The Perform Prevent Recover Podcast
Health & Fitness:Medicine
We welcome back Sports Physio and ACL guru Mick Hughes for Episode 23 and the second part of our talk about the "diagnosis that devastates" - Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries and Return To Sport.
If you haven't listened to Episode 22 yet, take a listen to that first as Mick discusses:
- why the ACL is so critical
- why the rates of ACL injury and reconstruction are increasing so rapidly
- what makes females so at risk of ACL injuries
- the reason young kids are also suffering more and more ACL injuries.
- how we diagnose ACL ruptures and why "no pain" after injury isn't necessarily a great sign.
And in this episode Mick continues on with:
- why a reconstruction is not necessarily a "given" anymore.
- how we decide who gets an operation and who doesn't.
- why delaying your decision on surgery may be the best decision you make.
- the critical importance of the ACL rehabilitation process and why strength must form the foundation of your rehab program.
- how we can make a massive difference in preventing ACL injuries
- the essential factor that guides our rehabilitation and progressions (and it's not the factor of time).
- when you should return to sport.
Take a listen to this episode to hear Mick discuss some really critical aspects that must be considered when anyone has an ACL injury. This is a rare opportunity to hear it "from the horse's mouth", from someone who has been so instrumental in changing the way we approach and manage our ACL injuries.
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