Mick Hughes
Sep 7, 2021
Rate of Force Development for ACL Rehab
RFD refers to the ability to produce force quickly and is integral during ACLR rehab - yet is often not trained well enough. It's been...
Mick Hughes
Sep 7, 2021
Return to Running Following ACL Reconstruction
Running is a major milestone to achieve for patients following ACL surgery - yet there's still no perfect answer as to "when"....
Mick Hughes
Sep 7, 2021
Return to Sport Following ACL Reconstruction
It's widely accepted now that passing criteria before returning to sport following ACLR is best practice and is associated with better...
Mick Hughes
Sep 7, 2021
Return to Training Following ACL Reconstruction
We often talk about setting benchmarks for return to running and return to sport for the ACLR athlete; but it can be a bit more...
Mick Hughes
Sep 7, 2021
Managing Expectations Following ACL Injury
It's important that we are having honest discussions with our ACLR patients about what the chances are of them returning to pre-injury...
Mick Hughes
Sep 7, 2021
Blood Flow Restriction for ACLR Rehab
A great research paper by Hughes and his colleagues. This was a study that directly compared heavy load resistance training with BFR...
Mick Hughes
Sep 7, 2021
Reducing 2nd ACL Injury Risk
Here is a really interesting paper with some surprising findings. 192 young , highly active ACLR athletes (ave age 21yrs, Tegner Activity...
Mick Hughes
Sep 7, 2021
Pre-op ACLR Rehab Program
There's often a belief that the knee has to be rested following ACL injury. However there's strong evidence that supports high load...
Mick Hughes
Sep 7, 2021
ACL Rehab Program
Once the knee has settled following ACL injury, consistent evidence that we're seeing in the ACL literature from the Delaware-Oslo ACL...
Mick Hughes
Sep 7, 2021
Do You Assess Joint Hypermobility?
The Beighton Score is the most commonly reported measurement tool for differentiating between those with and without Generalised Joint...
