Doctor of physical therapy with a fellowship in Orthopedic Manual therapy through Manual Therapy Institute. In my free time, love to coach and play volleyball!
@guacamoto @BleacherReport@brgridiron@DamianDevon Agree, it's all upper body making that throw...wonder what the pre vs post injury velo was on that same throw!
@SoSimplehealth@Retlouping@mgibsonphysio@DrJohnOrchard Why are we even discussing PRP, the evidence is clear that is does not work for tendinopathy
And it shouldn’t: there is no underlying premise for why PRP should change tendon pathology
And that is not even considering that pain is somewhat independent of pathology
Apologies for repetition but if people don’t feel like reading the full text of our recent Review looking at strength deficits in Achilles tendinopathy then these summary visuals may be of interest 🏃♂️ 📖 💻 For full text see https://t.co/ItWIh8IjDz
Factors Associated With a Return to Preinjury Level of Sport Performance After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery
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https://t.co/YDzRnSS3Gk
Those who are keen to pursue a non-operative ACL plan should be assessed if they will be a potential coper.
Potential coper:
✅>80% LSI 6m hop test
✅>80% KOS-ADLs
✅>60% Global Rating Knee Scale
✅<1 instability episodes
Read more on non-op ACL mgmt ⬇️
https://t.co/7lTjG9ZwAP
See Rudavsky’s work
Pathology likely develops in adolescence
Disruption of normal tendon -bone maturation process ? because of excess load (more research coming)
May or may not become symptomatic then or during adulthood with excess load