Thread by @Connect2Physio

#SuperSunday Journal Recommendations for Achilles Tendinopathy:

‘HCPs treating common tendinopathies should reserve surgery for selected cases & only after a sufficiently long course (12 months) of evidenced-based loading exercise or when the patient has been unable to tolerate progressive loading....’

@PhysioNetwork @tomgoom

‘Current Clinical Concepts: Conservative Management of Achilles Tendinopathy’

@kgSilbernagel & co (2020) 💥

https://twitter.com/YLMSportScience/status/1283741193688555521

‘Which treatment is most effective for patients with Achilles tendinopathy? A living systematic review with network meta-analysis of 29 RCTs’ @MarinusWinters & co 💥

Link for journal & awesome THREAD by the researcher listed below 👇

https://twitter.com/bjsm_bmj/status/1283491929565659136

‘A well-designed early functional rehab programme is more favorable to a positive outcome than whether the AT rupture was treated conservatively or surgically’ 😎

“It's disappointing and it's pretty frustrating, because it feels like it's something that will never go away.” A qualitative study exploring individuals’ beliefs and experiences of Achilles Tendinopathy 💥

@PhysioMeScience

https://twitter.com/drjeffturner/status/1266461086603112448

Great work @Seth0Neill 👏

https://twitter.com/seth0neill/status/1105435875301834752

‘AT requires an individualised approach to management. Clinicians should consider using validated screening tools for the presence of psychological variables as a part of their holistic management’.

@ajmallows1 & co 💥

A great summary of AT management for clinicians by @LinearProbe 📝

Good discussion below👇

https://twitter.com/linearprobe/status/1284083743674773505

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