MLS Player Achilles Tendon Recovery at Fortius
Using the underwater treadmill, resistance jets, underwater cameras and some creativity, Jay was able to closely mimic land movements and correct any gait patterns immediately. The beginning stages of rehab included things such as simple walking, heel raises and single leg balance. Once Jay mastered those, he was able to move on to more dynamic […]
Football-Specific ACL Rehabilitation
Mississippi State’s Steve Smith details the rehabilitation of a college football player who underwent ACL reconstruction. The subject rehabbed and conditioned in the HydroWorx pool, not running on land until the team’s conditioning test at the beginning of camp in August. His level of conditioning was so high from his pool workouts that the normally […]
ACL Tear and Stress Reaction
Being a healthy collegiate athlete shouldn’t be taken for granted . . . which it turns out is not the case for this University of Toledo female soccer player who has already torn her ACL and been through two surgeries, one of which created a stress fracture, before her sophomore year. With the help of […]
Bilateral Knee Replacement
Detailing an excellent example of rapid recovery on the HydroWorx pool, this video highlights the rehabilitation of former NFL linebacker Mike Bell, who had both knees replaced within six weeks time. Angee Neish of Kansas Joint & Spine administers the pool protocol in Wichita, KS. Page Updated on: June 16, 2020
Bilateral Knee Grafphs
One day in January of 2009, twenty-year-old Matt woke up with a throbbing pain in his right knee. After seeing the doctor he was diagnosed with osteochondritis desicanns. One knee surgery and four months later, they found the same condition in his left knee. Matt arrived at Summit Place Senior Campus in Eden Prairie, MN […]
Anterior Knee Pain
This video discusses a 17 year old female recreational athlete with 6 years of anterior knee pain in both knees. Her orthopedic doctors had exhausted their remedies following unsuccessful surgery to correct the issue. Jeremy Shook, MPT and PES, put this patient on an aquatic therapy and conditioning program with an excellent outcome. Jeremy is […]
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear
This video shows post-surgery rehab in a HydroWorx pool for an ACL tear that occurred during a soccer game. The female athlete began rehab 4 weeks behind schedule but still had remarkable recovery. Shannon Singletary, PT & ATC is the treating clinician at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS for this video.
Total Knee Repair
This young soccer player tore her ACL, PCL, MCL and medial miniscus and flew to Colorado ten days later for surgery to totally repair all components of her knee. Ten days post-surgery, she was referred to Veronica Paquette at Essex Aquatic Rehab Center to begin therapy. She has seen great results in the first weeks […]
ACL Rehabilitation
Olmer Cruz, an aquatic therapist at Peak Performance in Lynbrook, NY works with athletes who have suffered ACL injuries. Olmer’s goal is to return his athletes to the playing field quickly and safely. In order to do this, Cruz utilizes both aquatic and land therapy. Combining water’s buoyancy and low impact levels in the HydroWorx […]
ACL Autograft
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.