Knee-Rehab UK Services

Assessment of Knee injuries

Detailed assessment of knee injuries, through the evaluation of lower limb posture, movement and biomechanics including gait and sport specific screening as well as the local assessment of knee structures is always undertaken. The accurate assessment of the problems leading to a clear diagnosis and management plan.

Treatment of Knee injuries

At Knee-Rehab UK treatment is geared towards solving the problems found on assessment not providing a standard series of exercises or stream of treatment modalities. The usual Physiotherapeutic modalities are available to aid healing but these are only an adjunct used in conjunction with individually tailored exercise rehabilitation programmes and specific “hands on” treatments incorporating stretching and joint mobilisation. The latest joint taping techniques are also used to facilitate performance and orthotics, braces and other supportive devices can be supplied as required.

Injury prevention; screening and training

Sportsmetrics^TM

The Sportsmetrics^TM training programm is a scientifically supported exercise programme shown to reduce the incidence of ACL injuries in sports-people. This programme was developed in the USA by the Cincinnati Sports Medicine Research and Education Foundation under the guidance of the eminent orthopaedic surgeon Frank Noyes.

In the UK there are only a limited number of certified trainers for this programme; one of the few is Lee Herrington of Knee-Rehab UK.
This programme consists of 6 weeks training aimed at improving neuromuscular control of the knee during landing and changing direction, participation has been scientifically proven to reduce the incidence of ACL injuries (Noyes et al., 2004, AJSM).

Sports specific posture, muscle and movement injury screening

Knee-Rehab UK through continual work with and research on sports people has developed a series of screening tools which aid in the prediction of those factors which could increase the risk of knee injury. These tools involve the screening of posture, muscle strength, balance, proprioception and dynamic joint motion control; they can be tailored to the needs of specific sports or individual clients.
The findings of the assessment lead to the development of individually tailored preventative exercise programmes to minimise the risk of injury occurrence.

Sports specific training consultancy

As fully qualified and certified strength and conditioning specialist on requested detailed sport specific training programmes can be devised for individual needs. These are sport specific, for instance ski-fit a tailored programme to develop strength and motion control prior to a ski holiday both to maximise enjoyment and minimise risk of injury.