The Process of Specialisation and Exam Challenges

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 – Australian Socceroos Physio
• The Knee Joint Physiotherapy, Bokarina, QLD
• Socceroos
• Review the Physio Edge podcast in iTunes
• Download the Physio Edge podcast from iTunes
• Clinical Edge