Tag: ACL surgery
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Meniscus Repair Rehab: What Does the Evidence Actually Say?
By Lenny Macrina, MSPT, CSCS | Champion PT & Performance I get asked about meniscus repair rehab all the time. And honestly? It’s one of the most variable, most debated areas in sports PT right now (besides ACL graft choices haha). Depending on which surgeon you’re working with, you might see wildly different protocols —…
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ACL Volume Changes over a Women’s Soccer Season
I’m a bit interested, confused and looking to seek more on this open access paper that just came out in March of 2019 looking at the effects of season-long participation on ACL volume in female intercollegiate soccer athletes. The title of the paper is: “Effects of season-long participation on ACL volume in female intercollegiate soccer…
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The Week in Research Review, etc 12-17-18
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Not a lot this week…sorry folks. Focusing a bit more on other projects. The Week in Research Review, etc 12-10-18 included only 3 posts but they definitely made some waves. Especially my latest Instagram post on burn-out in the PT field. Check it out and chime in…it’s never too late to like a post and comment…
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The Week in Research Review, etc 12-10-18
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This week we’re still playing with formats and learning these Instagram changes. With that, in the week in research review 12-10-18, we discussed many topics that I wanted to share! Surgery vs Physical Therapy for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lenny Macrina MSPT, SCS, CSCS (@lenmacpt) on Dec…
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The Week in Research Review, etc 12-3-18
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Hey everyone, The Week in Research Review, etc for this week has a new look, compliments of Instagram’s new algorithm. Hope the new format doesn’t throw you too big of a curveball (maybe you’ll like it better), so here goes… ACL Injury Rates Higher on Synthetic Turf than Natural Grass in the NFL Preventing…
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The Week in Research Review, etc 11-26-18
This week, I discussed the progression of someone after a knee surgery. I tried to highlight the key stages and some techniques that I like to use to advance the patient’s mobility and comfort. Take a look at The Week in Research Review, etc 11-26-18 and share with your friends. Hope it helps you improve your…
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The Week in Research Review, etc 11-19-18
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Great ‘Week in Research Review, etc 11-19-18’ that I hope you find helpful to your practice. I’ve always touted the importance of the subjective portion of the exam so I wanted to share a slide from a recent talk I gave to a group in Canandaigua, NY. Obviously, the squat is a fundamental movement and…
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The Week in Research Review, etc 11-5-18
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in ACL, DPTstudent, emg, exercise, general, hip, knee, Physical Therapy, rehabilitation, Research, rotator cuff, ShoulderThe Week in Research Review, etc 11-5-18 was filled with more informative and eye-opening posts! Lots of visually stimulating posts to help clarify what exactly is going on in the hip joint with PROM. Another post that shows the suction effect from an intact hip labrum… amongst other great posts. Just some great stuff..hope you…
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The Week in Research Review, etc 10-29-18
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This week we started the week off with a couple shoulder posts, specifically the rotator cuff and SLAP tears. As usual, I can’t resist a good ACL paper so included that NM control program that should be in all knee patients’ programs. We ended the week with a recorded knee scope as the surgeon was…
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The Week in Research Review, etc 10-22-18
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That was a milestone week as my Instagram account finally hit 10k followers, whatever that means! I’ve really been pushing a daily post to help other rehab professionals better simplify the research. One milestone hit but I still want to keep publishing good quality research reviews. The Week in Research Review, etc 10-22-18 included: Do baseball Pitchers…