Lucas Seehafer
@seehafer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | Physical Therapist | Sports Science | Kinesiology PhD | Views are my own.
From an NBA biomechanist.
If anyone claims to be able to predict sports injuries, they're selling snake oil. I'm confident we will never be able to do so.
If anyone claims to be able to predict sports injuries, they're selling snake oil. I'm confident we will never be able to do so.
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
From an NBA biomechanist.
If anyone claims to be able to predict sports injuries, they're selling snake oil. I'm confident we will never be able to do so.
If anyone claims to be able to predict sports injuries, they're selling snake oil. I'm confident we will never be able to do so.
Reposted by Lucas Seehafer
It's not an exaggeration to say that the reason the US doesn't have universal healthcare is because of the AMA.
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It's not an exaggeration to say that the reason the US doesn't have universal healthcare is because of the AMA.
Reposted by Lucas Seehafer
Have been really diving in American healthcare administration and policy lately. It's never not surprising the degree to which the state of the American healthcare and insurance industry can be explained by the influence of the American Medical Association, particularly in the 40-60s.
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Have been really diving in American healthcare administration and policy lately. It's never not surprising the degree to which the state of the American healthcare and insurance industry can be explained by the influence of the American Medical Association, particularly in the 40-60s.
Have been really diving in American healthcare administration and policy lately. It's never not surprising the degree to which the state of the American healthcare and insurance industry can be explained by the influence of the American Medical Association, particularly in the 40-60s.
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Have been really diving in American healthcare administration and policy lately. It's never not surprising the degree to which the state of the American healthcare and insurance industry can be explained by the influence of the American Medical Association, particularly in the 40-60s.
“Studies utilizing publicly obtained NHL health data are at risk of underreporting occurrence and misreporting the severity if they do not adjust or account for health event disclosure in their analyses.”
As in the NHL, so to in the WNBA.
As in the NHL, so to in the WNBA.
Injury Report: Undisclosed Health Events in the National Hockey League and Their Impact on Player Health Research - Adam M. Pinkoski, Leslie Ternes, J’Lyn Ramsankar, Mark Sommerfeldt, Dean T. Eurich, ...
Background: Teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) are mandated to publicly disclose health events (inclusive of injury and illness) that result in time loss...
journals.sagepub.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Studies utilizing publicly obtained NHL health data are at risk of underreporting occurrence and misreporting the severity if they do not adjust or account for health event disclosure in their analyses.”
As in the NHL, so to in the WNBA.
As in the NHL, so to in the WNBA.
Reposted by Lucas Seehafer
For @theixbasketball.bsky.social, @jacobmox.bsky.social and I dove into the condensed schedule, year-round play, and injuries in the WNBA:
What does the data say about WNBA injuries and scheduling? - The IX Basketball
Ways the current schedule has impacted injuries, and how that might get better or worse moving forward as CBA negotiations continue.
www.thenexthoops.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
For @theixbasketball.bsky.social, @jacobmox.bsky.social and I dove into the condensed schedule, year-round play, and injuries in the WNBA:
Reposted by Lucas Seehafer
Saw this post on LinkedIn and it perfectly encapsulates why downgrading physical therapy (and nursing, OT, PA, etc.) from a professional degree to a graduate degree is a huge deal.
Doing so won’t reduce student debt and will make the field accessible only to the economically wealthy.
Doing so won’t reduce student debt and will make the field accessible only to the economically wealthy.
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Saw this post on LinkedIn and it perfectly encapsulates why downgrading physical therapy (and nursing, OT, PA, etc.) from a professional degree to a graduate degree is a huge deal.
Doing so won’t reduce student debt and will make the field accessible only to the economically wealthy.
Doing so won’t reduce student debt and will make the field accessible only to the economically wealthy.
Core tennent of the ecological theory of motor learning and development. Practicing variability leads to improved in-game performance.
"As much as we’d love to prepare them for every situation before they face it, that’s not how the game works. The only sustainable path is teaching them the patterns underneath the play."
open.substack.com/pub/jrod2003...
open.substack.com/pub/jrod2003...
The Play Isn’t the Point: Navigating 1,512 Game States
In baseball, situational play is too important to treat like a checklist.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Core tennent of the ecological theory of motor learning and development. Practicing variability leads to improved in-game performance.
Saw this post on LinkedIn and it perfectly encapsulates why downgrading physical therapy (and nursing, OT, PA, etc.) from a professional degree to a graduate degree is a huge deal.
Doing so won’t reduce student debt and will make the field accessible only to the economically wealthy.
Doing so won’t reduce student debt and will make the field accessible only to the economically wealthy.
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Saw this post on LinkedIn and it perfectly encapsulates why downgrading physical therapy (and nursing, OT, PA, etc.) from a professional degree to a graduate degree is a huge deal.
Doing so won’t reduce student debt and will make the field accessible only to the economically wealthy.
