On this episode I sit down with Dr. Nicole Surdyka to talk about all things ACL injury, risk factors, and risk reduction as they pertain to the soccer athlete. Nicole is a Physical Therapist, Performance Coach, former Division I soccer athlete, and current private clinic owner based out of Los Angeles, CA where she works primarily with athletes. She shares the same mission in bridging the gap between rehabilitation and sorts performance and was able to support her stance on ACL injury prevalence, risk factors, and re-injury rates with current literature. Additionally, she touches on some of the fundamental flaws that lie within return to sport (RTS) criteria and provided literature to support more efficient alternatives in regard to RTS testing batteries. Furthermore, she provides valuable information on inter-limb vs. intra-limb compensations and the injury-risk(s) they impose, open kinetic chain (OKC) exercise post-status ACLR, graft types and the role they play in exercise selection, programming and manipulating movement variables to cater sports performance, markers for progression or regression within each phase of rehab, and the psychological impact of ACL injuries.
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Podcast: "Complete Football Health"
Continuing education courses: "Managing the [Un]Injured Soccer Player" & "Ethical Return to Sport Dec