Category
Knee
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How To Prevent Knee Valgus
Medial knee collapse, also known as knee valgus, is when the knee collapses or falls inward during any sort of weight-bearing activity, like a squat, during gait, or during sport-specific movements like cutting. Knee [...]
Quadriceps Activation Following Surgery
Quadriceps inhibition or the inability to feel/activate your quadriceps after knee injuries or major knee surgeries like ACL reconstruction can be very frustrating early on in the rehabilitation process. How is it [...]
Return To Sport Testing After ACL Reconstruction
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLr) is one of the most common surgeries performed due to a sports injury. ACLr rehab and ACL prevention training is one of the hottest topics in the sports medicine world. [...]
How To Reduce Knee Swelling After Surgery
The goals after a knee injury & knee surgery are very similar. In both cases, clinicians & patients want to achieve a full & symmetrical range of motion; full & symmetrical quadriceps strength, normalized & symmetrical [...]
Knee Plica Syndrome Exercises
“Synovial Plica Syndrome.” That’s a mouthful of musculoskeletal jargon, isn’t it? It sure is. The plica isn’t nearly as well known by the public as other common sources of anterior knee pain like patellar tendinopathy [...]
Quad Strain Rehab and Exercises
The quadriceps are one of the most powerful muscle groups in the entire body. They are made up of 4 different muscles which come together to form the quadriceps tendon, which in turn encompasses the kneecap and becomes [...]
PCL Injury and Rehab
You may have heard of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, which is the most common of all knee ligament injuries, but have you heard of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) tears? Although much less common, PCL [...]
Unhappy Triad Knee Rehab
We have all done it. Watched our friend, teammate, or favorite player go down and grab their knee. We’ve wondered aloud if it is the vaunted ACL tear and if there is any additional damage to go along with it. The ACL [...]
How To Assess Your Knee Pain
Have you recently suffered a knee injury and are now asking yourself the question, "what exactly just happened?" Maybe you have been running for a couple of weeks and are beginning to experience some nagging pain [...]
How To Decrease Knee Pain With Stairs
It is 8:00 AM and you have four flights of stairs to walk down before you can get to your class or your job on time. You know you are going to have knee pain. “But I don't have any pain once I get down the stairs and [...]
Can We Prevent ACL Injuries?
The statistics we often hear about anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) re-injury rates are pretty scary. While the statistics vary: anywhere from 30-50% of patients who go through ACL reconstruction will suffer a second [...]
Exercises Prior To ACL Surgery
An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury can feel overwhelming. One minute you are skiing with your family or jumping up to grab a rebound, and the next minute you are hearing the echoes of that classic “pop” and [...]
