hopes of getting your professional take on the utility of things like Myotonometry on tendon stiffness assessments along with a manual approach like an FRA.
I haven't done my research on the realistic availability (whether for cost-effectivity reasons, or logistical...etc) of the tools used for Myotonometry, but suspect that this may also be away for them to sell a product they produce or that they have financial/business interest in, but that may actually not be all that useful by a practitioner in making programming decisions.
Any thoughts or experience with Myotonometry using this tool or other tools for getting a more quantitative data point of tissue mechanical properties over time in conjuction with FRA findings?
Thanks for any and all time as always, in advance!
Happy Holidays gents. Coming here to share a few papers I've been combing through related to programming and assessments of actual mechanical properties of tissues over time. As someone who doesn't see 100's of clients on a weekly basis as some may in a clinical setting, I've been trying to find ways to be more precise with reactive strength programming, and with getting smarter on the tools and techniques used for assessing actual tissue mechanical properties related to FRA findings. Most recently, I've spent some time combing through a few articles tied to achilles tendon ruptures, based on being frustrated with the writing in a CNN article and USA Today article that...to put it nicely....did not give people anything meaningful in terms of actual Calls to Action as to what they can do to try and better prepare their achilles to not reduce the risk of experiencing a rupture. Here are the articles:
1. CNN (DEC 2025): https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/health/achilles-tendon-injuries-wellness
2. USA Today (NOV 2025): https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2025/11/07/achilles-tendon-injuries-nba-causes-theories-prevention/87126031007/
Here are some relevant papers I've found interesting that I'm coming here to reference, in hopes of getting your professional take on the utility of things like Myotonometry on tendon stiffness assessments along with a manual approach like an FRA.
1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12015874/pdf/jfmk-10-00112.pdf
2. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9778993/pdf/ijerph-19-17017.pdf
3. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7047478/pdf/bmjsem-2019-000726.pdf
I haven't done my research on the realistic availability (whether for cost-effectivity reasons, or logistical...etc) of the tools used for Myotonometry, but suspect that this may also be away for them to sell a product they produce or that they have financial/business interest in, but that may actually not be all that useful by a practitioner in making programming decisions.
Any thoughts or experience with Myotonometry using this tool or other tools for getting a more quantitative data point of tissue mechanical properties over time in conjuction with FRA findings?
Thanks for any and all time as always, in advance!