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Essential Tools Built
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These tools are crafted by a DPT for other DPTs. Dr. H brings years of outpatient orthopaedic clinical experience — and the discipline forged through military service — to building resources that make physical therapy practice more effective and more efficient. This isn't generic content. It's built from the clinic floor, with the rigor of evidence-based practice and the perspective of a veteran who has lived the patient side of the equation. The mission: a stronger, more connected PT healthcare culture.

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Clinical Tools & Artifacts
A growing library of interactive assessment tools, calculators, and clinical decision aids — built for outpatient ortho DPTs and updated regularly as new tools are published to the community.
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The Sustaining Warfare podcast and newsletter — lessons learned from a veteran and physical therapist. Evidence-based, clinically grounded, and designed for practitioners who want to keep leveling up.
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4 years of active duty military service. A Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology with a minor in Chemistry. A Doctorate of Physical Therapy. Years of outpatient orthopaedic clinical experience. That's the foundation behind every tool, every newsletter issue, and every resource published here.

The Army taught me to think analytically — to break complex problems down, find the signal in the noise, and execute with precision. I bring that same discipline to physical therapy. The tools built here aren't guesswork. They're evidence-based, clinically grounded, and built by a DPT for DPTs.

The mission of Sustaining Warfare Community is simple: improve the physical therapy profession and change PT culture — one tool, one newsletter, one clinician at a time.

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Interactive clinical tools built by a DPT for DPTs. Select a category below to access the full assessment suite. New tools published regularly.

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Lower Extremity Bilateral Asymmetry
Choose any combination of tests — hop testing, isometric quad strength via Tindeq, Y-balance (anterior, medial, lateral), calf raise, and more. LSI scores and tiered clearance cards update live as you enter data.
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Upper Extremity Bilateral Asymmetry
Select any combination of UE tests — isometric IR/ER/elbow flexion, grip strength, CKCUEST, shot put for distance, Y-balance UQ, and posterior shoulder endurance. Bilateral LSI calculated live with asymmetry flagging.
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UE Bilateral Asymmetry

Select any combination of tests. LSI is calculated as lesser ÷ greater × 100. Asymmetry flagged at <90% for strength, <89% for functional tests.

Patient / Athlete Name
Date of Assessment
Dominant Hand
Involved Side
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// Lower Extremity Bilateral Asymmetry

LE Bilateral Asymmetry

Select any combination of tests below, then enter trial values. LSI scores and tiered clearance cards update live as you go.

Patient / Athlete Name
Date of Assessment
Bodyweight (lbs) optional — for Quad:BW
Involved Limb
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// Clinical Reference Library

Resources

Evidence-based clinical references, guides, and tools for DPTs. New resources added as they are published to the community.

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Knee Rehabilitation · Loading Progression
Color-Coded Exercise Loading Tiers for PT, QT, and PFJ
A two-page clinical reference table color-coding common knee exercises by load tier across three structures — patellar tendon (PT), quadriceps tendon (QT), and patellofemoral joint (PFJ). Covers walking through single-leg plyometrics with load indices where available. Designed for load management and return-to-sport progression.
Patellar Tendon Quad Tendon PFJ Load Progression Return to Sport
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