The Keep Rolling Podcast is about helping keep grappling athletes and enthusiasts on the mats.
Jason and Zac are both passionate jiu jitsu practitioners and just so happen to be physiotherapists as well.
They combine their unique skill sets to deep-dive into the research, science and their own experience to help athletes and enthusiasts 'Keep Rolling'.
This week they deep-dive into mostly ACL injuries in BJJ and how they mange them in the clinic. There are some great insights and tips here if you or anyone you know has suffered a knee injury in BJJ.
Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro - Knees in BJJ
00:44 - Zac’s knee injury history
01:01 - Jason’s knee injury history
01:56 - Recent knee injuries through the clinic and common mechanisms of injury
03:10 - How do you grade ligament injuries
06:15 - How knee injuries present in the clinic and how we test them
09:03 - Takeaways after knee injury (get assessed!)
10:45 - Can you manage ACL injuries without surgery?
11:39 - What to do if you’ve injured your ACL
12:15 - Zac’s insights into ACL rehab timelines
12:55 - Time-based VS function-based rehab
13:37 - Return to sport after ACL - the stats and reinjury risk
15:35 - Rehab timelines
16:15 - Delaying full return to sport until after 9 months. Why?
18:00 - Structuring your return to the mats
20:43 - What is EPIC testing?
23:27 - Why understanding the demands of BJJ is important
25:15 - Your rehab should look like a strength and conditioning program
28:48 - Get assessed!