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What happens to the bone after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury? This is the question our Research Team hopes to help answer as part of a three year clinical research collaboration with the Bone Imaging Laboratory at the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary.
Achilles’ tendonitis occurs when the tendon at the back of your heel becomes injured. The condition causes pain at the back of the heel, above the heel and/or into the lower calf, as well as stiffness of the ankle joint, and deformities around the tendon insertion. Your doctor will diagnose tendonitis after performing a physical…
50% of runners get injured annually. In this talk, Aly Walford, Physiotherapist and avid runner (!), discusses the demands of running and how to improve your body’s ability to tolerate them. She will touch on: Thank you to the Town of Canmore for a Community Grant in support of this presentation! WATCH the full recording Resources…
Patellar instability is a condition characterized by the abnormal movement or dislocation of the patella (kneecap) from its normal position. It accounts for about 3% of all knee injuries. The patella is attached to the femur (thigh bone) and tibia (shin bone) by the quadriceps and patellar tendons. It sits in a groove at the…
The patellar tendon autograft is the second most common choice used for an ACL reconstruction autograft after the hamstring tendon autograft.
An allograft is one of several types of grafts that can be used to reconstruct a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). An allograft is tissue harvested from a human donor.