Acute Knee Injuries with Kurt Lisle
Topics - Acute Ligament injury, ACL injuries, Postero-lateral corner (PLC) Injuries, Knee Surgery and return to sport. On Episode 29 of the Physio Edge podcast, David Pope is joined by the Australian Socceroos Physio Kurt Lisle, a Specialist Sports Physiotherapist to discuss assessment and management of Acute knee injuries. On this podcast, David and Kurt discuss:


Acute Ligament Injuries - Initial management


When to refer for Orthopaedic consult


Bracing/not bracing


Adolescent knee injuries - when to refer for XR to check for an avulsion injury


Swelling during and after treatment


ACL injury - when to trial conservative management and when to refer for surgery


Timeframes for surgery following ACL injury


Different types of ACL grafts - pros and cons


LARS


Hamstring vs ITB tendon vs Patella tendon


Open chain X’s eg leg extensions to restore quads and patellar tendon load capacity?


Important aspects of post op rehab


Return to training/change of direction criteria


RTP criteria


PLC


Details of PLC injuries


Mechanism


Structures normally injured


Symptoms


Testing for PLC injuries


Conservative vs surgical


Rehab guidelines


RTP timeframes


Links of Interest
Kurt Lisle
The Knee Joint Physiotherapy, Bokarina, QLD
Socceroos
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