Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Returning to Play Following ACL Surgery...

A recent study reviewed 69 scientific papers examining the results of ACL reconstruction. The study found this...

81% of people returned to any sport

65% of people returned to their preinjury level of sport

55% of people returned to competitive level sport after surgery

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Get Out The Running Shoes...

A recent study suggests that non-elite running may not be associated with increased risk of osteoarthritis. The study involved 2,439 participants. They found that running at any time in life was actually associated with a reduced risk of symptomatic osteoarthritis. The authors speculated that not only was running not detrimental, it may be protective of symptomatic osteoarthritis.