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Prehab ACL Exercises: Pre ACL Surgery Exercises | Curovate

ACL prehabilitation, or commonly known as ACL prehab, is an exercise or physical therapy program that patients go through before their surgery. Many orthopedic surgeons recommend a prehab program before major surgeries as a growing body of evidence suggests that prehab is beneficial for recovery.

ACL

Should I Measure My Knee Bending and Straightening With My Phone

Measuring range of motion through a phone is actually very accurate! A good source for healthcare information are studies that examine the results of multiple studies done on a particular topic.

Total knee replacement

How Can I Improve My Knee Bending and Straightening | Curovate

Range of motion is the amount of movement you have in one of your joints and is very important during your recovery. At first, moving your knee and improving your range of motion may seem impossible. The good news is, it's not!

ACL Injury

Guide to Wound Care After Your ACL Surgery | Curovate

After your surgery, you are likely to go home with a dressing and an elastic bandage around your knee. Proper care is crucial to your wound healing and minimizing the risk of infection. In this blog, we are going to talk about how to take care of your wound to allow your recovery!

Total knee replacement

Range of Motion & Why It Is Important Following Knee Replacement

The amount of movement in your knee during your recovery will determine the types of activities you are able to do after surgery!

ACL Injury

What Does Research Say About Non-Operative ACL Rehabilitation?

Nowadays, there is a lot of research that compares the benefits and limitations of non-operative ACL rehabilitation. For the purposes of this blog, I will condense information from multiple research papers into a short summary.

ACL Injury

Brittany Used Our ACL App To Return to Skiing! | Curovate

Brittany over at 14erskiers.com has had personal experience with ACL injury. Brittany recommends the Curovate app as part of the recovery process.

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Cadaver Graft vs Patellar Tendon Graft for an ACL Reconstruction?

In this blog we are going to focus on the difference between a cadaver and a patellar tendon graft in terms of what you need to do after surgery.

Physical Therapists

The World Is Mobile and So Are Physical Therapists | Curovate

Mobile health technology is becoming a common way to access health care services all over the world. Physical therapists have embraced this change to help improve patient outcomes, improve access to physical therapy services and to reduce the administrative burden of providing quality patient care.

Total knee replacement

Why Do I Have To Do So Many Leg Raises After Knee or Hip Surgery?

The leg raise is an exercise that is prescribed after ACL surgery, total knee replacement and total hip replacement and often patients have to do this exercise for 10 repetitions, 3 sets, 3 times per day, EVERY DAY!! That's a lot of leg raises! Find out why you have to do so many

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How Do I Stay Consistent with my Physical Therapy Exercises After Surgery or Injury? Part 1

Fear, frustration, discomfort… These are a few things you may feel after a knee surgery. If you have ever undergone an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery, a total knee or hip replacement you know the lengthy rehabilitation that is required for a successful recovery.