Mike Reinold

Deficits with ankle dorsiflexion mobility can have a dramatic impact on functional movements such as deep squatting, lunging, and the lateral step down.  If you are familiar with the functional movement screen, you know that this is taken into consideration when a person does not grade out with a perfect score on many of the [...]

One of the most common postoperative complications following ACL reconstruction is loss of range of motion, particularly loss of knee extension.  Recent studies have shown that up to 25% of all ACL reconstructions will have a loss of knee extension range of motion postoperatively.  That seems like a pretty significant amount of people to me. [...]

Does the Graft Source Really Matter in Outcomes After ACL Reconstruction?  That seems to be a popular topic of late, with two new research articles in the last several months addressing this topic (one from AJSM and another from Sports Health).  These two particular articles performed systematic reviews of allograft versus autograft tissue during anterior [...]

                  Today’s post is another research update by Dan Lorenz on the effect of surgical timing in multiple ligament knee injuries.  There are pros and cons to both acute and chronic reconstruction.  My experience has always been to be about the middle of the road, get them early but let them settle down a [...]

A new study examining the outcomes of two different rehabilitation programs following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction was recently published in AJSM.  The authors, from Oslo University in Norway, compared the outcomes from two groups of 74 patients (mean age 28 years old) after 6 months of rehabilitation. Group one performed a neuromuscular exercise program [...]

Rehabilitation following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACL) continues to be a exciting and popular topic in orthopedics and sports medicine.  Just pick up any journal and you are bound to find at least one article of the ACL in each issue! Over the past decade, Kevin Wilk, James Andrews, and I have continuously adapted and [...]