The Knee: Everything A Patient Should Know Before Rehab

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In this session, I go over everything you need to know to interpret what your doctor, physical therapist or sports chiropractor is talking about before rehab. Communication and common terminology is extremely important for compliance of a treatment plan.

Compliance means you will stick to the plan.

This sounds like I am treating patients as children and I don’t mean that at all, but it’s extremely common for people to not value what they don’t understand. You need understand why a certain treatment plan is recommended for your condition.

It all starts with common terminology.

So on that note, we will go through:

• Anatomy of the knee (bones, ligaments, tendons, muscles)
• Mechanics of the knee (open and closed chain)
• Some analogies to assist in your understanding
• Open and closed chain mechanics
• My cylinder stacking analogy
• The Door Hinge Analogy
• The “Screw Home” Mechanism

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Enjoy!