Doing so won’t reduce student debt and will make the field accessible only to the economically wealthy.
Growing up, my grandma had a screened-in porch, so I totally get how he feels
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Growing up, my grandma had a screened-in porch, so I totally get how he feels
McCarthy's mechanics are a mess. Confidence is shot. And I love Max Brosmer but the Vikings dug themselves into an inescapable hole by having them as the 1-2.
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
McCarthy's mechanics are a mess. Confidence is shot. And I love Max Brosmer but the Vikings dug themselves into an inescapable hole by having them as the 1-2.
Happy there's a 25% chance the Lynx end today with the first overall pick day to those who celebrate
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Happy there's a 25% chance the Lynx end today with the first overall pick day to those who celebrate
a movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
a movie that takes place where you're from
When I was a young boy my father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said son when you grow up would you be savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
When I was a young boy my father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said son when you grow up would you be savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?
I got a text from a professor who wanted to retire and asked if I'd take his spot
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I got a text from a professor who wanted to retire and asked if I'd take his spot
I teach human anatomy with cadaver dissection and the answer is an emphatic no. It's not that the cadaver is needed to learn the anatomy but it is need to learn how it looks and feels, what it's like to see it inside of a human.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I teach human anatomy with cadaver dissection and the answer is an emphatic no. It's not that the cadaver is needed to learn the anatomy but it is need to learn how it looks and feels, what it's like to see it inside of a human.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
My wife and I accumulated nearly $250K in combined debt from PT and PA school. It's very difficult to enroll in these programs without student loan investment. Additionally, while PAs make good money out of schools, PTs can expect to make $75K.
Nursing has been excluded as a “professional degree” by the Trump administration as the Department of Education prepares to make massive cuts to providing students loans. Also excluded are NP’s, PA’s, PT’s. This comes when there as an extreme nursing shortage and $20K sign on bonuses for nurses. 😡
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My wife and I accumulated nearly $250K in combined debt from PT and PA school. It's very difficult to enroll in these programs without student loan investment. Additionally, while PAs make good money out of schools, PTs can expect to make $75K.
Being a LinkedIn influencer might be the most cursed existence known to man.
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Being a LinkedIn influencer might be the most cursed existence known to man.
At the risk of "you do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to them"ing the Angels, I don't think it's overly egregious that they didn't perform an in-house physical before trading for Rodriguez, assuming his medical chart was up to date, which it undoubtedly was.
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
At the risk of "you do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to them"ing the Angels, I don't think it's overly egregious that they didn't perform an in-house physical before trading for Rodriguez, assuming his medical chart was up to date, which it undoubtedly was.
“Scientific orthodoxy” = Evidence
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“Scientific orthodoxy” = Evidence
Reposted by Lucas Seehafer
I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
www.wired.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
Last push for today
For @theixbasketball.bsky.social, @jacobmox.bsky.social and I dove into the condensed schedule, year-round play, and injuries in the WNBA:
What does the data say about WNBA injuries and scheduling? - The IX Basketball
Ways the current schedule has impacted injuries, and how that might get better or worse moving forward as CBA negotiations continue.
www.thenexthoops.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Last push for today
Reposted by Lucas Seehafer
Good morning! As the #WNBA considers changes to its CBA, what does the data tell us about injuries and the schedule? Our @seehafer.bsky.social and @jacobmox.bsky.social dig into the details www.thenexthoops.com/wnba/what-do...
What does the data say about WNBA injuries and scheduling? - The IX Basketball
Ways the current schedule has impacted injuries, and how that might get better or worse moving forward as CBA negotiations continue.
www.thenexthoops.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Good morning! As the #WNBA considers changes to its CBA, what does the data tell us about injuries and the schedule? Our @seehafer.bsky.social and @jacobmox.bsky.social dig into the details www.thenexthoops.com/wnba/what-do...
The earliest record of a physician prescribing exercise as a form of medicine comes from around 600 BC in modern day India.
History is littered with examples of humans re-discovering that exercise is really good for you and that we all should be doing it more.
History is littered with examples of humans re-discovering that exercise is really good for you and that we all should be doing it more.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The earliest record of a physician prescribing exercise as a form of medicine comes from around 600 BC in modern day India.
History is littered with examples of humans re-discovering that exercise is really good for you and that we all should be doing it more.
History is littered with examples of humans re-discovering that exercise is really good for you and that we all should be doing it more.
For @theixbasketball.bsky.social, @jacobmox.bsky.social and I dove into the condensed schedule, year-round play, and injuries in the WNBA:
What does the data say about WNBA injuries and scheduling? - The IX Basketball
Ways the current schedule has impacted injuries, and how that might get better or worse moving forward as CBA negotiations continue.
www.thenexthoops.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
For @theixbasketball.bsky.social, @jacobmox.bsky.social and I dove into the condensed schedule, year-round play, and injuries in the WNBA: