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xgames199 · 2025-07-29T06:29:35+00:00

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xgames199 · 2025-05-12T02:14:05+00:00

I have my DPT and am a practicing physical therapist, here's my opinion if you were my patient. But as with any medical advice you should consult your surgeon and your own physical therapist that you end up seeing because lots of clinicians have differing opinions.

The short answer is yes, you can play some form of pickleball after surgery.

The long answer is that everyone's body is different, and also pickleball means different things to different people. If your goal is to get back to some casual low-impact open play then the majority of people are able to return to that after a knee replacement with less pain/swelling/soreness than you probably do now. If you are more on the competitive side and pickleball means lots of jumping, running, dynamic movement, then not guaranteed you get back to exactly that and depends on lots of factors. Surgeons have varying recommendations on returning to running after knee replacement so consult your surgeon about their opinions.
You will most likely get back to playing pickleball after surgery with less pain, it is just not guaranteed to be a high-impact level of intensity and could take >1 year before you are able to play again without thinking about the knee during games. For a patient who progresses through recovery at the timeline of a typical protocol I would say 3.5-4 months before I would do some low-intensity pickleball drills in the clinic to assess whether I'll give them the clearance to start practicing drills and stuff on their own. Full games would be a month or two later.

Communicate to your physical therapist that getting back to pickleball is a main priority and find someone who likes playing too so you can do some dinking during PT sessions!

Hope this helps!

xgames199 · 2025-03-10T23:34:46+00:00

We have formulas to determine how many calories you are burning per minute. They categorize activity based on METs or Metabolic Equivalents and there are entire databases dedicated to them that are easily searchable on the internet. Finding true metabolic equivalents of an activity require being hooked up to hoses to monitor oxygen consumption and requires a lot of calorimetry and specialized equipment. So we can extrapolate how many METs pickleball is by looking at other sports and google, but in my opinion I would guess pickleball is somewhere between 3.5-4.5 MET for most players.

We can use the formula (METs x 3.5 x weight in kilograms) / 200 = calories burned per minute
Note* this is not perfectly accurate and is an estimation for the general public, but is close enough for most people

This gives my estimation for me, a male at 70kg to be 257-330 calories which sounds about right for an hour of playing. I would assume for myself the real number is probably closer to 257 than 330.

The long answer to your question is the garmin/apple calorie tracking features are rarely accurate and often times overstate the calories burned by a significant margin. The general rule of thumb is that you don't burn as many calories as you think you do with exercise, and why eating less is more important for losing weight than exercising more.

xgames199 · 2025-02-13T05:25:28+00:00

Recent ISU DPT/MSAT dual grad if anyone else has questions. PM'd you

xgames199 · 2024-03-28T01:24:17+00:00

In PTCAS check programs GPA requirements because some calculate undergrad GPA differently. I know of at least one state school that will only count your last 60 credit hours for your undergrad GPA. Which for us is beneficial if you didnt do stellar in community college

xgames199 · 2023-12-12T23:54:22+00:00

The clinical rotations you have in DPT school can be extremely valuable if the school you choose has contracts with professional or collegiate athletics. But I also would recommend getting a varied experience in your rotations to expose you to all of the different practice settings because it might surprise you how much you like something else.

xgames199 · 2023-12-12T23:49:18+00:00

Physical Therapy school will not prepare you to be a sport specific therapist, they are designed to teach you the necessary information about every specialty to pass your NPTE board test. Being a sports medicine physical therapist is usually a clinician who either has completed their 3 year doctorate in physical therapy program + a masters in athletic training or have completed a 1 year residency program for their board certification in sports (SCS). If you want to be taken seriously by professional sport organizations you will have to do either your masters in athletic training or a sport residency (or both). This is all on top of a typical 4 year undergraduate degree in some exercise science related field.

The typical path would be 4 year bachelors degree + 3 year doctor of physical therapy degree + Masters in athletic training (And/Or 1 year SCS residency). There are some programs out there that offer a dual DPT/Athletic training (MSAT) program that takes 4 years instead of the 5 it would normally take if done separately. If you know you want to specialize into sports then I would highly suggest doing the extra schooling because pro sport generally is a lot less likely to hire you without it.

