ACL injuries result in significant time away from sport and distress for patients. The variety of management options, from surgical intervention to non-surgical management and rehabilitation protocols, often makes us uncertain when educating and helping patients choose the most appropriate care for their needs and goals. Recently, a pioneering non-operative ACL injury management pathway called the “Cross bracing protocol” has been pioneered and developed by Dr Tom Cross and Tom’s father (the late Orthopaedic surgeon) Dr Merv Cross. This protocol offers a promising alternative for patien ..read more

How can you treat patients who experience knee pain and swelling during and after running? If you suspect their symptoms are caused by a meniscal injury, how can you rehab and return these patients to running without surgery? In this Physio Edge: Running repairs podcast with Tom Goom, you’ll explore meniscal injuries in runners, recent research on runners with meniscal tears, and how to provide effective non-surgical management. You’ll discover: Initial steps for managing pain and swelling in affected runners. Techniques to restore and maintain range of movement. Strategies for rebuilding str ..read more

Jo Gibson (Upper Limb Rehabilitation Specialist Physio) discusses the keys to successfully treat persistent anterior shoulder pain in two tennis players who had not recovered despite previous extensive rehab. In this podcast Jo explores what to include in your rehab of sportspeople who place large demands on their shoulders, elements commonly overlooked in shoulder rehab and how to address patients’ psychosocial factors, fears and beliefs to successfully treat persistent shoulder pain. Click here for the free webinar with Jo Gibson “Rotator cuff revealed! Rehab & reasoning”.  The hand ..read more

Join David Pope (APA Titled Musculoskeletal and Sports & Exercise Physio) and Zoe Russell (Specialist Sports Physiotherapist, FACP; APA Titled Musculoskeletal Physio) in the Physio Edge podcast as they explore how to assess, treat, and manage patients suffering from ACL injuries or suspected ACL injuries. You'll discover how to assess a patient with a suspected ACL injury, and criteria you can use to identify whether a patient may be suited to non-surgical management or is likely to require surgery. You'll also understand when immediate or delayed surgery is the best option, and how to gui ..read more

Rotator cuff tear arthropathy (RCTA) is a pattern of glenohumeral joint degenerative changes following rotator cuff tears, causing shoulder pain and stiffness. Subscapularis tears can also be involved in RCTA, or a significant cause of shoulder pain and disability. How can you identify RCTA and subscap tears in your shoulder pain patients? How can they be treated, and do these patients respond well to non-surgical management? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Upper Limb Rehabilitation Specialist Physio). Click here for the free webinar with Jo Gibson “Rotator cuff revealed! Rehab & ..read more

How can you successfully treat hip pain and instability associated with your patients’ hip dysplasia? Find out the eight critical steps to excellent results with hip dysplasia in this podcast, which is part 3 in this three-part podcast series with Tom Goom (Running Physio). Improve running injury assessment & treatment now with the Running Repairs Online course with Tom Goom at clinicaledge.co/runningrepairs Free video series: Achilles Tendinopathy from start to finish line! with Tom Goom In this free Masterclass "Achilles tendinopathy: Assessment & rehab from start to finish line ..read more

When a patient presents with a potential frozen shoulder, what other differential diagnoses must be considered? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Upper Limb Rehabilitation Specialist Physio), exploring the case study of a patient diagnosed with “frozen shoulder” with symptoms that don’t quite match a typical frozen shoulder. What’s the diagnosis of this patient’s stiff shoulder? You’ll also discover whether an X-ray or imaging is required when a patient presents with a stiff or frozen shoulder. Click here for the free webinar with Jo Gibson “Rotator cuff revealed! Rehab & reasoning ..read more

Hip dysplasia is a commonly missed cause of hip and groin pain. In this podcast, which is part 2 in the 3 part series with Tom Goom (Running Physio), you’ll discover three types of hip dysplasia that will cause different symptoms and need different treatment (based on Wilkins et al. 2017), how to identify each type, and common exercises and a treatment approach that may be stirring up your patients hip and groin pain. Improve running injury assessment & treatment now with the Running Repairs Online course with Tom Goom at clinicaledge.co/runningrepairs Tricky tendons - Your free video ..read more

Stingers or burners are a burning or stinging pain, often with some paraesthesia and occasionally weakness, often occurring in impact sports such as rugby or American football. When your patients present with neck and arm symptoms, how can you differentiate a stinger or burner from a C/sp fracture, discogenic symptoms or nerve root compression, which all require very different treatment? How should you manage patients with one-off or repeated stingers or burners? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibson (Upper Limb Rehabilitation Specialist Physio). The handout for this podcast consists of a tr ..read more

Posterior shoulder instability can occur after a fall onto an outstretched arm, or diving and hitting the ground with your arm (like diving to score a try in rugby), injuring the posterior labrum and/or the glenohumeral joint. Unlike anterior shoulder instability, patients with posterior shoulder instability may not have have a feeling of instability, but may just experience pain, fatigue and weakness. How can you identify posterior shoulder instability in your shoulder pain patients? What does your rehab for posterior shoulder instability need to include? Find out in this podcast with Jo Gibs ..read more