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Knee Rehab
Knee Rehab
When injuries occur, the focus of the
athlete shifts from injury prevention to injury treatment and rehabilitation
Treatment and rehabilitation(for that athlete!)
Injury prevention
Overall Goals of Knee Rehab
To prevent de-conditioningTo restore the injured part to a pre-
injury state
Short Term Goals
Controlling pain◦IB’s
Maintaining or improving flexibilityRestoring or increasing strengthReestablishing neuromuscular
controlMaintain level of CV fitness
Long Term goals
To return the injured athlete to practice or competition as quickly and safely as possible
Components of a Rehab Program
Restore muscle
strength and endurance
Reestablish neuromuscular
controlMaintain CR and body
conditioning
Restore full ROMControl Pain
Functional Activities (progression)
Walking◦Forward, backward, straight line, curve
Jogging◦Straight, curve, uphill, downhill
Running◦Forward, backward
Sprinting◦Straight, curve, large & small figure eight,
zigzag, carioca
Return to Play Criteria
Full ROMFull StrengthPain Free
Designing a rehab Program
• Heel slides (ROM)• Quadriceps contractions• Knee extension no
weight (short arc)• 4 way Hip exercises(add,
abd, flxn, ext)• Pilates: clams/90/90• Theraball: adductor
squeezes, reverse planks, hamstring curls no bridge
• Bike workout• Stretching
Phase 1
Designing a rehab Program
Phase 2
•Knee Extension PRE’s•Thera hamstring curls w/bridge PRE’s•Theraball squats•Calf raises•½ lunges, chops, chicken foot•4 way Hip exercises tubing (Pilates, add, abd, flxn, ext)•Balancing eyes open, Floor to BOSU or trampoline•Monster walk…..•Teetter-totters
Designing a Rehab Program Con’t
Phase 3
•BOSU ball work•2 foot jumping (front back and lateral )•Full lunges (matrix)•Balancing eyes closed, OR catching a ball…•Versa loop/monsters PRE w/lateral movement•Bike workout
Sports Specific
•Be creative!•Running•Jumping•Drills
1. What rehab exercise are they working on?2. How could you make this sports specific?
3. What is this exercise? 4. What muscle(s) is she working?5. How could you make this into a phase 1 exercise?
6. How could you make lunges into a Phase 1,2,3 exercise?
7. Which phase would this fall into?8. How could you make it a different phase?