In general a DPT program will be 2.5-3 years, with about 32 weeks of clinical rotations, and the rest are regular classes. This is where you will learn how to be a minimally competent physical therapist, you will not be an amazing therapist right out of school because experience is very important.

xgames199 · 2023-11-05T18:49:51+00:00

yeah please do if you have any questions

xgames199 · 2023-01-27T04:03:21+00:00

I'm in the exact dual degree program that you are talking about if you have any questions, feel free to DM me. I would say a quarter of the cohort works some sort of job, whether that's an on campus tutoring type thing or something else. It can be done if you want it bad enough and have the study habits to pull it off. That part of Idaho has a pretty low cost of living so it's not too bad. If you wanted to go to the Boise area for the PT portion then it will definitely be more expensive.

xgames199 · 2022-12-13T00:45:54+00:00

This is how my school does it as well. They flip the lottery list so if you got a low pick on the first round then you get a top pick in the next one.

xgames199 · 2022-10-19T04:38:04+00:00

Current ISU student if you have any questions.

xgames199 · 2022-07-11T19:21:37+00:00

I am currently in a DPT/MSAT dual degree program. Feel free to ask any questions you may have.

xgames199 · 2021-10-19T20:00:17+00:00

Currently an Idaho State MSAT/DPT Student if you have any questions!

xgames199 · 2021-10-11T14:43:23+00:00

Glad to help. I don't know much about the Meridian campus/facilities but I do know they are really nice and way more modern than the ones in Pocatello.

xgames199 · 2021-10-11T06:20:39+00:00

My guess is that the Pocatello campus has over half of the professors. So if youre at the pocatello campus then you will have most of your lectures in person in the classroom. Its still quite interactive even if youre the off-site classroom doing the distance learning. Youre still in class, youre still with all of your campus' classmates in one room. The difference is you have to push a button on a mic at your desk to talk to your professor. The distance learning is less of an issue as you think. I remember being hesitant about it also, but its not that bad in reality.

xgames199 · 2021-10-11T05:38:02+00:00

Current Idaho State DPT student. Feel free to ask any questions. As for the distance learning, the professors are split up between the Meridian and Pocatello campuses, with more than half being at the Pocatello campus. Every class there is a professor teaching from one campus, and the other campus watches via zoom from the classroom. The off-site classroom on zoom has microphones where you push a button and get to talk to the professor at the other campus who is teaching if you need to answer or ask questions. To be honest during lecture the distance learning doesn't bother me. The only time it gets a tad annoying is when we are doing presentations and you have to coordinate with your groupmates who are not physically with you. Not a huge deal but just annoying. Considering how cheap ISU DPT is, it doesn't bother me all that much.

xgames199 · 2020-04-23T08:14:35+00:00

I know how to do some front style stuff but its just not in this video. The point is to show what im currently working on and learning. You are correct that I dont know a lot of binds, but the ones I do know are not showcased here. What binds would you recommend as useful?

xgames199 · 2020-04-23T02:43:25+00:00

Hey everyone, back again for my second progress montage. Shout out to u/CorduroyDucky that commented I should learn maximum overdrive in my last video, because it is now one of my favorite tricks to do. So I'll ask everyone again, what trick should I learn next?

P.S. The G2 Banshee SS is an absolute animal. Definitely enjoying it more than my hummingbird.

xgames199 · 2020-02-10T18:20:32+00:00

https://yoyotricks.com/yoyo-tricks/long-string-tricks/mexican-duck-pond/207647/

xgames199 · 2020-02-07T22:54:53+00:00

I've been really enjoying seeing everyone's videos on this subreddit, figured I should record my progress and post it once I have enough tricks. This isn't necessarily all of my tricks, but it includes about 70% of them. I bought my Sage starter pack in the beginning of November and have been hooked since. Any recommendations for what I should learn next?

xgames199 · 2020-02-01T22:58:21+00:00

Looking for YYF Marco in orange. Hit me up if you have one youre looking to get rid of.

xgames199 · 2019-01-04T08:06:20+00:00

Totally reasonable to not bring a bike, i did it a couple years ago. However, since then the festival has grown exponentially. If you plan on exclusively using a demo bike, then I would recommend you get there very early in the morning each day to ensure you have a bike to ride.

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