Pitching Back from Broken Femur
Sarah Weaver, an athletic trainer at NCAA Division II Alderson-Broaddus college in West Virginia details the rehabilitation of a 19-year-old baseball pitcher who suffered a comminuted fracture of his femur in a car accident. After an open internal fixation surgery, the athlete is returning to action, aided by his rehabilitation in the HydroWorx pool located […]
Houston Rockets Lower Leg Injury
The Houston Rockets’ assistant athletic trainer and rehab coordinator, Keith Garnett allows us to view some of the exercises he uses to rehab his basketball athletes. The 2007-2008 season led to lower leg injuries for three of the Rockets’ stars, so Garnett has plently of experience utilizing his HydroWorx pool for sport-specific aquatic therapy.
Hematoma
A young patient in the new aquatic addition at Cox Rehab and Sports Medicine, in Monett, MO was not seeing results from rest and was at risk for developing something more serious. Justice incurred a deep contusion during recreational basketball and was having pain and a significant decrease in muscle strength. With hopes of participating […]
College Track Sprinters — Grade 1 Hamstring Strain
College track sprinters are continuously putting their muscles to the test. Watch as Jason Coleman form the University of Akron goes through the pool session of two track and field sprinters who have a history of grade one hamstring strains.
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 […]
NFL Team Using the Underwater Treadmill
Reggie Scott, Head Athletic Trainer for the St. Louis Rams, gives us an inside-look into his team’s rehab and one of their newest tools, the X80 Underwater Treadmill. His team utilized the X80 for rehab and conditioning during the season, Reggie describes it as, “. . . a tool that is heavily needed . . […]
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.