Complete Football Health Podcast

In this episode, I discuss the importance of including both open kinetic chain (OKC) and closed kinetic chain (CKC) exercises an ACL rehab program. There are a lot of arguments against the use of OKC exercises and I address them all, demonstrating that there is no reason to fear OKC exercises!

You can also read my blog on this topic here: https://www.nicolesurdykaphysio.com/2020/05/10/the-case-for-open-kinetic-chain-exercises-in-aclr-rehab/

This episode features part 2 of an interview with four incredible women who work in professional and elite sport. The aim of this roundtable conversation was to give young female physical therapists and students who want to work in sport some practical tips and advice on how to accomplish their goals.

This episode features an interview with four incredible women who work in professional and elite sport. The aim of this roundtable conversation was to give young female physical therapists and students who want to work in sport some practical tips and advice on how to accomplish their goals.

In this episode, I highlight the research articles that have helped to shape and form how I approach ACLR rehab with athletes, and they key messages I've taken from each of them.

In this episode, we review a recent article out of the Delaware-Oslo ACL cohort study looking at the relationship between age, return to level 1 sport within 1 year of ACL surgery, and passing return to sport testing criteria and second ACL injury.

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Link to article: http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=32046955

In this special Q&A episode, I take some of your questions from Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Some themes of the questions included the roles of a physical therapist vs performance coach, how to get involved in soccer rehab/performance, and resources for performance training.

In this episode, I discuss the goals of each phase of rehabilitation for a medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury in soccer players.

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Link to paper: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-55713-6_37

In this episode, I discuss 5 instances in which an injury to the medial collateral ligament (MCL) requires surgical intervention.

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Link to article: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-55713-6_37

This episode covers common mechanisms of injury, injury rates, average time to return to sport, and some relevant anatomy for medial knee injuries.

Although not the most common injury seen in soccer players, the rate of ankle syndesmosis injuries continues to increase each year. In this episode, we take a look at how we might be able to differentiate between stable and unstable ankle syndesmosis injuries and determine who may or may not need surgery.