Category: Recovery

At-Home PT’s New Motivator

As undergraduates in Stanford’s Biodesign for Digital Health course, teammates Ryan Kalili and James Savoldelli set out to help injured athletes do their homework — not their academic homework, but the part of their prescribed physical therapy regimen that must be done regularly at home to maximize healing, according to Scope.

Read More

Add This to ACL Rehab To Help Improve Physical Therapy Outcomes

People with anterior cruciate ligament injuries can lose up to 40% of the muscle strength in the affected leg–with muscle atrophy remaining a big problem even after ACL reconstruction and physical therapy. Adding eccentric exercises could dramatically increase muscle volume and improve outcomes for patients, according to a University of Michigan study in rats, published in Journal of Athletic Training.

Read More
Loading