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When Can I Jump After ACL Surgery?

Chances are high that if you suffered an ACL injury you are an active individual and nothing is more challenging for an active person than telling them that they cannot be active. Hopping and jumping are simple dynamic movements that are integral to sport activities. After ACL surgery, the knee requires systematic training and progression...

Are you doing your ‘Kegel’s’ but still leaking when you jump or run? Kegel’s aren’t enough! But you can read that rant here. Having leakage with jumping and running, whether newly postpartum, decades postpartum, or having never had a baby, has multiple factors contributing to it. First, surrounding muscle groups require adequate strength and symmetry...

Plyometrics have been utilized in late stage Physical Therapy and strength and conditioning programs for decades. These jumping and bounding movements are initially attributed to the Russian track and field coach Verkhoshanski in the 1960s as shock or jump training. The term plyometrics is attributed to Purdue University track and field coach Fred Wilt in...

Patellar tendinopathy, jumper’s knee, is one of the most common chronic knee injuries found in up to half of all jumping athletes. Similar to other tendon injuries, patellar tendinopathy used to be referred to as a tendinitis but more recent research indicates a lack of inflammatory cells. Instead, an imbalance in loading (activity > recovery)...