Should you advise your patient with an ACL or meniscal injury to get a surgical opinion, start non-operative rehab or undergo the Cross Bracing Protocol?
What do you need to include in your patients’ non-surgical or post-surgical rehab?
When can patients start running, and what are the best return-to-sport tests?
Clare Walsh (Specialist Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist, FACP) reveals the answers to all these questions as she guides you through the rehab and management of patients with ACL and meniscal injuries.
Confidently help your patients choose the right pathway for an acute knee injury.
In this presentation, you’ll follow real patient case studies and unpack the latest research to help you feel confident with ACL and meniscal decision-making.
Inside this presentation you’ll explore:
- Meniscal injuries: How the patients age, type and location of tear e.g. red/white zone, root tears, degenerative vs traumatic, clearly guides your conversations with your patient and decision making.
- ACL pathways: How to help patients choose between early ACLR, high-quality rehab with option of delayed surgery, and the Cross Bracing Protocol— based on the latest evidence.
- Beyond protocols: Criteria-based rehab to tailor your patients rehab to their needs and goals, and how quickly (or slowly) they are progressing
- Rehab exercises and strategies your patients need to include in their rehab - including gym-based rehab, home or outdoor programs and a hybrid approach
- How to help patients overcome fear of re-injury as you help them regain knee function and trust in their knee
- Return to running: Objective assessment tests to easily answer that question every patient asks: “When can I start running?”
- 5 critical criteria your patients need to meet before returning to sport (RTS)
- RTS testing that matters: high-tech and low-tech RTS tests, plus practical field tests you can employ
- Prevention programs you can implement in warm-ups
You’ll walk away with
- Clear, criteria-based rehab exercises and progression
- Clinical reasoning to help guide surgical vs non-surgical shared decision making
- Simple tools to track trust/fear so you can unlock progression when the knee is physically ready but the athlete isn’t
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