Medial Menisectomy-Fellow physio's opinion

[KiwiDPT]

Thank you for your response. I tried explaining my reasoning to the other physio (ie there is functional activity that perform either knee ext or SLR, benefit of concontraction of quads and hams for stability and decreased risk of reinjury. He just did not want to hear it, oh well. The pt is on the right path now.

oops i meant NO functional activity the involves knee ext, SLR. Thanks to your responses.

[mIrAge]

KiwiDPT,
I think you were on the right track 4 weeks down. I don't see the point of using NMES and/or SLR once the patient achieves IRQ. Maybe your principal PT was being cautious for other reasons which are not entirely clinically related. Just my two cents.

Good luck in the U.S. of A.

M.

[Hallamshire Physiotherapy]

kiwi
You did the right thing, I would only suggest you do it earlier and forget about the SLR. Patients can ofton struggle doing this strange and pointless exercise, but can walk without any problem. Your primary PT I assume has always done the same protocol and was afraid the patient might actually get better!

Hallamshire Physiotherapy