The ACL Athlete Podcast
The ACL Athlete Podcast
Latest Episodes
298 | Why “Keep Working On It” Might Not Be Enough in ACL Rehab
In this episode, we start with a handful of words almost every ACL athlete hears at some point, usually right after raising a concern that will not go away. You did the work. You showed up. Your knee still does not feel like yours, and the answ...
297 | Audit Your Knee Extension: A Simple Assessment for ACL Rehab
In this episode we start with a sentence we hear far too often: your knee extension is "normal", it'll come back with time, or just keep working on it. One athlete heard some version of that for months. A scan early on showed something, but it ...
296 | The Trust Problem in ACL Rehab and Healthcare
In this episode, we sit with an ACLer who told us he would almost rather hear that it was over so he could stop fighting it. He wasn't being dramatic. He was exhausted. For months he did everything he was told, showed up almost every day, and s...
295 | Two NFL Players, Two Very Different Paths Back From ACL Surgery
In this episode we look at two NFL quarterbacks, two knees, and one label stamped on both of them. One walked out under the lights on Monday night in week one. The other is still on the sideline answering questions at a podium, and the comment ...
294 | The Collateral Damage Consideration of Going Nonoperative in ACL Rehab
In this episode we follow one athlete who had done everything right in recovery. Strong knee, no giving way, nothing to suggest a problem, until one ordinary moment on a wet pool deck changed the outcome entirely. We get into why that single mo...