
About this episode
In this Episode, Dr Kieran Richardson discusses the updated evidence on surgical vs conservative management of ACL tears. We explore what best practice is currently and how to make that decision with your patients. We then jump into some new evidence about ACL healing and what this could mean for both clinicians and patients.
Dr. Kieran Richardson (FACP) is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2016) and is the director of Global Specialist Physiotherapy. Find out more information about Kieran here: https://globalspecialistphysio.com/acl?fbclid=IwAR0CUPPO2mrx4176H33Y9GP5BpwzeLv9rG_pb-GMoZDIelDSBcGDkn1yUOw
In this podcast, Kieran mentions this study by BLOM et al:
https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1511
Our host is Michael Rizk from Physio Network and iMoveU: https://cutt.ly/ojJEMZs
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