Rehabilitation of a National Taekwondo Player Following Arthroscopic Hip Surgery: Successfully Achieving a Return to Gold Medal Winning Performance Levels
Received Date: Feb 20, 2015 / Accepted Date: Apr 24, 2015 / Published Date: Apr 30, 2015
Abstract
This short communication outlines the successful rehabilitation of a high performance taekwondo athlete in returning to competition and becoming national champion, following right hip arthroscopy for a debilitating labral tear and impingement lesion. This case highlights a potential phased physiotherapy program that can be adapted for high level athletes in all fields, and illustrates the importance of individualized programs based on regular comprehensive assessment. The patient in question had suffered severe pain in the joint and her athletic future was in doubt; debilitating injuries of the hip can be amenable to the combination of appropriate surgical and musculoskeletal physiotherapy interventions.
Keywords: Hip arthroscopy; Rehabilitation; Sports injuries; Labral tears
Citation: Punnoose A, Gallagher C, Matthews J, Khanduja V (2015) Rehabilitation of a National Taekwondo Player Following Arthroscopic Hip Surgery: Successfully Achieving a Return to Gold Medal Winning Performance Levels. J Nov Physiother 5:262. Doi: 10.4172/2165-7025.1000262
Copyright: © 2015 Punnoose A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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