Whether you see patients in a busy clinic or hospital, or perform assessments on the sidelines of a sporting field, you’ll assess, diagnose and treat plenty of knee injuries.
In this practical, evidence-informed presentation, Clare Walsh (Specialist Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist, FACP) distills her extensive experience pitch-side at the highest levels of AFL, Rugby League and soccer and in a busy sports-medicine centre, into a clear system for rapid knee assessment, confident diagnosis, and targeted treatment.
You’ll explore practical demonstrations of how to assess and diagnose acute injuries, including ACL, MCL, meniscus, postero-lateral corner (PLC) and patellar dislocation, plus the best ways to communicate serious injuries (like an ACL) to your patients, confidently make imaging decisions, and explore real case studies.
What you’ll learn
- A step-by-step subjective that uncovers mechanism of injury & red flags
- A safe, systematic objective for acute knees
- Which key special tests to use in combination with your subjective history to diagnose injuries, and how to perform each test
- Patient communication (breaking ACL injury news to patients sensitively)
- Case study: “Carrie” — diagnosis to rehab
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