College Track High Jumper — Grade 2 Hamstring Strain
College track and field athletes often run in to a wide variety of injuries and muscle strains. This particular case at the University of Akron highlights a Junior track athlete who suffered a grade 2 muscle strain eight months prior. With the help of Jason Coleman, this student-athlete will be 100% ready and rehabbed in […]
Posterior Collateral and Lateral Collateral Ligament Tear and Fractures
A car accident resulted in major knee damage and multiple fractures for this patient. Reconstructive surgery was performed on the knee, followed by pool therapy in a HydroWorx pool at the University of Idaho. Nick Refvem of the University of Idaho is the treating athletic trainer.
Patellar Tendon Repair
Jerry Weber, the head athletic trainer at the University of Nebraska conveys the details of the rehabilitation of a patellar tendon reconstruction surgery in a collegiate football player. The Cornhuskers utilized the HydroWorx pool to maximize their results. Page Updated on: April 24, 2020
Partial ACL and PCL Tear: Using Aquatic Therapy in Place of Surgery
He began using the pool the day after the injury once a fracture had been ruled out and prior to a formal diagnosis. Regardless of diagnosis, whether surgical or non-surgical Adam felt it would be to his advantage to keep the knee as strong and mobile as possible while decreasing the swelling which occurred in […]
Medial Meniscus Tear and Tibial Plateau Fracture
A snowboarding accident resulted in a torn medial meniscus and a crushed tibial plateau. The rehab takes place in a HydroWorx pool at Every Woman Physical Therapy.
Medial Collateral Ligament Sprain
This video details a 2nd degree MCL sprain in a collegiate hockey player. The athlete began competing fully after only 2 weeks of rehab. Mark Poolman, ATC is the treating clinician at University of North Dakota for this video.
Knee Replacement
Cynthia Carter Koch underwent a knee replacement two-and-a-half weeks before this video was shot — the staples from her surgery were just recently removed. Terry Jolliff, of Star PT in Tiffin, Ohio carefully guides her through an effective rehabilitation session in the HydroWorx pool; she also suffers from severe degeneration of her lumbar spine. Page […]
Knee Hyperextension
Rodney Goble, the owner of Michigan Rehabilitation Specialist in Hamburg, MI details the pool rehabilitation protocol of a 15-year-old high school soccer player who hyperextended her left knee in a collision with an opposing goalie. Allison Goble suffered significant femoral condyle and tibial plateau bruising; doctors prognosticated that three or four months would pass before […]
MLS Player Achilles Tendon Recovery at Fortius
Using the underwater treadmill, resistance jets, underwater cameras and some creativity, Jay was able to closely mimic land movements and correct any gait patterns immediately. The beginning stages of rehab included things such as simple walking, heel raises and single leg balance. Once Jay mastered those, he was able to move on to more dynamic […]
Football-Specific ACL Rehabilitation
Mississippi State’s Steve Smith details the rehabilitation of a college football player who underwent ACL reconstruction. The subject rehabbed and conditioned in the HydroWorx pool, not running on land until the team’s conditioning test at the beginning of camp in August. His level of conditioning was so high from his pool workouts that the normally […]