Best Practice Case Studies-Pain Guided Ankle Rehabilitation Program

Pain Guided Ankle Rehabilitation Program

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Tamar Brand Perez, a physical therapist and faculty member at SFSU and UCSF, discusses a pain-guided progressive exercise program. When patients experience over 3/10 pain, they start with isometric heel raises. Pain dropping below 3/10 allows for isotonic exercises and hip strengthening. After achieving 20 pain-free hops, patients transition to a double-leg hopping program, advancing to single-leg hops and eventually to a running program. Progression is based on personal history and current condition, maintaining high cadence, easy pace, and increasing volume by no more than 10% weekly.

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Edition 2nd Edition

Related Case 2nd Edition, CASE 11

Topic Foot and Ankle

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2nd Edition, CASE 11

2nd Edition

Foot and Ankle

pain-guided exercise

isometric heel raises

hip strengthening

progressive running program

exercise progression