PE #029 Acute Knee Injuries with Kurt Lisle

Acute Knee Injuries with Kurt Lisle

Topics - Acute Ligament injury, ACL injuries, Postero-lateral corner (PLC) Injuries, Knee Surgery and return to sport. On Episode 29 of the Physio Edge podcast, David Pope is joined by the Australian Socceroos Physio Kurt Lisle, a Specialist Sports Physiotherapist to discuss assessment and management of Acute knee injuries. On this podcast, David and Kurt discuss:

• Acute Ligament Injuries - Initial management

• When to refer for Orthopaedic consult

• Bracing/not bracing

• Adolescent knee injuries - when to refer for XR to check for an avulsion injury

• Swelling during and after treatment

• ACL injury - when to trial conservative management and when to refer for surgery

• Timeframes for surgery following ACL injury

• Different types of ACL grafts - pros and cons

• LARS

• Hamstring vs ITB tendon vs Patella tendon

• Open chain X’s eg leg extensions to restore quads and patellar tendon load capacity?

• Important aspects of post op rehab

• Return to training/change of direction criteria

• RTP criteria

• PLC

• Details of PLC injuries

• Mechanism

• Structures normally injured

• Symptoms

• Testing for PLC injuries

• Conservative vs surgical

• Rehab guidelines

• RTP timeframes

Links of Interest

Kurt Lisle

The Knee Joint Physiotherapy, Bokarina, QLD

Socceroos

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