NM Sports Rehab

12/07/2022

This U21 Divisie 2 Player came to see us post-ACLR + meniscus suture on his left knee (april 2021). Interestingly, hthe related trauma happened shortly after RTP from his previous ACLR + meniscus suture-rehab on his right knee (operation: june 2019), followed by a menisectomy on his right knee (june 2020).

Things we additionally adressed before and during handing him back to his club:

🏋️‍♀️fitness level🏃‍♂️❤️

💥chronic LBP and insufficient lumbo-pelvic motor control + mobility 🦴

🧠reactive and intuitive COD combined with lunge movements (his mechanism of injury)👀

The Video shows some of the clinical groundwork and progressions.

02/11/2021

After 4 (!) repetitive hamstring strains within one year .vo_ put in all the effort to be back on the pitch playing. Within 8 weeks of super progressive rehab we focussed on aspects of strength, mobility, running machanics, core control, load management and - most importantly in this case - taking all the time necessary to justify robustness to go for 90 minutes of ballgame.

31/10/2021

.6 after ACL-R and medial menisectomy showing:

✅ full active hyperextension 4 weeks post-op

✅ nearly free active flexion 7 weeks post-op

✅ minimal effusion, good single-leg squat control, 90%< LSI (Y-Balance) 8 weeks in

💪 On to a progressive 5 week strengthprogram 💪

31/10/2021

ACL-R Athlete .6
shows:

✅ full active hyperextension 4 weeks post-op

✅ nearly free active flexion 7 weeks post-op

✅ minimal effusion, good single-leg squat control, 90%< LSI (Y-Balance) 8 weeks in

💪 On to a progressive 5 week strengthprogram 💪

31/10/2021

ACL-R Athlete .6 shows:

✅ full active extension 4 weeks post-op
✅ Almost free flexion 7 weeks post-op
✅ mimimal effusion + good control during single leg squat +90%+ LSI (Y-Balance) 8 weeks in

💪 Ready for a progressive 5 week strength plan before preparing him for a return to jogging 💪

28/10/2021

📑 I'd like to discuss a case of a footballer after ankle subluxation fracture (Weber B) and deltoid ligament complete rupture, who underwent plate fixation the day he was injured in training.

The video starts at 48 days post-op, one day after resection of the tibal-fibular screw.

Milestones:

✅ 38 days post-op: partial loading inside Vacuped boot

✅ 75 days post-op: normal gait pattern

✅ 111 days post-op LSI >80% (calf raise endurance & sl-legpress 5RM)

✅ 126 days post-op: return to running

✅ 203 days post-op: return to full team trainig

✅ 222 days (~7 months) post-op: return to play

⛔ Things that complicated the process were contraindications to early loading and mobilization and remaining postsurgical ankle stiffness, which stil influences the players running mechanics.

❓I struggle with the observation, that almost every operated ankle fracture seems to be ultimately unable to restore full range of motion. I am thankful for every case study, trial study review or practical experience to challenge my observations.

01/07/2020

TECHNIQUE REFINEMENT WITH ADDED STIMULUS
from Surfing Physiotherapy
This is a short but rather brilliant clip of an exercise designed to refine the right lower body positioning on a surfboard while using the upper body to rotate like one would during turns.

The balance/wobble discs underneath the athlete's feet provide proprioception and core stability work, while the added stimulus of a swiss ball being bounced around by the athlete forces them to split their focus, simulating a wave-riding situation during a manoeuvre - such as eyeing the section of the wave you want to perform your next turn in.

It is important that the athlete maintains the desired lower-body positiioning during the exercise in order to help the brain 'imprint' the technique so that it can be assumed subconsciously during wave riding.

Video credit to Surf Camp from Senegal.
Featured Surfer: Sasou Ndoye, Senegal

29/02/2020

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

After 3 years of operation, the project - European Institute of Sport Physiotherapy, is being closed. The decision was made with careful consideration, and reflects the career developments of the EISP team members, who have moved onto greater roles within healthcare.

Our website, eisphysiotherapy.com, is no longer accessible. However, we still wish for our educational content to stay available, free and downloadable to all. Therefore, we have created this EISP OPEN-ACCESS folder on 'Google Drive' where you can find the entire range of our content from the past 3 years, clearly organised into appropriate folders (Infographics, Blog posts, Interviews, Videos etc).

➡️Link to EISP OPEN-ACCESS google drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UwB3hTtHmWit7r-5KNjwobOxS4KEgAMt?usp=sharing

The EISP page will also continue to stay online, as it hosts our video content, as well as to be used as a platform to promote other healthcare-related projects.

For those who are unfamiliar with the EISP, we were (2017-2020) an online-based educational organisation, specialised in the showcasing of scientific literature specific to sport physiotherapy.

We want to thank everyone who has supported our work and it has been a pleasure to contribute to the sports healthcare community.
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ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT

If you would like to continue following the work of any of the EISP team members, some of their links have been provided below.

Pierre-Louis Denaro - EISP Founder and Director
Facebook.com/SurfingandPhysio
"The aim of this page is to promote physiotherapy for surfing. Clinicians and surf athletes may find useful ideas and inspiration for their own physiotherapy work and/or sporting performance."

Nis Müller - EISP Co-Founder
https://www.alemannia-aachen.de/nachwuchs/u17/mannschaft/
Physiotherapist to junior Bundesliga club U17 Squad
http://therapiezentrum.com/
A rapidly developing physiotherapy centre in Germany

With special thanks to all the EISP team and contributors, without whom none of this would have been possible, and can be contacted upon request.

Anna Serafini
Melike Sayman
Eleni Henry
Ewa Bednarczyk
Alexandre Jordan
David Klaber
Lara Nicod
Lotte Schermer
Dimas Haring

This is an open-access folder for all content published by the European Institute of Sport Physiotherapy. Even though our operations have ceased, we wish to keep our educational content available and accessible to all. Please feel free to download, share, and re-use our content for educational or no...