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Learning Objectives
- Develop awareness of the various structures that could contribute to anterior knee pain, and how to tailor your management plan accordingly.
- Understand the physical tests to incorporate in your objective assessment, and how this can aid you in improving the accuracy of your differential diagnosis.
- Learn the variety of treatment methods that can be employed in managing anterior knee pain.
- Become competent and confident in guiding a patient from the acute phase through to late stage rehabilitation and return to sport.
Contributing Structures
There are numerous structures that could cause anterior knee pain. Know what they are and how to assess them.
Treatment Options
Learn the various ways to reduce pain, restore range of motion and build strength to guide patients back to full function.
Exercise Rehab
Learn how to navigate rehab from the early to late stages, and prepare athletes for a safe and confident return to sport.
Dr Lee Herrington
PhD | MSc | MSCP | CSCS
Lee is a Physiotherapist, Senior Lecturer in Sports Rehabilitation at Salford University and programme leader for the MSc Sports Injury Rehabilitation course. He is also the athlete health lead with the United Kingdom Sports Institute, leading on issues related to lower limb injury rehabilitation across all the Olympic & Paralympic sports, along with being responsible for musculoskeletal injury management innovation. He also acts a consultant physiotherapist to English Premiership and Championship Football clubs and has worked as part of Team GB medical team at London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Lee has previously worked with British Swimming, Great Britain Basketball team, Wigan Warriors and Great Britain Rugby League teams along with England Table Tennis and Netball.
Lee is the lead clinical researcher in the Knee Biomechanics and Injury research programme at Salford University. His specific research interests are anterior knee pain and rehabilitation following knee surgery (principally ACLR), has published over 250 peer reviewed papers. Lee is the editor in chief of Physical Therapy in Sport.
Ros Cooke
PhD Candidate | MSc
Ros is currently studying for a PhD at the University of Birmingham looking into the role of functional performance tests and pre-elite female athletes.
With extensive professional experience, Ros has made significant contributions in various roles within elite sport. She has held positions as a Senior EIS Physiotherapist at the Institute of Sport & Exercise Health, London, Senior Physiotherapist Football Association (England) and as a Lead Physiotherapist for England Netball at the English Institute of Sport. Ros also works as a lecturer and module lead for rehabilitation at UCL’s Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health.
Clinically Ros works as Lead Physiotherapist of The Active Women’s Clinic, a co-founded female athlete-specific clinic alongside Dr Kate Hutchings (SEM Consultant) focusing on delivering holistic care throughout women’s lives. Ros also currently works clinically as Senior Physiotherapist British Equestrian and the Football Associations Wales. In addition to her clinical work Ros, has been actively involved in research and has contributed to various publications, conferences, symposiums, and posters across a variety of lower limb and rehabilitation topics.
