Cheapest informative probe

Pick the smallest, fastest, lowest-risk test that could still change which option you pick. It names the actual activity and its duration, not a topic to study. If a bigger version would tell you the same thing, run the small one.

Pick the smallest, fastest, lowest-risk test that could still change which option you pick. It names the actual activity and its duration, not a topic to study. If a bigger version would tell you the same thing, run the small one.

Example

For the knee, the probe is four weeks of graduated loading, three sessions a week, adding 10 pounds per week, with a next-morning swelling and pain log. Not a full 12-week program, and not another month of reading rehab papers.