Here’s a crazy stat: Recent research by Bunt et al suggests that roughly one in four adults will suffer from chronic knee pain, and it’s prevalence has increased almost 65% over the past 20 years.

And similar to that, McNerney and Arendt state that roughly 30% of young athletes suffer from anterior knee pain, with female athletes being anywhere from 2 to 10x more likely to struggle with knee issues than their male counterparts.

So regardless of whether you’re training gen pop clients or athletes of any shape and size, the fact of the matter is knee issues are on the rise – and we need to arm ourselves with more information about the knee to help our people move and feel better.

And that’s why I’m so excited to bring Dr. Ebonie Rio on the podcast today.

Dr. Rio is a post doc researcher at La Trobe University and has completed her PhD in tendon pain. Her professional career has included time at the Australian Institute of Sport, Australian Ballet Company, Australian Ballet School, Melbourne Heart Football Club, Alphington Sports Medicine Centre, and the Victorian Institute of Sport.

But what’s even cooler is that she’s played a vital role in prepping athletes for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, 2012 London Paralympics, and spent 18 months traveling with Disney’s The Lion King stage show.

So needless to say, Ebonie is an absolute BOSS and I’m really pumped to talk to her today.

Heavy load in terms of weight is not hard for a tendon – tendons are about rate of loading. If the load is static or slow, the tendon is happy – the muscle might be going “Oh my gosh, what are you doing” – but the tendon is happy. – Dr. Ebonie Rio

This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast:

• How Dr. Rio got started in the world of physical preparation, and her wide-ranging career path.
• The differences between patellar tendinopathy (PT) and patello-femoral pain (PFP).
• Her thoughts on the role that the hip play in clients/athletes who are suffering from PFP.
• Program design for clients/athletes suffering from PFP, and what modifications you can make to keep them training.
• The functional issues you see in PT, and why it’s so prevalent in sports that require repeated vertical jumping.
• How to design a loading program for someone who is suffering from PT, and why slow, heavy loading is such a critical piece of the puzzle.
• Why the soleus muscle is a major player in keeping the knee healthy, and why you should be training it regularly.
• The role of isolation and machine-based work in rehabilitation and training programs.
• Identifying asymmetries, and why Dr. Rio such a big believer in pushing the development of BOTH legs during the rehab process.
• Her thoughts on return to play, and how to make the RTP process as smooth and effective as possible.

Connect with Dr. Rio:

• Dr. Ebonie Rio on LinkedIn
• LaTrobe University

Links Mentioned:

• Habit Stacking
• Switched On
• Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

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