Knee Rehab

Knee Rehab

 When injuries occur, the focus of the

athletic shifts from injury prevention to injury treatment and rehabilitation

Treatment and

rehabilitation

(for that athlete!)

Injury prevention

Overall Goals of Knee Rehab

To prevent de-conditioningTo restore the injured part to a pre-

injury state

Short Term Goals

Controlling pain◦IB’s

Maintaining or improving flexibilityRestoring or increasing strengthReestablishing neuromuscular

controlMaintain level of CV fitness

Long Term goals

To return the injured athlete to practice or competition as quickly and safely as possible

Components of a Rehab Program

Restore muscle strength and endurance

Reestablish neuromuscular control

Maintain CR and body conditioning

Restore full ROM

Control Pain

Functional Activities (progression)

Walking◦Forward, backward, straight line, curve

Jogging◦Straight, curve, uphill, downhill

Running◦Forward, backward

Sprinting◦Straight, curve, large & small figure eight,

zigzag, carioca

Return to Play Criteria

Full ROMFull StrengthPain Free

Designing a rehab Program

Phase 1

•slides•Quadriceps contractions•Knee extension no weight•Hip exercises(Pilates, add, abd, flxn, ext)•Bike workout•Stretching

Phase 2

•Knee Extension PRE’s•Leg curls PRE’s•Wall slides•Calf raises•½ lunges•Hip exercises (Pilates, add, abd, flxn, ext)•Balancing eyes open•Floor to BOSU or trampoline

Designing a Rehab Program Con’t

Phase 3

•BOSU ball work•2 foot jumping (front back and lateral )•Full lunges (matrix)•Balancing eyes closed, OR catching a ball…•Bike workout

Sports Specific

•Be creative!•Running•Jumping•Drills

1. What rehab exercise are they working on?2. How could you make this sports specific?

3. What is this exercise? 4. What muscle(s) is she working?5. How could you make this into a phase 1 exercise?

6. How could you make lunges into a Phase 1,2,3 exercise?

7. Which phase would this fall into?8. How could you make it a different phase?