Joel Embiid’s Foot Injury: Navicular Stress Fracture

June 23rd, 2014

Navicular Stress Fractures Poor Joel Embiid! The former KU hoops star has had some bad luck recently.  First he has a stress fracture in his back, now he has a navicular stress fracture in his foot that required surgery.  Navicular injuries in the foot are tough to come back from and there is a host

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Rehabilitation After Patellar Dislocations

June 13th, 2014

Physical Therapy for Patellar Dislocations A common condition we see at SSOR is a dislocated patella, more commonly known as the “kneecap.”  This can be a very painful and debilitating condition, making even otherwise benign activities like walking and bending the knee a struggle.  A recent article in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review showed that

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Sporting Kansas City’s Chance Myers’ Achilles Tendon Rupture

May 26th, 2014

Rehabilitation for Achilles Tendon Rupture: Sporting’s Chance Myers Chance Myers of Sporting Kansas City tore his Achilles tendon last Friday against Toronto FC.  This is a huge injury both for Sporting KC as well as for Chance Myers.  Achilles tendon reconstructions are arguably the toughest injury for athletes to come back from, even more so

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