#58 Dr. Tom Cross: Cross Bracing Protocol for ACL Injuries
Release Date: 06/21/2023
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#79 How Weekends Can Stall Fat Loss
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#78 Supplements
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#76 Goal Setting and New Year's Resolutions
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#75 Exercise Selection
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#72 Processed vs. Unprocessed Food
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#71 Charlie Abra: Navigating Nutrition Online
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Today I welcome back Charlie Abra who is an accredited practising Dietitian at Wild Physio Fitness. Today we discuss how to navigate nutrition information online, if you need to detox, if weight gain in your 40's and 50's is inevitable, if lifting weights makes you bulky and much more.
info_outlineToday I welcome back Dr. Tom Cross who has practised sports medicine since 1997 and featured on the Wild Physio Podcast last year with his father, Dr. Merv Cross. Today we discuss the revolutionary Cross Bracing Protocol for ACL injuries. This protocol was pioneered by Tom and his father Merv, and it has yielded a research study that was published last week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
We discuss the Cross Bracing Protocol, how some ACL ruptures can heal using the Cross Bracing Protocol, the MRI classification system of ACL injuries that has been developed by Tom and his team, how to manage an acute ACL rupture, tips for patients undertaking the Cross Bracing Protocol and much more.