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Oct 5
Ep 283: Who gets best-practice care for osteoarthritis? With Dr Jodi Young
How many patients describe receiving what sounds like inadequate care for osteoarthritis before they reached your clinic? Osteoarthritis is one of the most common chronic musculoskeletal conditions. When there are many trustworthy, international clinical guidelines that clearly o ... Show More
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Sep 28
Ep 282: How to explain a musculoskeletal diagnosis, with Marc Perron
There's plenty of debate in the musculoskeletal rehabilitation community about how to clearly communicate with patients about a diagnosis. Clinicians are trying to balance being clear about what the likely cause of the symptoms is without inducing unnecessary worry. How much shou ... Show More
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Sep 21
Ep 281: Tackling pain-related fear with exercise therapy, with Drs Courtney Mears and Matthew Heindel
Psychological factors like a person's thoughts, beliefs and emotions can exert a strong influence on rehabilitation outcomes for people with chronic musculoskeletal conditions. When a person has pain, they might feel scared to move or convinced that moving in a certain way will d ... Show More
24m 47s
Oct 2024
102: Why Did I Tear My ACL? (Reboot)
<p>Welcome to another episode of Game Plan! <br/><br/>As you might remember from our episode on ACL graft choices, these Game Plan episodes are specifically designed for patients – to hopefully answer some of the questions you have about the most common sports medicine conditions ... Show More
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Jul 2024
90: Dr. Clayton Nuelle & Dr. Mary Mulcahey on Insights on Revision ACL Reconstruction (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)
<p>Today’s episode is going to focus on revision ACL reconstruction – starting with the diagnostic workup of a patient with a suspected ACL retear as well as the surgical approach that follows, including graft choice, staging and the addition of other procedures such as LET and o ... Show More
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Jun 2024
86: Reboot: How to Choose Your ACL Graft with The Sports Docs
<p>We’ve been doing this podcast now for over 3 years and today we are giving you a refresh on one of our all-time, most popular episodes. <br/><br/>This episode answers the question we get asked all the time: <b><em>What graft should I choose to reconstruct my ACL?</em></b><br/> ... Show More
33m 55s
Nov 2025
[Physio Explained] The essentials of ACL return to play testing with Dr Tim Mcgrath
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Apr 2025
[Physio Discussed] ACL injuries: prevention, recovery & the road ahead with Dr Matthew Bourne and Dr Tyler Collings
38m 50s
Sep 2024
Tips for Gaining Functional Knee Extension After ACL Reconstruction | OEP353
Send us Fan MailIn this episode I bring to you and discuss...-A case presentation of a patient having difficulty obtaining active extension after ACLR-Causes of knee extensor lag (passive and active)-Rehab tips to maximize quad contractibility and knee extension and so much more! ... Show More
17m 22s
Jan 2021
#8 - Open chain quad exercises - friend or foe? With Dr. Rich Willy
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1368397/open_sms"></a></p><p>In this episode we spoke to Dr. Richard Willy about the evolving narrative around open chain quad exercises and their impact on patients recovering from ACL surgery and patell ... Show More
14m 30s
Sep 2022
Episode 044: ACL Rehab & Biomechanics with Enda King
We've returning guest the always fantastic Enda King with us this month to discuss ACL Biomechanics & movement strategies post op - an area where Enda had done his PhD in! We look at how you can objectively help your patients even if you don't have a fancy biomechanics lab, where ... Show More
46m 33s
Oct 2025
[Physio Discussed] Strength & conditioning in rehabilitation: key tips for clinicians with Dr Claire Minshull and Lachlan Wilmot
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Jun 2023
39. Game Plan: Choosing Your ACL Graft
<p>We are very excited to introduce you to a brand-new type of episode called Game Plan!<br/><br/>We’ve been doing this podcast now for over 2 years and during that time we’ve had more and more of our patients listening to our episodes to learn more about their condition, what tr ... Show More
33m 37s
Join the indomitable Dr Lynn Snyder-Mackler (University of Delaware) for a mini-masterclass on tailoring rehabilitation to the nuances of the most common ACL reconstruction graft types. Hamstrings tendon, bone-patellar tendon-bone, quadriceps tendon, allograft—what's different? What's the same?
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<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1368397/open_sms"></a></p><p>In this episode with Dr Tim Mcgrath we explore return to play assessment of athletes post ACL reconstruction. We discuss:</p><ul><li>The importance of making the rehab specifi ... Show More
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1368397/open_sms"></a></p><p>In this episode, we discuss everything about ACL injuries. We explore: </p><ul><li>Role of biomechanics of ACL injury</li><li>Are current ACL injury prevention programs effect ... Show More
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1368397/open_sms"></a></p><p>In this episode, we dive into the topic of strength and conditioning in rehabilitation. We discuss:</p><ul><li>Ways to monitor athletes/patients during their rehab</li><li>Bes ... Show More
