Clinical Cases - Recurrent Soleus Strain
In this new installment for the How I Rehab Podcast, 'Clinical Cases' we chat with senior men's Rehabilitation Physiotherapist for the Sydny Swans Football Club, Justin Dougherty.
Prior to Justin’s role with the Sydney Swans he was the Lead Physio for the in Men’s A League (Australia’s top tier soccer competition) for 10 years including periods with Macarthur FC, Melbourne Victory and Newcastle Jets.
In this episode we chat with Justin about a clinical case scenario of a soleus injury that had a second incident after returning to full training.
Justin breaks down this case covering the following:
- The learnings from the first rehabilitation
- Team (medical and high performance) discussions are potential improvements in the subsequent rehab
- External inputs to assist in the process.
- Timelines to return to running.
- Addressing other factors that may be playing a role in the calf issues
- Preferential medical vs lateral recruitment of the calf.
- Conversations with the medical and coaching staff.
- Strength metrics and benchmarks for the calf
- Position specific requirements to consider for the rehab
- Return to play
This episode is supported by HRIG and The Occlusion Cuff
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Other Episodes
#30 Isolated lateral collateral ligament ruptures with Matt Konopinski
#38 How I Rehab: Recurrent Calf Injuries with Seth O'Neill
