Master the art of ACL Rehabilitation with this 8-hour course, developed by two knee experts: Lee Herrington and Sebastiano Nutarelli. They are specialized physical therapists and clinical researchers. The concept underpinning the structure of this course aims to be solidly based on the best available evidence (published and not published yet) and the clinical expertise accumulated by the instructors, constantly updated to provide clinicians with a comprehensive theoretical and heavily practical learning pathway around the rehabilitation following ACL injuries.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The participants will be driven in practice through a journey from the moment of the injury to discharge/return to sport (RTS) after the ACL injury of the knee that a wide range of individuals, from regular people to weekend warriors, from semi-pro to professional/elite athletes, can incur into.
The course covers the management of ACL tears, either non-surgical or following the ACL recostruction (ACL-R), differentiating by grafts in the second case, including the associated lesions (MCL, LCL, meniscus, cartilage, postero-lateral corner injuries, etc.) and related functional deficits (rotatory instability, giving way, etc.).
The attendees will be guided through what should ideally happen from the first moments following an ACL injury, the evaluation with the relative priorities, the formulation of a proper diagnosis, the determination of a reliable prognosis, and the planning of the most appropriate intervention based on the best available evidence, the clinicians' shared expertise, and the preferences and expectations of the injured athlete/patient.
The course will cover the entire rehabilitation process with theoretical and practical focus on the elements that the physical therapists should put emphasis on depending on the type of ACL injury with different associated injuries, on how and when the fundamental physical qualities along the rehabilitation process have to be ‘chased’ with the appropriated progressions in order to achieve a complete recovery.
Overcoming muscle inhibition, regaining range of motion, managing effusion, normalizing walking gait, improving movement skills, applying/monitoring/managing load, regaining the different qualities of strength, returning to running and then to restricted training practice, taking into consideration of the psychological aspects that might limit recovery, gradually exposing patients to their preferred physical activities/sports-specific gestures, progressively testing, etc. - depending on the ACL injury with/without further associated lesions the time scale will be different but all patients/injured athletes will need to be exposed to the rehabilitation of all these qualities and abilities at some point to achieve a successful outcome. This is the main focus of this course.
The everyday clinical reasoning put into practice in ACL rehabilitation including testing patients/injured athletes along their rehabilitative journey, learning how to rate their current status to be actually able to decide whether they can safely proceed to the next phase (Return To Run, Return To Train on the field/court, RTS) or need to further improve under certain parameters before getting exposed to excessive re-injury risks, nonetheless the scientific reason underpinning this approach phase by phase.
Eventually, the course will analyze RTS decision-making with dedicated parameters and criteria.
The participants will be provided notions of biomechanics, introduced to different rehabilitative approaches/techniques and science-based concepts that will drive them through the process following the ACL injury of the knee.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Develop a healthy and productive surgeon-physical therapist professional relationship for the eventual patients’ benefit and the personal/professional growth
• Understand, critically appraise, and put into context the scientific literature on ACL injuries of the knee
• Realize that all knee patients/injured athletes will need to be exposed to rehabilitation of the same physical & psychological qualities at some point and get in control of when the time comes to target the different abilities depending on their specific injury and their postinjury evolution
• Get to know the ACL rehabilitation pillars in details, when and how to target each of them, to master the rehabilitation process from the moment of the injury to RTS
• Learn how to effectively implement a high-quality rehabilitation program following either ACL isolated injuries (approached with an ACL-R or non-surgically) or ACL-R with associated lesions
• Enhance the clinician's skills of connecting the pieces of the puzzle merging biomechanics, kinesiology, exercise physiology, and sports-specific concepts to orthopedic decision-making following knee injuries, rehabilitation, and discharge/RTS
• Upskill the clinicians' testing abilities to progress through the ACL rehabilitation phases until RTS
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