The E3 Rehab Podcast

Apr 08 2025 160 ep. 61 mins 205
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195. Meniscal Root Repairs w/ Jon Hodges

Apr 08 2025 63 mins  
Chris Hughen sat down with Jon Hodges to discuss his current journey of rehabbing his own ACL tear and meniscal root tears. We discuss Jon’s extensive knee injury involving an ACL and MCL rupture, medial and lateral meniscal root tears, non-displaced tibial plateau fracture, and lateral femoral condyle fracture. Jon dives into the current research on meniscal root tears, immediat

194. ACL Return to Sport: Is 9 Months the Sweet Spot? w/ Roula Kotsifaki

Apr 01 2025 53 mins  
Chris Hughen sat down with Roula Kotsifaki to discuss ACL Return to Sport Timelines. We dive into her newly published paper titled, “Is 9 months the sweet spot for male athletes to return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?” Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/_jKeML-8qGs Episode Resources: Kotsifaki, 2025 Previous Episode w/ Roula Roula’s Twitte

193. Spinal Manipulation: What's Actually Happening? w/ Casper Nim

Mar 25 2025 58 mins  
Chris Hughen sat down with Casper Nim to discuss all things Spinal Manipulation. We dive into what spinal manipulations definitely aren’t doing, improving manual therapy education, navigating treatment options, the narratives behind an intervention, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/yyPm_2IrOow Episode Resources: Casper’s ResearchGate Nim, 2025 Nim, 2021

192. Athletic Hip and Groin Pain w/ Enda King

Mar 18 2025 59 mins  
Chris Hughen sat down with Enda King to discuss Athletic Hip and Groin Pain. We dive into the initial assessment and differential diagnosis process, creating effective learning environments, challenges during hip and groin rehab, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/LoTNBLA6Ywc Episode Resources: Enda’s Website Enda’s Instagram Enda’s Twitter --- Follow Us

191. Shin Splints | Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome w/ Beau Tyrrell

Mar 11 2025 57 mins  
Chris Hughen sat down with Beau Tyrrell to discuss all things Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome, commonly referred to as Shin Splints. Beau dives into the importance of ruling out a bone stress injury, recovery timelines, management strategies, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/qE-GNFlMd3E Episode Resources: Beau’s Instagram Winters, 2017 Winters, 2018 Milgrom,

190. How and Why Do Treatments Work? w/ Chad Cook

Mar 04 2025 58 mins  
Chris Hughen sat down with Chad Cook to discuss all things shared and specific mechanisms. We dive into a variety of topics including: non-specific effects, natural history, clinician bias, patient variability in treatment response, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/hcasjnLLEE0 Episode Resources: Shared and Specific Mechanisms for MSK Conditions Paper Shared

189. A Deep Dive Into Tendon Rehab w/ Marc Surdyka

Feb 25 2025 75 mins  
Chris Hughen sat down with Marc Surdyka to discuss all things tendon rehab. We dive into the evolution of tendon pain terminology, the role of inflammation, loading protocols, clinical applications, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/mF5CtFnVtO4 Episode Resources: Video: How to Rehab Tendon Injuries and Pain Article: How to Rehab Tendon Injuries and Pain --- F

188. Early Stage ACL Rehab w/ Erik Meira

Feb 18 2025 69 mins  
Chris Hughen sat down with Erik Meira to discuss all things early stage ACL rehabilitation. We dive into a variety of topics including: swelling and calming the knee down, restoring range of motion, cyclops lesions, gait training, waking up the quads, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/eTFFS38be3k Episode Resources: Prior Episodes with Erik: #31, #77, #116

187. Should Rehab Be Pain Free? w/ Marc Surdyka, Nathan Henderson, and Chris Hughen

Feb 11 2025 61 mins  
Chris Hughen sat down with Marc Surdyka and Nathan Henderson to discuss whether or not rehab should be pain free. We dive into when and how much pain is acceptable during rehab, conditions and contexts when it is appropriate to minimize (or even completely avoid) pain, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/e7aayZcA2Kw Episode Resources: Article: Should Rehab Be P

186. Reflections on ACL Rehab w/ Megan Graham

Feb 04 2025 60 mins  
Chris Hughen sat down with Megan Graham to discuss all things ACL Rehab. We dive into Megan’s reflections on managing ACL’s throughout the course of her PhD program and clinical career. Megan touches on: muscle atrophy, E-stim, evolving views on late stage rehab, injury prevention, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/-hsRrU6S5AI Episode Resources: PT Inque