What Physical Therapists NEED to Know About MCL Injuries

📌 FREE Guide - MCL Injury Evidence Based Exercise "Cheat Sheet" https://fitnesspainfree.com/programs/... Thanks for watching! 👉 Check out the FPF Mini Course with "7 Reasons Why People Get Hurt in the Gym and What to do About It." https://fitnesspainfree.com/programs/... 👉 Rotator Cuff MASTER Course (Insiders) - https://fitnesspainfree.com/programs/... Show Notes: https://fitnesspainfree.com/2025/03/w... In today's episode we go over What Physical Therapists NEED to Know About MCL Injuries - FPF Show Episode 164 0:00 Introduction 1:32 How common are MCL injuries? (prevalence and incidence) 3:01 What are the most common populations that get MCL injuries? 4:29 How do MCL injuries occur? (mechanism of injury) 5:29 How do you grade the severity of MCL injuries? 7:54 What is the relevant anatomy for MCL injuries? 8:50 Do MCL injuries tend to heal well on their own? 10:58 What is the posterior medial corner and why do we need to assess it? 14:04 What does the MCL do? (biomechanics) 17:59 Which muscles help to support the MCL? 19:13 History and physical examination of MCL injuries 22:18 Special tests to help diagnose MCL injuries (objective measurements) 24:39 Should we use MRI and X-ray to help in the diagnosis of MCL injuries? 29:51 What other injuries behave similarly to an MCL injury? (Differential diagnosis) 32:02 Are MCL injuries typically treat conservatively or with surgery? 33:13 Physical therapy rehabilitation guidelines following MCL injuries (non-op) 37:22 What are the return to sport timelines after an MCL injury? 38:45 Which MCL injury patients are candidates for surgery? 41:40 What happens if you have an MCL injury WITH an ACL injury? 45:24 What surgical technique is used for MCL injuries? (repair vs. reconstruction) 48:31 Physical therapy rehabilitation guidelines after MCL surgery 51:24 Return to sport timelines following MCL surgery 55:44 What physical therapists need to know about ACL injuries ***** Want to master physical therapy for patients in the strength and fitness world? Click on the link to sign up for the FREE FPF Mini Course and also receive the infographic "7 Reasons Why People Get Hurt in the Gym and What to do About It." https://fitnesspainfree.com/programs/... ***** Welcome to the Fitness Pain Free Show! This is where we help physical therapists like YOU get your patients out of pain back to training ***** Want to support me? Sign up for the FPF "Insiders" Online Library where you can ask questions I'll answer for future episodes! https://fitnesspainfree.com/programs/... 👊🏻Was this helpful? Subscribe to my Youtube channel for more! 🤔Have a question/comment? Drop one below in the comment section - I love questions and they help the channel grow! ***** 🧠 WANT TO LEARN MORE? Head over to fitnesspainfree.com and sign up for the newsletter. I'll keep you learning and growing on a weekly basis! ***** 👋 FOLLOW ME ONLINE: Instagram:   / fitnesspainfree   Facebook:   / fitnesspainfree   Blog Articles: https://fitnesspainfree.com/articles/ Thumbnail Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... OpenStax College, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons edited by fitness pain free LLC