19/05/2026
ℹ️ Sometimes you just need to get hands on to get things moving.
Jan' 25- Patient got hit by dog on outside of knee and pushed knee in the way (valgus).
Fast forward- X-Rays and MRI done, partial ACL tear, horozontal meniscus tesr and MCL tear. Braced for 6 weeks for MCL tear. Been out of it now a while but movement hasnt changed. Has been getting seen on NHS and given exercises but doesnt feel her knee movmemrt has changed much in 4 months. (Cant fully straighten yet, cant bend past 30-40deg).
As there is no mechanical block on a scan by the structures invovled, I felt like the restriction is most likely a mix between gaurding, and capsular and soft tissue contraction due to minimising movment because of pain at the start and the initial bracing.
I did a mix of simple passive flexing, rotation and extension with a bit of distraction, with some isometric contractions. And you csn see how quickly it changes.
Comment "Knee" if you want to see the video of what I did to get it moving
