Expert Insights on Performance & Recovery
Returning to Sport & High-Level Performance After Surgery
Every return-to-sport timeline depends on the individual and their goals, the specific procedure, surgeon protocol, and how the body responds to rehab. There's no universal framework that fits every knee, back, shoulder, hip, or ankle, but there are a few specific, trackable considerations that hold true for each region.
Here are our top considerations in post-surgical care of our patients to facilitate a successful recovery from early rehabilitation to high-level performance.
So You Have a Torn Meniscus?
You squatted down, might have twisted weird on the field, or maybe your knee just started hurting out of nowhere, and now someone's mentioned a meniscus tear. But what does that actually mean?
Let's break it down.
Why It’s Important to Have a Training Program
I’ve had many discussions with runners, weightlifters, and other hybrid athletes about programming in the past few months and wanted to share a few insights on why programming is so important to success in training.
Blood Flow Restriction Therapy: The Rehab Tool That Keeps Denver Athletes Strong While Injured
If you’ve been in our clinic, you may have noticed a few patients working out with what looks like a blood pressure cuff strapped to their arm or leg. It’s not a medical mystery, or some crazy new phenomenon, it’s blood flow restriction (BFR) therapy. It’s one of the many tools we leverage in helping people build back strength during their recovery.
Some label it world changing. Others call it diabolical.
Its true form is somewhere in between.
Why Traditional PT Didn’t Work for Me
Back in 2008, coming back from class after being enrolled in my engineering program at the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse. I got done that day and couldn’t get past the thought of “I need to move.”
WTF is a Rotator Cuff?
Many people have heard of the rotator cuff and either have, or know someone who has, experienced an injury to it - but what is it exactly, and what does it do?
If you guessed that it has something to do with the shoulder, you are correct - but could you explain it further than that? After years of working with patients to rehab rotator cuff injuries and surgeries, I’ve learned that even people who have undergone rotator cuff repairs have little understanding of what it is or its importance. Let us enlighten you.