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Posts Tagged anterior cruciate ligament

Physical Therapy Comes Home

April 22, 2015 by Steve Nakamura
New Study Shows In-home PT Just as Effective as In-patient For knee replacement patients itching to get back home quickly, new research is providing a great prognosis: people who choose at-home physical therapy instead of in-patient rehabilitation after knee replacement surgery do just as well when it comes to complications, long-term pain management and movement […]

ACL Injury Prevention: Crucial New Research Could Keep More Players in the Game

April 7, 2015 by Steve Nakamura
It’s an agonizing, yet all too common scene on Monday Night (or Monday afternoon,  if you live in Hawaii): a wide receiver, crumpled on the turf, clutching his knee, writhing in pain. Injury to the ACL, or Anterior Cruciate Ligament, is one of the most common sidelining injuries for professional football players. According to a […]

Stay Healthy by Playing Less? Dr. Andrews thinks so. You should listen.

August 11, 2014 by ActionPT
Dr. James Andrews is the undisputed rock star of orthopedic surgeons. His personal statistics regarding number of surgeries are mind-numbing. The list of who’s who in professional and collegiate sports he has repaired is unparalleled. The contracts his patients have signed post surgery exceeds a billion dollars. To put it succinctly, Dr. Andrews is the […]

ACL Knee Injury Rehabilitation

October 7, 2011 by ActionPT
The basic how to's for knee injury rehabilitation.