Luke Nelson

Anecdotally see majority soleus injuries in distance runners. Frequently complaining of “tightness”. Some having tried to “run through” them over a period of days/weeks!

Yes the ACL can heal. A new study by @stephfilbay showed that 90% had signs of healing with a 12wk cross bracing protocol

Those with greater healing showed
⬆️ self-report knee function
⬆️ knee related QOL
⬆️ had normal knee laxity
⬆️ returned to sport
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Jill’s 7 evaluations for new kid on the funky block of tendinopathy treatments
1️⃣Underlying premise that treatment is based on is not defensible: Pathoaetiology/repair of tissue

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Top 6 Tips for addressing pain in rehabilitation of
tendinopathy by Dr Brooke Combes
1️⃣Quantify load & pain responses to load
2️⃣Reduce strong (potentially harmful) stimuli
3️⃣Reduce fear or maladaptive pain beliefs
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1/2 Tips on management of plantar heel pain with @ProfJillCook & Ebonie Rio:
- As always, load progression vital!
- This is a bone-tendon enthesopathy
- Challenge with these is that there isn’t a large muscle directly attached to it
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